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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Applicant security and background 

investigation records of retired or 

separated USSS employees are retained 

for 20 years after the date of last action. 

All judicial case records are retained for 

30 years from the date of case closure, 

unless otherwise required to be held 

permanently for transfer to the National 

Archives and Records Administration. 

Non-judicial and non-criminal case files 

generally are retained for a period of 

between 5 years and 30 years from the 

date of case closure, depending upon 

the nature or subject of the 

investigation. All other records, the 

disposition of which is not otherwise 

specified, are retained until destruction 

is authorized. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Assistant Director, Human Resources 

and Training and Assistant Director, 

Office of Investigation, U.S. Secret 

Service, 245 Murray Lane SW., Building 

T–5, Washington, DC 20223. 

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/USSS will consider individual 

requests to determine whether or not 

information may be released. Thus, 

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 USSS FOIA Officer, 245 

Murray Drive, SW., Building T–5, 

Washington, DC 20223. 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 

FOIA Officer, Department of Homeland 

Security, whose contact information can 

be found at http://www.dhs.gov/foia. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

USSS 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 Director, Disclosure and FOIA, 

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; 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created; 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 

USSS 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 employees, 

former employees, and applicants for 

employment with the USSS; federal, 

state, and local governmental agencies; 

court systems; executive entities, both 

foreign and domestic; educational 

institutions; private businesses; and 

members of the general public. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Pursuant to exemption 5 U.S.C. 

552a(j)(2) of the Privacy Act and the 

limitations therein, this system is 

exempt from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (4); 

(d); (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4)(G), 

(e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I), (e)(5) and (e)(8); (f); 

and (g). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(1), 

(k)(2), (k)(3), (k)(5), and (k)(6), this 

system is exempt from the following 

provisions of the Privacy Act, subject to 

the limitations set forth in those 

subsections: 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), 

(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I), and 

(f). In addition, to the extent a record 

contains information from other exempt 

systems of records, USSS will rely on 

the exemptions claimed for those 

systems. 

Dated: September 22, 2011. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27882 Filed 10–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–42–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2011–0083] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security/United States 

Secret Service—004 Protection 

Information System of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, and as part of the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

biennial review of system of record 

notices, DHS/United States Secret 

Service proposes to update and reissue 

a current Department of Homeland 

Security system of records titled, 

‘‘Department of Homeland Security/ 

United States Secret Service—004 

Protection Information System of 

Records.’’ As a result of biennial review 

of this system, information has been 

updated within the categories of 

individuals covered in this system and 

categories of records in this system in 

order to further define and narrow 

categories. Routine Use I and J were 

merged for the purpose of narrowing 

scope and clarifying why information 

would be shared. The notification 

procedures were updated to clarify the 

reason for exemption and the method 

for access. Additionally, the Department 

of Homeland Security previously 

published a Final Rule in the Federal 

Register to exempt this system of 

records from certain provisions of the 

Privacy Act. The current updates to this 

system of records do not impact the 

nature of the exemptions claimed; the 

exemptions continue to apply to this 

update. This updated system will be 

included in the Department of 

Homeland Security’s inventory of 

record systems. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before November 28, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2011–0083, 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: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

• Instructions: All submissions 

received must include the agency name 


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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: Latita 

Payne (202) 406–6370), Privacy Officer, 

United States Secret Service, 245 

Murray Lane, SW., Building T–5, 

Washington, DC 20223. 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, and as part of the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

(DHS) biennial review of system of 

record notices, DHS/United States 

Secret Service (USSS) proposes to 

update and reissue a current DHS 

system of records titled, DHS/USSS–004 

Protection Information System of 

Records. As a result of biennial review 

of this system, records have been 

updated within the categories of 

individuals covered in this system and 

categories of records in this system in 

order to further define, narrow, and 

eliminate duplicative categories. 

Routine Use I and J were merged for the 

purpose of narrowing scope and 

clarification. The notification 

procedures were updated to clarify the 

reason for exemption and the method 

for access. This updated system will be 

included in DHS’s inventory of record 

systems. 

Additionally, DHS previously 

published a Final Rule in the Federal 

Register to exempt this system of 

records from certain provisions of the 

Privacy Act. The current updates to this 

system of records do not impact the 

nature of the exemptions claimed; the 

exemptions continue to apply to this 

update. This updated system will be 

included in the Department of 

Homeland Security’s inventory of 

record systems. 

