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Officer in consultation with counsel, 

when there exists a legitimate public 

interest in the disclosure of the 

information or when disclosure is 

necessary to preserve confidence in the 

integrity of DHS or is necessary to 

demonstrate the accountability of DHS’s 

officers, employees, or individuals 

covered by the system, except to the 

extent it is determined that release of 

the specific information in the context 

of a particular case would constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records in this system are stored 

electronically or on paper in secure 

facilities in a locked drawer behind a 

locked door. The records are stored on 

magnetic disc, tape, digital media, and 

CD–ROM. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by an 

individual’s name, social security 

number, or unique user ID. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in this system are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

all applicable DHS automated systems 

security and access policies. Strict 

controls have been imposed 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. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

FEMA’s training and exercise records 

retention is generally covered under 

General Records Schedule (GRS) 1A– 

29a, 1–29a(2), and 1–29b; NARA 

Authority N1–311–08–2 1a, and NARA 

Authority N1–311–88–2 2. Under GRS 

1, records are maintained for up to five 

years after the cutoff date and then 

destroyed. Under NARA Authority N1– 

311–08–2 1a, records are retired to the 

Federal Records Center (FRC) five years 

after the cutoff and destroyed after forty 

years. Under NARA Authority N1–311– 

88–2 2, records are maintained for six 

years and three months after the cutoff 

and then destroyed. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Privacy Officer, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20478. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking notification of 

and access to any record contained in 

this system of records, or seeking to 

contest its content, may submit a 

request in writing to the FEMA FOIA 

Officer, whose contact information can 

be found at http://www.dhs.gov/foia 

under ‘‘contacts.’’ 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, 245 Murray Drive, 

SW., Building 410, STOP–0655, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

Departmental system of records your 

request must conform with the Privacy 

Act regulations set forth in 6 CFR part 

5. You must first verify your identity, 

meaning that you must provide your full 

name, current address and date and 

place of birth. You must sign your 

request, and your signature must either 

be notarized or submitted under 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, you 

may obtain forms for this purpose from 

the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief 

Freedom of Information Act Officer, 

http://www.dhs.gov or 1–866–431–0486. 

In addition you should provide the 

following: 

• An explanation of why you believe 

the Department would have information 

on you; 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department you believe may have the 

information about you; 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created; 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records; and 

• If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his/her agreement 

for you to access his/her records. 

Without this bulleted information the 

component(s) may not be able to 

conduct an effective search, and your 

request may be denied due to lack of 

specificity or lack of compliance with 

applicable regulations. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification Procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification Procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are obtained from all 

individuals who have registered for, 

applied for, participated in, or assisted 

with FEMA’s training or exercise 

programs including FEMA employees 

and contractors, volunteers, other 

Federal employees and other 

participants such as instructors, course 

developers, observers, and interpreters. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted this system from the 

following provisions of the Privacy Act, 

subject to the limitation set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552a(c)(3); (d); (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), 

(e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I); and (f) pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552a(k)(6). 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Published Privacy Impact 

Assessments on the Web 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Publication of Privacy 

Impact Assessments (PIAs). 

SUMMARY: The Privacy Office of the DHS 

has made available forty PIAs on 

various programs and systems in the 

Department. The assessments were 

approved and published on the Privacy 

Office’s Web site between May 3, 2010 

and January 7, 2011. 

DATES: The Privacy Impact Assessments 

are available on the DHS Web site until 

June 6, 2011, after which they are 

obtained by contacting the DHS Privacy 

Office (contact information below). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy 

Officer, DHS, Washington, DC 20528, or 

e-mail: pia@hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Between 

May 3, 2010 and January 7, 2011, the 

Chief Privacy Officer of the DHS 

approved and published forty Privacy 

Impact Assessments (PIAs) on the DHS 

Privacy Office Web site, http:// 

www.dhs.gov/privacy, under the link for 

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‘‘Privacy Impact Assessments.’’ Below is 

a short summary of the programs, 

indicating the DHS component 

responsible for the system, and the date 

on which the PIA was approved. 

Additional information can be found on 

the Web site or by contacting the 

Privacy Office. 

System: E-Verify Program: Use of 

Commercial Data for Employer 

Verification. 

Component: United States Citizenship 

and Immigration Services (USCIS). 

Date of approval: May 4, 2010. 

The Verification Division of USCIS 

operates the E-Verify Program, which 

provides verification of employment 

authorization for employers 

participating in the E-Verify program. 

The E-Verify Program collects 

additional employer business 

information from both registering 

employers and a commercial data 

provider, Dun and Bradstreet (D&B), to 

enhance the employer registration 

process, manage customer relationships, 

improve reporting capabilities and 

operational effectiveness. This 

expanded information collection 

pertains to registered employers 

participating in the E-Verify Program. 

System: CRCL Matters. 

Component: Civil Rights and Civil 

Liberties (CRCL). 

Date of approval: May 6, 2010. 

CRCL has established the CRCL 

Matters database. CRCL Matters is a 

database developed to respond to 

allegations of abuses of civil rights, civil 

liberties, and religious, racial, and 

ethnic profiling by department 

employees and officials. The PIA is 

being conducted because CRCL collects 

personally identifiable information (PII). 

