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1 ‘‘Sensitive Security Information’’ or ‘‘SSI’’ is 

information obtained or developed in the conduct 

of security activities, the disclosure of which would 

constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy, 

reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential 

information, or be detrimental to the security of 

transportation. The protection of SSI is governed by 

49 CFR part 1520. 

Telephone (301) 443–0243. (This is not 

a toll-free number). 

VIII. Other Information 

Access to Quality Health Services 

There are primary care objectives that 

will be enhanced through this grant 

program. 

The Public Health Service (PHS) is 

committed to achieving the health 

promotion and disease prevention 

objectives of Healthy People 2010, a 

PHS-led activity for setting priority 

areas. This program announcement is 

related to the priority area of Education 

and Community-Based Programs. 

Potential applicants may obtain a copy 

of Healthy People 2010, (Full Report; 

Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or Healthy 

People 2010 (Summary Report; Stock 

No. 017–001–00473–1) through the 

Superintendent of Documents, 

Government Printing Office, 

Washington, DC 20402–9325 

[Telephone (202) 783–3238]. 

Interested individuals are reminded 

that the list of eligible health and allied 

health professions is effective for 

applicants for the 2006–2007 academic 

year. These priorities will remain in 

effect until superseded. Applicants for 

health and allied health professions not 

on the above priority list will be 

considered pending the availability of 

funds and dependent upon the 

availability of qualified applicants in 

the priority areas. 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–22166 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket Nos. TSA–2004–19166 and TSA–

2004–17982] 

Privacy Act of 1974: System of 

Records; Transportation Security 

Threat Assessment System (T-STAS) 

and Registered Traveler (RT) 

Operations Files 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA), DHS. 

ACTION: Notice to alter two existing 

systems of records; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: TSA is altering two existing 

systems of records under the Privacy 

Act of 1974. The revisions affect the 

Transportation Security Threat 

Assessment System (T-STAS), DHS/ 

TSA 002, and Registered Traveler (RT) 

Operations Files, DHS/TSA 015, and 

will update the ‘‘Categories of 

individuals covered by the system’’

section for both systems, and the 

‘‘Categories of records in the system’’

section for the T-STAS system. 

DATES: Submit comments by December 

8, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the TSA docket numbers 

to this rulemaking, using any one of the 

following methods: 

Comments Filed Electronically: You 

may submit comments through the 

docket Web site at http://dms.dot.gov. 

You also may submit comments through 

the Federal eRulemaking portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Comments Submitted by Mail, Fax, or 

In Person: Address or deliver your 

written, signed comments to the Docket 

Management System, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001; Fax: 202–493–2251. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

format and other information about 

comment submissions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

S. Dean, Privacy Officer, Office of 

Transportation Security Policy, TSA–9, 

601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 

22202–4220; telephone (571) 227–3947; 

facsimile (571) 227–2555. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

TSA invites interested persons to 

participate by submitting written 

comments, data, or views. See 

ADDRESSES above for information on 

where to submit comments. 

With each comment, please include 

your name and address, identify the 

docket number at the beginning of your 

comments, and give the reason for each 

comment. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

document, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. You may submit 

comments and material electronically, 

in person, by mail, or fax as provided 

under ADDRESSES, but please submit 

your comments and material by only 

one means. If you submit comments by 

mail or delivery, submit them in two 

copies, in an unbound format, no larger 

than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. 

If you want TSA to acknowledge 

receipt of comments submitted by mail, 

include with your comments a selfaddressed, stamped postcard on which 

the docket number appears. We will 

stamp the date on the postcard and mail 

it to you. 

TSA will file in the public docket all 

comments received, except for 

comments containing confidential 

information and sensitive security 

information (SSI) 1, TSA will consider 

all comments received on or before the 

closing date for comments and will 

consider comments filed late to the 

extent practicable. The docket is 

available for public inspection before 

and after the comment closing date. 

Handling of Confidential or Proprietary 

Information and Sensitive Security 

Information (SSI) Submitted in Public 

Comments 

Do not submit comments that include 

trade secrets, confidential commercial 

or financial information, or SSI to the 

public regulatory docket. Please submit 

such comments separately from other 

comments on the rulemaking. 

