[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28300-28302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12837]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, notice 
is given that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
(Board) proposes the modification of a system of records, BGFRS-40, 
entitled ``FRB--Board Subscription Services.'' BGFRS-40 maintains 
subscription-related information regarding individuals who subscribe to 
Board publications.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 18, 2019.
    This modified system of records will become effective July 18, 
2019, without further notice, unless comments dictate otherwise.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which has oversight 
responsibility under the Privacy Act, requires a 30-day period prior to 
publication in the Federal Register in which to review the system and 
to provide any comments to the agency. The public is then given a 30-
day period in which to comment, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) 
and (11).

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by BGFRS-40; FRB-Board 
Subscription Services, by any of the following methods:
     Agency Website: https://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
     Email: [email protected]. Include SORN name 
and number in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
     Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20551.
    All public comments will be made available on the Board's website 
at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as 
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons, or to remove 
sensitive personally identifiable information. Public comments may also 
be viewed electronically or in paper form in Room 146, 1709 New York 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on 
weekdays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David B. Husband, Senior Attorney, 
(202) 530-6270, or [email protected]; Legal Division, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The main publication that the Board provides 
is the Federal Reserve Regulatory Service (FRRS), which is a 
compilation of the statutes administered by the Board along with 
regulations, interpretations, policy statements, rulings, and opinions 
issued by the Board and its staff. The FRRS also includes select 
regulations issued by other agencies that are relevant to the Board's 
responsibilities. The Board also provides subscriptions to other 
publications such as general publications, reports to Congress, and 
economic research and data.
    The Board contracts the FRRS subscription services to a vendor who 
processes subscriptions purchased on the FRRS website. Going forward, 
to accommodate subscriber demand for an offline payment option, the 
vendor will also process offline check payments for FRRS subscriptions. 
The Board will continue to operate the subscription services for the 
other publications (e.g., the general publications). Accordingly, the 
Board is updating the categories of records in the system and updating 
the history field to reflect the earlier publication of this SORN.
    The Board is also making a technical correction to the routine uses 
for the system and replacing two BGFRS-40 system-specific uses that 
reflect OMB breach notification related uses with the corresponding 
Board General Routine Uses. This change is necessary because the Board 
published BGFRS-40 with the OMB breach notification uses before 
amending the ``General Routine Uses of Board Systems of Records,'' to 
incorporate those same OMB breach notification uses. See 83 FR 43872, 
August 28, 2018, available at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-08-28/pdf/2018-18627.pdf. Therefore, the Board is replacing the 
BGFRS-40 system-specific routine use (1) with General Routine Use I and 
the BGFRS-

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40 system-specific routine use (2) with General Routine Use J.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER
    BGFRS-40, ``FRB--Board Subscription Services''

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    The vendor maintains FRRS subscription materials in paper and 
electronic form. The vendor is located at 101 Fry Drive, Mechanicsburg, 
PA 17055. The Board maintains historical FRRS subscription records and 
new FRRS records created and transmitted by the vendor to the Board 
(such as the monthly call reports), along with the subscription 
information for other Board publications. Paper records are stored in 
file folders and electronic records are stored on the Board's network. 
Records are maintained at the Board's central offices located at: Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    Both managers are located at the Board's central offices in 
Washington, DC. The manager for the FRRS is Mike Budzinski, Manager, 
Editing, Office of Board Members, (202) 452-3262, 
[email protected]. For all other Board publications and for 
historical records stored at the Board, the manager is Gladys Parran, 
Manager, Printing & Fulfillment, Office of Board Members, (202) 736-
5520, [email protected].

