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communications. Strict control 

measures are enforced to ensure that 

access to classified and/or sensitive 

information in these records is also 

based on ‘‘need to know.’’ Electronic 

access is limited by computer security 

measures that are strictly enforced. TSA 

file areas are locked after normal duty 

hours and the facilities are protected 

from the outside by security personnel. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

National Archives and Records 

Administration approval is pending for 

the records in this system. Paper records 

and information stored on electronic 

storage media are maintained within 

TSA for five years and then forwarded 

to Federal Records Center. Records are 

destroyed after ten years. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Information Systems Program 

Manager, Office of the Chief Counsel, 

TSA Headquarters, West Tower, 8th 

Floor, TSA–2, 601 S. 12th Street, 

Arlington, VA 22202–4220. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

To determine whether this system 

contains records relating to you, write to 

the System Manager identified above. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: 

Same as ‘‘Notification Procedures’’ 

above. Provide your full name and a 

description of information that you 

seek, including the time frame during 

which the record(s) may have been 

generated. Individuals requesting access 

must comply with the Department of 

Homeland Security Privacy Act 

regulations on verification of identity 

(6 CFR 5.21(d)). 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Same as ‘‘Notification Procedure,’’ and 

‘‘Record Access Procedures’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information contained in this system 

is obtained from the alleged violator, 

TSA employees or contractors, 

witnesses to the alleged violation or 

events surrounding the alleged 

violation, other third parties who 

provided information regarding the 

alleged violation, State and local 

agencies, and other Federal agencies. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Portions of this system are exempt 

under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1) and (k)(2). 

Portions of the system pertaining to 

investigations or prosecutions of 

violations of criminal law are exempt 

under 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2). These 

exemptions are reflected in the final 

rule published on August 4, 2006 in 71 

FR 44223. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11917 Filed 5–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2010–0014] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security Transportation 

Security Administration—002 

Transportation Security Threat 

Assessment System System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice to alter an existing 

Privacy Act system of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 the Department of 

Homeland Security proposes to update 

and reissue the Department of 

Homeland Security Transportation 

Security Administration—002 

Transportation Security Threat 

Assessment System of Records, 

November 8, 2005, to reflect necessary 

programmatic changes. As a result of the 

biennial review of this system, 

modifications are being made to the 

system of records’ categories of 

individuals, categories of records, 

routine uses, data retention and 

disposal, and notification procedures. 

The Department of Homeland Security 

Transportation Security 

Administration—002 Transportation 

Security Threat Assessment System 

System of Records contains records 

related to security threat assessments, 

employment investigations, and 

evaluations Transportation Security 

Administration conducts on certain 

individuals for security purposes. For 

example, individuals who apply for a 

Transportation Worker Identification 

Credential or a Hazardous Materials 

Endorsement must undergo a security 

threat assessment and records 

associated with the assessment are 

covered by this system. 

Portions of this system are exempt 

under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1) and (k)(2) as 

reflected in the final rule published in 

the Federal Register on June 25, 2004. 

This updated system will continue to 

be included in the Department of 

Homeland Security’s inventory of 

record systems. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 18, 2010. This amended system 

will be effective June 18, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2010–0014 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 the agency name 

and docket number for this rulemaking. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

• Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions please contact: Peter 

Pietra (TSAprivacy@dhs.gov), Privacy 

Officer, Transportation Security 

Administration, TSA–36, 601 South 

12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598–6036 

or TSAprivacy@dhs.gov. 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 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

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

Homeland Security (DHS) 

Transportation Security Administration 

(TSA) proposes to update and reissue a 

DHS/TSA system of records notice 

titled, DHS/TSA—002 Transportation 

Security Threat Assessment System of 

Records (70 FR 33383, November 8, 

2005). 

TSA’s mission is to protect the 

nation’s transportation systems to 

ensure freedom of movement for people 

and commerce. To achieve this mission, 

TSA is required to develop and adapt its 

security programs to respond to 

evolving threats to transportation 

security. In accordance with the 

biennial review of this system, the 

following modifications are being made: 

• The categories of individuals 

section is updated to expressly include 

individuals who seek maritime or 

surface transportation facility access 

badges or credentials as well as 

individuals who undergo a security 

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badge or credential. DHS/TSA is also 

adding individuals seeking to become, 

or qualified as, Certified Cargo 

Screening Program validators; 

individuals who are owners, operators, 

or directors of any mode of 

transportation; individuals who undergo 

security threat assessments or 

evaluations in order to obtain access to 

facilities over which DHS exercises 

authority to this system of records. 

