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below or sign up at the registration desk 

on the day of the meeting. The names 

and affiliations, if any, of individuals 

who address the Committee are 

included in the public record of the 

meeting. Please note that the public 

comment period may end before the 

time indicated, following the last call 

for comments. Written comments and 

requests to have a copy of your 

materials distributed to each member of 

the Committee prior to the meeting 

should be sent to Martha K. Landesberg, 

Executive Director, DHS Data Privacy 

and Integrity Advisory Committee, by 

September 30, 2011. Persons who wish 

to submit comments and who are not 

able to attend or speak at the meeting 

may submit comments at any time. All 

submissions must include the Docket 

Number (DHS–2011–0076) and may be 

submitted by any one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: PrivacyCommittee@dhs.gov. 

Include the Docket Number (DHS– 

2011–0076) in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (703) 483–2999. 

• Mail: Martha K. Landesberg, 

Executive Director, Data Privacy and 

Integrity Advisory Committee, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security Data Privacy and 

Integrity Advisory Committee’’ and the 

Docket Number (DHS–2011–0076). 

Comments received will be posted 

without alteration at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

If you wish to attend the meeting, 

please plan to arrive at the Navy League 

Building by 12:45 p.m. The DHS Privacy 

Office encourages you to register for the 

meeting in advance by contacting 

Martha K. Landesberg, Executive 

Director, DHS Data Privacy and Integrity 

Advisory Committee, at 

PrivacyCommittee@dhs.gov. Advance 

registration is voluntary. The Privacy 

Act Statement below explains how DHS 

uses the registration information you 

may provide and how you may access 

or correct information retained by DHS, 

if any. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the DHS Data 

Privacy and Integrity Advisory 

Committee, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martha K. Landesberg, Executive 

Director, DHS Data Privacy and Integrity 

Advisory Committee, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528, by telephone (703) 235–0780, by 

fax (703) 235–0442, or by e-mail to 

PrivacyCommittee@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C. App. 2 The DHS Data Privacy 

and Integrity Advisory Committee 

provides advice at the request of the 

Secretary of Homeland Security and the 

DHS Chief Privacy Officer on 

programmatic, policy, operational, 

administrative, and technological issues 

within the DHS that relate to personally 

identifiable information, as well as data 

integrity and other privacy-related 

matters. The committee was established 

by the Secretary of Homeland Security 

under the authority of 6 U.S.C. 451. 

Agenda 

During the meeting, the Chief Privacy 

Officer will provide the Committee an 

update on the activities of the DHS 

Privacy Office. The Committee will also 

receive updates on DHS FOIA 

operations by the Deputy Chief FOIA 

Officer and on Advanced Imaging 

Technology by the Transportation 

Security Administration’s Privacy 

Officer. In addition, the Subcommittees 

will report on their work in support of 

the Committee’s planned guidance on 

privacy protections for information 

sharing within DHS. The agenda will be 

posted in advance of the meeting on the 

Committee’s Web site at http:// 

www.dhs.gov/privacy. Please note that 

the meeting may end early if all 

business is completed. 

Privacy Act Statement: DHS’s Use of 

Your Information 

Authority: DHS requests that you 

voluntarily submit this information under its 

following authorities: the Federal Records 

Act, 44 U.S.C. 3101; the FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2; and the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a. 

Principal Purposes: When you register 

to attend a DHS Data Privacy and 

Integrity Advisory Committee meeting, 

DHS collects your name, contact 

information, and the organization you 

represent, if any. We use this 

information to contact you for purposes 

related to the meeting, such as to 

confirm your registration, to advise you 

of any changes in the meeting, or to 

assure that we have sufficient materials 

to distribute to all attendees. We may 

also use the information you provide for 

public record purposes such as posting 

publicly available transcripts and 

meeting minutes. 

Routine Uses and Sharing: In general, 

DHS will not use the information you 

provide for any purpose other than the 

Principal Purposes, and will not share 

this information within or outside the 

agency. In certain circumstances, DHS 

may share this information on a case-bycase basis as required by law or as 

necessary for a specific purpose, as 

described in the DHS/ALL–002 Mailing 

and Other Lists System of Records 

Notice (November 25, 2008, 73 FR 

71659). 

Effects of Not Providing Information: 

You may choose not to provide the 

requested information or to provide 

only some of the information DHS 

requests. If you choose not to provide 

some or all of the requested information, 

DHS may not be able to contact you for 

purposes related to the meeting. 