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    12 U.S.C. 244.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    The Board maintains these records to allow individuals to subscribe 
to Board publications. The main publication the Board provides is the 
Federal Reserve Regulatory Service (FRRS), a publication that compiles 
the statutes administered by the Board along with regulations, 
interpretations, policy statements, rulings, and opinions issued by the 
Board and its staff as well as select regulations issued by other 
agencies that are relevant to the Board's responsibilities. The Board 
also makes available other publications such as general publications, 
reports to Congress, and economic research and data.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Persons who subscribe to the FRRS or create an account for the 
purpose of subscribing to the FRRS and persons who request to subscribe 
to other available Board publications.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    The Board Subscription Services system covers records related to 
the ordering and fulfillment of orders for the FRRS and other Board 
publications, such as economic research and data, general publications, 
and reports to Congress. The information collected for all publications 
(including the FRRS) includes the subscriber's name, company name or 
affiliation (if applicable), shipping address, order type, email 
address, and phone number. For Board publications other than the FRRS, 
the Board also collects the payment type (check, money order, credit 
card) and relevant payment information.
    For the FRRS, the vendor collects the check payment if the order is 
by check. In addition, subscriptions for the FRRS also include the FRRS 
account information (log-in and password information), the billing 
address, order history, and fulfillment information (shipping and 
delivery instructions). The Board's vendor provides the Board with a 
monthly report on FRRS subscriptions. The monthly report records FRRS 
subscription revenue and selected subscriber and fulfillment 
information of current FRRS subscribers, including the individual 
subscriber's name, company name (if applicable), email address, and 
order type. The Board retains historical FRRS subscription and payment 
information from the Board's operation of the FRRS subscription service 
for the appropriate six-year record retention period.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    The subscriber to the publication or the FRRS account holder 
provides the relevant information.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    General routine uses, A, C, D, G, I, and J apply to this system. 
These general routine uses are located at https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/SORN-page-general-routine-uses-of-board-systems-of-records.pdf and are published in the Federal Register at 83 
FR 43872 (August 28, 2018) at 43873-74.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
    Paper records in this system are stored in file folders with access 
limited to staff with a need to know. Electronic records are stored on 
a secure server.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
    Paper and electronic records can be retrieved by name or other 
identifying aspects.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
    The retention period for the records in this system is six years. 
Records will be disposed of at the end of their retention periods, 
subject to an annual close-out.

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
    Board and vendor staff are restricted to the data that is required 
in the performances of their duties. This is accomplished through user 
roles, which provide differential access levels to users based on their 
official duties and need-to-know. Only Board or vendor staff whose 
official duties require such access may view the subscription and 
fulfillment records. Electronic records are password protected and 
paper records are stored in locked file cabinets.
    Only select Board and vendor staff have access to the FRRS 
subscriber and fulfillment information provided in the monthly FRRS 
vendor-provided report. Authorized Board staff access the monthly FRRS 
report through an encrypted connection.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    The Privacy Act allows individuals the right to access records 
maintained about them in a Board system of records. Your request for 
access must: (1) Contain a statement that the request is made pursuant 
to the Privacy Act of 1974; (2) provide either the name of the Board 
system of records expected to contain the record requested or a concise 
description of the system of records; (3) provide the information 
necessary to verify your identity; and (4) provide any other 
information that may assist in the rapid identification of the record 
you seek.
    Current or former Board employees may make a request for access by 
contacting the Board office that maintains the record. The Board 
handles all Privacy Act requests as both a Privacy Act request and as a 
Freedom of Information Act request. The Board does not charge fees to a 
requestor seeking to access or amend his/her Privacy Act records.
    You may submit your Privacy Act request to the--Secretary of the 
Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street 
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551.
    You may also submit your Privacy Act request electronically through 
the

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Board's FOIA ``Electronic Request Form'' located here: https://www.federalreserve.gov/secure/forms/efoiaform.aspx.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    The Privacy Act allows individuals to seek amendment of information 
that is erroneous, irrelevant, untimely, or incomplete and is 
maintained in a system of records that pertains to them. To request an 
amendment to your record, you should clearly mark the request as a 
``Privacy Act Amendment Request.'' You have the burden of proof for 
demonstrating the appropriateness of the requested amendment and you 
must provide relevant and convincing evidence in support of your 
request.
    Your request for amendment must: (1) Provide the name of the 
specific Board system of records containing the record you seek to 
amend; (2) identify the specific portion of the record you seek to 
amend; (3) describe the nature of and reasons for each requested 
amendment; (4) explain why you believe the record is not accurate, 
relevant, timely, or complete; and (5) unless you have already done so 
in a related Privacy Act request for access or amendment, provide the 
necessary information to verify your identity.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    Same as ``Access procedures'' above. You may also follow this 
procedure in order to request an accounting of previous disclosures of 
records pertaining to you as provided for by 5 U.S.C. 552a(c).

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    No exemptions are claimed for this system.

HISTORY:
    This SORN was previously published at 83 FR 15569 (April 11, 2018).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 11, 2019.
Ann Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2019-12837 Filed 6-17-19; 8:45 am]
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