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Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

408,563 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

Internal Revenue Service, Room 5244,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Treasury Advisory Committee on

Commercial Operations of the U.S.

Customs Service; Meeting

AGENCY: Department Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

date and time for the next meeting and

the provisional agenda for consideration

by the Committee.

DATES: The next meeting of the Treasury

Advisory Committee on Commercial

Operations of the U.S. Customs Service

will be held on Friday, May 5, 2000 at

8:30 a.m. at the Seaport Hotel, One

Seaport Lane, Boston, MA 02210, Tel.:

(617) 385–4000 or 1–877–SEAPORT.

The duration of the meeting will be

approximately four hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis M. O’Connell, Director, Office of

Tariff and Trade Affairs, Office of the

Under Secretary (Enforcement), Room

4004, Department of the Treasury, 1500

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20220. Tel.: (202)

622–0220. Final meeting details,

including the meeting time, location,

and agenda, can be confirmed by

contacting the office indicated above

one week prior to the meeting date.

Agenda

At the May 5, 2000 session, the

regular quarterly meeting of the

Advisory Committee, the Committee is

expected to pursue the following

agenda. The agenda may be modified

prior to the meeting.

1. Reports on Subcommittee progress:

(a) Study of Merchandise Processing

Fee

(b) Study of Compliance Assessment

Team (CAT) methodology

2. Customs entry procedure revision

project (ERP)

3. Update on Automation

4. Status of the ‘‘Tin Man’’ in-bond

program and discussion of the

results of the statistical sampling.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting is open to the public; however,

participation in the Committee’s

deliberations is limited to Committee

members and Customs and Treasury

Department staff. A person other than

an Advisory Committee member who

wishes to attend the meeting should

give advance notice by contacting

Theresa Manning at (202) 622–0220, no

later than April 28, 2000.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Dennis M. O’Connell,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary

(Regulatory, Tariff, and Trade Enforcement).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;

System of Records

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed New Privacy

Act System of Records.

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department,

Internal Revenue Service, gives notice of

a proposed new system of records

entitled ‘‘Criminal Investigation Audit

Trail Records System—Treasury/IRS

46.051,’’ which is subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a. This

proposed system has been developed to

enable the Criminal Investigation

Division to analyze computer system

usage and identify potential security

violations. It is further proposed to have

the system exempt from meeting certain

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974.

DATES: Comments must be received no

later than May 22, 2000. This new

system of records will be effective May

30, 2000, unless comments are received

which result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

the Office of Governmental Liaison and

Disclosure, Internal Revenue Service,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20224. Comments will

be made available for inspection and

copying in the Freedom of Information

Reading Room upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FuAn Chao, Chief, Systems Development

and Support, Criminal Investigation,

(202) 622–7803.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal

Investigation Division seeks to establish

and maintain the proposed new system

of records as a more comprehensive

means of performing its responsibilities.

Criminal Investigation carries out

many law enforcement related

functions. Among Criminal

Investigation’s principal responsibilities

are investigating and referring for

prosecution criminal cases, centering

largely on violations of tax laws,

including income tax evasion, refund

fraud, and other crimes contributing to

the federal tax gap. Criminal

Investigation also investigates violations

of certain money laundering laws.

Many of these law enforcement

related functions have been automated

and are available on Criminal

Investigation computer systems. To

ensure the integrity of the system data,

audit records are maintained to identify

all events that occur while users attempt

to access or use the computer system or

the applications. This system will

identify the sequence of events that

occurred while an individual is logged

onto the system.

Due to the nature of information

collected, the Criminal Investigation

Audit Trail Records System will

automatically identify law enforcement

related information.

The Criminal Investigation Audit

Trail Records System produces an

output record that identifies user names,

times logged into the system, and

sequences of events which occurred,

while logged into the system, or

attempting to log onto the system, and

investigatory files accessed. Once the

output record is created, it is sent to the

National Office for review. This enables

the security staff to determine if any

irregular activities or patterns are

occurring. Individuals who are detected

by the audit logs of irregular activities

or patterns may be adversely affected up

to and including prosecution for

unauthorized access to government

records.

The Internal Revenue Service is

giving public notice of a proposed rule

to exempt this system of records from

certain provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a

pursuant to subsections (j)(2) and (k)(2).

A proposed rule is being published

separately in the Federal Register. The

exemption is intended to comply with

legal prohibitions against the disclosure

of certain kinds of information and to

protect certain information on

individuals maintained in this system of

records.

