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Number of 

distinct respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per respondent 

Average 3- 

year burden 

per response 

(hours) 

Total burden 

(hours) 

Summary of Annualized Burden Estimates for 3 Years 

Caregivers .................................................................................................................... 5,922 1.13 2.08 13,954 

Youth ............................................................................................................................ 3,553 1.19 1.00 4,220 

Provider/Administrators ................................................................................................ 648 .542 1.90 669 

Total Summary ..................................................................................................... 10,123 .................... .................... 18,844 

Total Annual Average Summary ................................................................... 3,374 .................... .................... 6,281 

1An average of 24 stakeholders in up to 27 grantee sites will complete the System of Care Assessment interview. These stakeholders will include site administrative staff, providers, agency representatives, family representatives, youth and youth coordinators. 2Assuming the average annual income across all types of staff/service providers/administrators is $40,000, the wage rate was estimated using 

the following formula: $40,000 (annual income)/2080 (hours worked per year) = $19.25 (dollars per hour). 3 Number of respondents across 27 grantees. Average based on a 5 percent attrition rate at each data collection point. These data are collected as part of the grantees’ routine intake processes. Hence, burden is calculated only for the subset of the Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study 

sample that also participates in the Child and Family Outcome Study. 4Given that 65 percent of the families in the Phase III evaluation sample fall at or below the 2005 DHHS National Poverty Level of $19,350 

(based on family of four), the wage rate was estimated using the following formula: $19,350 (annual family income)/2080 (hours worked per year) 

= 9.30 (dollars per hour). 5Average number of responses per respondent based on 6 data collection points for children recruited in year 3, 4 for children recruited in 

year 4, 2 for children recruited in year 5 (of grantee funding). 6Estimated number of caregivers with children over age 5, based on Phase IV preliminary needs-assessment that 95 percent of children 

served will be over age 5. 7Estimated number of caregivers with children under age 12, based on Phase IV preliminary needs-assessment that 40 percent of children 

served will be under age 12. 8Based on Phase III finding that approximately 60 percent of the children in the evaluation were 11 years old or older. 

9Based on the Federal minimum wage rate of $5.15 per hour. 

10 Respondents only complete Service Experience Study measures at follow-up points. Average number of follow-up responses per respondent 

based on 6 follow-up data collection points for children recruited in year 3, 4 for children recruited in year 4, and 2 for children recruited in year 5 

(of grantee funding). 11Assuming the average annual income across all types of staff/service providers is $31,200, the wage rate was estimated using the following 

formula: $31,200 (annual income)/2080 (hours worked per year) = $15.00 (dollars per hour). 12 25 respondents will be caregiver and 75 respondents will be administrators/providers. 

Written comments and 

recommendations concerning the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent May 7, 2007 to: SAMHSA Desk 

Officer, Human Resources and Housing 

Branch, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503; 

due to potential delays in OMB’s receipt 

and processing of mail sent through the 

U.S. Postal Service, respondents are 

encouraged to submit comments by fax 

to: 202–395–6974. 

Dated: April 3, 2007 

Elaine Parry, 

Acting Director, Office of Program Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–6481 Filed 4–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket Number DHS 2006–0082] 

Privacy Act; Biometric Storage System 

of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, the Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, proposes to add a 

new system of records to the 

Department’s inventory, entitled 

Biometric Storage System. This new 

system will replace the following 

existing legacy systems, the Image 

Storage and Retrieval System (ISRS), 64 

FR 18052, and portions of the Biometric 

Benefit Support System (BBSS). 

DATES: The established system of 

records will be effective May 7, 2007 

unless comments are received that 

result in a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket Number DHS 

2006–0082 by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–866–466–5370. 

• Mail: Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy 

Officer, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

system related questions please contact: 

Phyllis Howard, Branch Chief of 

Application Support for Office of Field 

Operations, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529. 

For privacy issues please contact: Hugo 

Teufel III, Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy 

Office, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) has been 

tasked by Congress with processing all 

immigration benefit applications and 

petitions. Many applications, petitions, 

and other benefits (hereinafter referred 

to as ‘‘applications’’) require that 

fingerprints and other biometrics be 

captured in order to conduct 

background checks, to verify the 

applicant’s, petitioner’s, or beneficiary’s 

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘applicants’’) 

identity, and to produce benefit cards 

with biometrics and documents. In 

order to fulfill its statutory mandate, 

USCIS is establishing a new system of 

records that will consolidate all 

biometrics collected by USCIS into one 

centralized system. This new system of 


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records is called the Biometric Storage 

System (BSS). 

