[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19311]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

32 CFR Part 806b

[Docket ID: USAF-2019-HQ-0006]
RIN 0701-AA89


Privacy Act Program

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DoD.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule removes DoD's regulation concerning the 
Department of the Air Force Privacy Program. On April 11, 2019, the 
Department of Defense published a revised DoD-level Privacy Program 
rule, which contains the necessary information for an agency-wide 
privacy program regulation under the Privacy Act and now serves as the 
single Privacy Program rule for the Department. That revised Privacy 
Program rule also includes all DoD component exemption rules. 
Therefore, part 806b is now unnecessary and may be removed from the 
CFR.

DATES: This rule is effective on September 6, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaDonne White, 571-256-2515.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DoD now has a single DoD-level Privacy 
Program rule at 32 CFR part 310 (84 FR 14728) that contains all the 
codified information required for the Department. The Department of the 
Air Force program regulation at 32 CFR part 806b, ``Privacy Act 
Program,'' last updated on January 7, 2004 (69 FR 954), is no longer 
required and can be removed.
    It has been determined that publication of this CFR part removal 
for public comment is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to 
public interest since it is based on the removal of policies and 
procedures that are either now reflected in another CFR part, 32 CFR 
310, or are publicly available on the Department's website. To the 
extent that the Department of the Air Force internal guidance 
concerning the implementation of the Privacy Act within the Department 
of the Air Force is necessary, it will continue to be published in 
``Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program (AFI33-332),'' 
available at https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/saf_cio_a6/publication/afi33-332/afi33-332.pdf (14 Feb 2019).
    This rule is one of 20 separate component Privacy rules. With the 
finalization of the DoD-level Privacy rule at 32 CFR part 310, the 
Department is eliminating the need for this component Privacy rule, 
thereby reducing costs to the public as explained in the preamble of 
the DoD-level Privacy rule published on April 11, 2019, at 84 FR 14728-
14811.
    This rule is not significant under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, 
``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' Therefore, E.O. 13771, ``Reducing 
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs'' does not apply.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 806b

    Privacy.

PART 806b--[REMOVED]

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Accordingly, by the authority of 5 U.S.C. 301, 32 CFR part 806b is 
removed.

Bao-Anh Trinh,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-19311 Filed 9-5-19; 8:45 am]
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