The new system of records report, as

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a (r) of the

Privacy Act, has been submitted to the

Committee on Government Reform in

the House of Representatives, the

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Committee on Governmental Affairs in

the Senate, and the Office of

Management and Budget, pursuant to

Appendix I to OMB Circular A–130,

‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities for

Maintaining Records About

Individuals,’’ dated February 8, 1996.

The proposed IRS system of records,

‘‘Criminal Investigation Audit Trail

Records System—Treasury /IRS

46.051,’’ is published in its entirety

below.

Dated: March 7, 2000.

Shelia Y. McCann,

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).

Treasury /IRS 46.051

SYSTEM NAME:

Criminal Investigation Audit Trail

Records System—Treasury /IRS 46.051

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Records are located at the Internal

Revenue Service, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20224.

Other locations of these records are:

Automated Criminal Investigation

Project Office, located in Florence,

Kentucky; Internal Revenue Service

Areas of Investigation, Criminal

Investigation District Offices, and

Internal Revenue Service Posts of Duty.

(See IRS Appendix A for addresses.)

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Individuals who use or attempt to use

the IRS Criminal Investigation computer

systems; log onto the Criminal

Investigation system; use the Criminal

Investigation applications; use the

Criminal Investigation operating system,

or log off the Criminal Investigation

computer are covered by this system.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

This is an electronic data base which

captures system use information such

as: date and time a user initiated or

attempted to initiate a session on the

system; date and time of all

unsuccessful system accesses; date and

time of data or system file accesses; date

and time of privileged security actions

on the system, and date and time of

system logoff by a user.

Criminal Investigation application

audit trail records may contain

information regarding system or

application access for any of the

following Criminal Investigation files:

CIMIS, 46.002; Confidential Informants,

Criminal Investigation Division, 46.003;

Electronic Surveillance File, 46.005; and

Centralized Evaluation and Processing

of Information Items, 46.009.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301; 26 U.S.C. 6103, 7213,

7213A, 7214, 7602, 7608, 7801, and

7803; 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(2)(B).

PURPOSE:

The Criminal Investigation Division of

the Internal Revenue Service established

this system to enable the division to

monitor and analyze usage of its

computer system. The system will

provide information showing: (1) The

system users; (2) the times of use for

each user; (3) the areas of the system

being accessed by each user; (4)

unauthorized access by Criminal

Investigation employees; and (5) access,

or attempted access, by persons other

than Criminal Investigation employees.

System uses include reading, adding,

deleting, and/or modifying data and

system records.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USE:

Disclosure of records and information

from this system may be disclosed only

as provided by 26 U.S.C. 6103 and 18

U.S.C. 1030(a)(2)(B). Records other than

returns and return information may be

used:

(1) To disclose pertinent information

to appropriate federal, state, local, or

foreign agencies responsible for

investigating or prosecuting the

violation or potential violation of civil

or criminal law or regulations.

(2) To disclose information in a

proceeding before a court, adjudicative

body, or other administrative body

before which the agency is authorized to

appear when: (a) The agency, or (b) any

employee of the agency in his or her

official capacity, or (c) any employee of

the agency in his or her individual

capacity where the Department of

Justice or the agency has agreed to

represent the employee, or (d) the

United States, when the agency

determines that litigation is likely to

affect the agency, is a party to litigation

or has an interest in such litigation, and

the use of such records by the agency is

deemed to be relevant and necessary to

the litigation or administrative

proceeding and not otherwise

privileged.

(3) To provide information to a

congressional office in response to an

inquiry made at the request of the

individual to whom the record pertains.

(4) To provide information to third

parties during the course of an

investigation to the extent necessary to

obtain information pertinent to the

investigation.

(5) To provide information to unions

recognized as exclusive bargaining

representatives under the Civil Service

Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. 7111 and

7114, the Merit Systems Protection

Board, arbitrators, the Federal Labor

Relations Authority, and other parties

responsible for the administration of

federal labor actions or grievances or

conducting administrative hearings or

appeals or if needed in the performance

of other authorized duties.

(6) To disclose to the Department of

Justice for the purpose of litigating an

action or seeking legal advice.

(7) To disclose to a defendant in a

criminal prosecution, the Department of

Justice, or a court of competent

jurisdiction where required in criminal

discovery or by the Due Process Clause

of the Constitution.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Electronic and magnetic media and

paper.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are retrievable by user name.

