[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13247]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary


Published Privacy Impact Assessments on the Web

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of Publication of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA).

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SUMMARY: The Privacy Office of the DHS is making available sixteen PIAs 
on various programs and systems in the Department. These assessments 
were approved and published on the Privacy Office's web site between 
January 8, 2011 and March 31, 2011.

DATES: The PIAs will be available on the DHS Web site until July 26, 
2011, after which they may be obtained by contacting the DHS Privacy 
Office (contact information below).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528, or e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Between January 8, 2011 and March 31, 2011, 
the Chief Privacy Officer of the DHS approved and published sixteen 
Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) on the DHS Privacy Office Web site, 
http://www.dhs.gov/privacy, under the link for ``Privacy Impact 
Assessments.'' These PIAs cover sixteen separate DHS programs. Below is 
a short summary of those programs, indicating the DHS component 
responsible for the system, and the date on which the PIA was approved. 
Additional information can be found on the Web site or by contacting 
the Privacy Office.
    System: DHS/ICE/PIA-005(b) Bond Management Information System 
(BMIS) Web Release 2.2 Update.
    Component: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
    Date of approval: January 19, 2011.
    Bond Management Information System (BMIS) is an immigration bond 
management database used primarily by the Office of Financial 
Management at U.S. ICE. The basic function of BMIS is to support the 
financial management of immigration bonds posted for the release of 
aliens in ICE custody. Among other things, ICE uses BMIS to calculate 
and pay interest to obligors who post cash immigration bonds. Under 
Internal Revenue Service rules, interest payments to certain obligors 
are subject to backup withholdings where a percentage of the payment is 
withheld as tax and sent to the IRS. To begin to implement the backup 
withholding rules, ICE is modifying BMIS to collect additional 
information about obligors to determine whether a backup withholding is 
required. Because ICE is expanding the scope of information collected 
and the purposes for which BMIS information is being used, an update to 
the BMIS PIA is required.
    System: DHS/TSA/PIA-059 TSA Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) 
Update.
    Component: Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
    Date of approval: January 25, 2011.
    TSA has deployed AIT, including backscatter x-ray and millimeter 
wave devices, for operational use to detect threat objects carried on 
persons entering airport sterile areas. AIT creates an image of the 
full body that highlights objects that are on the body. To mitigate the 
privacy risk associated with creating an image of the individual's 
body, TSA isolates the TSA officer (the image operator) viewing the 
image from the TSA officer interacting with the individual. TSA does 
not store any personally identifiable information from AIT screening. A 
PIA on the pilot was published on January 2, 2008, updated on October 
17, 2008 and updated again on July 23, 2009 as program developments 
warranted.
    TSA plans to test, and implement as appropriate, Automatic Target 
Recognition software for AIT machines that display anomalies on a 
generic figure, as opposed to displaying the image of a specific 
individual's body. Since the technology uses a generic image that 
provides greater privacy protections for the individual being screened, 
systems using Automatic Target Recognition will not isolate the 
operator viewing the image from the individual being screened. 
Individuals will continue to be given the option of undergoing a 
physical screening as an alternative to AIT screening.
    System: DHS/USCIS/PIA-034 H-1B Visa Cap Registration Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making (NPRM).
    Component: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
    Date of approval: January 28, 2011.
    USCIS is proposing to amend its regulation governing petitions by 
U.S. employers seeking H-1B nonimmigrant worker status for aliens 
subject to annual numerical limitations or exempt from numerical 
limitations by having earned a U.S. master's or higher degree (also 
referred to as the ``65,000 cap'' and ``20,000 cap'' respectively, or 
the ``cap'' collectively). Under the proposed rule, USCIS would 
establish H-1B Cap Registration, a mandatory registration process, to 
streamline the administration of H-1B petitions filed by employers. 
This PIA is being conducted because the H-1B Cap Registration NPRM 
proposes a change to USCIS' collection of PII.
    System: DHS/OPS/PIA-009 National Operations Center (NOC) Tracker 
and Senior Watch Officer Logs.
    Component: Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS).
    Date of approval: February 3, 2011.
    NOC in the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS) 
operates the NOC Tracker Log and the Senior Watch Officer (SWO) Log. 
The SWO Log is a synopsis of all significant information received and 
actions taken during a shift by the SWO. The NOC Tracker Log is a 
repository of all NOC responses to threats or incidents and significant 
activities that require a NOC tracking number. OPS has conducted this 
PIA because both the SWO Log and NOC Tracker Log may contain PII 
associated with an administrative note or a watch desk Request for 
Information.
    System: DHS/USCIS/PIA-035 Migrant Information Tracking System.
    Component: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
    Date of approval: February 3, 2011.
    USCIS developed the Migrant Information Tracking System (MITS) to 
serve as a centralized repository for information relating to migrants 
interdicted at sea. MITS facilitates USCIS' ability to record and track 
information pertaining to a migrant's illicit maritime migration into 
the United States and respond to information requests regarding 
interdicted migrants from Members of Congress inquiring on behalf of a 
family member of the migrant. USCIS conducted this PIA because MITS 
collects, uses, and disseminates PII.
    System: DHS/ALL/PIA-034 Medical Credentials Management System.
    Component: Office of Health Affairs (OHA).
    Date of approval: February 10, 2011.
    DHS Office of Health Affairs (OHA) is instituting a centralized 
medical credentialing system for DHS employees that provide health care 
services as part of their job and the Components' mission or incidental 
to their ongoing operations. The purpose of the program is to formalize 
a process for verifying DHS employee and/or applicant qualifications, 
licensure information, and relevant health care provider data. In 
accordance with the DHS Directive 248-01, Medical Quality Management, 
the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer 
(ASHA/CMO) is responsible for developing a centralized credentials 
management system for approving credentials for DHS employee medical 
care providers. The credentialing

