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retention period of 100 years after the 

individual’s date of birth. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Associate Director of FDNS, United 

States Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20529. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted this system from the 

notification, access, amendment, and 

certain accounting procedures of the 

Privacy Act. These exemptions also 

apply to the extent that information in 

this system of records is recompiled or 

is created from information contained in 

other systems of records. As noted 

below, where a record received from a 

law enforcement system has been 

exempted in that source system under 5 

U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), 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 in accordance with this 

rule. 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 National Records 

Center, FOIA/PA Office P.O. Box 

648010 Lee’s Summit, MO 64064–8010. 

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, 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 Director, Disclosure and FOIA, 

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

In addition you should provide: 

• Provide 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; and 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records. 

If your request seeks 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 the above bulleted 

information DHS 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: 

Parties who file USCIS applications 

supply the basic information contained 

in this system. Other information comes 

from petitions, law enforcement and 

intelligence agencies, public 

institutions, interviews of witnesses, 

public records, sworn statements, 

official reports, commercial data 

aggregators, publicly available 

information on the Internet, and from 

members of the general public. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted this system from the 

following provisions of the Privacy Act 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2): 5 U.S.C. 

552a(c)(3); (d); (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), 

(e)(4)(I); and (f). Additionally, many of 

the functions in this system require 

retrieving records from law enforcement 

systems. Where a record received from 

another system has been exempted in 

that source system under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(j)(2), 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 

in accordance with this rule. 

Dated: July 31, 2012. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19337 Filed 8–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2012–0047] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services (USCIS)— 

004—Systematic Alien Verification for 

Entitlements (SAVE) Program System 

of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Homeland Security proposes to update 

and reissue a current Department of 

Homeland Security system of records 

titled, ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security/United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services—004—Systematic 

Alien Verification for Entitlements 

Program System of Records.’’ The 

United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) 

program is a fee-based 

intergovernmental initiative designed to 

help federal, state, tribal, and local 

government agencies check immigration 

status for granting benefits, licenses, and 

other lawful purposes. The Department 

of Homeland Security is updating this 

Privacy Act System of Records for the 

SAVE program to provide notice that 

SAVE is: (1) Adding the collection of 

the foreign passport country of issuance 

(COI) from the agencies that issue the 

benefits and from the United States 

Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator 

Technology (US–VISIT) Arrival and 

Departure Information System (ADIS) to 

the ‘‘Categories of Records;’’ (2) moving 

the list of sources of records from 

‘‘Category of Records’’ to ‘‘Record 

Source Categories,’’ removing two 

decommissioned systems and adding 

two new systems from ‘‘Record Source 

Categories;’’ (3) updating the system 

location information for the Verification 

Information System (VIS), the 

underlying technology supporting the 

SAVE program, from a contractorowned facility in Meriden, CT to a 

government-owned facility in Stennis, 

MS; (4) incorporating minor changes to 

the ‘‘Routine Uses’’ to improve clarity; 

and (5) adding COI to ‘‘Retrievability’’ 

as a way in which DHS may retrieve 

records in this system of records. This 

updated system is included in the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of records systems. 


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DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 7, 2012. This updated system 

will be effective September 7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2012–0047 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. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. 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: Brian 

C. Hobbs, 202–443–0114, Privacy 

Branch Chief, Verification Division, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security, 131 

M Street NE., Suite 200, MS 2600, 

Washington, DC 20529. For privacy 

issues please contact: Jonathan R. 

Cantor (202–343–1717), Acting Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS) proposes to update and re-issue 

the current DHS system of records 

titled, ‘‘DHS/U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services—DHS/USCIS– 

004, Systematic Alien Verification for 

Entitlement (SAVE) Program System of 

Records.’’ The USCIS SAVE program is 

a fee-based intergovernmental initiative 

designed to help federal, state, tribal, 

and local government agencies check 

immigration status for granting benefits, 

licenses, and other lawful purposes. 

