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42 CFR citation Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

per response 

(Hrs.) 

Annual burden 

(hrs.) 

64a.105(b)(2): Annual Payback Activities Certification—SMA 111–2 ............. *57 1 .18 10 

* The actual number of trainees is now 83, less the estimated number in 3 years of 30 = 53; 53 divided by 2 = 27; 27 + 30 = 57. 

Written comments and 

recommendations concerning the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent by May 9, 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 2, 2007. 

Elaine Parry, 

Acting Director, Office of Program Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–6474 Filed 4–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket Number DHS–2007–0010] 

Privacy Act: Verification Information 

System Records Notice 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice to alter a system of 

records; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its ongoing effort to 

review and update the legacy system of 

records notices, the Department of 

Homeland Security is altering 

previously established Privacy Act 

systems of records published by the 

former Immigration and Naturalization 

Service for the Verification and 

Information System (VIS) Justice/INS–

035 published October 17, 2002 (67 FR 

64134) and Alien Status Verification 

Index (ASVI) Justice/INS–009 published 

September 7, 2001 (66 FR 46815). The 

Department of Homeland Security will 

consolidate information from different 

systems of records notices and is adding 

new sources of data to the VIS to update 

the routine uses that were previously 

published for this system of records. 

DATES: The established systems of 

records will be effective on May 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket Number DHS–

2007–0010 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: 

Gerri Ratliff, Verification Division, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security, 111 

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: 

I. USCIS Verification Information 

System 

In various statutes, Congress 

mandated that USCIS establish a system 

that can be used to verify citizenship 

and immigration status of individuals 

seeking government benefits and 

establish a system for use by employers 

to determine whether a newly hired 

employee is authorized to work in the 

United States. USCIS implemented this 

mandate through the Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) 

program for government benefits and 

the Basic Pilot Program for determining 

whether a newly hired employee is 

authorized to work in the United States. 

The Verification Information System 

(VIS) is the technical infrastructure that 

enables USCIS to operate SAVE and 

Basic Pilot. VIS is a nationally 

accessible database of selected 

immigration status information 

containing in excess of 100 million 

records. Government agencies use SAVE 

information to help determine whether 

a non-citizen is eligible for any public 

benefit, license or credential based on 

citizenship and immigration status. 

Private employers and government users 

use Basic Pilot information to determine 

whether a newly hired employee is 

authorized to work in the United States. 

VIS is currently comprised of 

citizenship, immigration and 

employment status information from 

several DHS systems of records, 

including records contained in the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

Treasury Enforcement Communication 

Systems (TECS) (66 FR 52984), the 

Image Storage and Retrieval System 

(ISRS) (66 FR 6672), the USCIS Central 

Index System (CIS) (72 FR 1755), and 

the USCIS Computer Linked 

Application Information Management 

System (CLAIMS 3) (62 FR 11919). 

This System of Records Notice is 

replacing the following systems of 

records previously published by 

Department of Justice’s Immigration and 

Naturalization Service (DOJ/INS): the 

DOJ/INS 009 Alien Status Verification 

Index system (ASVI) (66 FR 46815) and 

the DOJ/INS 035 Verification 

Information System (VIS) (67 FR 64134). 

A. SAVE Program 

The SAVE Program, which is 

supported by VIS, provides government 

agencies with citizenship and 

immigration status information for use 

in determining an individual’s 

eligibility for government benefits. 

Government agencies input biographic 

information into VIS for government 

benefit eligibility determinations and if 

VIS has a record pertaining to the 

individual, the government agency will 

receive limited biographic information 

on the citizenship and immigration 

status of the individual applying for a 

benefit. If VIS does not have a record 

pertaining to the individual, VIS 

automatically notifies a USCIS 

Immigration Status Verifier (ISV). The 

ISV then conducts a manual search of 

other DHS databases to determine 

whether there is any other information 

pertaining to that individual that would 

provide citizenship and immigration 

status. If the ISV finds additional 

relevant information, citizenship and 

immigration status data is provided to 

the requesting government agency user 

through VIS. The ISV will also update 

the appropriate record in USCIS’ CIS 

database. The REAL ID Act requires that 

beginning May 2008, with a possible 

extension for States until December 

2009, all states routinely utilize the 

USCIS SAVE program to verify the legal 

immigration status of applicants for 

driver’s licenses and identification 

cards. 