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process will include the collection of and maintenance of information 
related to professional education, state license number(s), national 
registry certification, board certification, training and other 
pertinent information related to medical care practices. OHA conducted 
this PIA because the medical credentials management system will collect 
and maintain PII on DHS medical care providers.
    System: DHS/USCG/PIA-015 Merchant Mariner Licensing and 
Documentation System (MMLD).
    Component: United States Coast Guard.
    Date of approval: March 1, 2011.
    USCG owns and operates the MMLD System. The USCG uses MMLD to 
manage the issuance of credentials to Merchant Mariners and process 
merchant mariner applications; to produce merchant mariner credentials; 
to track the who of merchant mariner credentials issued by the USCG; to 
track the status of merchant mariners with respect to service, 
training, credentials, and qualifications, related to the operation of 
commercial vessels; to qualify merchant mariners for benefits and 
services administered by other agencies; and to perform merchant 
mariner call-ups related to national security. The records include the 
credential, background check, and medical status on each U.S. Mariner 
and World War II Merchant Mariner Veteran. USCG has conducted this PIA 
because MMLD collects and uses PII.
    System: DHS/S&T/PIA-021 Cell All Demonstration.
    Component: Science and Technology (S&T).
    Date of approval: March 2, 2011.
    The Cell All project is a research, development, testing and 
evaluation effort funded by the Homeland Security Advanced Research 
Projects Agency in the DHS S&T Directorate. Cell All is an 
environmental surveillance system that uses a typical cell phone as a 
platform for a sensor system to detect harmful chemical substances and 
transmit critical information, including location data, to first 
responder and other related monitoring agencies. With the sensors suite 
developed and fitted on a cell phone, S&T will conduct a demonstration 
of the prototype system using research-owned devices. While no PII will 
be collected during the demonstration, S&T is conducting a PIA to 
address the privacy impact of the transmission of location data using 
the prototype.
    System: DHS/ALL/PIA-035 Nebraska Avenue Complex CCTV System.
    Component: Management.
    Date of approval: March 2, 2011.
    The DHS, Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO), Physical 
Access Security Division (PHYSD) operates the Physical Access Control 
System (PACS). PACS is designed to coordinate access control, intrusion 
detection, and video surveillance at DHS Headquarters (HQ) facilities 
in the National Capital Region (NCR), primarily the Nebraska Avenue 
Complex (NAC). This PIA will focus exclusively on the video 
surveillance function within PACS known as the Closed-Circuit 
Television (CCTV) system at the NAC. The OCSO has conducted this PIA to 
analyze PII that the video surveillance function within PACS collects, 
uses, and maintains.
    The NAC CCTV system is a video-only recording system installed at 
NAC. The NAC CCTV system does not have audio recording capability. The 
purpose of the system is to enable OCSO PHYSD and its Force Protection 
Branch personnel, including security guards, the ability to obtain 
current state visual information as well as information on or related 
to a security-related incident that is happening or has happened and to 
deter criminal activities.
    System: DHS/USCIS/PIA-036 E-Verify Self Check Service.
    Component: USCIS.
    Date of approval: March 3, 2011.
    USCIS Verification Division has developed a new service called E-
Verify Self Check. The E-Verify Self Check service is voluntary and 
available to any individual who wants to check his own work 
authorization status prior to employment and facilitate correction of 
potential errors in federal databases that provide inputs into the E-
Verify process. When an individual uses the E-Verify Self Check service 
he will be notified that either (1) his information matched the 
information contained in federal databases and would be deemed work-
authorized, or (2) his information was not matched to information 
contained in federal databases which would be considered a 
``mismatch.'' If the information was a mismatch, he will be given 
instructions on where and how to correct his records. USCIS conducted 
this PIA because E-Verify Self Check will collect and use PII.
    System: DHS/ALL/PIA-036 DHS-wide Use of Unidirectional Social Media 
Applications Communications and Outreach.
    Component: DHS Wide.
    Date of approval: March 8, 2011.
    Unidirectional social media applications encompass a range of 
applications, often referred to as applets or widgets that allow users 
to view relevant, real-time content from predetermined sources. DHS or 
Department intends to use unidirectional social media tools including 
desktop widgets, mobile apps, podcasts, audio and video streams, Short 
Message Service texting, and Really Simple Syndication feeds, among 
others, for external relations (communications and outreach) and to 
disseminate timely content to the public about DHS initiatives, public 
safety, and other official activities and one-way notifications. These 
dynamic communication tools broaden the Department's ability to 
disseminate content and provide the public multiple channels to receive 
and view content. The public will continue to have the option of 
obtaining comparable content and services through the Department's 
official Web sites and other official means. This PIA analyzes the 
Department's use of unidirectional social media applications. This PIA 
does not cover users sending content to the Department. Additionally, 
this PIA will describe the PII and the extremely limited circumstances 
under which the Department will have access to PII, how it will use the 
PII, what PII is retained and shared, and how individuals can gain 
access to their PII. Appendix A of this PIA will serve as a listing, to 
be updated periodically, of DHS unidirectional social media 
applications, approved by the Chief Privacy Officer, that follow the 
requirements and analytical understanding outlined in this PIA. The 
unidirectional social media applications listed in Appendix A are 
subject to Privacy Compliance Reviews by the DHS Privacy Office.
    System: DHS/ALL/PIA-037 SharePoint.
    Component: DHS Wide.
    Date of approval: March 22, 2011.
    DHS is developing SharePoint as a Service (SharePoint), which will 
be an enterprise offering available to all organizations within the 
Department. This platform will serve as an enterprise collaboration and 
communication solution, eliminating additional investments in 
duplicative collaborative technologies, leveraging economies of scale, 
and connecting separate organizations through the use of the same 
platform in an integrated environment. DHS is conducting this PIA 
because PII may be collected and stored in the SharePoint environment. 
This PIA sets out the minimum standard for SharePoint privacy and 
security requirements; DHS components may build more detailed controls 
and technical enhancements into their respective sites.
    System: DHS/ALL/PIA038 Integrated Security Management System 
(ISMS).
    Component: Office of Security.

