[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75930-75931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29735]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DHS-2013-0080]


DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS.

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will 
meet on January 30, 2014, in Washington, DC. The meeting will be open 
to the public.

DATES: The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will meet 
on Thursday, January 30, 2014, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please note 
that the meeting may end early if the Committee has completed its 
business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held both in person in Washington, DC 
(TBC) and via online forum (URL will be posted on the Privacy Office 
Web site in advance of the meeting at www.dhs.gov/privacy).
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
Shannon Ballard, Designated Federal Officer, DHS Data Privacy and 
Integrity Advisory Committee, as soon as possible.
    To facilitate public participation, we invite public comment on the 
issues to be considered by the Committee as listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below. A public comment period will be held during 
the meeting from 3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m., and speakers are requested to 
limit their comments to three minutes. If you would like to address the 
Committee at the meeting, we request that you register in advance by 
contacting Shannon Ballard at the address provided below or sign up at 
the registration desk on the day of the meeting. The names and 
affiliations, if any, of individuals who address the Committee are 
included in the public record of the meeting. Please note that the 
public comment period may end before the time indicated, following the 
last call for comments. Written comments should be sent to Shannon 
Ballard, Designated Federal Officer, DHS Data Privacy and Integrity 
Advisory Committee, by January 23, 2014. Persons who wish to submit 
comments and who are not able to attend or speak at the meeting may 
submit comments at any time. All submissions must include the Docket 
Number (DHS-2013-0080) and may be submitted by any one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include the Docket 
Number (DHS-2013-0080) in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 343-4010.
     Mail: Shannon Ballard, Designated Federal Officer, Data 
Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland 
Security, 245 Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0655, Washington, DC 20528.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the words ``Department 
of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee'' 
and the Docket Number (DHS-2013-0080). Comments received will be posted 
without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided.
    If you wish to attend the meeting, please bring a government issued 
photo I.D. and plan to arrive at (TBC) Washington, DC no later than 
1:45 p.m. so as to allow extra time to be processed through security 
and to be escorted to the conference room. The DHS Privacy Office 
encourages you to register for the meeting in advance by contacting 
Shannon Ballard, Designated Federal Officer, DHS Data Privacy and 
Integrity Advisory Committee, at [email protected]. Advance 
registration is voluntary. The Privacy Act Statement below explains how 
DHS uses the registration information you may provide and how

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you may access or correct information retained by DHS, if any.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received by the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory 
Committee, go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for docket 
number DHS-2013-0080.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Ballard, Designated Federal 
Officer, DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department 
of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0655, Washington, 
DC 20528, by telephone (202) 343-1717, by fax (202) 343-4010, or by 
email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2. The DHS Data 
Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee provides advice at the request 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the DHS Chief Privacy Officer 
on programmatic, policy, operational, administrative, and technological 
issues within DHS that relate to personally identifiable information, 
as well as data integrity and other privacy-related matters. The 
Committee was established by the Secretary of Homeland Security under 
the authority of 6 U.S.C. 451.

Agenda

    During the meeting, the Chief Privacy Officer will provide the 
Committee an update on the activities of the DHS Privacy Office. DHS 
subject matter experts plan to brief the Committee on privacy updates 
regarding DHS federated information sharing policy and technology 
practices. The Committee will receive a new tasking in this regard. The 
final agenda will be posted on or before January 23, 2014, on the 
Committee's Web site at www.dhs.gov/privacy. Please note that the 
meeting may end early if all business is completed.

Privacy Act Statement: DHS's Use of Your Information

    Authority: DHS requests that you voluntarily submit this 
information under its following authorities: the Federal Records 
Act, 44 U.S.C. 3101; the FACA, 5 U.S.C. Appendix; and the Privacy 
Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a.

    Principal Purposes: When you register to attend a DHS Data Privacy 
and Integrity Advisory Committee meeting, DHS collects your name, 
contact information, and the organization you represent, if any. We use 
this information to contact you for purposes related to the meeting, 
such as to confirm your registration, to advise you of any changes in 
the meeting, or to assure that we have sufficient materials to 
distribute to all attendees. We may also use the information you 
provide for public record purposes such as posting publicly available 
transcripts and meeting minutes.
    Routine Uses and Sharing: In general, DHS will not use the 
information you provide for any purpose other than the Principal 
Purposes, and will not share this information within or outside the 
agency. In certain circumstances, DHS may share this information on a 
case-by-case basis as required by law or as necessary for a specific 
purpose, as described in the DHS/ALL-002 Mailing and Other Lists System 
of Records Notice (November 25, 2008, 73 FR 71659).
    Effects of Not Providing Information: You may choose not to provide 
the requested information or to provide only some of the information 
DHS requests. If you choose not to provide some or all of the requested 
information, DHS may not be able to contact you for purposes related to 
the meeting.
    Accessing and Correcting Information: If you are unable to access 
or correct this information by using the method that you originally 
used to submit it, you may direct your request in writing to the DHS 
Deputy Chief FOIA Officer at [email protected]. Additional instructions 
are available at http://www.dhs.gov/foia and in the DHS/ALL-002 Mailing 
and Other Lists System of Records referenced above.

    Dated: December 4, 2013.
Karen Neuman,
Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
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