Comments containing this type of 

information should be appropriately 

marked as containing such information 

and submitted by mail the address listed 

in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

TSA will not place such comments in 

the public docket, but rather, will 

handle these comments in accordance 

with applicable safeguards and 

restrictions on access. TSA will hold 

them in a separate file to which the 

public does not have access, and place 

a note in the public docket that TSA has 

received such materials from the 

commenter. If TSA receives a request to 

examine or copy this information, TSA 

will treat it as any other request under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of 

Homeland Security’s (DHS’) FOIA 

regulation found in 6 CFR part 5. 

Reviewing Comments in the Docket 

Please be aware that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the applicable Privacy 

Act Statement published in the Federal 

Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477), or you may visit http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

You may review the comments in the 

public docket by visiting the Dockets 

Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

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Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The Dockets Office is located 

on the plaza level of the Nassif Building 

at the Department of Transportation 

address, previously provided under 

ADDRESSES. Also, you may review 

public dockets on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

Availability of Document 

You can get an electronic copy using 

the Internet by—

(1) Searching the Department of 

Transportation’s electronic Docket 

Management System (DMS) Web page 

(http://dms.dot.gov/search); 

(2) Accessing the Government 

Printing Office’s Web page at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html; or 

(3) Visiting TSA’s Law and Policy 

Web page at http://www.tsa.gov and 

accessing the link for ‘‘Law and Policy’’

at the top of the page. 

In addition, copies are available by 

writing or calling the individual in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Make sure to identify the docket 

number(s) of this document. 

Background 

TSA is altering two existing systems 

of records under the Privacy Act of 

1974. The first, the Transportation 

Security Threat Assessment System (TSTAS) (DHS/TSA 002), facilitates the 

performance of threat assessments and 

employment investigations on 

individuals who require special access 

to the transportation system, and was 

last amended in a notice published in 

the Federal Register on December 10, 

2004 (69 FR 71837). 

The second, the Registered Traveler 

(RT) Operations Files (DHS/TSA 015), 

relates to a pilot project designed to 

positively identify certain travelers who 

volunteer to participate in the program. 

The program may expedite the preboarding process and improve 

allocation of TSA resources. Information 

concerning the RT program was last 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 1, 2004 (69 FR 30948). 

TSA is in the process of improving its 

direct access to certain governmental 

databases used in performing security 

threat assessments in order to more 

efficiently perform such assessments. 

The improved access will result in the 

individuals covered by these databases 

being added to TSA record systems. 

Accordingly, TSA is amending the 

‘‘Categories of individuals covered by 

the system’’ portions of T-STAS and RT 

systems of records by adding, at the end 

of the list of individuals, a new category 

to include: ‘‘Known or suspected 

terrorists identified in the Terrorist 

Screening Database (TSDB) of the 

Terrorist Screening Center (TSC); 

individuals identified by TSA who are 

on the Selectee List because they pose 

a viable 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.’’

TSA is also making further 

amendments to the ‘‘Categories of 

individuals covered by the system’’ and 

to the ‘‘Categories of records in the 

system’’ in the T-STAS system, which it 

is not making to the RT system, by 

expanding and clarifying various 

sections as follows: 

(1) Adding a new category (l) to the 

categories of individuals, to expressly 

include individuals seeking to become, 

or qualified as, known shippers. These 

individuals are currently covered by 

category (g) ‘‘Other individuals who are 

connected to the transportation industry 

for whom TSA conducts security threat 

assessments to ensure transportation 

security,’’ but express identification in a 

new category (l) will clarify that this 

system covers these individuals. 

(2) Adding the term ‘‘shipping 

venues’’ to the introductory paragraph 

of the categories of individuals, and 

revising category (9) of ‘‘Routine uses of 

records maintained in the system, 

including categories of users and the 

purposes of such uses’’ section to reflect 

that TSA will disclose information to air 

carriers and indirect air carriers 

regarding individuals who contract for, 

or seek access to, transportation 

infrastructure or assets. 