B. Basic Pilot 

VIS also supports the Basic Pilot 

Program, a free and voluntary program 

allowing participating employers to 


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verify the employment eligibility of 

newly hired employees. The program is 

a collaboration between the Social 

Security Administration (SSA) and 

USCIS. 

After an individual is hired by the 

employer and completes the Form I–9, 

employers input information from 

Sections 1 and 2 of the Form I–9 into 

the Basic Pilot portion of VIS. This 

query is first sent from VIS to SSA to 

verify social security information. If 

SSA cannot verify the employee’s social 

security information, SSA will send a 

response to VIS which in turn will 

notify the employer of SSA’s inability to 

verify the information provided by 

employee. The employer is then 

required to provide information to the 

employee about how the employee may 

contact SSA to resolve any issues. If 

SSA is able to verify the employee 

information and verify that the 

individual is a U.S. Citizen, (‘‘USC’’), 

VIS provides a confirmation to the 

employer. No further action is taken by 

VIS. If SSA is able to verify the 

employee information and the 

individual is a non-USC, the VIS system 

continues the process in order to verify 

employment authorization. Through 

VIS, USCIS provides the employer with 

a case verification number and the 

disposition of whether an employee is 

authorized to work. If VIS does not have 

a record pertaining to the individual, 

VIS automatically notifies an ISV. The 

ISV then conducts a manual search of 

other DHS databases to determine 

whether there is any other information 

pertaining to that individual that would 

provide employment eligibility status. If 

the ISV cannot determine the person’s 

work eligibility, VIS notifies the 

employer that the employee must 

contact USCIS. If it is determined that 

an employee is not authorized to work 

after the employee is referred to SSA or 

USCIS, the employer may terminate the 

individual’s employment. 

Performing a verification query 

through the Basic Pilot system is only 

legally permissible after an offer of 

employment has been extended to an 

employee. The earliest the employer 

may initiate a query is after an 

individual accepts an offer of 

employment and after the employee and 

employer complete the Form I–9. The 

employer must initiate the query no 

later than the end of three business days 

after the new hire’s actual start date. 

Information from the Basic Pilot cannot 

be used to pre-screen individuals, rescreen individuals after being employed 

for longer than three days, or 

discriminate against individuals legally 

authorized to work in the United States. 

C. Updates to VIS 

VIS previously consolidated 

information from different DHS Systems 

of Records, with this update VIS will 

now add additional data elements from 

different DHS Systems of Records in 

order to enhance data completeness 

within VIS. USCIS is currently 

enhancing the employment verification 

function of VIS to allow an employer to 

query the system by inputting the new 

hire’s USCIS receipt number, which is 

located on the secure Form I–551 

(Permanent Resident Card) or the secure 

Form I–766 (Employment Authorization 

Document). The receipt number is a 

unique number associated with the 

issuance of the card. In addition, USCIS 

is piloting a new functionality that 

allows employers using Basic Pilot to 

compare the photo contained on secure 

issued USCIS cards against the photo on 

file in ISRS and/or the USCIS Biometric 

Storage System (BSS) (when deployed). 

These enhancements will significantly 

improve the speed at which USCIS will 

be able to verify the employment 

eligibility of many non-citizen new 

hires and reduce the likelihood of 

identity fraud through forged 

documents. 

Once deployed, additional data 

elements from the BSS and ICE’s 

Student and Exchange Visitor 

Information System (SEVIS) will be 

added to the VIS system. In order to 

support programmatic goals, the system 

will also have improved audit and 

reporting capability so that USCIS can 

better identify misuse of the system and 

programs supported by the system. 

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. 

SYSTEM OF RECORDS: 

DHS/USCIS–004. 