Accessing and Correcting 

Information: If you are unable to access 

or correct this information by using the 

method that you originally used to 

submit it, you may direct your request 

in writing to the DHS Deputy Chief 

FOIA Officer at foia@dhs.gov. 

Additional instructions are available at 

http://www.dhs.gov/foia and in the 

DHS/ALL–002 Mailing and Other Lists 

System of Records referenced above. 

Dated: September 9, 2011. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24223 Filed 9–20–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9L–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2011–0071] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services—004 

Systematic Alien Verification for 

Entitlements Program System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of revision and 

republication of Privacy Act System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Homeland Security proposes to revise 

an existing Department of Homeland 

Security system of records notice titled 

‘‘DHS/USCIS–004 Verification 

Information System’’ system of records 

and republish it as ‘‘DHS/USCIS–004 

Systematic Alien Verification for 

Entitlements Program’’ system of 

records. Previously, the Department of 


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Homeland Security published a single 

system of records notice for both the EVerify and Systematic Alien Verification 

for Entitlements Programs as part of the 

underlying technology, the Verification 

Information System on December 11, 

2008. On May 11, 2010 the Department 

of Homeland Security published the 

Department of Homeland Security/ 

United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services—011 E-Verify 

Program system of records. The 

Department of Homeland Security now 

proposes to revise and republish the 

Department of Homeland Security/ 

United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services—004 Verification 

Information System system of records as 

the 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 Verification Division 

administers the Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements Program. 

The Systematic Alien Verification for 

Entitlements Program is a fee-based 

intergovernmental initiative designed to 

help Federal, state, tribal, and local 

government agencies check immigration 

status when granting benefits, licenses, 

and other lawful purposes. On the 

publication of this SORN, the 

Verification Information System system 

of records notice will no longer be 

applicable. This newly established 

system will be included in the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of record systems. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 21, 2011. This new system will 

be effective October 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2011–0071 by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 703–483–2999. 

• Mail: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

• Instructions: All submissions 

received must include Department of 

Homeland Security as 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 by the 

submitter. 

• 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: Janice 

Jackson, Acting 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: Mary Ellen Callahan (703–235– 

0780), Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy 

Office, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Congress mandated that the 

Immigration and Naturalization Service, 

as a precursor to the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) United States 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS), establish a system to verify the 

immigration status of individuals 

seeking government benefits. Authority 

for having a system for verification of 

citizenship and immigration status of 

individuals seeking government benefits 

can be found in the Immigration Reform 

and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), Public 

Law (Pub. L.) 99–603; the Personal 

Responsibility and Work Opportunity 

Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), 

Public Law 104–193, 110 Stat. 2168; 

Title IV, Subtitle A, of the Illegal 

Immigration Reform and Immigrant 

Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), 

Public Law 104–208, 110 Stat. 3009; and 

the Real ID Act of 2005, Public Law 

109–13. Based on these authorities and 

in accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, DHS USCIS 

proposes to establish a new DHS system 

of records titled ‘‘DHS/USCIS–004 

Systematic Alien Verification for 

Entitlements Program System of 

Records.’’ 

USCIS Verification Division 

administers the Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) 

Program, a fee-based intergovernmental 

initiative designed to help Federal, 

state, tribal, and local government 

agencies check immigration status when 

granting benefits, licenses, and other 

lawful purposes. SAVE is supported by 

and uses information derived from 

individuals, partner agencies, the 

Verification Information System (VIS) 

and other DHS, Department of State, 

and Department of Justice systems. 

The REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 

109–13, 119 Stat. 231, 302 (2005) 

(codified at 49 U.S.C. 30301 note) 

requires all state Departments of Motor 

Vehicles (DMV) to utilize the USCIS 

SAVE program to verify the legal 

immigration status of applicants for 

driver’s licenses, driver’s permits, and 

state-issued identification cards. 

Congress delayed the initial 

implementation date from May 2008 

until December 2009. DMVs access 

SAVE through the American 

Association of Motor Vehicle 

Administrators Network (AAMVAnet) 

or via Internet access using Web 3 or 

Web Services, which is a support 

service that allows SAVE customer 

agencies to access VIS information 

through a software interface. 