Information regarding an individual’s 

level of access at transportation facilities 

other than airports over which DHS 

exercises authority, including 

information on the termination or 

expiration of the individual’s access is 

now also included in the categories of 

records. The categories of individuals 

also includes individuals who have 

been or seek to be distinguished from 

individuals on a watch list through a 

redress process or other means. 

• The routine uses section is updated 

to incorporate five Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) standard 

routine uses. One routine use will allow 

release of information to appropriate 

agencies, entities, and persons when 

DHS/TSA suspects or has confirmed 

that the security or confidentiality of an 

information system of records has been 

compromised. Another routine use 

permits the release of information to the 

media when there exists a legitimate 

public interest in disclosing 

information. Release under this routine 

use will require the approval of the DHS 

Chief Privacy Officer in consultation 

with counsel. Another routine use 

allows the release of information to a 

court, magistrate, administrative 

tribunal or opposing counsel or parties 

where a federal agency is a party or has 

an interest in the litigation or 

administrative proceeding. The fourth 

routine use allows DHS/TSA to release 

information to a former employee when 

it is necessary to consult with the 

former employee regarding a matter that 

is within that person’s former area of 

responsibility. The fifth routine use 

allows DHS/TSA to release information 

to appropriate entities where it would 

assist in the enforcement of civil or 

criminal laws. 

• Additionally, DHS/TSA is revising 

a routine use by adding indirect air 

carriers and other facility operators as 

potential recipients of information about 

individuals who are their employees, 

job applicants, or contractors, or persons 

to whom they issue identification 

credentials or grant clearances to 

secured areas in transportation facilities 

when relevant to such employment, 

application, contract, training or the 

issuance of such credentials or 

clearances. 

• The retention and disposal section 

is updated to reflect the records 

retention schedule approved by the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

• The notification section was 

changed to reflect that inquiries 

regarding whether the applicable system 

contains records about an individual 

should be directed to The 

Transportation Security Administration 

Freedom of Information Act Office. 

The Security Threat Assessment 

System contains records related to 

security threat assessments, 

employment investigations, and 

evaluations DHS/TSA conducts on 

certain individuals for security 

purposes. For example, individuals who 

apply for a Transportation Worker 

Identification Credential or a Hazardous 

Materials Endorsement must undergo a 

security threat assessment and are 

covered by this system. 

Portions of this system are exempt 

under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1) and (k)(2). In 

addition, to the extent a record contains 

information from other exempt systems 

of records, DHS/TSA will rely on the 

exemptions claimed for those systems as 

reflected in the final rule published on 

June 25, 2004 in 69 FR 35536. The 

information is collected to conduct 

security threat assessments on 

individuals to ensure they do not pose, 

and are not suspected of posing, a threat 

to transportation or national security. 

Consistent with the Privacy Act, 

information stored in the Transportation 

Security Threat Assessment System 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. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information principles in a statutory 

framework governing the means by 

which the United States 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 

United States 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. Individuals may request access 

to their own records that are maintained 

in a system of records in the possession 

or under the control of DHS by 

complying with DHS Privacy Act 

regulations, 6 CFR part 5. 

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 

in order to make agency record keeping 

practices transparent, to notify 

individuals regarding the uses to their 

records are put, and to assist individuals 

to more easily find such files within the 

agency. Below is the description of the 

DHS/TSA–002 Transportation Security 

Threat Assessment System 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/TSA–002 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Transportation Security 

Administration Transportation Security 

Threat Assessment System (T–STAS). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Classified, Sensitive. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at the 

Transportation Security Administration 

(TSA) Headquarters, 601 South 12th 

Street, Arlington, VA 20598 and TSA 

field offices. Records may also be 

maintained at the offices of TSA 

contractors. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals who undergo a security 

threat assessment, employment 

investigation, or other evaluation 

performed for security purposes, or in 

order to obtain access to the following: 

transportation infrastructure or assets, 

such as terminals, facilities, pipelines, 

railways, mass transit, vessels, aircraft, 

or vehicles; restricted airspace; 

passenger baggage; cargo; shipping 

venues; or other facilities or critical 

infrastructure over which the DHS 

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Information or Classified information 

provided in connection with 

transportation security matters; or 

transportation-related instruction or 

training (such as flight training). This 

includes, but is not limited to, the 

following individuals: 

(a) Individuals who require or seek 

access to airports, or maritime or surface 

transportation facilities, or facilities 

over which DHS exercises authority. 