SYSTEM NAME: 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services Verification Information 

System (VIS). 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The Verification Information System 

(VIS) database is housed in a contractorowned facility in Meriden, CT. The 

system is accessible via the Internet, 

Web services, Secure File Transfer 

Protocol (SFTP) batch, and through a 

computer via analog telephone line, and 

is publicly accessible to participants of 

the Systematic Alien for Verification 

Entitlements (SAVE) program and the 

Basic Pilot Employer Verification 

program, including authorized USCIS 

personnel, other authorized government 

users, participating employers, and 

other authorized users. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals covered by provisions of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act of 

the United States including but not 

limited to individuals who have been 

lawfully admitted to the United States, 

individuals who have been granted 

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. Data originating from the USCIS 

Central Index System (CIS), including 

the following information about the 

Individual who comes before USCIS: 

Alien Registration Number (A-Number), 

Name (last, first, middle), Date of birth, 

Date entered United States (entry date), 

Country of birth, Class of Admission 

code, File Control Office code, Social 

Security Number, Admission Number 

(I–94 Number), Provision of Law code 

cited for employment authorization, 

office code where the authorization was 

granted, Date employment authorization 

decision issued, Date employment 

authorization may begin (start date), 

Date employment authorization expires 

(expiration date), Date employment 

authorization denied (denial date). 

B. Data originating from the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection Treasury 

Enforcement Communications System 

(TECS), including the following 

information about the individual: ANumber, Name (last, first, middle), Date 


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alien’s status was changed (status 

change date), Date of birth, Class of 

Admission Code, Date admitted until, 

Country of citizenship, Port of entry, 

Date entered United States (entry date), 

Departure date, I–94 Number, Visa 

Number. 

C. Data originating from the USCIS 

Image Storage and Retrieval System 

and/or the USCIS Biometric Storage 

System (when deployed), including: 

Receipt Number, Name (last, first, 

middle), Date of Birth, Country of Birth, 

Alien number, Form number, for 

example Form I–551 (Lawful Permanent 

Resident card) or Form I–766 

(Employment Authorization Document), 

Expiration Date, and Photo. 

D. Data originating from the USCIS 

Computer Linked Application 

Information Management System 

(CLAIMS 3), including: Receipt number, 

Name (last, first, middle), Date of Birth, 

Country of Birth, Class of Admission 

Code, A-number, I–94 number, Date 

entered United States (entry date), and 

Valid To Date. 

E. Data originating from the U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

(ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor 

Information System (SEVIS), including: 

SEVIS Identification Number (SEVIS 

ID), Name (last, first, middle), Date of 

Birth, Country of Birth, Class of 

Admission Code, I–94 number, Date 

entered United States (entry date), and 

Valid To Date. 

F. Data originating from Social 

Security Administration (SSA), 

including: Confirmation of employment 

eligibility based on SSA records, 

Tentative non-confirmation of 

employment eligibility and the 

underlying justification for this 

decision, and Final non-confirmation of 

employment eligibility. 

G. Information collected from the 

benefit applicant by the benefit-issuing 

agency to facilitate immigration status 

verification that may include the 

following about the benefit applicant: 

Receipt Number, A-Number, I–94 

Number, Name (last, first, middle), Date 

of birth, User Case Number, DHS 

document type, DHS document 

expiration date, SEVIS ID andVisa 

Number. 

H. Information collected from the 

benefit-issuing agency about users 

accessing the system to facilitate 

immigration status verification that may 

include the following about the Agency: 

Agency name, Address, Point of 

Contact, Contact telephone number, Fax 

number, E-mail address, Type of 

benefit(s) the agency issues (i.e. 

Unemployment Insurance, Educational 

Assistance, Driver Licensing, Social 

Security Enumeration, etc.). 

I. Information collected from the 

benefit-issuing agency about the 

Individual Agency User including: 

Name (last, first, middle), Phone 

Number, Fax Number, E-mail address, 

User ID for users within the Agency. 