System: Exodus Accountability 

Referral System (EARS). 

Component: Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

Date of approval: May 6, 2010. 

In order to enforce U.S. federal export 

control laws, ICE and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) require 

information from federal regulatory 

agencies that grant export licenses on 

controlled items; specifically whether a 

license is required and whether a 

license has been granted. The ICE 

Exodus Command Center operates the 

EARS database that initiates, tracks, and 

manages requests to regulatory agencies 

for this information. The purpose of the 

PIA is to document the system’s 

collection and use of PII. 

System: Hiring Information Tracking 

System (HITS). 

Component: ICE. 

Date of approval: May 13, 2010. 

HITS is an information system used 

by ICE to track current and prior hiring 

actions. HITS maintains information 

about individuals who are selected for 

vacant positions at ICE. ICE has 

conducted the PIA because HITS collect 

PII about individuals who are offered 

employment with ICE. 

System: First Responder Technologies 

(R-Tech) Program. 

Component: Science and Technology 

(S&T). 

Date of approval: May 13, 2010. 

The DHS S&T First Responder 

Technologies (R-Tech) program requires 

the collection of personal information 

and video recordings of first responder 

research volunteers in support of 

operational testing, evaluation, 

demonstration, and outreach activities. 

The PIA discusses the risks associated 

with the use of volunteers to test first 

responder technologies that are not 

privacy sensitive. 

System: Equal Employment 

Opportunities (EEO) Eagle Compliant 

Enterprise System. 

Component: CRCL. 

Date of approval: June 3, 2010. 

The CRCL EEO Program operates the 

EEO Eagle Complaint Enterprise 

System. EEO Eagle is an electronic 

records system used to track complaints 

and supporting documentation related 

to individual and class complaints of 

employment discrimination and 

retaliation prohibited by the DHS civil 

rights statutes. CRCL EEO has 

conducted this PIA because EEO Eagle 

collects and stores PII. 

System: Security and Safety Computer 

Network. 

Component: United States Coast 

Guard (USCG). 

Date of approval: June 16, 2010. 

The USCG operates the Coast Guard 

Headquarters (CGHQ) Support 

Command Security and Safety 

Computer Network (CSS LAN). The CSS 

LAN is a stand-alone system that 

encompasses multiple applications that 

support: physical access control to the 

CGHQ facility, identity verification, 

security camera monitoring, and key 

security and tracking for master keys 

that are used throughout CGHQ. USCG 

conducted this PIA because the 

applications that comprise the CSS LAN 

collect PII. 

System: Digital Mail Pilot Program. 

Component: DHS Wide. 

Date of approval: June 18, 2010. 

The DHS Office of the Chief 

Administrative Officer (OCAO) has 

implemented a Digital Mail Pilot 

Program for DHS Headquarters (HQ) and 

Components within the National Capital 

Region. The Digital Mail Pilot Program 

provides users the opportunity to 

receive mail via email thereby 

improving DHS business processes and 

increasing security. The purpose of this 

PIA is to demonstrate that the Digital 

Mail Pilot Program has considered and 

incorporated privacy protections of PII 

that may be collected, used, 

disseminated, and maintained 

throughout the entire lifecycle of the 

program. 

System: Accessibility Compliance 

Management System (ACMS). 

Component: DHS Wide. 

Date of approval: June 22, 2010. 

The DHS Office of Accessible Systems 

& Technology (OAST) operates the 

Accessibility Compliance Management 

System (ACMS). ACMS is intended to 

bring together a web-based DHS-wide 

single point-of-entry reporting system. 

ACMS allows documenting and 

reporting of all Section 508 compliance 

and accessibility activities it 

consistently tracks current status and 

progress towards meeting Section 508 

compliance requirements for OAST and 

Component Accessible Systems and 

Technology Programs (ASTP). The PIA 

is being conducted to determine any 

privacy issues with customer 

information. 

System: Publicly Available Social 

Media Monitoring and Situational 

Awareness Initiative. 

Component: Office of Operations 

Coordination and Planning (OPS). 

Date of approval: June 22, 2010. 

The OPS, National Operations Center 

(NOC), has launched and lead the 

Publicly Available Social Media 

Monitoring and Situational Awareness 

(Initiative) to assist DHS and its 

components involved in fulfilling OPS 

statutory responsibility (Section 515 of 

the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 

321d(b)(1)) to provide situational 

awareness and establish a common 

operating picture for the federal 

government, and for those state, local, 

and tribal governments, as appropriate. 

While this Initiative is not designed to 

actively collect PII, OPS conducted this 

PIA because the Initiative could 

potentially involve PII or other 

information received in an identifiable 

form. In the event PII comes into the 

Department’s possession under this 

Initiative, the NOC will redact all PII 

prior to further dissemination of any 

collected information. In the event of an 

in extremis situation involving potential 

life and death, OPS will share certain 

PII with the responding authority in 

order for them to take the necessary 

actions to save a life, such as name and 

location of a person calling for help 

buried under rubble, or hiding in a hotel 

room when the hotel is under attack by 

terrorists. 