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 that each 

agency publish in the Federal Register 

a description denoting the type and 

character of each system of records in 

order to make agency recordkeeping 

practices transparent, to notify 

individuals about the use of their 

records, and to assist the individual to 

more easily find files within the agency. 

Below is a description of the Protection 

Information System. 

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

DHS has provided a report of this 

revised system of records to the Office 

of Management and Budget and to the 

Congress. 

System of Records 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS)/United States Secret Service 

(USSS)–004 

SYSTEM NAME: 

DHS/USSS–004 Protection 

Information System 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified and Classified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at the United 

States Secret Service Headquarters, 950 

H St., NW., Washington, DC 20223, 

other locations in Washington, DC, and 

field offices. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

• Individuals who have been or are 

currently the subject of a criminal 

investigation by USSS or another law 

enforcement agency for the violation of 

certain criminal statutes relating to the 

safety of persons or security of 

properties, facilities, and areas protected 

by USSS; 

• Individuals who are the subjects of 

investigative records and reports 

supplied to USSS by Federal, State, and 

local law enforcement agencies, foreign 

or domestic, other non-law enforcement 

governmental agencies, or private 

institutions and individuals, in 

conjunction with the protective function 

of USSS; 

• Individuals who are the subjects of 

non-criminal protective and background 

investigations by USSS and other law 

enforcement agencies; 

• Individuals who are granted or 

denied ingress and egress to areas 

secured by USSS, or to areas in 

proximity to persons protected by 

USSS, including but not limited to: 

invitees; passholders; tradesmen; and 

law enforcement, maintenance, or 

service personnel; 

• Individuals who are witnesses, 

protectees, suspects, complainants, 

informants, defendants, fugitives, 

released prisoners, and correspondents 

who have been identified by USSS or 

from information supplied by other law 

enforcement agencies, governmental 

units, private institutions, and members 

of the general public in connection with 

USSS performance of its authorized 

protective functions; 

• Individuals who have sought an 

audience or contact with persons 

protected by USSS; 

• Individuals who have been 

involved in incidents or events which 

relate to the protective functions of the 

USSS; and 

• Individuals protected by the USSS. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

• Individual’s name; 

• Address; 

• Date of Birth; 

• Case number; 

• Arrest record; 

• Nature and disposition of criminal 

charges, sentencing, confinement, 

release, and parole or probation status; 

• Records concerning agency 

activities associated with protectee 

movements and other protective 

measures taken on a protectee’s behalf; 

• Records containing information 

compiled for the purpose of identifying 

and evaluating individuals who may 

constitute a threat to the safety of 

persons or security of areas protected by 

the USSS; 

• Records containing information 

compiled for the purpose of a criminal 

investigation, including reports of 

informants and investigators, which are 

associated with an identifiable 

individual; 

• Informant’s name and contact 

information (e.g., address; phone 

number); 

• Records containing reports relative 

to an individual compiled at various 


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stages of the process of enforcement of 

certain criminal laws from arrest or 

indictment through release from 

supervision; 

• Records containing information 

supplied by other Federal, State, and 

local law enforcement agencies, foreign 

or domestic, other non-law enforcement 

governmental agencies, private 

institutions and persons concerning 

individuals who, because of their 

activities, personality traits, criminal or 

mental history, or history of social 

deviancy, may be of interest to the USSS 

in connection with the performance by 

that agency of its protective functions; 

and 

• Records containing information 

compiled for the purpose of background 

investigations of individuals, including 

but not limited to, passholders, 

tradesmen, maintenance or service 

personnel who have access and/or have 

been denied access to areas secured by 

or who may be in proximity to persons 

protected by USSS. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–296; 5 U.S.C. 301; 

Federal Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 3101; 18 

U.S.C. 3056; 18 U.S.C. 3056A and 6 CFR 

part 5. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of this system is to assist 

USSS in protecting its protectees by 

recording information necessary to 

implement protective measures and to 

investigate individuals who may come 

into proximity with a protectee, 

including individuals who have been 

involved in incidents or events which 

relate to the protective functions of the 

USSS, and individuals who have sought 

to make contact with a protectee. 