J. System-generated response, as a 

result of the SAVE verification process 

including: Case Verification Number, 

Entire record in VIS database as 

outlined above, including all 

information from CIS, SEVIS, TECS, and 

CLAIMS 3 and with the exception of the 

biometric information (photo) from ISRS 

and/or BSS (once deployed), and 

Immigration status (e.g. Lawful 

Permanent Resident). 

K. Information collected from the 

employee by the Employer User to 

facilitate employment eligibility 

verification may include the following 

about the Individual employee: Receipt 

Number, Visa Number, A-Number, I–94 

Number, Name (last, first, middle 

initial, maiden), Social Security 

Number, Date of birth, Date of hire, 

Claimed citizenship status, Acceptable 

Form I–9 document type, and 

Acceptable Form I–9 Document 

expiration date. 

L. Information Collected About the 

Employer, including: Company name, 

Physical Address, Employer 

Identification Number, North American 

Industry Classification System code, 

Number of employees, Number of sites, 

Parent company or Corporate company, 

Name of Contact, Phone Number, Fax 

Number, and E-Mail Address. 

M. Information Collected about the 

Employer User (e.g., Identifying users of 

the system at the Employers), including: 

Name, Phone Number, Fax Number, Email address, and User ID. 

N. System-generated response 

information, resulting from the 

employment eligibility verification 

process, including: Case Verification 

Number; VIS generated response: 

Employment authorized, Tentative nonconfirmation, Case in continuance, 

Final non-confirmation, Employment 

unauthorized, or DHS No Show; 

Disposition data from the employer 

includes Resolved Unauthorized/ 

Terminated, Self Terminated, Invalid 

Query, Employee not terminated, 

Resolved Authorized, and Request 

additional verification, which includes 

why additional verification is requested 

by the employer user. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS: 

8 U.S.C. 1255a, 8 U.S.C. 1324a, 8 

U.S.C. 1360 and 42 U.S.C. 1320b–7. 

PURPOSE(S): 

This system of records is used to 

provide immigration status information 

to Federal, State, and local government 

agencies for immigrants, nonimmigrants, and naturalized U.S. 

citizens applying for Federal, State, and 

local public benefits. It is also used to 

provide employment authorization 

information to employers participating 

in the Basic Pilot/Employment 

Eligibility Verification Program. This 

System of Records Notice is replacing 

both the previously published ASVI 

SORN and VIS SORN. 

VIS is the technical infrastructure that 

enables USCIS to operate SAVE and 

Basic Pilot. In instances when an 

electronic verification cannot be 

confirmed by the VIS for either the 

SAVE or the Basic Pilot program, an 

electronic transmission of the 

verification request is sent through VIS 

to USCIS’s ISVs for secondary 

processing. For Federal, State, and local 

government agency users of the SAVE 

program, there are a variety of instances 

in which either a secondary or thirdstep query may need to be completed 

manually through submission of the 

form G–845 Immigration Status/ 

Document Verification Request. These 

instances occur due to technical 

limitations of the interfaces by which 

the agency users access the SAVE 

program. In these instances, the VIS 

system is not accessed at all, and 

secondary and third-step verifications 

are conducted through manual searches 

of DHS systems by ISVs. For Basic Pilot 

users, in instances when the verification 

cannot be confirmed by VIS, an 

electronic transmission is sent by VIS to 

USCIS for processing by the Los Angeles 

Status Verification Unit. 

Currently, no other DHS component 

has access to VIS data except for those 

that have signed MOUs permitting them 

to use the SAVE and/or Basic Pilot 

programs. Examples of such use by DHS 

components include TSA, which is 

utilizing the system to ascertain the 

immigration status of applicants 

applying for hazardous materials 

driver’s licenses. 

The VIS system includes audit and 

reporting functionality, and will be used 

for monitoring and compliance with 

system and program usage requirements 

set forth by USCIS. Audit or use 

reporting data in the system may be 

used to refer potential occurrences of 

fraud and/or egregious violations of 

SAVE or the Basic Pilot program to ICE. 

