[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13914-13918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04795]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2019-0033]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of modified Privacy Act System of Records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to modify and reissue a current DHS 
system of records titled, ``Department of Homeland Security/ALL-038 
Insider Threat Program System of Records.'' This system of records 
allows DHS to establish capabilities to detect, deter, and mitigate 
insider threats. An ``Insider'' is defined to include any person who 
has or who had authorized access to any DHS facility, information, 
equipment, network, or system. An ``insider threat'' is the threat that 
an insider will use his or her authorized access, wittingly or 
unwittingly, to do harm to the Department's mission, resources, 
personnel, facilities, information, equipment, networks, or systems. 
DHS will use the system to facilitate management of insider threat 
inquiries; identify potential threats to DHS resources and information 
assets; manage referrals of potential insider threats to and from 
internal and external partners; provide authorized assistance to lawful 
administrative, civil, counterintelligence, and criminal 
investigations; and provide statistical reports and meet other insider 
threat reporting requirements.

DATES: Submit comments on or before April 9, 2020. This modified system 
will be effective April 9, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2019-0033 by one of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-343-4010.
     Mail: Jonathan R. Cantor, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, 
Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528-
0655.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number DHS-2019-0033. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions, please contact: 
Jonathan R. Cantor, (202) 343-1717, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, 
Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528-
0655.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to modify and reissue a 
current DHS system of records titled, ``DHS/ALL-038 Insider Threat 
Program System of Records.''
    DHS developed an Insider Threat Program (ITP) to manage insider 
threat matters within DHS. The ITP is mandated by Executive Order 
13587, ``Structural Reforms to Improve the Security of Classified 
Networks and the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified 
Information,'' issued October 7, 2011, which requires Federal agencies 
to establish an insider threat detection and prevention program to 
ensure the security of classified networks and the responsible sharing 
and safeguarding of classified information with appropriate protections 
for privacy and civil liberties.
    DHS is modifying the Insider Threat Program System of Records to 
account for the new population affected and new types of information 
the program is now authorized to collect and maintain pursuant to a 
memorandum, Expanding the Scope of the Department of Homeland Security 
Insider Threat Program, submitted to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
on December 7, 2016, and approved on January 3, 2017. Originally, the 
Insider Threat Program focused on the detection, prevention, and 
mitigation of unauthorized disclosure of classified information by DHS 
personnel with active security clearances. The Secretary's memorandum 
expands the scope of the Insider Threat Program to its current breadth: 
threats posed to the Department by all individuals who have or had 
access to the Department's facilities, information, equipment, 
networks, or systems. Unauthorized disclosure of classified information 
is merely one way in which this threat might manifest. Therefore, the 
expanded scope increases the population covered by the system to 
include all those with past or current access to DHS facilities, 
information, equipment, networks, or systems.
    Therefore, the Department is modifying the category of individuals 
covered under this SORN to all individuals who have or had access to 
the Department's facilities, information, equipment, networks, or 
systems.
    The category of records in this SORN will be modified to cover 
records from any DHS Component, office, program, record, or source, 
including records from information security, personnel security, and 
systems security for both internal and external security threats. 
Information contained in such records is necessary to identify, 
analyze, or resolve insider threat matters. Moreover, the Insider 
Threat Program system of records may include information lawfully 
obtained from any United States Government Agency, DHS Component, other 
domestic or foreign government entity, and from a private sector 
entity. DHS is also updating Routine Use E and adding Routine Use F to 
comply with requirements set forth by OMB Memorandum M-17-12, 
``Preparing for and Responding to a Breach of Personally Identifiable 
Information,'' (Jan. 3, 2017). Additionally, this notice includes non-
substantive changes to simplify the formatting and text of the 
previously published notice.
    Consistent with DHS's information sharing mission, information 
stored in the DHS/ALL-038 Insider Threat Program system of records may 
be

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shared with other DHS components that have a need to know the 
information to carry out their national security, law enforcement, 
immigration, intelligence, or other homeland security functions. In 
addition, DHS may share information with appropriate federal, state, 
local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or international government 
agencies and private sector partners consistent with the routine uses 
set forth in this system of records notice.
    Furthermore, DHS is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to 
exempt this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy 
Act elsewhere in the Federal Register. This modified system will be 
included in DHS's inventory of record systems.