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System: MyTSA. 

Component: Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA). 

Date of approval: July 1, 2010. 

TSA’s MyTSA consists of a mobile 

and an iTunes application that provides 

the traveling public access to relevant 

TSA travel information via any mobile 

phone with internet access. MyTSA 

allows individuals to access such 

information as the types of items that 

may be carried through TSA security 

checkpoints, basic information 

regarding TSA checkpoint policy, 

estimated wait times at TSA 

checkpoints, and current travel 

conditions. The MyTSA application 

does not collect or use personally 

identifiable information. The PIA 

addresses the privacy impact of TSA’s 

use of mobile media for delivering 

information to the public. 

System: iComplaints. 

Component: CRCL. 

Date of approval: July 8, 2010. 

CRCL EEO Program operates the 

iComplaints Complaint Enterprise 

System. IComplaints is an electronic 

records system used to track complaints 

and supporting documentation relating 

to individual and class complaints of 

employment discrimination and 

retaliation prohibited by DHS civil 

rights statutes. IComplaints will replace 

EEO Eagle as EEO Eagle is being 

decommissioned. CRCL EEO has 

conducted this PIA because iComplaints 

collects and stores PII. 

System: Operations Center Incident 

Management System (OCIMS) Update. 

Component: TSA. 

Date of approval: July 12, 2010. 

Under the Aviation and 

Transportation Security Act (ATSA), 

TSA has ‘‘responsibility for security in 

all modes of transportation.’’ TSA uses 

an operations center incident 

management system called WebEOC to 

perform incident management, 

coordination, and situation awareness 

functions for all modes of 

transportation. The system stores 

information that it receives about the 

following categories of individuals: 

(1) Individuals who violate, or are 

suspected of violating transportation 

security laws, regulations, policies or 

procedures; (2) individuals whose 

behavior or suspicious activity resulted 

in referrals by Ticket Document 

Checkers to Behavior Detection Officer 

or Law Enforcement Officer interview 

(primarily at airports); or (3) individuals 

whose identity must be verified, or 

checked against federal watch lists. 

Individuals whose identity must be 

verified includes both those individuals 

who fail to show acceptable 

identification documents to compare to 

boarding documents and law 

enforcement officials seeking to fly 

armed. The system collects and 

compiles reports from federal, state, 

local, tribal, or private sector security 

officials related to incidents that may 

pose a threat to transportation or 

national security. TSA republished this 

PIA to clarify that the TSA Operations 

Center will record telephonic 

communications. The PIA previously 

disclosed in section 1.4 that telephone 

calls were a source of information but 

did not explicitly state that telephone 

calls would be recorded. Daily reports 

will be provided to executives at TSA 

and DHS to assist in incident and 

operational response management. 

System: Targeted Violence 

Information Sharing System (TAVISS). 

Component: United States Secret 

Service (USSS). 

Date of approval: July 13, 2010. 

USSS has created the Targeted 

Violence Information Sharing System 

(TAVISS). TAVISS is used to conduct 

name checks and determine whether a 

subject is of protective interest to any 

agency within the TAVISS network. The 

Secret Service is conducting this PIA 

because TAVISS contains personally 

identifiable information (PII) regarding 

subjects of protective interest to the 

Secret Service and agencies 

participating in the network. 

System: Watchlist Service. 

Component: DHS Wide. 

Date of approval: July 14, 2010. 

DHS currently uses the Terrorist 

Screening Database (TSDB), a 

consolidated database maintained by 

the Department of Justice Federal 

Bureau of Investigation Terrorist 

Screening Center (TSC) of identifying 

information about those known or 

reasonably suspected of being involved 

in terrorist activity in order to facilitate 

DHS mission-related functions, such 

counterterrorism, law enforcement, 

border security, and inspection 

activities. DHS and TSC are improving 

the current method of transmitting 

TSDB data from TSC to DHS. Through 

a new service called the ‘‘DHS Watchlist 

Service’’ (WLS), TSC and DHS will 

automate and simplify the current 

manual process. TSC remains the 

authoritative source of watchlist data 

and will provide DHS with near realtime synchronization of the TSDB. DHS 

will ensure that each DHS component 

system receives only those TSDB 

records which they are authorized to 

use under the WLS Memorandum of 

Understanding and authorized under 

existing regulations and privacy 

compliance documentation between 

TSC and DHS (WLS MOU) and any 

amendments or modifications thereto. 

DHS conducted this privacy impact 

assessment (PIA) because the WLS will 

maintain a synchronized copy of the 

TSDB, which contains PII, and 

disseminate it to authorized DHS 

components. 

System: Significant Event Notification 

(SEN) System. 

Component: ICE. 

Date of approval: July 26, 2010. 

The Significant Event Notification 

system (SEN) is a reporting and law 

enforcement intelligence transmission 

capability developed for DHS and ICE. 

The ICE Office of Homeland Security 

Investigations initiated the reporting 

capability to create reports for ICE field 

and headquarters managers to provide 

timely information about critical 

incidents, activities, and events that 

involve or impact ICE field staff. The 

system also handles law enforcement 

intelligence communication from ICE 

Office of Enforcement and Removal 

Operations field offices to field and 

headquarters managers and the ERO 

Intelligence Operations Unit. The PIA is 

being completed to provide notice of the 

existence of SEN and to publicly 

document the privacy protections in 

place. 