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 


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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 a Federal, State, tribal, or local 

government agency, or to a contractor 

acting on its behalf, to the extent that 

such disclosure is necessary to enable 

these agencies to make decisions 

concerning: (1) Determination of 

eligibility for a Federal, State, or local 

public benefit; (2) issuance of a license 

or grant; or (3) government-issued 

credential. 

B. To employers participating in the 

Basic Pilot Employment Verification 

Program in order to verify the 

employment eligibility of all newly 

hired employees in the United States. 

C. To other Federal, State, tribal, and 

local government agencies seeking to 

verify or determine the citizenship or 

immigration status of any individual 

within the jurisdiction of the DHS as 

authorized or required by law. 

D. 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. 

E. 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. 

F. 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. 

G. To a former employee of the 

Department for purposes of: (1) 

Responding to an official inquiry by a 

Federal, State, or local government 

entity or professional licensing 

authority, in accordance with applicable 

Department regulations; or (2) 

facilitating communications with a 

former employee that may be necessary 

for personnel-related or other official 

purposes where the Department requires 

information and/or consultation 

assistance from the former employee 

regarding a matter within that person’s 

former area of responsibility. 

H. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), 

Civil Rights Division, for the purpose of 

responding to matters within the DOJ’s 

jurisdiction to include allegations of 

fraud and/or nationality discrimination. 

I. 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) it is 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) 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 efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

compromise and prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

J. 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; 

K. 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; 

L. 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; 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Data is stored in computer accessible 

storage media and hardcopy format. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Agency records are retrieved by name 

of applicant or other unique identifier to 

include: verification number, ANumber, I–94 Number, Visa Number, 

SEVIS ID , or by the submitting agency 

name. Employer records are retrieved by 

verification number, A-Number, I–94 

Number, Receipt Number, or Social 

Security Number of the employee, or by 

the submitting company name. 

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. 

Information maintained by DHS 

contractors for this system is also 

safeguarded in accordance with all 

applicable laws and regulations, 

including DHS IT security policies and 

FISMA. . Access is controlled through 

user identification and discrete 

password functions to assure that 

accessibility is limited. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Completed verifications are archived 

to a storage disk monthly and are 

archived. The following proposal for 

retention and disposal is being prepared 

to be sent to the National Archives and 

Records Administration for approval. 

Records are stored and retained in the 

VIS Repository for twenty (20) years, 

from the date of the completion of the 

verification. VIS will retain data 

contained within this system to facility 

USCIS’ ability to conduct trend analysis 

that may reflect the commission of fraud 

or other illegal activity related to misuse 

of either the SAVE or Basic Pilot 

program and to facilitate the 

reconstruction of an individual’s 


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employment eligibility history. 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: 

Director, Verification Division, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

DDC Building, 4th Floor, 111 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Please address your inquiries about 

the VIS system in writing to the system 

manager identified above. To determine 

whether this system contains records 

relating to you, provide a written 

request containing the following 

information: 

1. Identification of the record system; 

2. Identification of the category and 

types of records sought; and 

3. The requesting individual’s 

signature and verification of identity 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1746, which 

permits statements to be made under 

penalty of perjury. Alternatively, a 

notarized statement may be provided. 

Address inquiries to the system 

manager at: Director, Verification 

Division, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, 111 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 4th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20529 or to the 

Freedom of Information/Privacy Act 

Office, USCIS, National Records Center, 

P.O. Box 6481010, Lee Summit, MO 

64064–8010. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

In order to gain access to one’s 

information stored in the VIS database, 

a request for access must be made in 

writing and addressed to the Freedom of 

Information Act/Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) 

officer at USCIS. Individuals who are 

seeking information pertaining to 

themselves are directed to clearly mark 

the envelope and letter ‘‘Privacy Act 

Request.’’ Within the text of the request, 

the subject of the record must provide 

his/her account number and/or the full 

name, date and place of birth, and 

notarized signature, and any other 

information which may assist in 

identifying and locating the record, and 

a return address. For convenience, 

individuals may obtain Form G–639, 

FOIA/PA Request, from the nearest DHS 

office and used to submit a request for 

access. The procedures for making a 

request for access to one’s records can 

also be found on the USCIS Web site, 

located at http://www.uscis.gov. 

