[ The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[United States Information Agency Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY (USIA)                          
  
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

22 CFR Ch. V

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: This agenda announces the proposed regulatory actions that the 
United States Information Agency (USIA) plans for the next 12 months. 
USIA's purpose in publishing this agenda is to allow interested persons 
an opportunity to have more comprehensive documentation of USIA's 
regulatory plans and to provide a systematic means of monitoring 
regulatory activity in USIA. None of the regulations listed in the 
agenda are considered major under Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory 
Planning and Review.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stanley S. Colvin, Assistant General 
Counsel, Office of General Counsel, (202) 619-6531.

Stanley S. Colvin,

Assistant General Counsel.
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY (USIA)         Long-Term Actions
  
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4235. PRIVACY ACT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Priority:  Info./Admin./Other

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  5 USC 552

CFR Citation:  22 CFR 505

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This document updates and replaces the Agency's prior 
regulation implementing the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. The update 
and replacement were made necessary by changes during USIA's 
reorganization and realignment of functions and responsibilities when 
the Agency changed names and again when the Agency began to reinvent 
itself in response to Government downsizing.
The Agency's regulation had not been updated since 1975 and changes in 
nomenclature and differences in processing Privacy Act requests 
necessitated these changes. The changes primarily update the 
definitions, the processes for receiving and handling requests, and to 
whom to send requests for Privacy Act records. It also better explains 
the exemptions that the U.S. Information Agency is allowed to use and 
routine uses.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              05/01/97                    62 FR 10630


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Lola Secora, FOI/PA Officer, United States Information 
Agency, 301 4th Street SW., Washington, DC 20547
Phone: 202 619-5499
Fax: 202 205-0374

RIN: 3116-AA10
[FR Doc. 98-23923 Filed 11-06-98; 8:45 am]
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