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 the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) as a routine 

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

follows: 

A. To the Department of Justice or 

other federal agency 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. The Department 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 who 

relies 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 the Department of Justice and 

other Federal, State, and local 

governmental agencies having a 

prosecution function for the use of 

attorneys, magistrates, and judges; and 

the parole and probation authorities for 

the purpose of prosecuting, sentencing, 

and determining the parole and 

probation status of criminal offenders or 

suspected criminal offenders; and for 

civil and other proceedings involving 

USSS protective functions. 

I. To Federal, State, and local 

governmental agencies, foreign and 

domestic, for the purposes of 

developing information on subjects 

involved in USSS protective 

investigations and the evaluation of 

persons considered to be of protective 

interest and for the purpose of 

protective functions. 

J. To Federal, State, and local 

governmental agencies, private 

institutions and private individuals, for 

the purpose of implementing protective 

measures. 

K. To personnel of Federal, State, and 

local governmental agencies, foreign 

and domestic, when reasonably 

necessary to the exercise of the USSS 

protective function. 

L. To private institutions and private 

individuals, identifying information 

pertaining to actual or suspected 

criminal offenders or other individuals 

considered to be of protective interest, 

for the purpose of furthering USSS 

efforts to evaluate the danger such 

individuals pose to persons protected by 

the agency. 

M. To a court, magistrate, or 

administrative tribunal 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 or in response 

to a subpoena from a court of competent 

jurisdiction. 

N. To an appropriate Federal, State, 

local, tribal, foreign, or international 

agency, if the information is relevant 

and necessary to a requesting agency’s 

decision concerning the hiring or 

retention of an individual, or the 

issuance of a security clearance, license, 

contract, grant, or other benefit, or if the 

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a DHS decision concerning the hiring or 

retention of an employee, the issuance 

of a security clearance, the reporting of 

an investigation of an employee, the 

letting of a contract, the issuance of a 

license, grant or other benefit and when 

disclosure is appropriate to the proper 

performance of the official duties of the 

person making the request. 

O. 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 or when disclosure is 

necessary to preserve confidence in the 

integrity of DHS or is necessary to 

demonstrate the accountability of DHS’s 

officers, employees, or individuals 

covered by the system, 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. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Paper and electronic records in this 

system are stored in secure facilities 

behind locked doors. Electronic records 

media, such as magnetic tape, magnetic 

disk, digital media, and CD ROM are 

stored in proper environmental controls. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

This system is indexed by case 

number, name, and other identifying 

data and other case related data, in 

master and magnetic media indices. 

Records may be retrieved by any of 

these indices. Access to the physical 

files is located at field offices, 

Headquarters, and other Washington, 

DC locations. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in this system are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

all applicable DHS and USSS automated 

systems security and access policies. 

Strict controls have been imposed to 

minimize the risk of compromising the 

information that is being stored, 

processed, and transmitted. Access to 

the records in this system is limited to 

those individuals who have a USSS 

approved need to know the information 

for the performance of their official 

duties and who have appropriate 

clearances or permissions. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Protective intelligence case records, 

including non-judicial protective 

intelligence cases, are routinely retained 

for a period of up to 5 years from the 

date of last action; or for 10 years from 

the date of last action if they contain 

electronic records. All judicial records 

are retained for a period of 20 years 

from the date of last action, unless 

otherwise required to be held 

permanently for transfer to the National 

Archives and Records Administration. 

Files relating to issuance of White 

House Complex passes for employees of 

the White House, Secret Service 

Employees, press representatives 

accredited at the White House, and 

other authorized individuals are 

retained for a period of 8 years from the 

date the file is closed. Records 

pertaining to the administration and 

operations of Secret Service protective 

program, shift reports, survey files, and 

special event files are retained for a 

period of 3 to 5 years from the end of 

the event. Records pertaining to trip 

files for domestic travel are retained for 

5 years, and trip files for foreign travel 

are retained for 10 years from the end 

of the event. Campaign related files are 

retained for a period of 30 years after the 

end of the campaign and subsequently 

transferred to the National Archives and 

Records Administration. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Assistant Director, Office of Strategic 

Intelligence and Information; Assistant 

Director, Office of Technical 

Development and Mission Support; and 

Assistant Director, Office of Protective 

Operations, U.S. Secret Service, 245 

Murray Drive SW., Building T–5, 

Washington, DC 20223. 