II. Privacy Act

    The Privacy Act embodies fair information practice principles in a 
statutory framework governing the means by which Federal Government 
agencies collect, maintain, use, and disseminate individuals' records. 
The Privacy Act applies to information that is maintained in a ``system 
of records.'' A ``system of records'' is a group of any records under 
the control of an agency from which information is retrieved by the 
name of an individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other 
identifying particular assigned to the individual. In the Privacy Act, 
an individual is defined to encompass U.S. citizens and lawful 
permanent residents. Additionally, the Judicial Redress Act (JRA) 
provides covered persons with a statutory right to make requests for 
access and amendment to covered records, as defined by the JRA, along 
with judicial review for denials of such requests. In addition, the JRA 
prohibits disclosures of covered records, except as otherwise permitted 
by the Privacy Act.
    Below is the description of the DHS/ALL-038 Insider Threat Program 
System of Records. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), DHS has 
provided a report of this system of records to the Office of Management 
and Budget and to Congress.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS) DHS/ALL-038 Insider Threat 
Program System of Records.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified and Classified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Records are maintained at several DHS Headquarters and Component 
locations in Washington, DC and field offices.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    Program Manager, Insider Threat Operations Center (202-447-5010), 
Office of the Chief Security Officer, Department of Homeland Security, 
Washington, DC 20528.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Public 
Law 108-458; Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2010, Public Law 
111-259; Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 60 Stat. 755, August 1, 1946; Under 
Secretary for Management, Title 6 U.S.C. 341(a)(6); Investigation of 
Crimes Involving Government Officers and Employees, Title 28 U.S.C. 
535; Law Enforcement Authority of Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Protection of Public Property, Title 40 U.S.C. 1315; Coordination of 
Counterintelligence Activities, Title 50 U.S.C. 3381; Executive Order 
10450, Security Requirements for Government Employment, 18 FR 2489 
(April 17, 1953); Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence 
Activities, 46 FR 59941 (December 4, 1981), reprinted as amended in 73 
FR 45325 (July 30, 2008); Executive Order 12829, National Industrial 
Security Program, 58 FR 3479 (January 06, 1993), reprinted as amended 
in part in 80 FR 60271 (September 30, 2015); Executive Order 12968, 
Access to Classified Information, 60 FR 40245 (August 2, 1995); 
Executive Order 13467, Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for 
Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and 
Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information, 73 
FR 38103 (June 30, 2008), reprinted as amended in part in 82 FR 8115 
(January 17, 2017); Executive Order 13488, Granting Reciprocity on 
Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and 
Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust, 74 FR 4111 
(January 16, 2009), reprinted as amended in part in 82 FR 8115 (January 
17, 2017); Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security 
Information, 75 FR 707 (December 29, 2009); Executive Order 13549, 
Classified National Security Information Programs for State, Local, 
Tribal, and Private Sector Entities, 75 FR 51609 (August 18, 2010), 
reprinted as amended in 80 FR 60271 (September 30, 2015); Executive 
Order 13587, Structural Reforms to Improve the Security of Classified 
Networks and the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified 
Information, 76 FR 63811 (October 7, 2011); and Presidential Memorandum 
National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards for Executive 
Branch Insider Threat Programs (November 21, 2012).

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    The purpose of this system is to detect, deter, and mitigate 
insider threats. DHS will use the system to facilitate management of 
insider threat inquiries; identify and track potential insider threats 
to DHS; manage referrals of potential insider threats to and from 
internal and external partners; provide authorized assistance to lawful 
administrative, civil, counterintelligence, and criminal 
investigations; and generate statistical reports and meet other insider 
threat reporting requirements.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    The categories of individuals covered by this system are DHS 
``insiders,'' as defined above, which include present and former DHS 
employees, contractors, detailees, assignees, interns, visitors, and 
guests. In addition, persons who report concerns, witnesses, relatives, 
and individuals with other relevant personal associations with a DHS 
insider are covered by the system of records notice.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    The system may collect the following types of information:
     Information potentially relevant to resolving possible 
insider threats and lawful DHS security investigations, including 
authorized physical, personnel, and communications security 
investigations, and information systems security analysis and 
reporting. Such information may include:
     Individual's name and alias(es);
     Date and place of birth;
     Social Security number;
     Address;
     Open source information, including publicly available 
social media information;
     Personal and official email addresses;
     Citizenship;
     Personal and official phone numbers;
     Driver license number(s);
     Vehicle Identification Number(s);
     License plate number(s);
     Ethnicity and race;
     Current Employment and Performance Information;
     Work history;
     Education history;
     Contract information;
     Information on family members, dependents, relatives and 
other personal associations;
     Passport number(s);