(3) Including in the introductory 

paragraph of the categories of 

individuals, individuals seeking, or 

being provided access to, Sensitive 

Security Information or Classified 

information provided in connection 

with transportation security matters. 

(4) Modifying the first sentence of 

‘‘Categories of individuals covered by 

this system,’’ and category (a) of the 

‘‘Purpose(s)’’ sections to clarify that the 

system covers all types of evaluations 

performed for security purposes. 

(5) Revising categories (d) and (p), and 

adding a new category (u) at the end of 

the list of records in the ‘‘Categories of 

records in the system,’’ as follows: 

• Current category (d) covers various 

forms of Government-issued licensing or 

identification information. The category 

is being revised to expressly reflect the 

inclusion of citizenship and 

immigration records, alien registration 

numbers, and visa information. These 

items are currently listed in category (o) 

and will be repeated in (d) to clarify that 

such records are not limited to travel 

documents, as they are listed in category 

(o). 

• Current category (p) covers criminal 

history records obtained from the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 

This category is being revised to include 

other criminal history records, such as 

Department of Defense and some state 

and local criminal history records. 

While these records are described in 

existing category of record (r) ‘‘Other 

information provided by Federal, State, 

and local government agencies or 

private entities,’’ TSA has determined 

that amending the category of records 

will clarify that criminal history records 

from several sources may be part of this 

system. 

• TSA is adding a new category (u) to 

include suitability testing and results of 

such testing. This expansion of the 

category of records is intended to cover 

any tests that transportation-related 

employees or contractors may be 

required to undergo. 

The complete revised notice of the 

systems of records follows. 

System of Records 

DHS/TSA 002 

SYSTEM NAME: 

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 22202. Some 

records may also be maintained at the 

offices of TSA contractors, or in TSA 

field offices. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals who undergo a security 

threat assessment, employment 

investigation, or other evaluation 

performed for security purposes, 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; Sensitive Security 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 airport secured, sterile, or a 

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Security Identification Display Area 

(SIDA); have or seek unescorted access 

authority to these areas; have or seek 

authority to grant others unescorted 

access to these areas; have or seek 

regular escorted access to these areas; or 

are seeking identification that is 

evidence of employment at the airport. 

(b) Individuals who have or are 

seeking responsibility for screening 

passengers or carry-on baggage, and 

those persons serving as immediate 

supervisors and the next supervisory 

level to those individuals, other than 

employees of the 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 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, 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 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 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. 

(m) Known or suspected terrorists 

identified in the Terrorist Screening 

Database (TSDB) of the Terrorist 

Screening Center (TSC); individuals 

identified by TSA who are on the 

Selectee List because they pose a viable 

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. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

TSA’s system may contain any, or all, 

of the following information regarding 

individuals covered by this system: 

(a) Full 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. 

(s) The individual’s level of access at 

an airport. 

(t) The individual’s 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, 

46105. 

PURPOSE(S): 

(a) Performance of security threat 

assessments, employment 

investigations, and evaluations 

performed for security purposes that 

Federal statutes and/or 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 

information from other terrorist-related, 

law enforcement 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. 

(f) To facilitate the performance of 

security threat assessments and other 

investigations that TSA may conduct to 

ensure transportation security. 

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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

(1) To the United States Department 

of Transportation, its operating 

administrations, or the appropriate State 

or local agency, when relevant or 

necessary to—

(a) Ensure safety and security in any 

mode of transportation; 

(b) Enforce safety- and securityrelated regulations and requirements; 

(c) Assess and distribute intelligence 

or law enforcement information related 

to transportation security; 

(d) Assess and respond to threats to 

transportation; 

(e) Oversee the implementation and 

ensure the adequacy of security 

measures at airports and other 

transportation facilities; 

(f) Plan and coordinate any actions or 

activities that may affect transportation 

safety and security or the operations of 

transportation operators; or 

(g) The issuance, maintenance, or 

renewal of a license, endorsement, 

certificate, contract, grant, or other 

benefit. 

(2) To the appropriate Federal, State, 

local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or 

international agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

or order, where TSA becomes aware of 

an indication of a violation or potential 

violation of civil or criminal law or 

regulation. 