(b) Individuals who have or are 

seeking responsibility for screening 

individuals or carry-on baggage, and 

those persons serving as immediate 

supervisors and the next supervisory 

level to those individuals, other than 

employees of the DHS/TSA who 

perform or seek to perform these 

functions. 

(c) Individuals who have or are 

seeking responsibility for screening 

checked baggage or cargo, and their 

immediate supervisors, and the next 

supervisory level to those individuals, 

other than employees of the DHS/TSA 

who perform or seek to perform these 

functions. 

(d) Individuals who have or are 

seeking the authority to accept checked 

baggage for transport on behalf of an 

aircraft operator that is required to 

screen passengers. 

(e) Pilots, copilots, flight engineers, 

flight navigators, and airline personnel 

authorized to fly in the cockpit, relief or 

deadheading crewmembers, cabin crew, 

and other flight crew for an aircraft 

operator or foreign air carrier that is 

required to adopt and carry out a 

security program. 

(f) Flight crews and passengers who 

request waivers of temporary flight 

restrictions (TFRs) or other restrictions 

pertaining to airspace. 

(g) Other individuals who are 

connected to the transportation industry 

for whom DHS/TSA conducts security 

threat assessments to ensure 

transportation security. 

(h) Individuals who have or are 

seeking unescorted access to cargo in 

the transportation system. 

(i) Individuals who are owners, 

officers, or directors of an indirect air 

carrier or a business seeking to become 

an indirect air carrier. 

(j) Aliens or other individuals 

designated by DHS/TSA who apply for 

flight training or recurrent training. 

(k) Individuals transported on allcargo aircraft, including aircraft operator 

or foreign air carrier employees and 

their family members and persons 

transported for the flight. 

(l) Individuals seeking to become, or 

qualified as, known shippers or 

Certified Cargo Screening Program 

validators. 

(m) Known or suspected terrorists 

identified in the Terrorist Screening 

Database (TSDB) of the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation’s (FBI) Terrorist 

Screening Center (TSC); individuals 

identified by DHS/TSA to the TSDB 

because they pose a threat to civil 

aviation or national security; and 

individuals on classified and 

unclassified governmental terrorist, law 

enforcement, immigration, or 

intelligence databases, including 

databases maintained by the Department 

of Defense, National Counterterrorism 

Center, or Federal Bureau of 

Investigation. 

(n) Individuals who have been or seek 

to be distinguished from individuals on 

a watch list through a redress process or 

other means. 

(o) Individuals who are owners, 

operators or directors of any 

transportation mode facilities, services, 

or assets. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

DHS/TSA’s system may contain any, 

or all, of the following information 

regarding individuals covered by this 

system: 

(a) Name (including aliases or 

variations of spelling). 

(b) Gender. 

(c) Current and historical contact 

information (including, but not limited 

to, address information, telephone 

number, and e-mail). 

(d) Government-issued licensing or 

identification information (including, 

but not limited to, Social security 

number; pilot certificate information, 

including number and country of 

issuance; current and past citizenship 

information; immigration status; alien 

registration numbers; visa information; 

and other licensing information for 

modes of transportation). 

(e) Date and place of birth. 

(f) Name and information, including 

contact information and identifying 

number (if any) of the airport, aircraft 

operator, indirect air carrier, maritime 

or land transportation operator, or other 

employer or entity that is employing the 

individual, or submitting the 

individual’s information, or sponsoring 

the individual’s background check/ 

threat assessment. 

(g) Physical description, fingerprint 

and/or other biometric identifier, and 

photograph. 

(h) Date, place, and type of flight 

training or other instruction. 

(i) Control number or other unique 

identification number assigned to an 

individual or credential. 

(j) Information necessary to assist in 

tracking submissions, payments, and 

transmission of records. 

(k) Results of any analysis performed 

for security threat assessments and 

adjudications. 