I. USCIS Biometric Storage 

Implemented as a part of a USCIS 

enterprise-wide ‘‘Transformation 

Program,’’ BSS will help transition the 

agency’s data management practices to a 

paperless, more centralized, and unique 

identity driven methodology. BSS will 

become the centralized repository for all 

biometric data captured by USCIS from 

applicants filing immigration 

applications. This new system will 

eventually replace existing legacy 

systems, including the Image Storage 

and Retrieval System (ISRS), 64 FR 

18052, and portions of the Biometric 

Benefit Support System (BBSS). 

USCIS captures biometric data from 

applicants to facilitate three key 

operational functions: (1) Conducting 

fingerprint-based background checks; 

(2) verifying an applicant’s identity; and 

(3) producing benefit cards/documents. 

Currently, USCIS does not have a 

centralized, long-term storage program 

for fingerprint biometrics. Accordingly, 

applicants are sometimes required to 

return to an USCIS Application Support 

Center (ASC) to provide fingerprints 

again during the case adjudication 

process. BSS will store the biometric 

information, thereby decreasing the 

burden on applicants by negating the 

need to provide multiple sets of 

biometric data. 

Further, BSS will consolidate storage 

of information from multiple, separate 

systems into a centralized database, 

allowing for greater control, security, 

and management of the data. BSS also 

will provide increased functionality 

over current systems, and improved 

communication between government 

databases and personnel, facilitating 

more efficient processing of 

applications. This furthers USCIS’s 

goals of reducing immigration benefit 

and petition case backlog, and 

improving the process for vetting and 

resolving applications for immigration 

benefits. 

a. Fingerprint-Based Background 

Checks 

Under BSS, biometric and associated 

biographic information will be collected 

from the applicant in order to conduct 

fingerprint-based background checks 

through the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation (FBI) and United States 

Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator 

Technology (US–VISIT). 

Fingerprints will be taken 

electronically at an USCIS ASC or from 

hard copy fingerprint cards (FD–258) 

that are submitted for those applicants 

who are unable to go to an ASC. These 

fingerprints, along with other biometric 

and limited biographical data collected 

from the applicant, will be assembled 

into a National Institute of Standard and 

Technology (NIST) approved Electronic 

Fingerprint Transmission Specification 

(EFTS) file and transferred to BSS from 

the ASCs. BSS will then submit the 10- 

print fingerprints and limited 

biographic information to, and receive 

results from, the FBI’s Integrated 

Automated Fingerprint Identification 

System (IAFIS). The FBI fingerprint 

check is a search of the FBI’s Criminal 

Master File, which will identify 

applicants and petitioners who have 

arrest records. The fingerprint check 

responses received from the FBI are 

interpreted as ‘‘classifiable’’ or 

‘‘unclassifiable,’’ and that classification 

is stored in BSS. A classifiable 

fingerprint set denotes that the FBI was 

able to utilize the fingerprints in the 

course of their matching processes. An 

unclassifiable fingerprint set denotes 

that the FBI was unable to utilize the 

fingerprints in the course of their 

matching processes. If applicable, the 

FBI Identification Record, which details 

an applicant’s criminal history, will be 

transmitted by BSS to USCIS’s 

Background Check Service (BCS), 71 FR 

70414, for storage and not retained in 

BSS. 

BSS will also submit the 10-print 

fingerprints, photograph, and limited 

biographic information to, and receive 

results from, US–VISIT/IDENT 71 FR 

42651. The US–VISIT/IDENT 

fingerprint check is a search of US–

VISIT’s entire fingerprint database, 

which will identify applicants and 

petitioners who have entered or exited 

the country previously, as well as those 

for whom wants and warrants may be 

outstanding, or who otherwise may be 

the subjects of ongoing law enforcement 

or investigative activity. This 

information, referred to as the US–

VISIT/IDENT information file, will be 

transmitted by BSS to USCIS’s BCS for 

storage and not retained in BSS. The 

US–VISIT/IDENT check will also return 

a unique enumerator for any currently 

enrolled 10-print fingerprints. The 

unique enumerator is based on and 

assigned to an applicant’s unique 

fingerprint biometric signature. If US–

VISIT/IDENT does not find a match, the 

system will enroll the 10-print 

fingerprints, generate a unique 

enumerator, and return that number to 

BSS. 