SAFEGUARDS:

Protection and control of any

sensitive but unclassified information or

records are in accordance with

Department of the Treasury Security

Manual, TD P 71–10 and Internal

Revenue Manual, IRM 2.1.10,

Automated Information System

Security, and Internal Revenue Manual,

IRM 1(16)00, Physical Security

Handbook, as well as internal CI Policy.

The Criminal Investigation Audit Trail

Records System is contained in an

operating system, which has been rated

as C2 compliant. All system access is

controlled with the use of passwords

and only Criminal Investigation

personnel who have been assigned a

‘‘need-to-know’’ can access system data.

The computers that operate the System

are in secure space, housed in a Federal

Building with 24-hour security.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are maintained, administered

and disposed of in accordance with

Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) 1.15;

1.15.1 Records Administration

Handbook, 1.15.2 Records Disposition

Handbook, 1.15.3 General Records

Handbook, and 1.15.4 Files

Management Handbook.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

The official prescribing policies and

practices is the Assistant Commissioner,

Criminal Investigation, Internal Revenue

Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC, 20224. The

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organization responsible for maintaining

the system is Systems Development and

Support, Criminal Investigation

Representative.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

This system of records may not be

accessed for purposes of determining if

the system contains a record pertaining

to a particular individual.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

This system of records may not be

accessed for purposes of inspection by

an individual to determine if there

exists a record pertaining to him or her,

and/or to view the contents of the

records.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

26 U.S.C. 7852(e) prohibits Privacy

Act amendment of tax records.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

This system of records contains

investigatory material compiled for law

enforcement purposes whose sources

need not be reported.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

This system is exempt from 5 U.S.C.

552a(c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3),

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

and (I), (e)(5), (e)(8), (f), and (g) of the

Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

552a(j)(2), and (k)(2).

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on Prosthetics

and Special-Disabilities Programs;

Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 that a meeting of the Advisory

Committee on Prosthetics and SpecialDisabilities Programs (Committee) will

be held Monday and Tuesday, May 8–

9, 2000, at VA Headquarters, Room 930,

810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C. The May 8 session will convene at

8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 4 p.m. and the

May 9 session will convene at 8:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 12:00 noon. The purpose

of the Committee is to advise the

Department on its prosthetic programs

designed to provide state-of-the-art

prosthetics and the associated

rehabilitation research, development,

and evaluation of such technology. The

Committee also advises the Department

on special disability programs which are

defined as any program administered by

the Secretary to serve veterans with

spinal cord injury, blindness or vision

impairment, loss of or loss of use of

extremities, deafness or hearing

impairment, or other serious

incapacities in terms of daily life

functions.

On the morning of May 8, the

Committee will receive briefings by the

National Program Directors of the

Special-Disabilities Programs regarding

the status of their activities over the last

seven months. In the afternoon, a GAO

representative will give a briefing on the

GAO Draft Report regarding VA Health

Care: Better Data and Accountability

Needed For Care for Disabled Veterans.

On the morning of May 9, the

Committee will review the final draft

report on implementation of the

Veterans’ Health Care Eligibility Reform

Act of 1996 as it pertains to the

legislative requirement to maintain

capacity to meet specialized needs of

disabled veterans. The Committee will

have the opportunity to ask questions

and provide input to the final draft

report.

The meeting is open to the public. For

those wishing to attend, contact Kathy

Pessagno, Veterans Health

Administration (113), phone (202) 273–

8512, Department of Veterans Affairs,

810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C. 20420, prior to May 5, 2000.

Dated: April 5, 2000.

Marvin Eason,

Committee Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Special Medical Advisory Group,

Notice of Availability of Annual Report

Under Section 10(d) of Public Law

92–463 (Federal Advisory Committee

Act), notice is hereby given that the

Annual Report of the Department of

Veterans Affairs Special Medical

Advisory Group for Fiscal Year 1999 has

been issued.

The report summarizes activities of

the Group relative to the care and

treatment of disabled veterans and other

matters pertinent to the Department of

Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health

Administration. It is available for public

inspection at two locations:

Federal Documents Section, Exchange

and Gift Division, LM 632, Library of

Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540

and

Department of Veterans Affairs, Office

of the Under Secretary for Health, VA

Central Office, Room 805, 810

Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20420

Dated: April 3, 2000.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Marvin R. Eason,

Committee Management Officer.

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