(l) Other data as required by Form FD 

258 (fingerprint card) or other standard 

fingerprint cards used by the federal 

government. 

(m) Information provided by 

individuals covered by this system in 

support of their application for an 

appeal or waiver. 

(n) Flight information, including crew 

status on board. 

(o) Travel document information 

(including, but not limited to, passport 

information, including number and 

country of issuance; and current and 

past citizenship information and 

immigration status, any alien 

registration numbers, and any visa 

information). 

(p) Criminal history records. 

(q) Data gathered from foreign 

governments or entities that is necessary 

to address security concerns in the 

aviation, maritime, or land 

transportation systems. 

(r) Other information provided by 

federal, state, and local government 

agencies or private entities relevant to 

the assessment, investigation, or 

evaluation. 

(s) The individual’s level of access at 

an airport or other transportation 

facility, including termination or 

expiration of access. 

(t) Military service history. 

(u) Suitability testing and results of 

such testing. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

49 U.S.C. 114, 5103a, 40103(b)(3), 

40113(a), 44903(b), 44936, 44939, and 

46105. 

PURPOSE(S): 

(a) Performance of security threat 

assessments, employment 

investigations, and evaluations 

performed for security purposes that 

Federal statutes and/or DHS/TSA 

regulations authorize for the individuals 

identified in ‘‘Categories of individuals 

covered by the system,’’ above. 

(b) To assist in the management and 

tracking of the status of security threat 

assessments, employment 

investigations, and evaluations 

performed for security purposes. 

(c) To permit the retrieval of the 

results of security threat assessments, 

employment investigations, and 

evaluations performed for security 

purposes; including criminal history 

records checks and searches in other 

governmental, commercial, and private 

data systems, performed on the 

individuals covered by this system. 

(d) To permit the retrieval of 

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law enforcement, immigration and 

intelligence databases on the 

individuals covered by this system. 

(e) To track the fees incurred, and 

payment of those fees, by the airport 

operators, aircraft operators, maritime 

and land transportation operators, flight 

students, and others, where appropriate, 

for services related to security threat 

assessments, employment 

investigations, and evaluations 

performed for security purposes. 

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. 

522a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a 

portion of the records or information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 522a(b)(3) as follows; 

A. To the Department of Justice (DOJ) 

(including United States Attorney 

Offices) or other federal agency in 

anticipation of, or 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 United States 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, 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; 

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, 

volunteers, or 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 required to comply with the 

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 

agency, including law enforcement, 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 the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, its operating 

administrations, or the appropriate state 

or local agency, when relevant or 

necessary to: 

1. Ensure safety and security in any 

mode of transportation; 

2. Enforce safety- and security-related 

regulations and requirements; 

3. Assess and distribute intelligence 

or law enforcement information related 

to transportation security; 

4. Assess and respond to threats to 

transportation; 

5. Oversee the implementation and 

ensure the adequacy of security 

measures at airports and other 

transportation facilities; 

6. Plan and coordinate any actions or 

activities that may affect transportation 

safety and security or the operations of 

transportation operators; or 

7. The issuance, maintenance, or 

renewal of a license, endorsement, 

certificate, contract, grant, or other 

benefit. 

I. To the appropriate Federal, State, 

local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or 

international agency regarding 

individuals who pose, or are suspected 

of posing, a risk to transportation or 

national security. 

J. To a Federal, State, local, tribal, 

territorial, foreign, or international 

agency, where such agency has 

requested information relevant or 

necessary for the hiring or retention of 

an individual; or the issuance of a 

security clearance, license, 

endorsement, contract, grant, waiver, 

credential, or other benefit. 

K. To a Federal, State, local, tribal, 

territorial, foreign, or international 

agency, if necessary to obtain 

information relevant to a DHS/TSA 

decision concerning initial or recurrent 

security threat assessment, the hiring or 

retention of an employee; the issuance 

of a security clearance, license, 

endorsement, contract, grant, waiver, 

credential, or other benefit and to 

facilitate any associated payment and 

accounting. 

L. To international and foreign 

governmental authorities, in accordance 

with law and formal or informal 

international agreement. 

M. To third parties during the course 

of a security threat assessment, 

employment investigation, or 

adjudication of a waiver or appeal 

request, to the extent necessary to obtain 

information pertinent to the assessment, 

investigation, or adjudication. 