The results of these fingerprint checks 

will be used to make eligibility 

determinations, which will result in the 

approval or denial of a benefit. If 

fraudulent or criminal activity is 

detected as a result of the fingerprint 

check, information may be referred to 

appropriate law enforcement agencies 

including Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), FBI, or other federal, 

state, local, tribal, foreign, or 

international law enforcement agencies. 

b. Card Production Information in BSS 

USCIS issues cards to individuals 

who have been granted immigration 

benefits such as Permanent Resident 

Cards and Border Crossing Cards. BSS 

will store information regarding benefit 

card and document production, 

including but not limited to 

photographs, signatures, press-prints 

(one fingerprint image, typically the 

index finger), and card production 

status. 

BSS also will interface with the 

National Card Production System II / 

Integrated Card Production System (NPS 

II/ICPS) and the Computer-Linked 

Application Information System 3 

(CLAIMS 3) 62 FR 64132 system of 

records. Specifically, BSS and NPS II/ 

ICPS will share data linked with benefit 

cards and documents, including but not 

limited to: Card serial number; receipt 

number; production site; production 

date; class of admission; type of benefit 

card or document; and expiration date. 

BSS and CLAIMS 3 will share data 

related to benefit case adjudication, 

including the case status and card 

production status. 

c. Collection and Use of Information in 

BSS 

The data collected in BSS during the 

background check process provides 

USCIS with information about an 

applicant or petitioner that may have 

national security or public safety 

implications, or which may contain 

indicia of fraud. Collection and use of 

this information will enable DHS to take 

action to prevent potentially 

undesirable and often dangerous people 

from staying in this country, thereby 

supporting two primary missions of 

DHS: (1) Preventing terrorist attacks 

within the United States and reducing 

America’s vulnerability to terrorism; 

and (2) facilitating the adjudication of 

lawful benefit applications. 

All information to be stored in BSS is 

currently collected as part of the 

established USCIS application/petition 

process. The requested data is required 

to verify the applicant’s identity and 

eligibility for the benefit being sought. 

ICE, CBP, and the Department of State 

(DoS) also will have read-only access to 

the BSS through a web-based user 

interface. This interface will allow the 

stated users to access and view 

biometric and limited biographic 


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information for identity verification 

purposes. 

Consistent with DHS’s information 

sharing mission, information collected 

and stored in the BSS may be provided 

by USCIS to appropriate federal, state, 

local, tribal or foreign governmental 

agencies or multi-lateral government 

organizations where DHS determines 

that sharing the information will assist 

in the enforcement of civil or criminal 

laws. 

As mentioned previously, US–VISIT/ 

IDENT will also receive a copy of the 

applicant’s 10-print fingerprints, 

photograph, and limited biographic 

information. The information stored in 

US–VISIT/IDENT, including 

information received from BSS, may be 

shared with other DHS components, as 

well as appropriate Federal, state, local, 

tribal, foreign, or international 

government agencies. This sharing will 

only take place after DHS determines 

that the receiving component or agency 

has a need to know the information to 

carry out national security, law 

enforcement, immigration, intelligence, 

or other functions consistent with the 

routine uses set forth in this system of 

records notice and the US–VISIT/IDENT 

system of records notice (71 FR 42651). 

II. The Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information principles in a statutory 

framework governing the means by 

which the United Stated Government 

collects, maintains, uses and 

disseminates personally identifiable 

information. The Privacy Act applies to 

information that is maintained in a 

‘‘system of records.’’ A ‘‘system of 

records’’ is a group of any records under 

the control of an agency from which 

information is retrieved by the name of 

an individual or by some identifying 

number, symbol, or other particular 

assigned to an individual. 

The Privacy Act requires each agency 

to publish in the Federal Register a 

description denoting the type and 

character of each system of records that 

the agency maintains, and the routine 

uses that are contained in each system 

to make agency recordkeeping practices 

transparent, to notify individuals 

reading the uses to which personally 

identifiable information is put, and to 

assist the individual to more easily find 

such files within the agency. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), a 

report on this system has been sent to 

Congress and to the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

DHS/USCIS–2006–0082 

SYSTEM NAME: 

DHS/USCIS—003 Biometric Storage 

System (BSS) 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Sensitive; Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The primary BSS system is located at 

a Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) approved data center in the 

Washington, DC, metropolitan area. 