DHS is updating this Privacy Act 

System of Records Notice for the SAVE 

Program to provide notice that SAVE is: 

(1) Adding the collection of the foreign 

passport country of issuance (COI) from 

the agencies that issue benefits and from 

the United States Visitor and Immigrant 

Status Indicator Technology (US–VISIT) 

Arrival and Departure Information 

System (ADIS) to the ‘‘Categories of 

Records;’’ (2) moving the list of sources 

of records from ‘‘Category of Records’’ to 

‘‘Record Source Categories,’’ removing 

two decommissioned systems and 

adding two new systems to ‘‘Record 

Source Categories;’’ (3) updating the 

system location information for the 

Verification Information System (VIS), 

the underlying technology supporting 

the SAVE program, from a contractorowned facility in Meriden, CT to a 

government-owned facility in Stennis, 

MS; (4) incorporating minor changes to 

the ‘‘Routine Uses’’ to improve clarity; 

and (5) adding COI to ‘‘Retrievability’’ 

as a way in which DHS may retrieve 

records in this system of records. 

As described in more detail in the 

DHS/USCIS/PIA–006(a), SAVE 

currently uses the I–94 number, which 

is generally issued to aliens at the time 

they lawfully enter the United States, as 

a primary identifier to determine 

immigration status for non-immigrants. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) is in the process of automating the 

I–94 system to increase efficiency and 

streamline the admission process for 

travelers to the United States. However, 

since SAVE depends on the integrity of 

the I–94 number and the CBP’s 

automation efforts are still underway, 

USCIS is updating its process for SAVE 

by using a foreign passport number and 

COI as a primary identifier. A standalone passport number does not result 

in a unique primary identifier because 

multiple countries could issue the same 

passport number. Benefit granting 

agencies will enter the foreign passport 

number and COI. SAVE will verify this 

data against ADIS. 

In order to provide greater clarity in 

this SORN, USCIS has removed the 

sources of records that were described 

in the ‘‘Category of Records’’ and moved 

them to ‘‘Source Record Categories’’. In 

addition to moving the list of source 

records, DHS has removed two sources, 

ISRS and RNACS, and added two new 

sources of records: (1) Customer Profile 

Management System (CPMS) for 

biometric information on individuals 

issued a Permanent Resident Card 

(Form I–551) or Employment 

Authorization Document (Form I–766), 

and (2) eCISCOR to manually verify the 

immigration status of benefit applicants. 

USCIS is also providing public notice 

of the relocation of the VIS system. In 

alignment with OMB’s Federal Data 

Center Consolidation Initiative, the DHS 

Office of the Chief Information Officer is 

consolidating 43 of the Department’s 

legacy data centers into two Enterprise 

Data Centers (EDCs), known as Data 

Center (DC)1 and DC2. The 

consolidation of numerous Component 

systems at our EDCs enables more 

effective collection and use of business 

information across the enterprise. VIS 

was originally stored in a contractor 

owned facility in Meriden, CT. Since 

the publication of the original SORN, 

the system has moved to the DHSowned facility, DC1. 

DHS is updating the routine uses to 

add additional clarity concerning the 

uses of data. These updates do not 

create any new sharing uses of data. The 

routine uses are being updated to add 

general language ensuring that ‘‘[a]ny 

disclosure of information must be made 

consistent with the official duties of the 

person making the disclosure.’’ Routine 

uses A, B, and D are being reworded to 

provide greater clarity and make nonsubstantive grammatical changes. 

Routine use C is being updated to 

change ‘‘other federal government 

agencies’’ to ‘‘General Services 

Administration’’ to better reflect the 

statutory authorities and the fact that 

records will be shared with the National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA) where NARA maintains the 

records as permanent records. 