System: Enforcement Integrated 

Database (EID) Update. 

Component: ICE. 

Date of approval: July 28, 2010. 

The Enforcement Integrated Database 

(EID) is a DHS shared common database 

repository for several DHS law 

enforcement and homeland security 

applications. EID captures and 

maintains information related to the 

investigation, arrest, booking, detention, 

and removal of persons encountered 

during immigration and criminal law 

enforcement investigations and 

operations conducted by ICE and CBP, 

both components within DHS. The PIA 

for EID was published in January 2010. 

The information entered into EID and 

the scope of external information 

sharing is being expanded, thus 

necessitating an update to the EID PIA. 

System: Iris and Face Technology 

Demonstration and Evaluation (IFTDE). 

Component: Science and Technology 

(S&T). 

Date of approval: August 12, 2010. 

As part of its Multi-Modal Biometrics 

Projects, S&T Directorate and the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) are investigating iris 

recognition as a promising biometric 

modality that may become suitable to 

support DHS operations in the near 

future. As iris recognition technologies 

mature, it is important to understand 

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the capabilities and limitations of the 

technologies in operational settings, as 

well as what additional technology 

development is necessary to reduce 

technical risk in potential future 

acquisitions by DHS operational 

components. The purpose of this 

evaluation of iris recognition 

technologies is to conduct field trials/ 

studies of iris camera prototypes under 

conditions and environments of 

relevance (e.g., humidity levels, amount 

of sunlight, etc.) to DHS operational 

users to assess the viability of the 

technology and its potential operational 

effectiveness in support of DHS 

operations. S&T is conducting a PIA 

because biometric information is being 

collected from individuals detained in 

an operational setting. 

System: Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Records 

Program. 

Component: DHS Wide. 

Date of approval: August 18, 2010. 

DHS and its components have 

established a Departmental Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act 

(PA) Program to maintain records 

created by the Department’s FOIA and 

PA staff, as well as manage a multitude 

of FOIA and PA systems. While DHS 

has established the Department’s FOIA 

and PA program, some components 

have established information technology 

as well as paper-based systems designed 

to handle component-specific FOIA and 

PA processing. The purpose of the 

various systems within the FOIA and 

PA program is to process record 

requests and administrative appeals 

under the FOIA and PA, as well as 

access, notification, and amendment 

requests and appeals under the PA. 

These systems also maintain records 

used in litigation arising from such 

requests and appeals, and in assisting 

DHS in carrying out any other 

responsibilities under the FOIA and PA. 

The DHS Privacy Office has conducted 

PIA to assess the risks presented by the 

use of PII in the various FOIA and PA 

processes and systems employed by 

DHS’ FOIA and PA program. 

System: Entellitrack. 

Component: CRCL. 

Date of approval: August 23, 2010. 

CRCL and TSA have established a 

new database called Entellitrak which is 

an enterprise tracking system that has 

been configured to track, search, and 

report on complaints data. It is a 

database developed to respond to 

allegations of abuses of civil rights, civil 

liberties, and religious, racial, and 

ethnic profiling by department 

employees and officials. Entellitrak will 

replace the legacy system CRCL Matters 

with all CRCL Matters data migrating 

onto Entellitrak in the transition. The 

PIA is being conducted because 

Entellitrak collects and stores PII. 

System: Watchlist Service Update. 

Component: DHS Wide. 

Date of approval: September 7, 2010. 

DHS currently uses the Terrorist 

Screening Database (TSDB), a 

consolidated database maintained by 

the Department of Justice Federal 

Bureau of Investigation Terrorist 

Screening Center (TSC) that contains 

identifying information about those 

known or reasonably suspected of being 

involved in terrorist activity in order to 

facilitate DHS mission-related functions, 

such counterterrorism, law enforcement, 

border security, and inspection 

activities. In July 2010, DHS launched 

an improved method of transmitting 

TSDB data from TSC to DHS through a 

new service called the ‘‘DHS Watchlist 

Service’’ (WLS). At that time, DHS 

published a PIA to describe and analyze 

privacy risks associated with this new 

service. The WLS maintains a 

synchronized copy of the TSDB, which 

contains PII, and disseminates it to 

authorized DHS components. DHS is 

issuing this privacy impact assessment 

update to identify two additional 

authorized DHS recipients of TSDB data 

via the WLS in the form of a computer 

readable extract: the DHS Office of 

Intelligence and Analysis and the ICE. 

System: Citizenship and Immigration 

Data Repository (CIDR). 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: September 8, 2010. 

DHS and USCIS developed the 

Citizenship Immigration Data 

Repository (CIDR), hosted on DHS 

classified networks, in order to make 

information from multiple USCIS 

benefits administration systems 

available for querying by authorized 

USCIS personnel for the following three 

purposes: (1) Vetting USCIS application 

information for indications of possible 

immigration fraud and national security 

concerns; (2) detecting possible fraud 

and misuse of immigration information 

or position by USCIS employees, for 

personal gain or by coercion; and (3) 

responding to requests for information 

(RFIs) from the DHS Office of 

Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and/or 

the federal intelligence and law 

enforcement community members that 

are based on classified criteria. In 

conjunction with this PIA, DHS is 

issuing a new Privacy Act system of 

records notice to cover the search 

parameters and the results of the 

searches. 