Previously, USCIS documented the 

SAVE and E-Verify Programs in the VIS 

Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) and 

System of Records Notice (SORN). VIS 

was and continues to be the underlying 

technology of both systems. In order to 

assist the public in better understanding 

the two programs, USCIS has issued a 

separate E-Verify SORN and, with this 

publication, is updating the original VIS 

SORN with this updated SORN. SAVE 

is described in previous SORNs, most 

recently in the VIS SORN (73 FR 75445, 

December 11, 2008). 

SAVE Usage Overview 

The SAVE Program was originally 

limited to immigration status 

verification for eligibility 

determinations of any public benefit, 

license, or credential—the benefit or 

‘‘entitlement’’ referred to in the name of 

the program. However, over time the 

scope of SAVE has grown to include the 

implementation of Section 642(c) of 

IIRIRA, which obligates USCIS to 

respond to inquiries ‘‘by a federal, state, 

or local government agency seeking to 

verify or ascertain the citizenship or 

immigration status of any individual 

within the jurisdiction of the agency for 

any purpose authorized by law.’’ This 

expansion was highlighted in previous 

versions of the SAVE Privacy Impact 

Assessment (PIA). 

Accordingly, to the extent that a 

Federal, state, or local government 

entity has the legal authority to verify 

immigration status, SAVE, as an access 

method to USCIS systems, is authorized 

to respond to the request. Specifically, 

in addition to verifications for purposes 

of granting government benefits, this 

includes verification for purposes of 

background investigations for 

individuals, and cohabitants of the 

individuals undergoing background 

investigations. 

Government agencies input 

biographic information into SAVE for 

status determinations. If SAVE has a 

record pertaining to the individual, the 

government agency automatically 

receives limited biographic information 

on the citizenship and immigration 

status of the individual. If SAVE does 


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not have a record pertaining to the 

individual, SAVE prompts the customer 

agency asking if they would like a 

manual second step verification, with 

possible escalation to a manual third 

step verification, Form G–845, if 

appropriate. Although SAVE may 

receive a Social Security Number (SSN) 

from its supporting VIS systems or 

customer agencies as part of a status 

determination, it does not specifically 

request or return SSNs in its responses. 

The primary use of the SAVE 

information is to provide immigration 

status information for any legally 

mandated purpose to Federal, state, and 

local government customer agencies. 

The majority of customer agencies use 

SAVE to determine if applicants are 

entitled to receive the public benefits, 

licenses, or credentials that they 

administer. For example, based on 

IRCA, customer agencies use SAVE 

when providing benefits such as 

education and housing assistance, 

unemployment benefits, and Medicaid 

or other state health insurance benefits. 

PRWORA, through its definition of 

public benefits, allows customer 

agencies to use SAVE to determine the 

immigration status for purposes such as 

granting licensing and loans. (IIRIRA) 

provides for customer agencies to use 

SAVE for any legal purpose, such as 

credentials, background investigations, 

and voter registration. In addition, the 

Real ID Act of 2005 requires that all 

states utilize SAVE to verify the 

immigration status of individuals 

claiming to be non-U.S. citizens for 

driver’s licenses, driver’s permits, and 

identification cards. 

Information in SAVE will only be 

used for SAVE verifications and other 

purposes incidental to the SAVE 

process, such as customer agency 

registration and relationship 

management, user accountability, 

program quality management, and 

monitoring and compliance activities. 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, DHS proposes to establish a new 

DHS system of records notice titled 

‘‘DHS/USCIS–004—Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements Program’’ 

system of records. The USCIS 

Verification Division administers the 

SAVE Program. SAVE is an 

intergovernmental initiative designed to 

assist benefit-granting Federal, state, 

and local agencies determine if non-U.S. 

citizen applicants are entitled to receive 

the public benefits, licenses, or 

credentials that they administer. 

Previously, DHS published a single 

system of records notice for the E-Verify 

and SAVE Programs as part of the 

underlying technology, VIS (73 FR 

75445, December 11, 2008). DHS is now 

publishing separate system of records 

notices for E-Verify and SAVE in order 

to assist the public in better 

understanding these programs. This 

newly established system of records will 

be included in DHS’s inventory of 

record systems. 

With the publication of this SAVE 

SORN to accompany the E-Verify SORN 

(76 FR 26738, May 9, 2011), the VIS 

SORN will be retired. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information practice principles in a 

statutory framework governing the 

means by which the U.S. Government 

collects, maintains, uses, and 

disseminates 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/USCIS–004 

Systematic Alien Verification for 

Entitlements Program 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. 