(3) 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. 

(4) To contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants, volunteers, or other like 

persons, when necessary to perform a 

function or service related to this system 

of records for which they have been 

engaged. Such recipients are required to 

comply with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 

552a, as amended. 

(5) 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. 

(6) To a Federal, State, local, tribal, 

territorial, foreign, or international 

agency, if necessary to obtain 

information relevant to a TSA decision 

concerning the hiring or retention of an 

employee; the issuance of a security 

clearance, license, endorsement, 

contract, grant, waiver, credential, or 

other benefit. 

(7) To international and foreign 

governmental authorities, in accordance 

with law and formal or informal 

international agreement. 

(8) 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. 

(9) To airport operators, indirect air 

carriers, aircraft operators, flight school 

operators, and maritime and land 

transportation operators or contractors 

about individuals; when relevant to the 

individual’s employment, application, 

contract, issuance of credentials or 

clearances, acceptance for flight 

training, or access to transportation 

infrastructure or assets. 

(10) To a Federal, State, local, tribal, 

territorial, foreign, or international 

agency so that TSA may obtain 

information to conduct security threat 

assessments or employment 

investigations and to facilitate any 

associated payment and accounting. 

(11) To the Department of Justice 

(DOJ) or other Federal agency in the 

review, settlement, defense, and 

prosecution of claims, complaints, and 

lawsuits involving matters over which 

TSA exercises jurisdiction; or when 

conducting litigation, or in proceedings, 

before any court, adjudicative or 

administrative body, when: (a) TSA; or 

(b) any employee of TSA in his/her 

official capacity; or (c) any employee of 

TSA in his/her individual capacity, 

where DOJ or TSA has agreed to 

represent the employee; or (d) the 

United States or any agency thereof, is 

a party to the litigation, or has an 

interest in such litigation, and TSA 

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 

TSA collected the records. 

(12) 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. 

(13) To the National Archives and 

Records Administration, or other 

appropriate Federal agency, pursuant to 

records management inspections being 

conducted under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

In electronic storage media and hard 

copy. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Information can be retrieved by name, 

social security number, identifying 

number of the submitting or sponsoring 

entity, other case number assigned by 

TSA or other entity/agency, biometric, 

or a unique identification number, or 

any other identifying particular assigned 

or belonging to the individual. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

All records are protected from 

unauthorized access through 

appropriate administrative, physical, 

and technical safeguards. These 

safeguards include some or all of the 

following: restricting access to those 

authorized with a need-to-know; using 

locks, alarm devices, and passwords; 

compartmentalizing databases; auditing 

software; and encrypting data 

communications. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

National Archives and Records 

Administration approval is pending for 

the records in this system. 

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 

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 Procedure,’’

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 PROCEDURE: 

Same as ‘‘Notification Procedure’’ and 

‘‘Record Access Procedure,’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information is collected from 

individuals subject to a security threat 

assessment, employment investigation, 

or other security analysis; from aviation, 

maritime, and land transportation 

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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 

(FBI) are set forth in the Privacy Act 

system of records notice ‘‘JUSTICE/FBI–

009.’’

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Portions of this system are exempt 

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

(k)(6). In addition, to the extent a record 

contains information from other exempt 

systems of records, TSA will rely on the 

exemptions claimed for those systems. 

DHS/TSA 015 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Registered Traveler (RT) Operations 

Files. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Classified, sensitive. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records will be maintained at TSA 

Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia; at 

other authorized TSA or DHS secure 

facilities, as necessary; and at a digital 

safe site managed by a Government 

contractor. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

(a) Individuals who voluntarily apply 

to participate in the RT Pilot Program, 

who agree to provide personal 

information to TSA that may be used as 

part of a security assessment, and who 

may or may not meet the eligibility 

criteria as determined by TSA; 

(b) Authorized Federal law 

enforcement officers (LEOs); 

(c) Individuals who participate in the 

Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) 

program; and 

(d) Known or suspected terrorists 

identified in the Terrorist Screening 

Database (TSDB) of the Terrorist 

Screening Center (TSC); individuals 

identified by TSA who are on the 

Selectee List because they pose a viable 

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. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Information in the system includes 

some, or all, of the following: 

(a) Full name. 

