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and Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural 

Activities, NIH National Cancer Institute, 

6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 7149, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–8329, 301–594–1286, 

peguesj@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction; 

93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention 

Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and 

Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer 

Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology 

Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 

93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, 

Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health, 

HHS) 

Dated: September 26, 2008. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Aging; Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of the following 

meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Aging Special Emphasis Panel, Sleep, 

Circadian Function and Cardiometabolic 

Disease. 

Date: October 31, 2008. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institute on Aging, 

Gateway Building, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, 

2C212, Bethesda, MD 20892. (Telephone 

Conference Call) 

Contact Person: Elaine Lewis, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific 

Review Office, National Institute on Aging, 

Gateway Building, Suite 2C212, MSC–9205, 

7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 

20892, 301–402–7707, 

elainelewis@nia.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Aging Special Emphasis Panel SWAN. 

Date: November 3, 2008. 

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Gateway Building, 7201 Wisconsin 

Avenue, Suite 2C212, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

(Telephone Conference Call) 

Contact Person: Alicja L. Markowska, PhD, 

DSC, National Institute on Aging, 7201 

Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2C212, Bethesda, 

MD 20892, 301–496–9666, 

markowsa@nia.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.866, Aging Research, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: September 26, 2008. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2008–0007] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security Advisory 

Committees 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 

ongoing effort to review and update 

legacy system of record notices, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

proposes to consolidate two legacy 

record systems: FEMA/ADM–3– 

Advisory Committee Files (55 FR 37182 

September 7, 1990) and DOT/CG 586 

Chemical Transportation Industry 

Advisory Committee (65 FR 19475 April 

11, 2000) into one system, titled 

Department of Homeland Security 

Advisory Committees. This system will 

allow the Department of Homeland 

Security to collect and maintain 

information on advisory committee 

members and applicants. Categories of 

individuals, categories of records, and 

the routine uses of these legacy system 

of records notices have been 

consolidated and updated to better 

reflect the Department’s advisory 

committee record systems. This 

consolidated system will be included in 

the Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of system records. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2008–0007 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: Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy 

Officer, Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. 

• Instructions: All submissions 

received must include the agency name 

and docket number for this rulemaking. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change and may be read at 

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 and privacy issues 

please contact: Hugo Teufel III (703– 

235–0780), Chief Privacy Officer, 

Privacy Office, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Pursuant to the savings clause in the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–296, Section 1512, 116 Stat. 

2310 (November 25, 2002), the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) and its components and offices 

have relied on preexisting Privacy Act 

systems of records notices for the 

collection and maintenance of records 

that concern any individual who serves 

on a DHS-wide and/or component 

specific advisory committee. 

As part of its efforts to streamline and 

consolidate its records systems, DHS is 

establishing a new agency-wide system 

of records under the Privacy Act (5 

U.S.C. 552a) for DHS advisory 

committees. This record system will 

allow all component parts of DHS to 

collect and preserve the required 

personally identifiable information 

needed for members who apply for or 

participate in DHS advisory committees. 

The system will consist of both 

electronic and paper records and will be 

used by DHS and its components and 

offices to maintain records of Federal 

government employees and other 

persons who participate in DHSsponsored Federal advisory committees. 

The data will be collected by individual 

name, name of committee, and/or other 

unique personal identifier. The 

collection and maintenance of this 

information will assist DHS in 

maintaining a list of members of the 

various Federal advisory committees, 

internal committees, and interagency 

committees to provide DHS with 

information on committee functions, 

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meeting dates, agendas, and other 

purposes for managing committees. 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974 and as part of DHS’s ongoing effort 

to review and update legacy system of 

record notices, DHS proposes to 

consolidate two legacy record systems: 

FEMA/ADM–3-Advisory Committee 

Files (55 FR 37182 September 7, 1990) 

and DOT/CG 586 Chemical 

Transportation Industry Advisory 

Committee (65 FR 19475 April 11, 2000) 

into one system, titled Department of 

Homeland Security Advisory 

Committees. This system will allow 

DHS to collect and maintain 

information on advisory committee 

members and applicants. Categories of 

individuals, categories of records, and 

the routine uses of these legacy system 

of records notices have been 

consolidated and updated to better 

reflect the Department’s advisory 

committee record systems. This 

consolidated system will be included in 

DHS’s inventory of system records. 