System of Records: 

DHS/USCIS–004 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Department of Homeland Security 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services—004 Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements Program 

System of Records. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified, for official use only. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at USCIS 

Headquarters in Washington, DC and 

field offices. 

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 

United States Code (U.S.C.) 1103 et seq. 

SAVE users are covered by the DHS/ 

ALL–004—General Information 

Technology Access Account Records 

System SORN (74 FR 49882, last 

published September 29, 2009). 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

A. Information collected from the 

benefit applicant by the customer 

agency 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), date of birth, 

country of birth, customer agency case 

number, DHS document type, DHS 

document expiration date, Immigration 

and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) 

Student and Exchange Visitor 

Identification System (SEVIS) ID, 

foreign passport number, 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 verification process 

including case verification number and 

SAVE response. 

C. Any information on the individual 

may be verified through SAVE from the 

following Federal databases: Arrival/ 

Departure Information System (ADIS), 

Central Index System (CIS), ComputerLinked Application Information 

Management System 3 & 4 (CLAIMS 3 

& CLAIMS 4), Customer Profile 

Management System (CPMS), Student 

and Exchange Visitor Identification 

System (SEVIS), 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 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), Reengineered 

Naturalization Applications Casework 

System (RNACS), Image Storage and 

Retrieval System (ISRS), and 

immigration status (e.g., Lawful 

Permanent Resident) from the 


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Department of Justice Executive Office 

of Immigration Review (EOIR) System 

(EOIR) and the Department of State the 

Consular Consolidated Database (DOS– 

CCD). 

The individual information that may 

be verified through SAVE includes: A– 

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, SSN, 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, 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 SSN, beneficiary last 

name, beneficiary first name, 

beneficiary middle name, petitioner 

alien number, petitioner SSN, petitioner 

naturalization certificate number, 

petitioner first name, petitioner last 

name, petitioner firm name, and 

petitioner tax number. This 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, ANumber, receipt number, phone 

number, marriage date and place, and 

naturalization date and place; child’s 

name(s) (last, first, middle), date of 

birth, country of birth, class of 

admission, A-Number; and 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 IRCA, Public Law 99–603, 100 

Stat. 3359; PRWORA, Public Law 104– 

193, 110 Stat. 2105; Title IV, Subtitle A, 

of IIRIRA, Public Law 104–208, 110 

Stat. 3009; and the REAL ID Act of 2005, 

Public Law 109–13, 119 Stat. 231. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of the 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 of 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 DHS as a routine use 

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

follows: 

A. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), 

including U.S. Attorney Offices, or other 

Federal agencies conducting litigation 

or in proceedings before any court, 

adjudicative 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 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, is 

a party to the litigation or has an interest 

in such litigation, and DHS determines 

that the records are both relevant and 

necessary to the litigation and the use of 

such records is compatible with the 

purpose for which DHS collected the 

records. 

B. 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. 

C. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) or 

other Federal government agencies 

pursuant to records management 

inspections being conducted under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

D. 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. 

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 (MOA) or Computer 

Matching Agreement (CMA) is in place 

between DHS and the entity. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 


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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, A– 

Number, I–94 number, SSN, Passport 

number, Visa number, SEVIS ID, 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 on-going 

investigation in which case they be 

retained until completion of the 

investigation. This period is based on 

the statute of limitations for most types 

of misuse or fraud possibly 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, MS 2600, 

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., 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 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 in the Category of Records section 

above; and (D) information created by 

SAVE. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: August 26, 2011. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24221 Filed 9–20–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2011–0869] 

Information Collection Requests to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit 

Information Collection Requests (ICRs) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting 

approval of revisions to the following 

collections of information: 1625–0067, 

Claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 

1990; and 1625–0068, State Access to 

the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for 

Removal costs under the Oil Pollution 

Act of 1990. Our ICRs describe the 

information we seek to collect from the 

public. Before submitting these ICRs to 

OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting 

comments as described below. 

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast 

Guard on or before November 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Coast Guard docket 

number [USCG–2011–0869] to the 

Docket Management Facility (DMF) at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT). To avoid duplicate submissions, 

please use only one of the following 

means: 

(1) Online: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Mail: DMF (M–30), DOT, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

(4) Fax: 202–493–2251. To ensure 

your comments are received in a timely 

manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk 

Officer for the Coast Guard. 


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