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necessary for safety in air commerce. 

This regulation is within the scope of 

that authority because it addresses an 

unsafe condition that is likely to exist or 

develop on products identified in this 

rulemaking action. 

Regulatory Findings 

The FAA determined that this 

proposed AD would not have federalism 

implications under Executive Order 

13132. This proposed AD would not 

have a substantial direct effect on the 

States, on the relationship between the 

national government and the States, or 

on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

For the reasons discussed above, I 

certify this proposed regulation: 

(1) Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under Executive Order 12866, 

(2) Would not affect intrastate 

aviation in Alaska, and 

(3) Would not have a significant 

economic impact, positive or negative, 

on a substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 

safety, Incorporation by reference, 

Safety. 

The Proposed Amendment 

Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 

39 as follows: 

PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS 

DIRECTIVES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 39 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new airworthiness 

directive: 

Brantly Helicopters Industries U.S.A. Co., 

Ltd., and Brantly International, Inc.: 

Docket No. FAA–2021–0610; Project 

Identifier AD–2021–00126–R. 

(a) Comments Due Date 

The FAA must receive comments on this 

airworthiness directive (AD) by September 

13, 2021. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to Brantly Helicopters 

Industries U.S.A. Co., Ltd., Model 305 

helicopters and Brantly International, Inc., 

Model B–2, B–2A, and B–2B helicopters, 

certificated in any category, with a tail rotor 

(T/R) hub part number 161–1 or 2951, 

installed. 

(d) Subject 

Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) 

Code 6420, Tail Rotor Head. 

(e) Unsafe Condition 

This AD was prompted by a report of crack 

in the T/R hub. The FAA is issuing this AD 

to address cracking of the T/R hub. The 

unsafe condition, if not addressed, could 

result in loss of T/R control and subsequent 

loss of control of the helicopter. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(g) Required Actions 

Within 100 hours time-in-service (TIS) or 

at the next annual inspection after the 

effective date of this AD, whichever occurs 

first, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 

100 hours TIS and at each annual inspection: 

(1) Clean, and using a 10X or higher power 

magnifying glass, inspect the areas where 

each T/R blade attaching arm extends from 

the T/R hub for a crack, corrosion, and 

pitting. If there is a crack, corrosion, or 

pitting, before further flight, remove the T/R 

hub from service. 

(2) Clean and dye penetrant inspect the 

radius at the shoulder of each T/R hub 

spindle for a crack and pitting. If there is a 

crack or pitting, before further flight, remove 

the T/R hub from service. 

(h) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, Fort Worth ACO Branch, 

FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs 

for this AD, if requested using the procedures 

found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 

14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your 

principal inspector or local Flight Standards 

District Office, as appropriate. If sending 

information directly to the manager of the 

certification office, send it to the attention of 

the person identified in paragraph (i) of this 

AD. 

(2) Before using any approved AMOC, 

notify your appropriate principal inspector, 

or lacking a principal inspector, the manager 

of the local flight standards district office/ 

certificate holding district office. 

(i) Related Information 

For more information about this AD, 

contact Marc Belhumeur, Senior Project 

Engineer, Certification Section, Fort Worth 

ACO Branch, Compliance & Airworthiness 

Division, FAA, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort 

Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222–5177; 

email 9-ASW-FWACO@faa.gov. 

Issued on July 26, 2021. 

Lance T. Gant, 

Director, Compliance & Airworthiness 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16219 Filed 7–29–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2021–0596; Airspace 

Docket No. 20–AGL–15] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Amendment of V–6, V–10, 

V–30, V–100, and V–233 in the Vicinity 

of Litchfield, MI 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

amend VHF Omnidirectional Range 

(VOR) Federal airways V–6, V–10, V–30, 

V–100, and V–233 in the vicinity of 

Litchfield, MI. The air traffic service 

(ATS) route modifications are necessary 

due to the planned decommissioning of 

the VOR portion of the Litchfield, MI, 

VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment 

(VOR/DME) navigational aid (NAVAID). 

The Litchfield VOR/DME NAVAID 

provides navigational guidance for 

portions of the affected VOR Federal 

airways listed above and is planned to 

be decommissioned as part of the FAA’s 

VOR Minimum Operational Network 

(MON) program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone: (800) 

647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You must 

identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2021– 

0596; Airspace Docket No. 20–AGL–15 

at the beginning of your comments. You 

may also submit comments through the 

internet at https://www.regulations.gov. 

FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at https://www.faa.gov/air_

traffic/publications/. For further 

information, you can contact the Rules 

and Regulations Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

The Order is also available for 

inspection at the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of FAA 

Order 7400.11E at NARA, email: 

fedreg.legal@nara.gov or go to https://

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations 

Group, Office of Policy, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the United States Code. 

Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the 

authority of the FAA Administrator. 

Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, 

describes in more detail the scope of the 

agency’s authority. This rulemaking is 

promulgated under the authority 

described in Subtitle VII, Part A, 

Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 

section, the FAA is charged with 

prescribing regulations to assign the use 

of the airspace necessary to ensure the 

safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 

airspace. This regulation is within the 

scope of that authority as it would 

modify the route structure as necessary 

to preserve the safe and efficient flow of 

air traffic within the National Airspace 

System (NAS). 

Comments Invited 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in this proposed rulemaking 

by submitting such written data, views, 

or arguments as they may desire. 

Comments that provide the factual basis 

supporting the views and suggestions 

presented are particularly helpful in 

developing reasoned regulatory 

decisions on the proposal. Comments 

are specifically invited on the overall 

regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 

environmental, and energy-related 

aspects of the proposal. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– 

2021–0596; Airspace Docket No. 20– 

AGL–15) and be submitted in triplicate 

to the Docket Management Facility (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number). You may also submit 

comments through the internet at 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this action must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2021–0596; Airspace 

Docket No. 20–AGL–15.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

All communications received on or 

before the specified comment closing 

date will be considered before taking 

action on the proposed rule. The 

proposal contained in this action may 

be changed in light of comments 

received. All comments submitted will 

be available for examination in the 

public docket both before and after the 

comment closing date. A report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerned 

with this rulemaking will be filed in the 

docket. 

Availability of NPRMs 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

internet at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s web page at https://

www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments/. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the proposal, any comments 

received and any final disposition in 

person in the Dockets Office (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays. An informal 

docket may also be examined during 

normal business hours at the office of 

the Operations Support Group, Central 

Service Center, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 10101 Hillwood 

Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, 76177. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents for Incorporation by 

Reference 

This document proposes to amend 

FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated July 21, 2020, and effective 

September 15, 2020. FAA Order 

7400.11E is publicly available as listed 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. FAA Order 7400.11E lists 

Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 

air traffic service routes, and reporting 

points. 

Background 

The FAA is planning 

decommissioning activities for the VOR 

portion of the Litchfield, MI, VOR/DME 

in May 2022. The Litchfield, MI, VOR 

is a candidate VOR identified for 

discontinuance by the FAA’s VOR MON 

program and listed in the final policy 

statement notice, ‘‘Provision of 

Navigation Services for the Next 

Generation Air Transportation System 

(NextGen) Transition to PerformanceBased Navigation (PBN) (Plan for 

Establishing a VOR Minimum 

Operational Network),’’ published in the 

Federal Register of July 26, 2016 (81 FR 

48694), Docket No. FAA–2011–1082. 

Although the VOR portion of the 

Litchfield VOR/DME is planned for 

decommissioning, the co-located DME 

portion of the NAVAID is being 

retained. 

The existing ATS route dependencies 

to the Litchfield, MI, VOR/DME 

NAVAID are VOR Federal airways V–6, 

V–10, V–30, V–100, and V–233. With 

the planned decommissioning of the 

VOR portion of the Litchfield VOR/ 

DME, the remaining ground-based 

NAVAID coverage in the area is 

insufficient to enable the continuity of 

the affected airways. As such, proposed 

modifications to the affected VOR 

Federal airways would result in 

expanding the existing gaps in four of 

the airways (V–6, V–10, V–30, and V– 

233) and redefining an airway end point 

in the remaining airway (V–100). 

To overcome the expanded gaps in 

four of the airways and the loss of the 

airway segment on the end of the fifth 

airway, instrument flight rules (IFR) 

traffic may request air traffic control 

(ATC) radar vectors to fly through or 

circumnavigate the affected area. 

Additionally, IFR pilots equipped with 

RNAV capabilities may also navigate 

point to point using the existing fixes 

that will remain in place as fixes or 

waypoints to support continued 

operations though the affected area. 

Visual flight rules (VFR) pilots who 

elect to navigate via the airways through 

the affected area could also take 

advantage of the ATC services listed 

previously. 

Prior to this NPRM, the FAA 

published a rule for Docket No. FAA– 

2020–0709 in the Federal Register (85 

FR 79117; December 9, 2020), amending 

VOR Federal airways V–6 and V–30 by 

removing the airway segments between 

the Clarion, PA, VOR/DME and the 

Philipsburg, PA, VOR/Tactical Air 

Navigation (VORTAC) for each airway. 

