Document ID: DOT-OST-1996-1437-0281
Agency: dot
Document Type: Rule
Title: Privacy Act; Implementation of Exemptions: Information Sharing Environment Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative
Posted Date: 2011-12-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 21, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 79114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32351]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 10

[Docket No. OST-1996-1437]

Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions; DOT/ALL 23--
Information Sharing Environment (ISE) Suspicious Activity Reporting 
(SAR) Initiative System of Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation is issuing a final rule to 
amend its regulations to exempt portions of a newly established system 
of records titled, ``DOT/ALL 23--Information Sharing Environment (ISE) 
Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative System of Records'' from 
certain provisions of the Privacy Act. Specifically, the Department 
exempts portions of the ``DOT/ALL 23--Information Sharing Environment 
(ISE) Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative System of 
Records'' from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act because of 
criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement requirements.

DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective December 21, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire W. Barrett, Departmental Chief 
Privacy Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590 or privacy@dot.gov or (202) 366-8135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary 
(OST) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register 
(Volume 76, Number 173), September 7, 2011, proposing to exempt 
portions of the system of records from one or more provisions of the 
Privacy Act because of criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement 
requirements. The system of records is the DOT/ALL 23--Information 
Sharing Environment (ISE) Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) 
Initiative System of Records. The DOT/ALL 23--Information Sharing 
Environment (ISE) Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative system 
of records notice was published concurrently in the Federal Register 
(Volume 76, Number 184), September 22, 2011, and comments were invited 
on both the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and System of Records 
Notice (SORN).

Public Comments

    DOT received no comments on the NPRM and no comments on the SORN.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 10

    Authority delegations (government agencies); Organization and 
functions (government agencies); Transportation Department.

    In consideration of the foregoing, DOT amends part 10 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:

PART 10--MAINTENANCE OF AND ACCESS TO RECORDS PERTAINING TO 
INDIVIDUALS

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1. The authority citation for part 10 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Pub. L. 93-579; 49 U.S.C. 322.

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2. In the Appendix to Part 10, revise Part II.A. introductory text, and 
add Part II.A.8 to read as follows:

Appendix to Part 10--Exemptions

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Part II. Specific Exemptions

    A. The following systems of records are exempt from subsection 
(c)(3) (Accounting of Certain Disclosures), (d) (Access to Records), 
(e)(4)(G), (H), and (I) (Agency Requirements), and (f) (Agency 
Rules) of 5 U.S.C. 552a, to the extent that they contain 
investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes, in 
accordance 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2):
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    8. Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) database, maintained by 
the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response, Office 
of the Secretary.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2011.
Claire W. Barrett,
Departmental Chief Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-32351 Filed 12-20-11; 8:45 am]
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