DHS is updating ‘‘Retreivability’’ to 

include COI as a way in which DHS 

may retrieve records in this system of 

records. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information practice principles in a 

statutory framework governing the 

means by which the 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 

for 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. As a matter of policy, DHS 

extends administrative Privacy Act 

protections to all individuals where 

systems of records maintain information 

on U.S. citizens, lawful permanent 

residents, and visitors. 

Below is the description of the DHS/ 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS)—004, Systematic 

Alien Verification for Entitlements, 

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. 


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System of Records 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS)/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS)—004. 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS)/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS), Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements (SAVE). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified, For Official Use Only 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

Headquarters in Washington, DC, in 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services field offices, and at the DHS 

Stennis Data Center (DC1). 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Categories of individuals covered by 

this system include both U.S. citizens 

and non-U.S. citizens covered by 

provisions of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act of the United States, 

including individuals who have been 

lawfully admitted to the United States, 

individuals who have been granted or 

derived U.S. citizenship, and 

individuals who have applied for other 

immigration benefits pursuant to 8 

U.S.C. 1103 et seq. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

A. Information collected from the 

benefit applicant by the agency issuing 

the benefit to facilitate immigration 

status verification may include the 

following about the benefit applicant: 

• Receipt number 

• Alien Number (A–Number) 

• Admission number (I–94 number) 

• Name (last, first, middle, maiden) 

• Date of birth 

• Country of birth 

• Customer agency case number 

• Department of Homeland Security 

document type 

• Department of Homeland Security 

document expiration date 

• U. S. Immigration and Custom 

Enforcement’s (ICE) Student and 

Exchange Visitor Identification System 

(SEVIS) ID 

• Foreign passport number and 

Country of Issuance (COI) 

• Visa number 

• Social Security Number (in very 

limited circumstances using the Form 

G–845, Document Verification Request), 

and type of benefit(s) for which the 

applicant has applied (e.g., 

unemployment insurance, educational 

assistance, driver licensing, etc.). 

B. System-generated responses as a 

result of the SAVE program verification 

process including case verification 

number and SAVE program response. 

C. The individual information that 

may be verified through the SAVE 

program includes: 

• Alien Number 

• Name (last, first, middle) 

• Date of birth 

• Date entered into the United States 

(entry date) 

• Country of birth 

• Class of admission code 

• File control office code 

• Social Security Number 

• I–94 number 

• Provision of law code cited for 

employment authorization 

• Alien’s status change date 

• Date admitted until, country of 

citizenship 

• Port of entry 

• Departure date 

• Visa number 

• Passport number and country of 

issuance (COI) 

• Passport information 

• Passport card number 

• Document receipt number 

• Form numbers (e.g., Form I–551 

Lawful Permanent Resident Card or 

Form I–766 Employment Authorization 

Document) 

• SEVIS Identification Number 

(SEVIS ID) 

• Naturalization date 

• Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Number (FIN) 

• Beneficiary alien number 

• Beneficiary date of birth 

• Beneficiary country of birth 

• Beneficiary Social Security number 

• Beneficiary name (last, first, 

middle) 

• Petitioner alien number 

• Petitioner Social Security Number 

• Petitioner naturalization certificate 

number 

• Petitioner name (last, first) 

• Petitioner tax number 

• Information may also include 

spouse’s name (last, first, middle), date 

of birth, country of birth, country of 

citizenship, class of admission, date of 

admission, Alien Number, receipt 

number, phone number, marriage date 

and place, and naturalization date and 

place 

• Information may also include 

child’s name(s) (last, first, middle), date 

of birth, country of birth, class of 

admission, Alien Number 

• Employer information: Name, 

address, supervisor’s name, and 

supervisor’s phone number 

• Case history: Alerts, case summary 

comments, case category, date of 

encounter, encounter information, 

custody actions and decisions, case 

actions and decisions, bonds, and 

photograph, asylum applicant receipt 

date, airline and flight number, country 

of residence, city where boarded, city 

where visa was issued, date visa issued, 

address while in the United States, 

nationality, decision memoranda, 

investigatory reports and materials 

compiled for the purpose of enforcing 

immigration laws, exhibits, transcripts, 

and other case-related papers 

concerning aliens, alleged aliens, or 

lawful permanent residents brought into 

the administrative adjudication process. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Authority for having a system for 

verification of immigration status is 

found in Immigration Reform and 

Control Act (IRCA), Public Law 99–603, 

100 Stat. 3359 (1986); Personal 

Responsibility and Work Opportunity 

Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), Public 

Law 104–193, 110 Stat. 2105 (1996); 