Those airway amendments, effective 

February 25, 2021, are included in this 

NPRM. 

Also prior to this NPRM, the FAA 

published a rule for Docket No. FAA– 

2020–0667 in the Federal Register (85 

FR 79422; December 10, 2020), 

amending VOR Federal airway V–100 

by removing the airway segment 

between the O’Neill, NE, VORTAC and 

the Fort Dodge, IA, VORTAC. That 

airway amendment, effective February 

25, 2021, is also included in this NPRM. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to 14 CFR part 71 by modifying VOR 

Federal airways V–6, V–10, V–30, V– 

100, and V–233. The planned 

decommissioning of the VOR portion of 

the Litchfield, MI, VOR/DME has made 

this action necessary. 

The proposed VOR Federal airway 

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V–6: V–6 currently extends between 

the Oakland, CA, VOR/DME and the 

DuPage, IL, VOR/DME; between the 

intersection of the Chicago Heights, IL, 

VORTAC 358° and Gipper, MI, 

VORTAC 271° radials (NILES fix) and 

the intersection of the Gipper, MI, 

VORTAC 092° and Litchfield, MI, VOR/ 

DME 196° radials (MODEM fix); and 

between the Philipsburg, PA, VORTAC 

and the La Guardia, NY, VOR/DME. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway 

segment between the Gipper, MI, 

VORTAC and the intersection of the 

Gipper, MI, VORTAC 092° and 

Litchfield, MI, VOR/DME 196° radials 

(MODEM fix). The unaffected portions 

of the existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

V–10: V–10 currently extends 

between the Pueblo, CO, VORTAC and 

the intersection of the Bradford, IL, 

VORTAC 058° and Joliet, IL, VOR/DME 

287° radials (PLANO fix); between the 

intersection of the Chicago Heights, IL, 

VORTAC 358° and Gipper, MI, 

VORTAC 271° radials (NILES fix) and 

the Litchfield, MI, VOR/DME; and 

between the Youngstown, OH, VORTAC 

and the Lancaster, PA, VOR/DME. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway 

segment between the intersection of the 

Chicago Heights, IL, VORTAC 358° and 

Gipper, MI, VORTAC 271° radials 

(NILES fix) and the Litchfield, MI, VOR/ 

DME. The unaffected portions of the 

existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

V–30: V–30 currently extends 

between the Badger, WI, VOR/DME and 

the Litchfield, MI, VOR/DME; and 

between the Philipsburg, PA, VORTAC 

and the Solberg, NJ, VOR/DME. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway 

segment between the Pullman, MI, 

VOR/DME and the Litchfield, MI, VOR/ 

DME. The unaffected portions of the 

existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

V–100: V–100 currently extends 

between the Medicine Bow, WY, VOR/ 

DME and the O’Neill, NE, VORTAC; and 

between the Fort Dodge, IA, VORTAC 

and the Litchfield, MI, VOR/DME. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway 

segment between the Keeler, MI, VOR/ 

DME and the Litchfield, MI, VOR/DME. 

Additional changes to other portions of 

the airway have been proposed in a 

separate NPRM. The unaffected portions 

of the existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

V–233: V–233 currently extends 

between the Spinner, IL, VORTAC and 

the Litchfield, MI, VOR/DME; and 

between the Mount Pleasant, MI, VOR/ 

DME and the Pellston, MI, VORTAC. 

The FAA proposes to remove the airway 

segment between the Goshen, IN, 

VORTAC and the Litchfield, MI, VOR/ 

DME. The unaffected portions of the 

existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

All radials listed in the VOR Federal 

airway descriptions below are 

unchanged and stated in True degrees. 

VOR Federal airways are published in 

paragraph 6010(a) of FAA Order 

7400.11E, dated July 21, 2020, and 

effective September 15, 2020, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The VOR Federal airways listed in 

this document would be published 

subsequently in the Order. 

FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, is 

published yearly and effective on 

September 15. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

The FAA has determined that this 

proposed regulation only involves an 

established body of technical 

regulations for which frequent and 

routine amendments are necessary to 

keep them operationally current. It, 

therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under Executive 

Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant 

rule’’ under Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Regulatory 

Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; 

February 26, 1979); and (3) does not 

warrant preparation of a regulatory 

evaluation as the anticipated impact is 

so minimal. Since this is a routine 

matter that will only affect air traffic 

procedures and air navigation, it is 

certified that this proposed rule, when 

promulgated, will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities under the 

criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

Environmental Review 

This proposal will be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final 

regulatory action. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 

The Proposed Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as 

follows: 

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, 

B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 

40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 

1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11E, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated July 21, 2020, and 

effective September 15, 2020, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal 

Airways. 