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/USSS will consider individual 

requests to determine whether or not 

information may be released. Thus, 

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 USSS FOIA Officer, 

Freedom of Information and Privacy 

Acts Program, 245 Murray Drive, SW., 

Building T–5, Washington, DC 20223. If 

an individual believes more than one 

component maintains Privacy Act 

records concerning him or her, the 

individual may submit the request to 

the DHS FOIA Officer, whose contact 

information can be found at http:// 

www.dhs.gov/foia. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

USSS 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 Director, Disclosure and FOIA, 

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; 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created; 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 

USSS 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: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted this system from 

subsections (e)(4)(I) of the Privacy Act 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) and (k)(2) 

and (k)(3); therefore, records sources 

shall not be disclosed. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Pursuant to exemption 5 U.S.C. 

552a(j)(2) of the Privacy Act and the 

limitations therein, this system is 

exempt from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (4); 

(d); (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4)(G), 

(e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I), (e)(5) and (e)(8); (f); 

and (g). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(1), 

(k)(2), and (k)(3) this system is exempt 

from the following provisions of the 

Privacy Act, subject to the limitations 

set forth in those subsections: 5 U.S.C. 

552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), 

(e)(4)(I), and (f). In addition, to the 

extent a record contains information 

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USSS will rely on the exemptions 

claimed for those systems. 

Dated: September 22, 2011. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–42–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Form I–914; Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Form I–914 

and Supplements A and B, Application 

for T Nonimmigrant Status; Application 

for Immediate Family Member of T–1 

Recipient; and Declaration of Law 

Enforcement Officer for Victim of 

Trafficking in Persons. OMB Control No. 

1615–0099. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services will be submitting 

the following information collection 

request for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The information 

collection is published to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

December 27, 2011. 

During this 60 day period, USCIS will 

be evaluating whether to revise the 

Form I–914. Should USCIS decide to 

revise Form I–914 we will advise the 

public when we publish the 30-day 

notice in the Federal Register in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The public will then 

have 30 days to comment on any 

revisions to the Form I–914. 

Written comments and suggestions 

regarding items contained in this notice, 

and especially with regard to the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time should be directed to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory 

Products Division, 20 Massachusetts 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529– 

2020. Comments may also be submitted 

to DHS via facsimile to (202) 272–0997, 

or via email at 

USCISFRComment@dhs.gov. When 

submitting comments by email please 

add the OMB Control Number 1615– 

0099 in the subject box. 

Note: The address listed in this notice 

should only be used to submit comments 

concerning this information collection. 

Please do not submit requests for individual 

case status inquiries to this address. If you 

are seeking information about the status of 

your individual case, please check ‘‘My Case 

Status’’ online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/ 

Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National 

Customer Service Center at 1–(800) 375– 

5283. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the collection of information 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information 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 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(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 through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for T Nonimmigrant Status; 

Supplement A: Application for 

Immediate Family Member of T–1 

Recipient; and Supplement B: 

Declaration of Law Enforcement Officer 

for Victim of Trafficking in Persons. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–914, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. Form I–914 permits victims 

of severe forms of trafficking and their 

immediate family members to 

demonstrate that they qualify for 

temporary nonimmigrant status 

pursuant to the Victims of Trafficking 

and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

(VTVPA), and to receive temporary 

immigration benefits. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Form I–914, 500 responses at 

2.25 hours per response; Supplement A, 

500 responses at 1 hour per response; 

Supplement B, 200 responses at .50 

hours per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 1,725 annual burden hours. 

If you need a copy of the information 

collection instrument, please visit: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Products Division, Office of 

the Executive Secretariat, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2020, 

Telephone number (202) 272–8377. 

Dated: October 25, 2011. 

Sunday A. Aigbe, 

Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office 

of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27981 Filed 10–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Form I–129F; Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Form I–129F, 

Petition for Alien Fiance(e). OMB 

Control No. 1615–0001. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services will be submitting 

the following information collection 

request for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The information 

collection is published to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

December 27, 2011. 

During this 60-day period, USCIS will 

be evaluating whether to revise the 

Form I–129F. Should USCIS decide to 

revise Form I–129F we will advise the 

public when we publish the 30-day 

notice in the Federal Register in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The public will then 

have 30 days to comment on any 

revisions to the Form I–129F. 

Written comments and suggestions 

regarding items contained in this notice, 


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