[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1010-1011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00083]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

ACTION: Rescindment of a system of records.

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SUMMARY: VA VetBiz Assistance Program Pages (132VAOSDBU) has been 
combined with the Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) VA 
VetBiz Vendor Information Pages (VIP) (181VAOSDBU). 132VAOSDBU is a 
system that is accessed by VA Procurement Decision Makers (PDMs) which 
allows the PDM to perform research upon Veteran Owned Small Businesses 
(VOSBs) and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs). 
This service

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allows the VA to meet the requirements for contract set-aside for 
businesses that meet specific qualifications. The system has been 
combined with the system covered by CVE VA VetBiz VIP (181VAOSDBU), the 
system used by Veterans to submit information to become certified as 
VOSBs or SDVOSBs. Certified VOSBs/SDVOSBs are maintained in the 
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database. The records from 
132VAOSDBU are combined with and stored in 181VAOSDBU.

DATES: The agency has combined the two systems of record on February 
28, 2021. Comments on this rescindment notice must be received no later 
than 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. If no 
public comment is received during the period allowed for comment or 
unless otherwise published in the Federal Register by VA, the 
rescindment will become effective a minimum of 30 days after date of 
publication in the Federal Register. If VA receives public comments, VA 
shall review the comments to determine whether any changes to the 
notice are necessary.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through www.Regulations.gov or 
mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, (005R1A), 
Washington, DC 20420. Comments should indicate that they are submitted 
in response to VA VetBiz Assistance Program Pages (132VAOSDBU). 
Comments received will be available at regulations.gov for public 
viewing, inspection or copies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Renetta Bradford, Information 
Technology Systems Integration (ITSI) Senior Program Manager, 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Small & Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization (OSDBU), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Room 1064, 
Washington, DC 20420. Email: [email protected] or (202) 461-4600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 132VAOSDBU has been combined with 
181VAOSDBU. The records from 132VAOSDBU have been combined with 
181VAOSDBU for users of the system. Records will be maintained 
according to VA security and NARA requirements.

Signing Authority

    The Senior Agency Official for Privacy, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Neil C. 
Evans, M.D., Chief Officer, Connected Care, Performing the Delegable 
Duties of the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and 
Chief Information Officer, approved this document on November 28, 2021 
for publication.

    Dated: January 4, 2022.
Amy L. Rose,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Information Security, 
Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    VA VetBiz Assistance Program Pages (132VAOSDBU)

HISTORY:
    VA VetBiz Assistance Program Pages--VA (132VAOSDBU), published as 
86 FR 7923, 02/02/2021, was the last full publication of OSDBU's SORN 
132VAOSDBU which provided updated information regarding OSDBU's 
records.

[FR Doc. 2022-00083 Filed 1-6-22; 8:45 am]
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