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     DHS-held Travel records;
     Gender;
     Hair and eye color;
     Biometric data;
     Other physical or distinguishing attributes of an 
individual;
     Medical information;
     Access control pass, credential number, or other 
identifying number(s);
     Media obtained through authorized procedures, such as CCTV 
footage; and
     Any other information provided to obtain access to DHS 
facilities or information systems.
     Records relating to the management and operation of the 
DHS physical, personnel, and communications security programs, 
including:
     Completed standard form questionnaires issued by the 
Office of Personnel Management;
     Background investigative reports and supporting 
documentation, including criminal background, medical, and financial 
data;
     Current and former clearance status(s);
     Other information related to an individual's eligibility 
for access to classified information;
     Criminal history records;
     Polygraph examination results;
     Logs of computer activities on all DHS IT systems or any 
IT systems accessed by DHS personnel;
     Nondisclosure agreements;
     Document control registries;
     Courier authorization requests;
     Derivative classification unique identifiers;
     Requests for access to sensitive compartmented information 
(SCI);
     Records reflecting personal and official foreign travel;
     Facility access records;
     Records of contacts with foreign persons; and
     Briefing/debriefing statements for special programs, 
sensitive positions, and other related information and documents 
required in connection with personnel security clearance 
determinations.
     Reports of investigations or inquiries regarding security 
violations or misconduct, including:
     Individuals' statements or affidavits and correspondence;
     Incident reports;
     Drug test results;
     Investigative records of a criminal, civil, or 
administrative nature;
     Letters, emails, memoranda, and reports;
     Exhibits, evidence, statements, and affidavits;
     Inquiries relating to suspected security violations;
     Recommended remedial actions for possible security 
violations; and
     Personnel files containing information about misconduct 
and adverse actions.
     Any information related to the management and operation of 
the DHS ITP, including:
     Documentation pertaining to fact-finding or analytical 
efforts by ITP personnel to identify insider threats to DHS resources, 
personnel, property, facilities, or information;
     Records of information technology events and other 
information that could reveal potential insider threat activities;
     Intelligence reports and database query results relating 
to individuals covered by this system;
     Information obtained from the Intelligence Community, law 
enforcement partners, and from other agencies or organizations about 
individuals and/or organizations known or reasonably suspected of being 
engaged in conduct constituting, preparing for, aiding, or relating to 
an insider threat;
     Information provided by subjects and individual members of 
the public; and
     Information provided by individuals who report known or 
suspected insider threats.

Record Source Categories:
    Records are obtained from (1) software that monitors DHS users' 
activity on U.S. Government computer networks; (2) information supplied 
by individuals to the Department or by the individual's employer; (3) 
information provided to the Department to gain access to DHS 
facilities, information, equipment, networks, or systems; (4) publicly 
available information obtained from open source platforms, including 
publicly available social media; (5) any departmental records for which 
the ITP has been given authorized access; and (6) any federal, state, 
tribal, local government, or private sector records for which the ITP 
has been given authorized access. The Insider Threat Operations Center 
(ITOC) also receives tips and leads by other means, such as email or 
telephone. The ITOC may receive a tip from any party, including members 
of the public.

Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories 
of Users and Purposes of Such Uses:
    In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 
552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a portion of the records or 
information contained in this system may be disclosed outside DHS as a 
routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
    A. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), including the U.S. Attorneys 
Offices, or other federal agency conducting litigation or proceedings 
before any court, adjudicative, or administrative body, when it is 
relevant or necessary to the litigation and one of the following is a 
party to the litigation or has an interest in such litigation:
    1. DHS or any component thereof;
    2. Any employee or former employee of DHS in his/her official 
capacity;
    3. Any employee or former employee of DHS in his/her individual 
capacity, only when DOJ or DHS has agreed to represent the employee; or
    4. The United States or any agency thereof.
    B. To a congressional office from the record of an individual in 
response to an inquiry from that congressional office made at the 
request of the individual to whom the record pertains.
    C. To the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) or 
General Services Administration pursuant to records management 
inspections being conducted under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 
2906.
    D. To an agency or organization for the purpose of performing audit 
or oversight operations as authorized by law, but only such information 
as is necessary and relevant to such audit or oversight function.
    E. To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) DHS 
suspects or has confirmed that there has been a breach of the system of 
records; (2) DHS has determined that as a result of the suspected or 
confirmed breach there is a risk of harm to individuals, DHS (including 
its information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal 
Government, or national security; and (3) the disclosure made to such 
agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in 
connection with DHS's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed 
breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
    F. To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when DHS determines 
that information from this system of records is reasonably necessary to 
assist the recipient agency or entity in (1) responding to a suspected 
or confirmed breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or remedying the 
risk of harm to individuals, the recipient agency or entity (including 
its information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal 
Government, or national security, resulting from a suspected or 
confirmed breach.
    G. To an appropriate Federal, state, tribal, local, international, 
or foreign law enforcement agency or other appropriate