(b) Current home address. 

(c) Current home phone number. 

(d) Current cell phone number (if 

applicable). 

(e) Social security number. 

(f) Date of birth. 

(g) Place of birth. 

(h) Nationality. 

(i) Gender. 

(j) Prior home addresses. 

(k) Arrival date in United States (nonU.S. citizens only). 

(l) Digital photo. 

(m) Reference biometric (i.e. 

fingerprint(s), iris scan, facial geometry, 

hand geometry, handwriting/signature, 

others). 

(n) Unique identification record 

number. 

(o) Unique token or credential serial 

number. 

(p) Security assessments. 

(q) Information pertaining to 

adjudication results. 

(r) RT eligibility status. 

(s) Token or credential issue date. 

(t) Token or credential expiration 

date. 

(u) Information and data provided by 

Federal, State, and local government 

agencies and foreign governments that is 

necessary to conduct a security 

assessment to determine if an individual 

poses a potential threat to aviation 

security. 

(v) Authorized Federal LEOs may 

have a Federal LEO code name and 

unique administrative code number. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

49 U.S.C. 114; Sec. 109(a)(3), Aviation 

and Transportation Security Act 

(ATSA), Pub. L. 107–71. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The system utilized during the RT 

Pilot Program will facilitate the 

development, testing, and 

administration of the RT concept, 

including conducting security 

assessments on program applicants; 

additional security assessments may or 

may not be conducted on authorized 

LEOs, FFDOs, and other authorized 

government officials. The purpose of the 

RT pilot program is to—

(1) Pre-screen and positively identify 

volunteer travelers using advanced 

identification technologies, including 

biometrics, which may expedite the preboarding process for the traveler and 

improve the allocation of TSA’s security 

resources on individuals who may pose 

a security threat; 

(2) Prevent potential threats from 

individuals who are impersonating 

Federal LEOs and seek to board 

commercial aircraft while armed; 

(3) Assist in the management and 

tracking of the status of security 

assessments for applicants and those 

deemed eligible for the Registered 

Traveler Pilot Program; 

(4) Permit the retrieval of the results 

of security assessments, including 

criminal history records checks and 

searches in other governmental 

identification systems, performed on the 

individuals covered by this system; 

(5) Permit the retrieval of information 

from other law enforcement and 

intelligence databases on individuals 

covered by this system; and 

(6) Identify potential threats to 

transportation security, uphold and 

enforce the law, and ensure public 

safety. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

(1) To the United States Department 

of Transportation, its operating 

administrations, or the appropriate State 

or local agency, when relevant or 

necessary to—

(a) Ensure safety and security in any 

mode of transportation; 

(b) Enforce safety and security related 

regulations and requirements; 

(c) Assess and distribute intelligence 

or law enforcement information related 

to transportation security; 

(d) Assess and respond to threats to 

transportation; 

(e) Oversee the implementation and 

ensure the adequacy of security 

measures at airports and other 

transportation facilities; 

(f) Plan and coordinate any actions or 

activities that may affect transportation 

safety and security or the operations of 

transportation operators; or 

(g) The issuance, maintenance, or 

renewal of a license, certificate, 

contract, grant, or other benefit. 

(2) To the appropriate Federal, State, 

local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or 

international agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

or order, where TSA becomes aware of 

an indication of a violation or potential 

violation of civil or criminal law or 

regulation. 

(3) To contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants, or volunteers, when 

necessary to perform a function or 

service related to this system of records 

for which they have been engaged. Such 

recipients are required to comply with 

the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as 

amended. 

(4) To airports and aircraft operators, 

to the extent necessary to identify 

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Registered Travelers and ensure the 

proper ticketing, security screening, and 

boarding of those passengers. 

(5) To a Federal, State, local, tribal, 

territorial, foreign, or international 

agency, in response to queries regarding 

persons who may pose a risk to 

transportation or national security; a 

risk of air piracy or terrorism or a threat 

to airline or passenger safety; or a threat 

to aviation safety, civil aviation, or 

national security. 