N. To airport operators, aircraft 

operators, maritime and surface 

transportation operators, indirect air 

carriers and other facility operators 

about individuals who are their 

employees, job applicants or 

contractors, or persons to whom they 

issue identification credentials or grant 

clearances to secured areas in 

transportation facilities when relevant 

to such employment, application, 

contract, training or the issuance of such 

credentials or clearances. 

O. To a former employee of DHS, in 

accordance with applicable regulations, 

for purposes of responding to an official 

inquiry by a federal, state, or local 

government entity or professional 

licensing authority; or facilitating 

communications with a former 

employee that may be necessary for 

personnel-related or other official 

purposes where the Department requires 

information or consultation assistance 

from the former employee regarding a 

matter within that person’s former area 

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P. To a court, magistrate, or 

administrative tribunal where a federal 

agency is a party to the litigation or 

administrative proceeding in the course 

of presenting evidence, including 

disclosures to opposing counsel or 

witnesses in the course of civil 

discovery, litigation, or settlement 

negotiations or in connection with 

criminal law proceedings. 

Q. To the appropriate federal, state, 

local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or 

international agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

order, license, or treaty, where DHS/ 

TSA determines that the information 

would assist in the enforcement of a 

civil or criminal laws. 

R. To the news media and the public, 

with the approval of the Chief Privacy 

Officer in consultation with counsel, 

when there exists a legitimate public 

interest in the disclosure of the 

information except to the extent it is 

determined that release of the specific 

information in the context of a 

particular case would constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy or a risk to transportation or 

national security. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records may be maintained on paper 

and in computer-accessible storage 

media. Records may also be stored on 

microfiche and roll microfilm. Records 

that are sensitive or classified are 

safeguarded in accordance with agency 

procedures, and applicable Executive 

Orders and statutes. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by name, 

social security number, identifying 

number of the submitting or sponsoring 

entity, other case number assigned by 

DHS/TSA or other entity/agency, 

biometric, or a unique identification 

number, or any other identifying 

particular assigned or belonging to the 

individual. 

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: 

In accordance with National Archives 

and Records Administration approved 

retention and disposal policy N1–560– 

06, individuals who were not identified 

as possible security threat, records will 

be destroyed one year after DHS/TSA is 

notified that access based on security 

threat assessment is no longer valid; 

where an individual was identified as a 

possible security threat and 

subsequently cleared, records will be 

destroyed seven years after completion 

of the security threat assessment or one 

year after being notified that access 

based on the security threat assessment 

is no longer valid, whichever is longer; 

and where the individual is an actual 

match to a watchlist, records will be 

destroyed 99 years after the security 

threat assessment or seven years after 

DHS/TSA is notified the individual is 

deceased, whichever is shorter. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Assistant Director for Compliance, 

Transportation Threat Assessment & 

Credentialing Office, TSA–19, 

Transportation Security Administration, 

601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 

20598. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted this system from the 

notification, access, and amendment 

procedures of the Privacy Act because it 

is a law enforcement system. However, 

DHS/TSA will consider individual 

requests to determine whether or not 

information may be released. Thus, 

individuals seeking notification and 

access to any record contained in the 

system of records, or seeking to contest 

its content, may submit a request in 

writing to the DHS/TSA’s FOIA Officer. 

DHS/TSA’s FOIA Officer is located at; 

Freedom of Information Act Office, 

TSA–20, 601 S. 12th Street, 11th Floor, 

East Tower, Arlington, VA 20598–6020, 

1–866–FOIA–TSA or 571–227–2300, 

Fax: 571–227–1406, E-mail: 

foia.tsa@dhs.gov. 

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; 

• 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 PROCEDURE: 

Same as ‘‘Notification Procedure,’’ 

above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE: 

Same as ‘‘Notification Procedure’’ 

above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are obtained from individuals 

subject to a security threat assessment, 

employment investigation, or other 

security analysis; from aviation, 

maritime, and land transportation 

operators, flight schools, or other 

persons sponsoring the individual; and 

any other persons, including 

commercial entities that may have 

information that is relevant or necessary 

to the assessment or investigation. 