* * * * * 

V–6 [Amended] 

From Oakland, CA; INT Oakland 039° and 

Sacramento, CA, 212° radials; Sacramento; 

Squaw Valley, CA; Mustang, NV; Lovelock, 

NV; Battle Mountain, NV; INT Battle 

Mountain 062° and Wells, NV, 256° radials; 

Wells; 5 miles, 40 miles, 98 MSL, 85 MSL, 

Lucin, UT; 43 miles, 85 MSL, Ogden, UT; 11 

miles, 50 miles, 105 MSL, Fort Bridger, WY; 

Rock Springs, WY; 20 miles, 39 miles, 95 

MSL, Cherokee, WY; 39 miles, 27 miles, 95 

MSL, Medicine Bow, WY; INT Medicine Bow 

106° and Sidney, NE, 291° radials; Sidney; 

North Platte, NE; Grand Island, NE; Omaha, 

IA; Des Moines, IA; Iowa City, IA; Davenport, 

IA; INT Davenport 087° and DuPage, IL, 255° 

radials; to DuPage. From INT Chicago 

Heights, IL, 358° and Gipper, MI, 271° 

radials; to Gipper. From Philipsburg, PA; 

Selinsgrove, PA; Allentown, PA; Solberg, NJ; 

INT Solberg 107° and Yardley, PA, 068° 

radials; INT Yardley 068° and La Guardia, 

NY, 213° radials; to La Guardia. 

* * * * * 

V–10 [Amended] 

From Pueblo, CO; 18 miles, 48 miles, 60 

MSL, Lamar, CO; Garden City, KS; Dodge 

City, KS; Hutchinson, KS; Emporia, KS; INT 

Emporia 063° and Napoleon, MO, 243° 

radials; Napoleon; Kirksville, MO; 

Burlington, IA; Bradford, IL; to INT Bradford 

058° and Joliet, IL, 287° radials. From 

Youngstown, OH; INT Youngstown 116° and 

Revloc, PA, 300° radials; Revloc; INT Revloc 

107° and Lancaster, PA, 280° radials; to 

Lancaster. 

* * * * * 

V–30 [Amended] 

From Badger, WI; INT Badger 102° and 

Pullman, MI, 303° radials; to Pullman. From 

Philipsburg, PA; Selinsgrove, PA; East Texas, 

PA; INT East Texas 095° and Solberg, NJ, 

264° radials; to Solberg. 

* * * * * 

V–100 [Amended] 

From Medicine Bow, WY; Scottsbluff, NE; 

Alliance, NE; Ainsworth, NE; to O’Neill, NE. 

From Fort Dodge, IA; Waterloo, IA; Dubuque, 

IA; Rockford, IL; INT Rockford 074° and 

Janesville, WI, 112° radials; INT Janesville 

112° and Northbrook, IL, 291° radials; 

Northbrook; INT Northbrook 095° and Keeler, 

MI, 271° radials; to Keeler. 

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V–233 [Amended] 

From Spinner, IL; INT Spinner 061° and 

Roberts, IL, 233° radials; Roberts; Knox, IN; 

to Goshen, IN. From Mount Pleasant, MI; INT 

Mount Pleasant 351° and Gaylord, MI, 207° 

radials; Gaylord; to Pellston, MI. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 26, 

2021. 

George Gonzalez, 

Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations 

Group. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16140 Filed 7–29–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

28 CFR Part 16 

[CPCLO Order No. 008–2021] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation 

AGENCY: Justice Management Division 

(JMD), United States Department of 

Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(Department or DOJ), Justice 

Management Division (JMD), in the 

Notices section of this issue of the 

Federal Register, is publishing a new 

system of records, ‘‘Security Monitoring 

and Analytics Service Records,’’ 

JUSTICE/JMD–026. In this notice of 

proposed rulemaking, DOJ proposes to 

exempt this system of records from 

certain provisions of the Privacy Act to 

avoid interference with efforts to 

prevent the unauthorized access, use, 

disclosure, disruption, modification, or 

destruction of information, information 

systems, and networks of DOJ and 

external federal agency subscribers. For 

the reasons provided below, the 

Department proposes to amend its 

Privacy Act regulations by establishing 

an exemption from certain provisions of 

the Privacy Act for this system of 

records. Public comment is invited. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

August 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. When submitting 

comments electronically, you must 

include the CPCLO Order No. in the 

subject box. Please note that the 

Department is requesting that electronic 

comments be submitted before midnight 

Eastern Standard Time on the day the 

comment period closes because http://

www.regulations.gov terminates the 

public’s ability to submit comments at 

that time. Commenters in time zones 

other than Eastern Standard Time may 

want to consider this so that their 

electronic comments are received. 