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authority charged with investigating or prosecuting a violation or 
enforcing or implementing a law, rule, regulation, or order, when a 
record, either on its face or in conjunction with other information, 
indicates a violation or potential violation of law, which includes 
criminal, civil, or regulatory violations and such disclosure is proper 
and consistent with the official duties of the person making the 
disclosure.
    H. To contractors and their agents, grantees, experts, consultants, 
and others performing or working on a contract, service, grant, 
cooperative agreement, or other assignment for DHS, when necessary to 
accomplish an agency function related to this system of records. 
Individuals provided information under this routine use are subject to 
the same Privacy Act requirements and limitations on disclosure as are 
applicable to DHS officers and employees.
    I. To an appropriate Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, 
foreign, or international agency, if the information is relevant and 
necessary to a requesting agency's decision concerning the hiring or 
retention of an individual, or issuance of a security clearance, 
license, contract, grant, delegation or designation of authority, or 
other benefit, or if the information is relevant and necessary to a DHS 
decision concerning the hiring or retention of an employee, the 
issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an investigation of 
an employee, the letting of a contract, or the issuance of a license, 
grant, delegation or designation of authority, or other benefit and 
disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official 
duties of the person making the request.
    J. To a prospective or current employer that has, or is likely to 
have, access to any government facility, information, equipment, 
network, or system, to the extent necessary to determine the employment 
eligibility of an individual, based on actions taken by the Department 
pursuant to an insider threat inquiry involving the individual.
    K. To third parties during the course of an investigation to the 
extent necessary to obtain information pertinent to the investigation, 
provided disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the 
official duties of the individual making the disclosure.
    L. To a public or professional licensing organization when such 
information indicates, either by itself or in combination with other 
information, a violation or potential violation of professional 
standards, or reflects on the moral, educational, or professional 
qualifications of an individual who is licensed or who is seeking to 
become licensed.
    M. To another federal agency in order to conduct or support 
authorized counterintelligence activities, as defined by 50 U.S.C. 
3003(3).
    N. To any Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or 
multinational government or agency, or appropriate private sector 
individuals and organizations lawfully engaged in national security or 
homeland defense for that entity's official responsibilities, including 
responsibilities to counter, deter, prevent, prepare for, respond to, 
threats to national or homeland security, including an act of terrorism 
or espionage.
    O. To a Federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial government or 
agency lawfully engaged in the collection of intelligence (including 
national intelligence, foreign intelligence, and counterintelligence), 
counterterrorism, homeland security, law enforcement or law enforcement 
intelligence, and other information, when disclosure is undertaken for 
intelligence, counterterrorism, homeland security, or related law 
enforcement purposes, as authorized by U.S. Law or Executive Order.
    P. To any individual, organization, or entity, as appropriate, to 
notify them of a serious threat to homeland security and/or a potential 
insider threat for the purpose of guarding them against or responding 
to such a threat, or when there is a reason to believe that the 
recipient is or could become the target of a particular threat, to the 
extent the information is relevant to the protection of life, health, 
or property.
    Q. To members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform 
and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 
pursuant to a written request under 5 U.S.C. 2954, after consultation 
with the Chief Privacy Officer and the General Counsel.
    R. To a federal agency or entity that has information relevant to 
an allegation or investigation regarding an insider threat for purposes 
of obtaining guidance, additional information, or advice from such 
federal agency or entity regarding the handling of an insider threat 
matter, or to a federal agency or entity that was consulted during the 
processing of the allegation or investigation but that did not 
ultimately have relevant information.
    S. To a former DHS employee, DHS contractor, or individual 
sponsored by DHS for a security clearance for purposes of responding to 
an official inquiry by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial 
government agencies or professional licensing authorities; or 
facilitating communications with a former employee that may be relevant 
and necessary for personnel-related or other official purposes when DHS 
requires information or consultation assistance from the former 
employee regarding a matter within that person's former area of 
responsibility.
    T. To the news media and the public, with the approval of the Chief 
Privacy Officer in consultation with counsel, when there exists a 
legitimate public interest in the disclosure of the information, when 
disclosure is necessary to preserve confidence in the integrity of DHS, 
or when disclosure is necessary to demonstrate the accountability of 
DHS's officers, employees, or individuals covered by the system, except 
to the extent the Chief Privacy Officer determines that release of the 
specific information in the context of a particular case would 
constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Policies and Practices for Storage of Records:
    DHS/ALL-038 Insider Threat Program stores records in this system 
electronically or on paper in secure facilities in a locked drawer 
behind a locked door. The records may be stored on magnetic disc, tape, 
and digital media.