Information about individuals is also 

used or collected from domestic and 

international intelligence sources and 

other governmental, private, and public 

databases. The sources of information in 

the criminal history records obtained 

from the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

are set forth in the Privacy Act system 

of records notice Department of Justice 

Federal Bureau of Investigation—009 

Fingerprint Identification Records 

System (72 FR 3410, January 1, 2007). 


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EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted portions of this system 

from subsections (c)(3); (d); (e)(1), 

(e)(4)(G); (H); (I); and (f) of the Privacy 

Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1) and 

(k)(2) as reflected in the final rule 

published on June 25, 2004 in 69 FR 

35536. In addition, to the extent a 

record contains information from other 

exempt systems of records, DHS/TSA 

will rely on the exemptions claimed for 

those systems. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11919 Filed 5–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Public Workshop: Pieces of Privacy 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice announcing public 

workshop. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security Privacy Office will host a 

public workshop, ‘‘Pieces of Privacy.’’ 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

June 10, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

in the auditorium at the DHS Offices at 

the GSA Regional Headquarters 

Building located at 7th and D Streets, 

SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamara Baker, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528; by telephone 

703–235–0780; by facsimile 703–235– 

0442; or by e-mail at 

privacyworkshop@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) Privacy Office is holding a public 

workshop that will provide in-depth 

training on the privacy compliance 

process at DHS, and specifically what 

triggers the need for privacy compliance 

documentation, Privacy Act 

requirements, and Computer Matching 

Agreements. A case study will be used 

to illustrate a step-by-step approach to 

researching, preparing, and writing 

these documents. The workshop will 

highlight Official Guidance for the 

Privacy Impact Assessments and 

Systems of Records Notices. 

The workshop is open to the public 

and there is no fee for attendance. 

Registration and Security: In order to 

facilitate security requirements of the 

GSA facility, attendees must register in 

advance for this workshop. Registration 

closes at 9 a.m., Monday, June 7, 2010. 

To register, please send an e-mail to 

privacyworkshop@dhs.gov, with the 

name of the workshop (‘‘Pieces of 

Privacy’’) in the subject line, and your 

full name and organizational affiliation 

in the body of the email. Alternatively, 

you may call 703–235–0780 to register 

and to provide the Privacy Office with 

your full name and organizational 

affiliation. 

All attendees who are employed by a 

federal agency will be required to show 

their Federal agency employee photo 

identification badge to enter the 

building. Attendees who do not possess 

a Federal agency employee photo 

identification badge will need to show 

a form of government-issued photo 

identification, such as a driver’s license, 

in order to verify their previouslyprovided registration information. This 

is a security requirement of the facility. 

The Privacy Office will only use your 

name for the security purposes of this 

specific workshop and to contact you in 

the event of a change to the workshop. 

Special Assistance: Persons with 

disabilities who require special 

assistance should indicate this in their 

admittance request and are encouraged 

to identify anticipated special needs as 

early as possible. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11925 Filed 5–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9L–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB 

of One Current Public Collection of 

Information: Department of Homeland 

Security Traveler Redress Inquiry 

Program (DHS TRIP) 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) invites public 

comment on one currently approved 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 1652–0044, 

abstracted below that we will submit to 

OMB for renewal in compliance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

The ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

burden. The collection involves the 

submission of identifying and travel 

experience information by individuals 

requesting redress through the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) Traveler Redress Inquiry Program 

(DHS TRIP). 

DATES: Send your comments by July 19, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be e-mailed 

to TSAPRA@dhs.gov or delivered to the 

TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information 

Technology (OIT), TSA–11, 

Transportation Security Administration, 

601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 

20598–6011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanna Johnson at the above address, or 

by telephone (571) 227–3651. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. The ICR documentation is 

available at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Therefore, in preparation for OMB 

review and approval of the following 

information collection, TSA is soliciting 

comments to— 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement is necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Information Collection Requirement 

OMB Control Number 1652–0044; 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) Traveler Redress Inquiry Program 

(DHS TRIP). DHS TRIP was developed 

as a voluntary program by DHS to 

provide a one-stop mechanism for 

individuals to request redress who 

believe they have been: (1) Denied or 

delayed boarding; (2) denied or delayed 

entry into or departure from the United 

States at a port of entry; or (3) identified 

for additional (secondary) screening at 

our Nation’s transportation facilities, 

including airports, seaports, train 


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