System: Access to Sensitive Security 

Information and Contract Solicitation. 

Component: TSA. 

Date of approval: September 9, 2010. 

TSA is responsible for the acquisition 

of services and supplies related to 

protecting the nation’s transportation 

system. If determined necessary for the 

proposal preparation process, TSA may 

permit offerors to have access to 

Sensitive Security Information (SSI) 

necessary to prepare a proposal. SSI is 

a form of unclassified information that 

if publicly released would be 

detrimental to transportation security. 

The standards governing SSI are 

promulgated under 49 U.S.C. 114(r) in 

49 CFR part 1520. In order to determine 

if a potential offer or may be granted 

access to SSI in the pre-contract award 

acquisition process, TSA will conduct a 

security threat assessment (STA) of the 

individuals and company. The STA may 

include a verification of site facility 

clearance in the National Industrial 

Security Program, contractor suitability 

determination or other federal 

background investigation, individual 

security clearance(s), and if required, a 

criminal history records check and/or a 

check against terrorism databases. 

Because this program entails a new 

collection of information about 

members of the public in identifiable 

form, the E-Government Act of 2002 and 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

requires that TSA conduct a PIA. 

System: Eversity Enterprise System. 

Component: CRCL. 

Date of approval: September 14, 2010. 

The CRCL EEO Program operates the 

Eversity Enterprise System. Eversity is 

an electronic records system used in 

workforce analysis, tracking, 

management, and reporting required 

under Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission (EEOC) Management 

Directive (MD) 715. CRCL EEO has 

conducted this PIA because Eversity 

collects and stores PII. 

System: Social Networking 

Interactions and Applications 

(Communications/Outreach/Public 

Dialogue). 

Component: DHS Wide. 

Date of approval: September 16, 2010. 

Social networking interactions and 

applications includes a sphere of nongovernment Web sites and web-based 

tools that focuses on connecting users, 

inside and outside of the DHS, to engage 

in dialogue, share information and 

media, and collaborate. Third parties 

control and operate these nongovernmental websites; however, the 

Department may use them as alternative 

channels to provide robust information 

and engage with the public. The 

Department may also use these websites 

to make information and services 

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widely available, while promoting 

transparency and accountability, as a 

service for those seeking information 

about or services from the Department. 

This PIA analyzes the Department’s use 

of social networking and how these 

interactions and applications could 

result in the Department receiving PII. 

This PIA describes the information the 

Department may have access to, how it 

will use the information, what 

information is retained and shared, and 

how individuals can gain access to and 

correct their information. 

System: Alien Criminal Response 

Information Management System 

(ACRIMe) & Enforcement Integrated 

Database (EID) Update. 

Component: ICE. 

Date of approval: September 29, 2010. 

ACRIMe is an information system 

used by ICE to receive and respond to 

immigration status inquiries made by 

other agencies about individuals 

arrested, subject to background checks, 

or otherwise encountered by those 

agencies. EID is an ICE case 

management system that captures and 

maintains information related to the 

investigation, arrest, booking, detention, 

and removal of persons encountered 

during immigration and criminal law 

enforcement investigations and 

operations conducted by ICE and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection. ICE is 

combining ACRIMe and EID data via the 

ICE Integrated Decision Support System, 

a reporting sub system of EID, to enable 

and enhance comprehensive reporting 

about criminal aliens throughout the 

alien identification, apprehension, and 

removal process. To effectuate this 

reporting, ICE is modifying ACRIMe to 

expand its user base within the agency, 

implementing new user functionality in 

ACRIMe and EID, and updating IIDS to 

support enhanced reporting of ACRIMe 

and EID data. ICE is further expanding 

ACRIMe support for the Secure 

Communities initiative. ICE is 

conducting this PIA update to address 

these modifications and enhancements. 

System: National File Tracking 

System (NFTS). 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: October 5, 2010. 

USCIS has prepared this PIA for the 

National File Tracking System (NFTS). 

NFTS is an automated file-tracking 

system used to maintain an accurate file 

inventory and track the physical 

location of files. The system facilitates 

USCIS’s ability to efficiently manage 

and streamline access to the millions of 

immigration files under its control. 

USCIS is conducting this PIA to 

document, analyze and assess the 

current practices with respect to the PII, 

NFTS collects, uses and shares. 

System: Standoff Technology 

Integration and Demonstration Program 

Update. 

Component: S&T. 

Date of approval: October 14, 2010. 

S&T has updated the Standoff 

Explosives Detection Technology 

Demonstration Program (now referred to 

as the Standoff Technology Integration 

and Demonstration Program, or STIDP) 

PIA issued July 21, 2008 to reflect 

updates to the program involving live 

crowd testing. 