Backups are maintained offsite. BSS 

will be accessible worldwide from all 

USCIS field offices, service centers, and 

application support centers in the DHS 

Network. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

All individuals who are applying for 

benefits and/or who are petitioning on 

behalf of individuals applying or 

petitioning for benefits pursuant to the 

Immigration and Nationality Act. 8 

U.S.C. 1101 et seq. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

BSS maintains three general 

categories of records: (a) Applicant and 

Petitioner Biometric information; (b) 

Applicant and Petitioner Biographic 

Identification information; and (c) Card 

Production information. 

A. Applicant and Petitioner Biometric 

information contains data necessary to 

perform a fingerprint-based background 

check through the FBI and US–VISIT/ 

IDENT fingerprint check services, as 

well as data for verifying an applicant’s 

identity and card production. This data 

may include: 10-print fingerprint 

images; photographs; signatures; 

transaction control numbers associated 

with FBI fingerprint checks; receipt 

numbers; date/time of submission; 

physical description of subject; and a 

reason for the submission of the 

application (i.e., a USCIS Form Code). 

This category also covers the applicants’

US–VISIT/IDENT assigned enumerator. 

The unique enumerator is based on and 

assigned to an applicant’s unique 

fingerprint biometric signature. If US–

VISIT/IDENT does not find a match, the 

system will enroll the 10-print 

fingerprints, generate a unique 

enumerator, and return it to BSS. Lastly, 

this category covers logs associated with 

the requests of background checks, 

which may include requesting location 

and requesting person. 

B. Applicant and Petitioner 

Biographic Identification information 

includes basic biographic information 

associated with each applicant or 

petitioner, including but not limited to: 

Name; date of birth; country of birth; 

address; employment status; aliases; 

application type; height; weight; eye 

color; gender; hair color; and race. The 

applicant and petitioner information 

also includes uniquely identifiable 

numbers, including but not limited to: 

Alien Registration Number; Z-number; 

Receipt Number; Social Security 

Number; and Armed Forces 

Identification Number. This information 

would be obtained from multiple 

sources, including from the applicant at 

the time the fingerprints are taken, as 

well as from the applicant’s preexisting 

case file. 

C. Card Production information 

encompasses data received from and 

sent to NPS II/ICPS and CLAIMS 3. This 

data may include identifying 

transactional information (i.e., 

transaction control number), 

biographical information used for card 

production, card production status, 

benefit card/document type, and class of 

admission. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

8 U.S.C. 1103 et seq. 

PURPOSE(S): 

BSS is a single centralized system that 

stores all biometric and associated 

biographic data that USCIS collects. 

Biometric data and associated 

biographic data are used by USCIS to 

conduct background checks, facilitate 

card production, and accurately identify 

applicants. Currently, no system exists 

that centrally manages all of this data. 

BSS will replace the following existing 

legacy systems, the Image Storage and 

Retrieval System, 64 FR 180526, and 

portions of the Biometric Benefit 

Support System (BBSS). BBSS is a 

legacy system that transfers biometric 

data from USCIS to the FBI to conduct 

fingerprint-based background checks. 

BBSS does not store the 10-print 

fingerprint images. ISRS is a legacy 

system that stores a limited amount of 

information related to an applicant’s 10- 

print fingerprint images and card 

production information. BSS also will 

add new functionality so the collection 

of biometric data for USCIS applications 

may become centrally managed. 

US–VISIT/IDENT will also receive a 

copy of the applicant’s 10-print 

fingerprints, photograph, and limited 

biographic information. Consistent with 

DHS’s information sharing mission, 

information stored in US–VISIT/IDENT, 

including information received from 

BSS, may be shared with other DHS 

components, as well as appropriate 

Federal, state, local, tribal, foreign, or 

international government agencies. This 

sharing will only take place after DHS 

determines that the receiving 


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component or agency has a need to 

know the information to carry out 

national security, law enforcement, 

immigration, intelligence, or other 

functions consistent with the routine 

uses set forth in this system of records 

notice. 

