[Federal Register: October 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 197)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
Published Privacy Impact Assessments on the Web
AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of publication of Privacy Impact Assessments.
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SUMMARY: The Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Security is
making available twelve Privacy Impact Assessments on various programs
and systems in the Department. These assessments were approved and
published on the Privacy Office's Web site between April 1, 2009, and
June 30, 2009.
DATES: The Privacy Impact Assessments will be available on the DHS Web
site until December 14, 2009, after which they may be obtained by
contacting the DHS Privacy Office (contact information below).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528, or e-
mail: pia@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Between April 1, 2009, and June 30, 2009,
the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
approved and published twelve Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) on the
DHS Privacy Office web site, www.dhs.gov/privacy, under the link for
``Privacy Impact Assessments.'' These PIAs cover twelve separate DHS
programs. Below is a short summary of those programs, indicating the
DHS component responsible for the system, and the date on which the PIA
was approved. Additional information can be found on the Web site or by
contacting the Privacy Office.
System: FireGround Compass.
Component: Science and Technology.
Date of approval: April 1, 2009.
The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) TechSolutions
Program contracted with G&H International Services, Inc. to perform
operational testing and evaluations on the FireGround Compass for first
responder firefighter applications. Halcyon Products designed the
FireGround Compass, a navigational device that helps firefighters
reestablish their orientation within a burning or smoke-filled building
should they become lost or disoriented. The purpose of this project is
to test the features, functions, and operational readiness of the
FireGround Compass through human testing of the equipment. S&T
conducted a PIA for this project because G&H International collected
the personally identifiable information (PII) of firefighter volunteers
during the testing of the device.
System: Security and Video Quality for the Public Safety Statement
of Requirements Project.
Component: Science and Technology.
Date of approval: April 1, 2009.
The Security and Video Quality for the Public Safety Statement of
Requirements project is a research and development effort funded by the
DHS S&T. S&T is funding Noblis Inc., a nonprofit science and technology
organization, through a cooperative agreement to conduct several
research efforts, one of which is to examine facial recognition
requirements in emergency response operations. S&T is conducting a PIA
because research staff will use images collected from individuals
during this research project. This PIA will only cover the research and
testing activities conducted during this project.
System: Comprehensive Exit Program: Air Exit Pilot.
Component: US-VISIT.
Date of approval: May 20, 2009.
The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
(US-VISIT) Program is implementing a new pilot phase of a comprehensive
exit program for integrating non-U.S. citizen departure with existing
arrival information. The Exit Program requires the collection of
minimal biometric and biographic data from covered aliens, enabling US-
VISIT Entry/Exit matching, identity verification, and cross-checking
against a list of subjects of interest. This PIA is conducted because
US-VISIT collects PII on non-U.S. citizens.
System: Compliance Tracking and Management System.
Component: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Date of approval: May 22, 2009.
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The Verification Division of the United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) operates the Compliance Tracking and
Management System (CTMS). CTMS collects and uses information necessary
to support monitoring and compliance activities for researching and
managing misuse, abuse, discrimination, breach of privacy, and
fraudulent use of USCIS Verification Division's verification programs,
the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements and E-Verify. This
is a new system that requires publication of a PIA and System of
Records Notice.
System: PRISM.
Component: Management Directorate.
Date of approval: June 4, 2009.
The DHS Management Directorate, Office of the Chief Procurement
Officer is the owner of the PRISM contract writing management system.
PRISM provides comprehensive, Federal Acquisition Regulation based
acquisition support for all DHS headquarters entities. The purpose of
this PIA is to document how PRISM collects, uses, disseminates, and
maintains PII.
System: Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure
and Automatic Identification System to add the Notice of Arrival on the
Outer Continental Shelf Update.
Component: U.S. Coast Guard.
Date of approval: June 4, 2009.
This is a PIA update to the previous ``Vessel Requirements for
Notice of Arrival and Departure and Automatic Identification System
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking'' (NOA/D and AIS) PIA dated November 19,
2008. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is publishing a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking entitled ``Notice of Arrival on the Outer
Continental Shelf.'' The USCG conducted this update because portions of
this rulemaking will require an expansion of an existing collection of
PII and because the system, Ship Arrival Notification System, which
maintains the NOA information, will maintain this new collection of
PII.
System: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards.
Component: National Protection and Programs Directorate.
Date of approval: June 5, 2009.
This PIA update for the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards
(CFATS), formally the Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT),
describes the new PII collected though the CFATS Site Security Plan,
the potential to collect PII through the CFATS Tipline, DHS's intention
to share on a ``need to know'' basis the business contact information
of high-risk chemical facility personnel with public officials who have
responsibilities related to chemical security and/or infrastructure
security, and the ability for Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability
Information (CVI) Authorized Users to update their PII.
System: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Update.
Component: National Protection and Programs Directorate.
Date of approval: June 11, 2009.
This PIA update for the CFATS covers the new collection of PII
received from high-risk Chemical Facilities. NPPD will now collect PII
from federal employees and contractors for the purpose of providing
access to Chemical Facility Management System (CHEMS). CHEMS will
transfer and secure the information from Chemical Security Assessment
Tool (CSAT) to allow Federal employees and contractors the ability to
contact an appropriate representative of high-risk chemical facilities,
and to very an individual's status as a CVI Authorized User.
System: Department of Homeland Security Web Portals.
Component: DHS-Wide.
Date of approval: June 15, 2009.
Many DHS operations and projects require collaboration and
communication amongst affected stakeholders including employees,
contractors, Federal, State, local and tribal officials, as well as
members of the public. One method of effectuating such collaboration is
the establishment of an online ``portal'' allowing authorized users to
obtain, post and exchange information, access common resources, and
generally communicate with similarly situated and interested
individuals. DHS has written this general PIA to document these
informational and collaboration-based portals in operation at DHS and
its components which collect, use, maintain, and share limited PII
about individuals who are ``members'' of the portal or who seek to gain
access to the portal ``potential members.''
System: National Pollution Funds Center--Pollution Response
Funding, Liability, and Compensation System.
Component: U.S. Coast Guard.
Date of approval: June 17, 2009.
The USCG National Pollution Funds Center's (NPFC) Pollution
Response Funding, Liability, and Compensation System (PRFLACS) support
the command's mission to administer the financial responsibility
provisions in Title I of the Oil Pollution Act. The purpose of this PIA
is to ensure that adequate privacy considerations and protections
continue to be applied to the PII maintained in the NPFC PRFLACS
system.
System: Personal Identity Verification.
Component: DHS-Wide.
Date of approval: June 18, 2009.
DHS is updating the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) PIA issued
on October 13, 2006, to reflect changes in Departmental requirements
identified through increased collaboration with the components during
implementation planning and to include bringing the components online.
Additionally, this update discusses the use of the Integrated Security
Management System (ISMS) and a more robust, second-generation Identity
Management System, which replaces the PIV ISMS discussed in the
previous PIA.
System: Department of Homeland Security General Contact List.
Component: DHS-Wide.
Date of approval: April 14, 2009.
Many DHS operations and projects collect a minimal amount of
contact information in order to distribute information and perform
various other administrative tasks. Department Headquarters conducted
this PIA because contact lists contain PII. The Department added the
following systems to this PIA:
National Protection and Programs Directorate Meridian
Conference Web site 2009;
Transportation Security Administration Pipeline Security
Guidelines.
Dated: October 7, 2009.
Mary Ellen Callahan,
Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
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