• Mail: United States Department of 

Justice, Office of Privacy and Civil 

Liberties, ATTN: Privacy Analyst, Office 

of Privacy and Civil Liberties, 145 N St. 

NE, Suite 8W.300, Washington, DC 

20530. All comments sent via regular or 

express mail will be considered timely 

if postmarked on the day the comment 

period closes. To ensure proper 

handling, please reference the CPCLO 

Order No. in your correspondence. 

Posting of Public Comments: 

Interested persons are invited to 

participate in this rulemaking by 

submitting written data, views, or 

arguments on all aspects of this rule by 

one of the methods and by the deadline 

stated above. All comments must be 

submitted in English, or accompanied 

by an English translation. The 

Department also invites comments that 

relate to the economic, environmental, 

or federalism effects that might result 

from this rule. Comments that will 

provide the most assistance to the 

Department in developing these 

procedures will reference a specific 

portion of the rule, explain the reason 

for any recommended change, and 

include data, information, or authority 

that support such recommended change. 

Please note that all comments 

received are considered part of the 

public record and made available for 

public inspection at 

www.regulations.gov. Such information 

includes personally identifying 

information (PII) (such as your name, 

address, etc.). Interested persons are not 

required to submit their PII in order to 

comment on this rule. However, any PII 

that is submitted is subject to being 

posted to the publicly-accessible 

www.regulations.gov site without 

redaction. 

Confidential business information 

clearly identified in the first paragraph 

of the comment as such will not be 

placed in the public docket file. 

The Department may withhold from 

public viewing information provided in 

comments that they determine may 

impact the privacy of an individual or 

is offensive. For additional information, 

please read the Privacy Act notice that 

is available via the link in the footer of 

http://www.regulations.gov. To inspect 

the agency’s public docket file in 

person, you must make an appointment 

with the agency. Please see the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

paragraph, below, for agency contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nickolous Ward, DOJ Chief Information 

Security Officer, (202) 514–3101, 145 N 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Federal 

Information Security Modernization Act 

of 2014, among other authorities, 

agencies are is responsible for 

complying with information security 

policies and procedures requiring 

information security protections 

commensurate with the risk and 

magnitude of harm resulting from the 

unauthorized access, use, disclosure, 

disruption, modification, or destruction 

of DOJ information and information 

systems. See, e.g., 44 U.S.C. 3554 (2018). 

Executive Order No. 13800, 

Strengthening the Cybersecurity of 

Federal Networks and Critical 

Infrastructure (May 2017), directs 

agency heads to show preference in 

their procurement for shared IT 

services, to the extent permitted by law, 

including email, cloud, and 

cybersecurity services. Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Memorandum M–19–16, Centralized 

Mission Support Capabilities for the 

Federal Government (April 26, 2019), 

establishes the framework for 

implementing the ‘‘Sharing Quality 

Services’’ across agencies. The Economy 

Act of 1932, as amended, 31 U.S.C. 

1535, authorizes agencies to enter into 

agreements to obtain supplies or 

services from another agency. 

Consistent with these authorities, the 

JMD, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer (OCIO), Cybersecurity Services 

Staff (CSS), developed the Security 

Monitoring and Analytics Service 

(SMAS) system to provide DOJ-managed 

information technology service offerings 

to other federal agencies wishing to 

leverage DOJ’s cybersecurity services, 

referred to as ‘‘external federal agency 

subscribers.’’ This system provides 

external federal agency subscribers with 

the technical capability to protect their 

data from malicious or accidental 

threats using a DOJ-managed system. 

Elsewhere in the Federal Register, JMD 

published a notice of a new system of 

records titled, ‘‘Security Monitoring and 

Analytics Service Records,’’ JUSTICE/ 

JMD–026, to provide the public notice 

of the records maintained by DOJ while 

implementing SMAS. 

In this rulemaking, the Department 

proposes to exempt JUSTICE/JMD–026 

from certain provisions of the Privacy 

Act in order to avoid interference with 

the responsibilities of the Department to 

prevent the unauthorized access, use, 

disclosure, disruption, modification, or 

destruction of external federal agency 

subscribers’ information and 

information systems. Additionally, the 


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