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 DHS as a routine use 

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

follows: 

A. To the United States Department of 

Justice (including United States 

Attorney offices) or other federal agency 

conducting litigation or in proceedings 

before any court, adjudicative or 

administrative body, or to the court or 

administrative body, when it is 

necessary to the litigation and one of the 

following is a party to the litigation or 

has an interest in such litigation: (1) 

DHS; (2) any employee of DHS in his or 

her official capacity; (3) any employee 

of DHS in his or her individual capacity 

where DOJ or DHS has agreed to 

represent said employee; or (4) the 

United States or any agency thereof; 

B. To an agency, organization, or 

individual 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. 

C. To the Department of State in the 

processing of petitions or applications 

for benefits under the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, and all other 

immigration and nationality laws 

including treaties and reciprocal 

agreements; 

D. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration or other Federal 

government agencies pursuant to 

records management inspections being 

conducted under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

E. To contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants, and others performing or 

working on a contract, service, grant, 

cooperative agreement, or other 

assignment for the Federal Government, 

when necessary to accomplish a DHS 

mission function related to this system 

of records, in compliance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. 

F. To appropriate federal, state, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations responsible for 

investigating or prosecuting the 

violations of, or for enforcing or 

implementing, a statute, rule, 

regulation, order, license, or treaty 

where DHS determines that the 

information would assist in the 

enforcement of civil or criminal laws; 

G. To federal and foreign government 

intelligence or counterterrorism 

agencies when DHS reasonably believes 

there to be a threat or potential threat to 

national or international security for 

which the information may be useful in 

countering the threat or potential threat, 

when DHS reasonably believes such use 

is to assist in anti-terrorism efforts, and 

disclosure is appropriate to the proper 

performance of the official duties of the 

person making the disclosure; 

H. To employers participating in the 

Basic Pilot Verification Program or any 

successor program thereof, in order to 

verify the employment eligibility of all 

newly hired employees in the United 

States. 

I. To a Congressional office, from the 

record of an individual in response to 

an inquiry from that Congressional 

office made at the request of the 

individual to whom the record pertains. 

J. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: (1) It is suspected or 

confirmed that the security or 

confidentiality of information in the 

system of records has been 

compromised; (2) USCIS 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 

USCIS or another agency or entity) that 

rely upon the compromised 

information; and (3) the disclosure is 

made to such agencies, entities, and 

persons when reasonably necessary to 

assist in connection with USCIS’s efforts 

to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed compromise and prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records in the system will be stored 

in a central computer database. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

A combination of the following BSS 

data elements may be used to initiate a 

query in order to retrieve data from the 

BSS User Interface: An individual’s 

Alien Registration Number; name; date 

of birth; receipt number; and unique 

enumerator. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Information in this system is 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable laws and policies, including 

the DHS information technology 

security policies and the Federal 

Information Security Management Act 

(FISMA). All records are protected from 

unauthorized access through 

appropriate administrative, physical, 

and technical safeguards. These 

safeguards include restricting access to 

authorized personnel who have a needto-know, using locks, and password 

protection features. The system is also 

protected through a multi-layer security 

approach. The protective strategies are 

physical, technical, administrative and 

environmental in nature, which provide 

access control to sensitive data, physical 

access control to DHS facilities, 

confidentiality of communications, 

authentication of sending parties, and 

personnel screening to ensure that all 

personnel with access to data are 

screened through background 

investigations commensurate with the 

level of access required to perform their 

duties. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

The following proposal for retention 

and disposal is pending approval by the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration. Records are stored and 

retained in the BSS Repository for 

seventy-five (75) years, from the date of 

last action on the file. BSS is utilizing 

ISRS’ retention schedule as a model. 

Biometric-based background checks are 

conducted on individuals and/or 

petitioners from the age of fourteen (14) 

and up. The 75-year retention rate 

comes from the length of time USCIS 

may interact with a customer. Further, 

retaining the data for this period of time 

will enable USCIS to fight identity fraud 

and misappropriation of benefits. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Branch Chief of Application Support 

for Office of Field Operations, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

To determine whether this system 

contains records relating to you, write 

the USCIS Freedom of Information Act/ 

Privacy Act officer. Mail requests to: 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, National Records Center, 

FOIA/PA Office, P.O. Box 648010, Lee’s 

Summit, MO 64064–8010. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Follow ‘‘Notification procedures’’

above. 


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CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Redress procedures are established 

and operated by the program through 

which the data was originally collected. 