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    Date of approval: March 23, 2011.
    ISMS is a web-based case management tool designed to support the 
lifecycle of DHS personnel security, administrative security, and 
classified visit management programs. Classified visit management is an 
administrative process in which an individual's security clearance 
information is exchanged between agencies to document an individual's 
security clearance level. Personnel security records maintained in ISMS 
include suitability and security clearance investigations which contain 
information related to background checks, investigations, and access 
determinations. For administrative security and classified visit 
management ISMS contains records associated with security container/
document tracking, classified contract administration, and incoming and 
outgoing classified visitor tracking. The system is a DHS enterprise-
wide application that replaces the Personnel Security Activities 
Management System, which was decommissioned on May 31, 2010.
    System: DHS/ICE/PIA-026 Federal Financial Management System (FFMS).
    Component: ICE.
    Date of approval: March 23, 2011.
    FFMS is a web-based, workflow management and financial transaction 
system that provides core financial management functions for ICE and 
five other components within DHS: USCIS, S&T, the National Protection 
Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Health Affairs (OHA), and DHS 
Office of Management (MGMT). FFMS is used to create and maintain a 
record of each allocation, commitment, obligation, travel advance and 
accounts receivable issued. The system contains personally identifiable 
information (PII) about DHS employees, contractors/vendors, customers 
and members of the public that participate in DHS programs. ICE is 
conducting this PIA because FFMS collects and maintains PII. This PIA 
focuses on ICE's collection and use of PII, and each component will 
publish appendices to this PIA as required to describe their collection 
and use of PII in FFMS.
    System: DHS/ICE/PIA-027 ICE Subpoena System.
    Component: ICE.
    Date of approval: March 29, 2011.
    The ICE Subpoena System (ISS) is owned and operated by the Office 
of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) within U.S. ICE, a component 
of the DHS. ISS automates the process of generating, logging, and 
tracking subpoenas and summonses that ICE issues in furtherance of its 
investigations into violations of customs and immigration laws. It also 
supports the generation of Form I-9 notices, which notify employers 
that ICE intends to inspect their records to determine if they have 
completed the required employment eligibility forms for their 
employees. ICE is conducting this PIA because ISS contains PII about 
the individuals to whom these subpoenas, summonses, and notices are 
directed as well as the individuals who are the subjects of these legal 
process documents.
    System: DHS/MGMT/PIA-005 Foreign National Visitor Management System 
(FNVMS).
    Component: Office of Security.
    Date of approval: March 30, 2011.
    FNVMS, a module hosted on the DHS ISMS information technology 
platform, is a risk assessment tool that provides the DHS with an 
application to log, track, and review non-U.S. Persons (foreign 
nationals) who visit or perform work at DHS facilities.

    Dated: May 18, 2011.
Mary Ellen Callahan,
Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
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