[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70795-70796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28678]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
Privacy Act of 1974; Retirement of Department of Homeland
Security Transportation Security Administration System of Records
AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of retirement of one Privacy Act system of records
notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of
Homeland Security is giving notice that it will retire the following
Privacy Act system of records notice, Department of Homeland Security/
Transportation Security Administration-012 Transportation Worker
Identification Credentialing System (September 24, 2004, 69 FR 57348),
which was written to cover the Prototype Phase of the Transportation
Worker Identification Credentialing Program to authorize unescorted
entry to secure transportation areas. These records were destroyed in
accordance with the applicable records retention schedule, with the
following exceptions: (1) Records for individuals who were an actual
match to a government watchlist; and (2) records for individuals who
were a close match but subsequently cleared as not posing a potential
or actual threat to transportation. This notice reflects that these two
categories of records from the Transportation Worker Identification
Credentialing Prototype Phase must continue to be retained in
accordance with the applicable records retention schedule, and will be
maintained under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security/
Transportation Security Administration-002 Transportation Security
Threat Assessment System System of Records (May 19, 2010, 75 FR 28046),
which covers the Security Threat Assessment process associated with the
Transportation Worker Identification Credentialing and other
Transportation Security Administration vetting programs.
DATES: These changes will take effect upon publication in the Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions please contact:
Peter Pietra, Privacy Officer, TSA-36, Transportation Security
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6036; email:
[email protected]. For privacy issues please contact: Jonathan Cantor,
(202-343-1717), Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Office,
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy
Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and as part of its ongoing integration and
management efforts, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is
retiring the system of records notice, DHS/Transportation Security
Administration (TSA)-012 Transportation Worker Identification
Credentialing (TWIC) System (September 24, 2004, 69 FR 57348), which
was written to cover the Prototype Phase of the TWIC Program to
authorize unescorted entry to secure transportation areas. The
retirement of
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this system of records is appropriate because the Prototype Phase is
complete, and records from this system have been destroyed in
accordance with the TSA Threat Assessment and Credentialing records
retention schedule, with the following exceptions: (1) A small number
of records for individuals who were an actual match to a government
watchlist (which will be retained for 99 years); and (2) records for
individuals who were a close match but subsequently cleared as not
posing a potential or actual threat to transportation (which will be
retained for 7 years). Records from the TWIC Prototype Phase not yet
authorized for destruction will be retained under the authority of the
DHS/TSA-002 Transportation Security Threat Assessment System (T-STAS)
System of Records (May 19, 2010, 75 FR 28046), which covers the
Security Threat Assessment (STA) process associated with the TWIC and
other TSA vetting programs.
Eliminating the system of records notice DHS/TSA-012 TWIC will have
no adverse impact on individuals, but will promote the overall
streamlining and management of DHS Privacy Act record systems. Records
for individuals who participated in the Prototype Phase have been
destroyed, except as identified above. Individuals whose records
continue to be retained pending disposition under the records retention
schedule may seek access or correction to their records under DHS/TSA-
002 T-STAS.
Dated: November 6, 2012.
Jonathan R. Cantor,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-28678 Filed 11-26-12; 8:45 am]
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