(6) To the Department of State and 

other Intelligence Community agencies, 

to further the mission of those agencies 

relating to persons who may pose a risk 

to transportation or national security; a 

risk of air piracy or terrorism or a threat 

to airline or passenger safety; a threat to 

aviation safety, civil aviation, or 

national security. 

(7) To international and foreign 

governmental authorities, in accordance 

with law and formal or informal 

international agreement. 

(8) To authorized law enforcement 

and other Government agencies, as 

necessary, to conduct the security 

assessments and, if applicable, to 

facilitate payment and accounting. 

(9) To the Department of Justice (DOJ) 

in review, settlement, defense, and 

prosecution of claims, complaints, and 

lawsuits involving matters over which 

TSA exercises jurisdiction. 

(10) To the DOJ or other Federal 

agency conducting litigation or in 

proceedings before any court, 

adjudicative or administrative body, 

when: (a) TSA, or (b) any employee of 

TSA in his/her official capacity, or (c) 

any employee of TSA in his/her 

individual capacity where DOJ or TSA 

has agreed to represent the employee, or 

(d) the United States or any agency 

thereof, is a party to the litigation or has 

an interest in such litigation, and TSA 

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 

TSA collected the records. 

(11) 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. 

(12) To the General Services 

Administration and the National 

Archives and Records Administration in 

records management inspections being 

conducted under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

(13) To the Attorney General of the 

United States or his/her official 

designee, when information indicates 

that an individual meets any of the 

disqualifications for receipt, possession, 

shipment, or transport of a firearm 

under the Brady Handgun Violence 

Prevention Act. In case of a dispute 

concerning the validity of the 

information provided by TSA to the 

Attorney General, or his/her designee, it 

shall be a routine use of the information 

in this system of records to furnish 

records or information to the national 

Background Information Check System, 

established by the Brady Handgun 

Violence Prevention Act, as may be 

necessary to resolve such dispute. 

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 stored on magnetic 

disc, tape, digital media, CD–ROM, bar 

code, magnetic stripe, optical memory 

stripe, disk, integrated circuit chip, and/ 

or other approved technologies and may 

also be retained in hard copy format in 

secure file folders. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by the 

applicant’s name, unique identification 

record number, or other unique 

administrative identifier; paper records, 

where applicable, are retrieved 

alphabetically by name or other unique 

administrative identifier. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Information in this system is 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

any applicable TSA and DHS automated 

systems security and access policies. 

The computer system from which 

records could be accessed is policy and 

security based, meaning access is 

limited to those individuals who require 

it to perform their official duties. The 

system also maintains a real-time 

auditing function of individuals who 

access the system. Classified 

information is appropriately stored in a 

secured facility, secured databases, and 

containers and in accordance with other 

applicable requirements, including 

those pertaining to classified 

information. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records in this system will be 

retained and disposed of in accordance 

with the National Archives and Records 

Administration’s General Records 

Schedule 20. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Registered Traveler Program Manager, 

Transportation Threat Assessment & 

Credentialing, TSA–19, Transportation 

Security Administration, 601 South 

12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202–4220. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

To determine if this system contains 

a record relating to you, write to the 

system manager at the address indicated 

above and provide your full name, 

current address, date of birth, place of 

birth, and a description of information 

that you seek, including the time frame 

during which the record(s) may have 

been generated. You may also provide 

your Social Security Number or other 

unique identifier(s), but you are not 

required to do so. Individuals requesting 

access must comply with the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

Privacy Act regulations on verification 

of identity (6 CFR 5.21(d)). 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: 

Same as ‘‘notification procedure,’’

above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE: 

Same as ‘‘notification procedure,’’

above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information contained in this system 

may be obtained from the RT applicant, 

law enforcement and intelligence 

agency record systems, government and 

commercial databases, military and 

National Guard records, and other 

Department of Homeland Security 

systems. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Portions of this system are exempt 

from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), 

(e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) pursuant to 

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, TSA will rely on the 

exemptions claimed for those systems. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 

26, 2005. 

Lisa S. Dean, 

Privacy Officer. 

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