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 legal 

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 each agency 

to publish in the Federal Register a 

description denoting the type and 

character of each system of records that 

the agency maintains, and the routine 

uses that are contained in each system 

in order to make agency record keeping 

practices transparent, to notify 

individuals regarding the uses of their 

records, and to assist individuals to 

more easily find such files within the 

agency. Below is the description of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

Advisory Committees System of 

Records. 

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

DHS has provided a report of this new 

system of records to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) and to 

Congress. 

SYSTEM OF RECORDS: DHS/ALL–009 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Department of Homeland Security 

Advisory Committees. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at several 

Headquarters locations and in 

component offices of DHS in both 

Washington, DC, and field locations. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Categories of individuals covered by 

this system include any individual who 

applied to be on a committee, is 

currently serving on a committee, and/ 

or has served on a committee and is no 

longer serving. Committee alternates are 

also included in this system. 

Individuals may be Federal employees. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Categories of records in this system 

may include: 

• Individual’s name; 

• Social security number; 

• Place and date of birth; 

• Gender; 

• Ethnicity; 

• Home address; 

• E-mail address; 

• Telephone number(s); 

• Political affiliation, when 

appropriate; 

• Work address; 

• Employer; 

• Title; 

• Marital status; 

• Military service; 

• Education; 

• Registration in professional 

societies; 

• Work experience; 

• Record of performance; 

• Publications authored; 

• Membership on boards and 

committees; 

• Professional awards; and 

• Other information which can be 

used to determine if the individual is fit 

to serve on the committee, such as 

description of private associations. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301; the Federal Records Act, 

44 U.S.C. 3101; Pub. L. 92–463, Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended; 5 

U.S.C., App. 2 § 8; E.O. 9397; 14 U.S.C. 

632; The Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1987, Pub. L. 101– 

103, sec 9503(c), 101 Stat. 1330, 1330– 

381 (1987) (codified at 19 U.S.C. sec 

2071 note). 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of this system is to 

collect and maintain information on 

advisory committee members. This 

system also collects and maintains 

information on applicants to identify 

the most qualified applicant and ensure 

a balanced advisory committee. 

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 of information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed outside DHS as a routine use 

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

follows: 

A. To the Department of Justice 

(including United States Attorney 

Offices) 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 the 

Department of Justice 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. 

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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 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 issuance 

of a security clearance, license, contract, 

grant, or other benefit, or it the 

information is relevant and necessary to 

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, or 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. 

I. To the General Services 

Administration to facilitate committee 

management within the Federal 

Government. 

J. To an authorized appeal or 

grievance examiner, formal complaints 

examiner, equal employment 

opportunity investigator, arbitrator, or 

other duly authorized official engaged 

in investigation or settlement of a 

grievance, complaint, or appeal filed by 

an employee. 

K. 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. 

L. 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: 

Records in this system are stored 

electronically or on paper in secure 

facilities in a locked drawer behind a 

locked door. The records are stored on 

magnetic disc, tape, digital media, and 

CD–ROM. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

By individual name and/or personal 

identifier. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in this system are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

all applicable DHS automated systems 

security and access policies. Strict 

controls have been imposed to minimize 

the risk of compromising the 

information that is being stored. Access 

to the computer system containing the 

records in this system is limited to those 

individuals who have a need to know 

the information for the performance of 

their official duties and who have 

appropriate clearances or permissions. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records documenting the committee’s 

establishment, membership, policy, 

organization, deliberations, findings, 

and recommendations are permanent. 

