13762 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 47 / Thursday, March 10, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Federal-State Unemployment 

Compensation Program: Notice of 

Federal Agency With Adequate 

Safeguards To Satisfy the 

Requirements of the Federal 

Regulation on Confidentiality and 

Disclosure of Unemployment 

Compensation Information 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal agency with 

adequate safeguards. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Department 

of Labor (Department) recognizes that 

the United States Census Bureau 

(Census) has in place safeguards 

adequate to satisfy the requirements of 

the Federal regulation on the 

confidentiality and disclosure of 

unemployment compensation (UC) 

information. As a result, the safeguards 

and security requirements enumerated 

in the regulation do not apply to 

disclosures of confidential 

unemployment compensation 

information by state UC agencies to 

Census for the Longitudinal Employer 

Household Dynamics (LEHD) program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Agnes Wells, Program Specialist, Office 

of Unemployment Insurance, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, (202) 693–2996 (this is 

not a toll-free number) or 1–877–889– 

5627 (TTY), or by email at Wells.Agnes@

dol.gov. Or Daniel Hays, Supervisory 

Program Specialist, Office of 

Unemployment Insurance, Employment 

and Training Administration, (202) 693– 

3011 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

1–877–889–5627 (TTY), or by email at 

Hays.Daniel@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) interprets Federal 

law requirements pertaining to UC 

programs. ETA interprets section 

303(a)(1) of the Social Security Act to 

require states to maintain the 

confidentiality of certain UC 

information. The regulations at 20 CFR 

part 603 implement this confidentiality 

requirement. 20 CFR 603.9 requires 

States and State UC agencies to ensure 

that recipients of confidential UC 

information have certain safeguards in 

place before any confidential UC 

information may be disclosed. Section 

603.9(d) provides that States are not 

required to apply these safeguards and 

security requirements to a Federal 

agency which the Department has 

determined, by notice published in the 

Federal Register, to have in place 

safeguards adequate to satisfy the 

requirements of 20 CFR 603.9. 

The authority for Census to enter into 

state data sharing agreements is 13 

U.S.C. 6, which permits Census to 

access, by purchase or otherwise, 

information to assist in the performance 

of its official duties. Under this 

authority, Census aims to improve labor 

market data infrastructure and develop 

products for better understanding of the 

dynamics of the U.S. labor market to 

meet the broad objectives of the LEHD 

program. This research provides 

important data to support Census 

programs including the Master Address 

File, current demographic and economic 

survey and census operations, the 

Intercensal Estimates Program’s 

population and housing estimates, and 

related census and survey program 

improvements. 

Under the Local Employment 

Dynamics (LED) Partnership, 

confidential data is received by Census 

and processed within its Economic 

Directorate, with complementary 

research and product development 

conducted within the Research and 

Methodology Directorate. The LED 

Partnership is comprised of U.S. States, 

the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, and eligible U.S. 

territories when the entity enters into an 

agreement with Census. 

To disclose confidential UC 

information to Census for purposes of 

the LEHD program, State UC agencies 

are currently required to enter into an 

agreement with Census that includes the 

safeguards and security requirements of 

20 CFR 603.9. Census has advised the 

Department that securing a 

determination under 20 CFR 603.9(d) 

would be of great value as an 

independent assurance of data security, 

thus providing additional peace of mind 

and confidence to data providers, 

researchers, and policymakers. 

The Department has determined that 

for purposes of the LEHD program, the 

methods and procedures employed by 

Census for the protection of information 

received from members of the LED 

Partnership meet the requirements of 20 

CFR 603.9. Census complies with all 

current NIST standards and 

publications in accordance with Title III 

of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Pub. 

L. 107–347). Access to the information 

is strictly controlled and monitored by 

both physical and electronic means, 

limited to authorized Census staff and 

contractors who have signed a Sworn 

Oath of Nondisclosure, and not 

available to any third party. Information 

is expunged from Census systems when 

the purpose for the disclosure is 

finished. In addition, Census maintains 

a system sufficient to allow for audits 

and inspections and complies with 

OMB Memorandum M–17–12 with 

regard to the reporting of, and response 

to losses of protected information. 

With this notice, the Department 

recognizes that Census has in place 

safeguards adequate to satisfy the 

requirements of 20 CFR 603.9. Thus, 

pursuant to 20 CFR 603.9(d), the 

safeguards and security requirements of 

20 CFR 603.9 do not apply to 

disclosures of confidential UC 

information to Census for purposes of 

the LEHD program. 

This notice is published to inform the 

public of the Department’s 

determination with respect to this 

agency. 

Angela Hanks, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment 

and Training, Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04899 Filed 3–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

[Docket No: DOL–2021–00##] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy 

Act of 1974, and Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A–108, 

this notice is a new Privacy Act System 

of Records titled Unemployment 

Insurance Claimant Portal, DOL/ETA– 

33. This new system will contain 

records related to claims for 

unemployment insurance, including 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

necessary to verify the identity of an 

applicant or claimant; claims files; 

determinations by a State Workforce 

Agency and any case notes, 

conversation history, or other records 

used in making determinations; 

employer contribution records; and 

employer wage records. 

DATES: 

Comment Dates: We will consider 

comments that we receive on or before 

April 11, 2022. 

Applicable date: This notice is 

applicable upon publication, subject to 

a 30-day review and comment period for 

the routine uses. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. You may 


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