In the case of redress requests for DHS 

organizations, if an individual is not 

satisfied with the response, an 

individual can appeal his or her case to 

the DHS Chief Privacy Officer, who will 

conduct a review and provide final 

adjudication on the matter. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information contained in this system 

of records is obtained from other USCIS 

Systems of Records; including, 

CLAIMS3, NPS II/ICPS, and electronic 

live scan devices located at ASCs. 

Information contained in the system is 

also obtained from the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation, and the United States 

Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator 

Technology. All information contained 

in BSS is derived from the above 

systems. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: March 28, 2007. 

Hugo Teufel III, 

Chief Privacy Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1643 Filed 4–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

National Communications System 

[Docket No. NCS–2007–0002] 

National Security Telecommunications 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Communications 

System, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed 

Advisory Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The President’s National 

Security Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee (NSTAC) will meet in a 

partially closed session. 

DATES: Thursday, April 26, 2007, from 

1:15 p.m. until 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 

H St., NW., Washington DC. For access 

to the meeting materials, contact Mr. 

William Fuller at (703) 235–5521 or by 

e-mail at william.c.fuller@dhs.gov by 5 

p.m. on Friday, April 20, 2007. If you 

desire to submit comments, they must 

be submitted by May 3, 2007. Comments 

must be identified by NCS–2007–0002 

and may be submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: NSTAC1@dhs.gov. Include 

docket number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Office of the Manager, 

National Communications System (N5), 

Department of Homeland Security, 

CS&T/NCS/N5, 245 Murray Lane, Mail 

Stop 8510, Washington, DC 20528. 

• Fax: 1–866–466–5370 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and NCS–2007–

0002, the docket number for this action. 

Comments received will be posted 

without alteration at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the NSTAC, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kiesha Gebreyes, Chief, Industry 

Operations Branch at (703) 235–5525, email: Kiesha.Gebreyes@dhs.gov or write 

the Deputy Manager, National 

Communications System, Department of 

Homeland Security, IP/NCS/N5, 245 

Murray Lane, Mail Stop 8510, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NSTAC advises the President on issues 

and problems related to implementing 

national security and emergency 

preparedness telecommunications 

policy. Notice of this meeting is given 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA), Public Law 92–463, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.1 et seq.). 

At the upcoming meeting, between 

1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m., the NSTAC 

will receive comments from government 

stakeholders, discuss the work of the 

Emergency Communications and 

Interoperability Task Force (ECITF), and 

discuss and vote on the International 

Task Force (ITF) Report. This portion of 

the meeting will be open to the public. 

Between 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., the 

NSTAC will discuss Global 

Infrastructure Resiliency (GIR) and 

Cyber Security. This portion of the 

meeting will be closed to the public. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

special assistance should indicate this 

when arranging access to the 

teleconference and are encouraged to 

identify anticipated special needs as 

early as possible. 

Basis for Closure: The GIR and Cyber 

Security discussions will likely involve 

sensitive infrastructure information 

concerning system threats and explicit 

physical/cyber vulnerabilities related to 

current communications capabilities. 

Public disclosure of such information 

would heighten awareness of potential 

vulnerabilities and increase the 

likelihood of exploitation by terrorists 

or other motivated adversaries. Pursuant 

to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.), the 

Department has determined that this 

discussion will concern matters which, 

if disclosed, would be likely to frustrate 

significantly the implementation of a 

proposed agency action. Accordingly, 

the relevant portion of this meeting will 

be closed to the public pursuant to the 

authority set forth in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B). 

Dated: March 23, 2007. 

Sallie McDonald, 

Director, National Communications System. 

[FR Doc. E7–6418 Filed 4–5–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Revision of an Existing 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request 

ACTION: 60-Day notice of information 

collection under review; Form I–817, 

Application for Family Unity Benefits; 

OMB Control No. 1615–0005. 

The Department Homeland Security, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services has submitted the following 

information collection request for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted for 

sixty days until June 5, 2007. 

Written comments and/or suggestions 

regarding the item(s) contained in this 

notice, especially regarding the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time, should be directed to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory 

Management Division, Clearance 

Officer, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd 

floor, Suite 3008, Washington, DC 

20529. Comments may also be 

submitted to DHS via facsimile to 202–

272–8352 or via e-mail at 

rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When submitting 

comments by e-mail please make sure to 

add OMB Control No. 1615–0005 in the 

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