These files are transferred to the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration on termination of the 

committee, in accordance with National 

Archives and Records Administration 

General Records Schedule 26. Earlier 

transfer is authorized for committees 

operating for three years or longer. Files 

relating to day-to-day committee 

activities and/or do not contain unique 

information of historical value are 

destroyed/deleted when the records are 

three years old. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

For Headquarters components of DHS, 

the System Manager is the Director of 

Departmental Disclosure, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. For components of DHS, the 

System Manager can be found at 

http://www.dhs.gov/foia under 

‘‘contacts.’’ 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

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 Headquarters or 

the component’s FOIA Officer, whose 

contact information can be found at 

http://www.dhs.gov/foia under 

‘‘contacts.’’ 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 Privacy Officer, 

Department of Homeland Security, 245 

Murray Drive, SW., Building 410, 

STOP–0550, Washington, DC 20528. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

Departmental 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. 

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In addition you should provide the 

following: 

• An explanation of why you believe 

the Department would have information 

on you, 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department you believe may have the 

information about you, 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created, 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records, 

• 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 the 

component(s) 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: 

From the individual of record. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: September 23, 2008. 

Hugo Teufel III, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2008–0014] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security Childcare System 

of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office; DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Homeland Security is giving notice that 

it proposes to reclassify one legacy 

record system titled, DOT/CG 634 

Childcare Program Record System (65 

FR 19475 April 11, 2000), as a new 

Department of Homeland Security-wide 

records system, titled Childcare. This 

system will allow the Department of 

Homeland Security to collect and 

maintain Department-sponsored 

childcare program records. Categories of 

individuals, categories of records, and 

the routine uses of this legacy system of 

records notice have been reviewed and 

updated to better reflect the 

Department’s childcare record system. 

This updated system will be included in 

the Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of record systems. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2008–0014 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: Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy 

Officer, Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. 

• Instructions: All submissions 

received must include the agency name 

and docket number for this rulemaking. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change and may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personally identifiable 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 and privacy issues 

please contact: Hugo Teufel III (703– 

235–0780), Chief Privacy Officer, 

Privacy Office, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Pursuant to the savings clause in the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–296, Section 1512, 116 Stat. 

2310 (November 25, 2002), the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) and its components and offices 

have relied on preexisting Privacy Act 

systems of records notices for the 

collection and maintenance of records 

that account for children enrolled in 

DHS-sponsored childcare programs. 

As part of its efforts to streamline and 

consolidate its Privacy Act records 

systems, DHS is establishing a new 

agency-wide system of records under 

the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) for DHS 

childcare records. This will ensure that 

all components of DHS follow the same 

privacy rules for collecting and 

maintaining childcare records regarding 

DHS employees, other Federal 

employees, and other individuals who 

use DHS-sponsored childcare programs. 

DHS and its components and offices 

will use the system to account for DHS 

employees, other Federal employees, 

and other individuals who use DHSsponsored childcare programs and their 

children. 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, DHS is giving notice that it 

proposes to reclassify one legacy record 

system titled, DOT/CG 634 Childcare 

Program Record System (65 FR 19475 

April 11, 2000), as a new DHS-wide 

records system, titled Childcare. This 

system will allow DHS to collect and 

maintain Department-sponsored 

childcare program records. Categories of 

individuals, categories of records, and 

the routine uses of this legacy system of 

records notice have been reviewed and 

updated to better reflect the 

Department’s childcare record system. 

This updated system will be included 

DHS’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 legal 

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 each agency 

to publish in the Federal Register a 

description denoting the type and 

character of each system of records that 

the agency maintains, and the routine 

uses that are contained in each system 

in order to make agency recordkeeping 

practices transparent, to notify 

individuals regarding the uses of their 

records, and to assist individuals to 

more easily find such files within the 

agency. Below is the description of the 

Childcare System of Records. 

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