An individual who would like to file 

a FOIA/PA request to view their USCIS 

record may do so by sending the request 

to the following address: U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

National Records Center, FOIA/PA 

Office, P.O. Box 648010, Lee’s Summit, 

MO 64064–8010. 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals have an opportunity to 

correct their data by submitting a 

redress request directly to the USCIS 

Privacy Officer who refers the redress 

request to USCIS’s Office of Records. 

When a redress is made, the change is 

added directly to the existing records 

stored in the underlying DHS system of 

records from which the information was 

obtained. Once the record is updated in 

the underlying DHS system of records, 

it is downloaded into VIS. If an 

applicant believes their file is incorrect 

but does not know which information is 

erroneous, the applicant may file a 

Privacy Act request as detailed in the 

section titled ‘‘Record access 

procedures’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information contained comes from 

several sources: A. Information derived 

from the following DHS systems of 

records, USCIS’s CIS, CLAIMS3, ISRS, 

and BSS; CBP’s TECS; and ICE’s SEVIS, 

B. Information collected from agencies 

and employers about individuals 

seeking government benefits or 

employment with an employer using an 

employment verification program, C. 

Information collected from system users 

at either the agency or the employer 

used to provide account access to the 

verification program, and D. Information 

developed by VIS to identify possible 

issues of misuse or fraud. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia. 

Hugo Teufel III, 

Chief Privacy Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–6611 Filed 4–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[COTP Morgan City, LA 07–002] 

South Louisiana Area Maritime 

Security Committee 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Solicitation for membership. 

SUMMARY: Under the Maritime 

Transportation Security Act of 2002, the 

Secretary of Homeland Security has 

established an Area Maritime Security 

(AMS) Committee under the direction of 

the Morgan City Captain of the Port 

(COTP)/Federal Maritime Security 

Coordinator (FMSC). The Morgan City 

COTP/FMSC hereby requests that 

qualified individuals interested in 

serving on the South Louisiana AMS 

Committee submit an application for 

membership. 

DATES: Requests for membership should 

reach the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of 

the Port, Marine Safety Unit Morgan 

City on or before July 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for membership 

should be submitted to Captain of the 

Port, USCG Marine Safety Unit Morgan 

City, 800 David Drive, Morgan City, 

Louisiana 70380. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning either the 

procedure for submitting an application 

or the South Louisiana Area Maritime 

Security Committee generally, contact 

Mr. Joe Pasqua at 985–380–5313. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority 

Section 102 of the Maritime 

Transportation Security Act (MTSA) of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–295) added section 

70112 to Title 46 of the U.S. Code, and 

authorized the Secretary of the 

Department in which the Coast Guard is 

operating to establish Area Maritime 

Security Advisory Committees for any 

port area of the United States. (See 33 

U.S.C. 1226; 46 U.S.C. 70112; 33 CFR 

103.205; Department of Homeland 

Security Delegation No. 0170.1.) The 

MTSA includes a provision exempting 

these AMS Committees from the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–436, 86 Stat. 470 (5 U.S.C. 

App.2). 

The AMS Committee assists the 

Captain of the Port (COTP)/Federal 

Maritime Security Coordinator 

(FMSC)in the review and update of the 

South Louisiana Area Maritime Security 

Plan for the Marine Safety Unit Morgan 

City area of responsibility. Such matters 

may include, but are not limited to: 

(1) Identifying critical port 

infrastructure and operations; 

(2) Identifying risks (threats, 

vulnerabilities, and consequences); 

(3) Determining mitigation strategies 

and implementation methods; 

(4) Developing and describing the 

process to continually evaluate overall 

port security by considering 

consequences and vulnerabilities, how 

they may change over time, and what 

additional mitigation strategies can be 

applied; and 

(5) Providing advice to, and assisting 

the COTP/FMSC in reviewing and 

updating the South Louisiana Area 

Maritime Security Plan. 


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