Policies and Practices for Retrieval of Records:
    DHS may retrieve records by first and last name, Social Security 
number, date of birth, phone number, other unique individual 
identifiers, and other types of information by key word search.

Policies and Practices for Retention and Disposal of Records:
    In accordance with General Records Schedule 5.6: Security Records 
(July 2017), Insider Threat (a) records pertaining to an ``insider 
threat inquiry'' are destroyed 25 years after the close of the inquiry; 
(b) records containing ``insider threat information'' are destroyed 
when 25 years old; (c) insider threat user activity monitoring (UAM) 
data is destroyed no sooner than 5 years after the inquiry has been 
opened, but longer retention is authorized if required for business 
use; and (d) insider threat administrative and operations records are 
destroyed when 7 years old.

Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards:
    DHS ITP safeguards records in this system according to applicable 
rules and policies, including all applicable DHS automated systems 
security and

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access policies. DHS has imposed strict controls to minimize the risk 
of compromising the information that is being stored. Access to the 
computer system containing the records in this system is limited to 
those individuals who have a need to know the information for the 
performance of their official duties and who have appropriate 
clearances or permissions.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    As described below, this system of records is exempt from the 
notification, access, and amendment provisions of the Privacy Act, and 
the Judicial Redress Act if applicable. However, DHS will consider 
individual requests to determine whether or not information may be 
released. Individuals seeking access to and notification of any record 
contained in this system of records, or seeking to contest its content, 
may submit a request in writing to the Chief Privacy Officer and 
Headquarters FOIA Officer, whose contact information can be found at 
http://www.dhs.gov/foia under ``Contacts Information.'' If an 
individual believes more than one component maintains Privacy Act 
records concerning him or her, the individual may submit the request to 
the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528-0655. Even if 
neither the Privacy Act nor the Judicial Redress Act provides a right 
of access, certain records about you may be available under the Freedom 
of Information Act.
    When an individual is seeking records about himself or herself from 
this system of records or any other Departmental system of records, the 
individual's request must conform with the Privacy Act regulations set 
forth in 6 CFR part 5. The individual must first verify his/her 
identity, meaning that the individual must provide his/her full name, 
current address, and date and place of birth. The individual must sign 
the request, and the individual's signature must either be notarized or 
submitted under Title 28 U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits statements to 
be made under penalty of perjury as a substitute for notarization. 
While no specific form is required, an individual may obtain forms for 
this purpose from the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of 
Information Act Officer, http://www.dhs.gov/foia or 1-866-431-0486. In 
addition, the individual should:
     Explain why he or she believes the Department would have 
information being requested;
     Identify which component(s) of the Department he or she 
believes may have the information;
     Specify when the individual believes the records would 
have been created; and
     Provide any other information that will help the FOIA 
staff determine which DHS component agency may have responsive records;
    If the request is seeking records pertaining to another living 
individual, the request must include an authorization from the 
individual whose record is being requested, authorizing the release to 
the requester.
    Without the above information, the component(s) may not be able to 
conduct an effective search, and the individual's request may be denied 
due to lack of specificity or lack of compliance with applicable 
regulations.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    For records covered by the Privacy Act or Judicial Redress Act-
covered records, individuals may make a request for amendment or 
correction of a record of the Department about the individual by 
writing directly to the Department component that maintains the record. 
The request should identify each particular record in question, state 
the amendment or correction desired, and state why the individual 
believes that the record is not accurate, relevant, timely, or 
complete. The individual may submit any documentation that would be 
helpful. If the individual believes that the same record is in more 
than one system of records, the request should state that and be 
addressed to each component that maintains a system of records 
containing the record.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    See ``Record Access Procedures'' above.

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) 
has exempted this system from the following provisions of the Privacy 
Act: 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (c)(4); (d); (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), 
(e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I), (e)(5), (e)(8), (e)(12); (f); and 
(g)(1). Additionally, the Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), (k)(2), and (k)(5), has exempted this system from 
the following provisions of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3); (d); 
(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I); and (f). When this system 
receives a record from another system exempted in that source system 
under Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), (k)(2), and 
(k)(5), DHS will claim the same exemptions for those records that are 
claimed for the original primary systems of records from which they 
originated and claims any additional exemptions set forth here.

HISTORY:
    81 FR 9871 (February 26, 2016).

Jonathan R. Cantor,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
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