Title IV, Subtitle A, of Illegal 

Immigration Reform and Immigrant 

Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), Public Law 

104–208, 110 Stat. 3009 (1997); and the 

REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109– 

13, 119 Stat. 231 (2005). 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of the Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) 

program is to provide a fee-based 

intergovernmental service, which assists 

federal, state, tribal, or local government 

agencies, or contractors acting on the 

agency’s behalf, and licensing bureaus 

confirm immigration status information, 

to the extent that such disclosure is 

necessary to enable these agencies to 

make decisions related to: (1) 

Determining eligibility for a federal, 

state, or local public benefit; (2) issuing 

a license or grant; (3) issuing a 

government credential; (4) conducting a 

background investigation; or (5) any 

other lawful purpose. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE 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 the Department of 

Homeland Security as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3). Any 

disclosure of information must be made 

consistent with the official duties of the 

person making the disclosure. The 

routine uses are as follows: 

A. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), 

including U.S. Attorney Offices, or other 

federal agency conducting litigation or 

in proceedings before any court, 

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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 of DHS in his/her 

official capacity; 

3. Any employee of DHS in his/her 

individual capacity where DOJ or DHS 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

4. The U.S. or any agency thereof. 

B. To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to a 

written inquiry from that congressional 

office made pursuant to a Privacy Act 

waiver from 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 

the security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; 

2. DHS has determined that as a result 

of the suspected or confirmed 

compromise there is a risk of harm to 

economic or property interests, identity 

theft or fraud, or harm to the security or 

integrity of this system or other systems 

or programs (whether maintained by 

DHS or another agency or entity) or 

harm to the individual that rely upon 

the compromised information; 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 

compromise and prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

F. 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. 

G. To an appropriate federal, state, 

tribal, local, international, or foreign law 

enforcement agency or other appropriate 

authority charged with investigating or 

prosecuting a violation or enforcing or 

implementing a law, rule, regulation, or 

order, where 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 approved federal, state, and 

local government agencies for any 

legally mandated purpose in accordance 

with their authorizing statute or law and 

where an approved Memorandum of 

Agreement or Computer Matching 

Agreement (CMA) is in place between 

DHS and the entity. 

I. 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 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 name of 

applicant or other unique identifier to 

include: Verification Number, Alien 

Number, I–94 Number, Social Security 

Number, Passport Number and Country 

of Issuance (COI), Visa Number, SEVIS 

Identification, or by the submitting 

agency name. 

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: 

The retention and disposal schedule, 

N1–566–08–7, has been approved by the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration. Records collected in the 

process of enrolling in SAVE and in 

verifying citizenship or immigration 

status are stored and retained in SAVE 

for ten (10) years from the date of the 

completion of verification, unless the 

records are part of an ongoing 

investigation in which case they will be 

retained until completion of the 

investigation. This period is based on 

the statute of limitations for most types 

of misuse or fraud possible using SAVE 

(under 18 U.S.C. 3291, the statute of 

limitations for false statements or 

misuse regarding passports, citizenship, 

or naturalization documents). 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Chief, Verification Division, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

131 M Street NE., Suite 200, Mail Stop 

200, Washington, DC 20529. 

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 USCIS’s 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 


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Freedom of Information Act Officer, 

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

In addition you should: 

• Explain 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; and 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records. 