The program is adding new 

technologies, expanding the use of the 

test center, enhancing object tracking 

technologies and beginning to distribute 

crowd video data to vendors. The PIA 

update identifies and addresses the 

privacy issues associated with public 

test and evaluation activities on 

technologies that will be acquired, 

matured, and integrated by STIDP 

between now and the end of the 

program, currently slated for 2014. 

Based on the privacy issues identified, 

three sets of privacy protective 

requirements were developed and 

implemented at all stages of the 

program. The Live Testing 

Requirements and Law Enforcement 

Operations Requirements apply to 

conducting and operating a test in a 

public environment and the Data 

Protection Requirements address the 

collection and protection of PII. These 

requirements, when systematically 

applied to test and evaluation plans and 

their implementation, ensure that 

privacy concerns are appropriately 

addressed for broad classes of 

technologies tested in a range of venues 

with and without law enforcement 

operations. This update assists STIDP’s 

mission of developing an integrated 

countermeasure architecture to prevent 

person-borne improvised explosive 

device attacks. 

System: Electronic Surveillance 

System (ELSUR). 

Component: ICE. 

Date of approval: November 2, 2010. 

The Electronic Surveillance System 

(ELSUR) is owned by ICE. ELSUR 

allows ICE to track and search for ICE 

applications for court orders that 

authorize ICE to intercept oral, wire, or 

electronic communications during the 

course of a criminal investigation. ICE 

conducted this PIA because ELSUR 

contains PII and to publicly document 

the privacy protections that are in place. 

System: Immigration Benefits 

Background Check Systems (IBBCS). 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: November 5, 2010. 

As part of its benefits adjudication 

process and as required by law, USCIS 

conducts background checks on 

petitioners and applicants who seek 

certain immigration benefits. These 

background checks consist of four 

separate checks against systems within 

Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal 

Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and DHS. 

In order to facilitate the collection and 

transmission of information necessary to 

complete background check processes, 

USCIS maintains five information 

technology electronic systems: The 

Fingerprint Masthead Notification 

System (FMNS), the Customer Identity 

Capture System (CICS), the FD–258 

Tracking System—Mainframe (FD–258 

MF), the Benefits Biometrics Support 

System (BBSS), and the Interagency 

Border Inspection System (IBIS) 

Manifest. USCIS is conducting this PIA 

because FMNS, CICS, FD–258 MF, 

BBSS, and IBIS Manifest collect, use, 

and share PII. The PIA replaces the 

previously published USCIS PIA for the 

‘‘Background Check Service (BCS)’’ 

which describes planned background 

check-related systems that were never 

implemented. Upon publication of this 

PIA, the BCS PIA will be retired. 

System: Quality Assurance Recording 

System (QARS). 

Component: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA). 

Date of approval: November 10, 2010. 

FEMA, Response and Recovery 

Bureau operates the QARS. The 

proposed system of telephone call and 

computer screen capture recording is for 

internal employee and contractor 

performance evaluation, training and 

quality assurance purposes to improve 

customer service to disaster assistance 

applicants requesting assistance under 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act. FEMA is 

conducting the PIA because QARS call 

recordings and screen captures 

information about the FEMA employees 

and/or contractors as they provide 

customer service to disaster assistance 

applicants. The system will maintain 

information about disaster assistance 

applicants, but the focus of this system 

is on employee and contractor quality 

assurance. 

System: Protective Research 

Information System Management 

(PRISM–ID). 

Component: USSS. 

Date of approval: November 12, 2010. 

USSS has created and used the 

PRISM–ID system to record information 

that in accordance with Secret Service 

criteria is required to assist the agency 

in meeting its protective mission that 

includes the protection of the President, 

Vice President, their immediate 

families, former Presidents and First 

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Ladies, major candidates for the 

presidency and vice presidency, foreign 

heads of state visiting the United States, 

and other individuals authorized to 

receive Secret Service protection. The 

PIA is being conducted because PRISM– 

ID collects PII. 

System: Department of Homeland 

Security Information Sharing 

Environment Suspicious Activity 

Reporting Initiative (ISE–SAR). 

Component: DHS Wide. 

Date of approval: November 17, 2010. 

The Office and Intelligence and 

Analysis, primarily through the State 

and Local Program Office in 

coordination with the Office of 

Operations Coordination Planning, is 

leading the DHS effort to implement the 

Nationwide Suspicious Activity 

Reporting Initiative (NSI). The NSI is a 

key aspect of the federal Information 

Sharing Environment (ISE) that 

Congress created in the Intelligence 

Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

2004 (IRPTA). The NSI is overseen by 

DOJ and is designed to support the 

sharing of information through the ISE 

about suspicious activities which are 

defined as ‘‘official documentation of 

observed behavior reasonably indicative 

of pre-operational planning related to 

terrorism or other criminal activity 

[related to terrorism].’’ The Office of 

Intelligence and Analysis and the Office 

of Operations and Coordination 

Planning have been jointly coordinating 

activities throughout DHS to develop a 

department-level interface with the NSI 

that will enable DHS to share 

Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) 

that meet the ISE–SAR Functional 

Standard Version 1.5 (hereinafter 

referred to as ISE–SAR). Throughout 

this PIA, the term ‘‘SAR’’ refers to 

suspicious activity reporting, which 

may include activities that do not have 

a nexus to terrorism, and the term ‘‘ISE– 

SAR’’ refers to a subset of SAR that meet 

the ISE–SAR Functional Standard. The 

ISE–SAR Functional Standard Version 

1.5 defines an ISE–SAR as official 

documentation of observed behavior 

reasonably indicative of: Pre-operational 

planning related to terrorism or other 

criminal activity associated with 

terrorism. DHS conducted the PIA 

because ISE–SAR may contain PII. The 

PIA describes the coordinated activities 

of the DHS ISE–SAR Initiative, 

including the process for DHS 

component level review, identification, 

and submission of ISE–SAR to the NSI 

Shared Space as well as the technology 

that DHS developed to support DHS’ 

participation in the NSI. 