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 the above 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 several 

sources to include: 

(A) Agencies seeking to determine 

immigration status; 

(B) Individuals seeking public 

licenses, benefits, or credentials; 

• (C) Information collected from the 

Federal databases listed below: Arrival/ 

Departure Information System (ADIS), 

• Central Index System (CIS) 

• Computer-Linked Application 

Information Management System 3 & 4 

(CLAIMS 3 & CLAIMS 4) 

• Customer Profile Management 

System (CPMS) 

• Customs and Border Protection’s 

(CBP) Nonimmigrant Information 

System and Border Crossing Information 

(NIIS and BCI) 

• Enforcement Integrated Database 

(EID) 

• Enforcement Alien Removal 

Module (EARM) 

• Enterprise Citizenship and 

Immigration Services Centralized 

Operational Repository (eCISCOR) 

• Enterprise Document Management 

System (EDMS) 

• Marriage Fraud Amendment System 

(MFAS) 

• Microfilm Digitization Application 

System (MiDAS) 

• National File Tracking System 

(NFTS) 

• Refugees, Asylum, and Parole 

System (RAPS) 

• Student and Exchange Visitor 

Identification System (SEVIS) 

• Immigration status (e.g., Lawful 

Permanent Resident) from the 

Department of Justice Executive Office 

of Immigration Review (EOIR), System 

and the Department of State the 

Consular Consolidated Database (DOS– 

CCD). 

(D) Information created by the 

Systematic Alien Verification for 

Entitlements (SAVE) program. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: July 27, 2012. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19207 Filed 8–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2012–0048] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services –011 EVerify Program System of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Homeland Security proposes to update 

and reissue a current Department of 

Homeland Security system of records 

titled ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security/United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services—011 E-Verify 

Program System of Records.’’ The 

United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services E-Verify Program 

allows employers to check citizenship 

status and verify employment eligibility 

of newly hired employees. The 

Department of Homeland Security is 

updating this Privacy Act System of 

Records Notice for the E-Verify Program 

in order to provide notice that E-Verify 

is: (1) Updating the ‘‘Category of 

Individuals’’ to remove USCIS 

employees and contractors, which are 

covered under the DHS/ALL–004 

General Information Technology Access 

Account Records System SORN, and to 

remove individuals who have locked 

their Social Security Number (SSN) in 

E-Verify since this functionality is not 

available; (2) adding the collection of 

the foreign passport country of issuance 

(COI) from the employers using the 

recently updated Form I–9 and from the 

United States Visitor and Immigrant 

Status Indicator Technology (US–VISIT) 

Arrival and Departure Information 

System (ADIS) to the ‘‘Categories of 

Records;’’ (3) moving the list of sources 

of records from ‘‘Category of Records’’ to 

‘‘Record Source Categories,’’ removing 

two decommissioned systems and 

adding two new systems to ‘‘Record 

Source Categories;’’ (4) removing the 

monitoring and compliance ‘‘Category 

of Records’’ because those are now 

covered by the Compliance Tracking 

and Management System (CTMS) SORN 

(74 FR 24022); (5) updating the system 

location information for the Verification 

Information System (VIS), the 

underlying technology supporting the EVerify program, from a contractorowned facility in Meriden, CT to a 

government-owned facility in Stennis, 

MS; (6) incorporating minor changes to 

the ‘‘Routine Uses’’ to improve clarity; 

and (7) adding COI to ‘‘Retrievability’’ 

as a way in which DHS may retrieve 

records in this system of records. 

This updated system is included in 

the Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of record systems. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 7, 2012. This updated system 

will be effective September 7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2012–0048 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. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. 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: Brian 

C. Hobbs, (202–443–0114), Privacy 

Branch Chief, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security, 131 M Street NE., 

Suite 200 Mail Stop 2600, Washington, 

DC 20529. For privacy issues please 

contact: Jonathan R. Cantor (202–343– 

1717), Acting Chief Privacy Officer, 

Privacy Office, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 


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