System: Research Project Involving 

Volunteers. 

Component: S&T. 

Date of approval: November 23, 2010. 

An integral part of the S&T mission is 

to conduct research, development, 

testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) on 

technologies or topics related to 

improving homeland security and 

combating terrorism. Some S&T RDT&E 

activities use volunteers to test, 

evaluate, provide feedback, or otherwise 

collect data on certain research topics, 

technologies, equipment, and 

capabilities related to S&T’s mission. 

Volunteer RDT&E activities require the 

collection of a range of information from 

volunteers including work experience, 

biographic data and images. RDT&E 

activities will vary in the types and 

breadth of data elements and 

information collected from volunteers. 

S&T is conducting this PIA to establish 

protections for all volunteer S&T RTD&E 

activities. Volunteer RDT&E activities 

that are covered by the PIA are listed in 

the appendix, updated periodically. 

System: NOC Patriot Report Database. 

Component: OPS. 

Date of approval: December 7, 2010. 

The NOC in OPS operates the NOC 

Patriot Report Database. The NOC 

Patriot Report Database is a repository 

for reports generated to record and track 

suspicious activity that may implicate 

terrorism-related or criminal activity. 

OPS has conducted this PIA because the 

NOC Patriot Report Database may 

contain PII. 

System: Electronic Discovery Software 

System (EDSS). 

Component: ICE. 

Date of approval: December 10, 2010. 

The Electronic Discovery Software 

System (EDSS) is owned by the Office 

of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) 

within ICE. EDSS supports the 

collection and organization of paper and 

electronic documents for analysis, 

review, redaction, and production to 

meet litigation discovery requirements. 

ICE may also use the system to process 

agency records in response to FOIA or 

PA requests. ICE conducted this PIA 

because EDSS collects, analyzes, and 

stores PII. 

System: TECS System: CBP Primary 

and Secondary Processing. 

Component: CBP. 

Date of approval: December 23, 2010. 

The TECS (not an acronym) System is 

the updated and modified version of the 

former Treasury Enforcement 

Communications System. TECS is 

owned and managed by CBP. TECS is 

both an information-sharing platform, 

which allows users to access different 

databases that may be maintained on the 

platform or accessed through the 

platform, and the name of a system of 

records that include temporary and 

permanent enforcement, inspection, and 

operational records relevant to the 

antiterrorism and law enforcement 

mission of CBP and numerous other 

federal agencies that it supports. TECS 

not only provides a platform for 

interaction between these systems and 

defined TECS users, but also serves as 

a data repository to support law 

enforcement ‘‘lookouts,’’ border 

screening, and reporting for CBP’s 

primary and secondary inspection 

processes, which are generally 

referenced as TECS Records or Subject 

Records. In order to provide more 

transparency as it relates to the 

functions and data in TECS, CBP 

published separate PIAs and Privacy 

Act System of Records Notices (SORNs) 

for the CBP sub-systems based on the 

purpose and use of the information. CBP 

also maintains other federal agency data 

on TECS to stage the information for use 

by CBP at the time an individual 

presents himself/herself to CBP. This 

allows TECS to work more efficiently 

and reduces the performance impact on 

the originating systems. The PIA focuses 

on CBP’s use and modernization of 

TECS as it relates to the primary and 

secondary inspection processes 

(including information collected in 

advance of arrival, during inspections at 

the United States (U.S.) port of entry 

(POE), and retention of information and 

reports following interactions during 

U.S. border crossing activities) to ensure 

compliance with the numerous laws 

enforced by CBP, including determining 

the admissibility of persons attempting 

to enter the U.S. CBP will issue a 

separate PIA to address the information 

access and system linkages facilitated 

for CBP, DHS, and other federal agency 

systems that link to TECS and share 

data within the TECS user community. 

System: ELBC System: Exit Line 

Breach Control System. 

Component: TSA. 

Date of approval: December 28, 2010. 

TSA has conducted an assessment of 

ELBC systems for use in airports. The 

assessment will evaluate the ELBC 

systems’ capability to monitor traffic 

flow at the exit lanes from the sterile 

areas of the airport and initiate an 

automated response if it appears that an 

individual is entering the sterile area 

through the exit lane. TSA will make 

results of the assessment available to 

airports seeking to implement such 

systems. This PIA is being conducted to 

provide transparency into TSA testing 

affecting the public and the collection of 

images as part of the assessment. If TSA 

decides to implement such systems for 

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its own use, a new PIA will be 

conducted. 

System: NICC SARS: National 

Infrastructure Coordinating Center 

Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative 

(NICC). 

Component: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate (NPPD). 

Date of approval: December 29, 2010. 

NPPD Office of Infrastructure 

Protection (IP) National Infrastructure 

Coordinating Center (NICC) has 

published this PIA to reflect activities 

under its Suspicious Activity Reporting 

(SAR) Initiative. The NICC SAR 

Initiative serves as a mechanism by 

which a report involving suspicious 

behavior related to an observed 

encounter or reported activity is 

received and evaluated to determine its 

potential nexus to terrorism. NICC is 

conducting this PIA because SAR 

occasionally contain PII and NICC will 

be collecting and contributing SAR data 

for reporting and evaluation 

proceedings. 

System: Publicly Available Social 

Media Monitoring and Situational 

Awareness Initiative Update. 

Component: OPS. 

Date of approval: January 7, 2011. 

OPS, NOC, leads the Publicly 

Available Social Media Monitoring and 

Situational Awareness (Initiative) to 

assist the DHS and its components 

involved in fulfilling OPS statutory 

responsibility (Section 515 of the 

Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 

321d(b)(1)) to provide situational 

awareness and establish a common 

operating picture for the federal 

government, and for those state, local, 

and tribal governments, as appropriate. 

The NOC and participating components 

may also share this de-identified 

information with international partners 

and the private sector where necessary 

and appropriate for coordination. While 

this Initiative is not designed to actively 

collect PII, OPS is conducting this 

update to the PIA because the initiative 

may now collect and disseminate PII for 

certain narrowly tailored categories. For 

example, in the event of an in extremis 

situation involving potential life and 

death, OPS will share certain PII with 

the responding authority in order for 

them to take the necessary actions to 

save a life, such as name and location 

of a person calling for help buried under 

rubble, or hiding in a hotel room when 

the hotel is under attack by terrorists. In 

the event PII comes into the 

Department’s possession under 

circumstances other than those itemized 

herein, the NOC will redact all PII prior 

to further dissemination of any collected 

information. After conducting the 

Second Privacy Compliance Review, it 

was determined that the PIA should be 

updated to allow for collection and 

dissemination of PII in a limited number 

of situations in order to respond to the 

evolving operational needs of the NOC. 

The PIA will be reviewed every six 

months to ensure compliance. The 

review will be done in conjunction with 

a Privacy Office-led Privacy Compliance 

Review (PCR) of the Initiative and of 

OPS social media monitoring Internetbased platforms and information 

technology infrastructure. 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9L–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1960– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2011–0001] 

Illinois; Major Disaster and Related 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Illinois (FEMA– 

1960–DR), dated March 17, 2011, and 

related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 17, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

March 17, 2011, the President issued a 

major disaster declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. 

(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Illinois resulting 

from a severe winter storm and snowstorm 

during the period of January 31 to February 

3, 2011, is of sufficient severity and 

magnitude to warrant a major disaster 

declaration under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ‘‘Stafford 

Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such a major 

disaster exists in the State of Illinois. 

In order to provide Federal assistance, you 

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds 

available for these purposes such amounts as 

you find necessary for Federal disaster 

assistance and administrative expenses. 

You are authorized to provide Public 

Assistance in the designated areas and 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the State. You 

are further authorized to provide emergency 

protective measures, including snow 

assistance, under the Public Assistance 

program for any continuous 48-hour period 

during or proximate to the incident period. 

You may extend the period of assistance, as 

warranted. This assistance excludes regular 

time costs for the sub-grantees’ regular 

employees. Consistent with the requirement 

that Federal assistance is supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance and Hazard 

Mitigation will be limited to 75 percent of the 

total eligible costs. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration for the approved 

assistance to the extent allowable under the 

Stafford Act. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Gregory W. Eaton, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

major disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Illinois have been designated as 

adversely affected by this major disaster: 

Adams, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, 

Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Christian, Clark, Clay, 

Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, DeKalb, 

Douglas, DuPage, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, 

Ford, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, 

Jasper, Jo Daviess, Kane, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, 

Lee, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, 

McDonough, McHenry, Menard, Mercer, 

Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Pike, 

Putnam, Richland, Rock Island, Schuyler, 

Scott, Shelby, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, 

Washington, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago, 

and Woodford Counties for Public 

Assistance. 

Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cook, 

DeKalb, DuPage, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Jo 

Daviess, Kane, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Logan, 

Marshall, Mason, McDonough, Mercer, 

Morgan, Ogle, Peoria, Pike, Putnam, Rock 

Island, Schuyler, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, 

Whiteside, Will, Winnebago, and Woodford 

Counties for emergency protective measures 

(Category B), including snow assistance, 

under the Public Assistance program for any 

continuous 48-hour period during or 

proximate to the incident period. This 

emergency assistance will be provided for a 

period of 72 hours for the counties of Adams, 

Boone, Brown, Ford, Henderson, Knox, 

McHenry, Menard, and Scott. 

All counties within the State of Illinois are 

eligible to apply for assistance under the 

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

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