[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37061-37062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13969]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DHS-2012-0014]
DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will
meet on July 17, 2012, in Washington, DC. The meeting will be open to
the public.
DATES: The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will meet
on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Please note that the
meeting may end early if the Committee has completed its business.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Access Board, 1331 F
Street NW., Suite 800, (across from the National Press Building)
Washington, DC 20004-1111.
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact
Shannon Ballard, Designated Federal Officer, DHS Data Privacy and
Integrity Advisory Committee, as soon as possible.
To facilitate public participation, we invite public comment on the
issues to be considered by the Committee as listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below. A public comment period will be held during
the meeting from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and speakers are requested to
limit their comments to 3 minutes. If you would like to address the
Committee at the meeting, we request that you register in advance by
contacting Shannon Ballard at the address provided below or sign up at
the registration desk on the day of the meeting. The names and
affiliations, if any, of individuals who address the Committee are
included in the public record of the meeting. Please note that the
public comment period may end before the time indicated, following the
last call for comments. Written comments should be sent to Shannon
Ballard, Designated Federal Officer, DHS Data Privacy and Integrity
Advisory Committee, by July 6, 2012. Persons who wish to submit
comments and who are not able to attend or speak at the meeting may
submit comments at any time. All submissions must include the Docket
Number (DHS-2012-0014) and may be submitted by any one of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting
comments.
E-mail: PrivacyCommittee@dhs.gov. Include the Docket
Number (DHS-2012-0014) in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (703) 235-0442.
Mail: Shannon Ballard, Designated Federal Officer, Data
Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland
Security, 245 Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0655, Washington, DC 20528.
Instructions: All submissions must include the words ``Department
of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee''
and the Docket Number (DHS-2012-0014). Comments received will be posted
without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
If you wish to attend the meeting, please plan to arrive at the
U.S. Access Board by 12:45 p.m., to allow extra time to be processed
through security, and bring a photo I.D. The DHS Privacy Office
encourages you to register for the meeting in advance by contacting
Shannon Ballard, Designated Federal Officer, DHS Data Privacy and
Integrity Advisory Committee, at PrivacyCommittee@dhs.gov. Advance
registration is voluntary. The Privacy Act Statement below explains how
DHS uses the registration information you may provide and how you may
access or correct information retained by DHS, if any.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received by the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory
Committee, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Ballard, Designated Federal
Officer, DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department
of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0655, Washington,
DC 20528, by telephone (703) 235-0780, by fax (703) 235-0442, or by
email to PrivacyCommittee@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2. The DHS Data
Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee provides advice at the request
of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the DHS Chief Privacy Officer
on programmatic, policy, operational, administrative, and technological
issues within the DHS that relate to personally identifiable
information, as well as data integrity and other privacy-related
matters. The committee was established by the Secretary of Homeland
Security under the authority of 6 U.S.C. 451.
Agenda
During the meeting, the Chief Privacy Officer will provide the
Committee an update on the activities of the DHS Privacy Office.
In support of the Committee's ongoing advice to the Department on
implementing privacy protections in DHS operations, the Committee will
hear and discuss a presentation on the DHS Office of Operations' use of
social media for situational awareness. The Committee will also hear
and discuss a presentation on privacy considerations surrounding the
United States Coast Guard (USCG) pilot program to use biometrics in
their illegal immigration interdiction process at sea.
During the meeting, the Committee plans to discuss and may vote on
a draft report to the Department providing guidance on privacy
protections for cybersecurity pilot programs. The draft report will be
posted on the Committee's Web site (www.dhs.gov/privacy) on or before
July 13, 2012. If you wish to submit comments on the draft report, you
may do so in advance of the meeting by forwarding them to
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the Committee at the locations listed under ADDRESSES. The agenda will
be posted on or before July 13, 2012, on the Committee's Web site at
www.dhs.gov/privacy. Please note that the meeting may end early if all
business is completed.
Privacy Act Statement: DHS's Use of Your Information
Authority: DHS requests that you voluntarily submit this
information under its following authorities: the Federal Records
Act, 44 U.S.C. 3101; the FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. 2; and the Privacy Act
of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a.
Principal Purposes: When you register to attend a DHS Data Privacy
and Integrity Advisory Committee meeting, DHS collects your name,
contact information, and the organization you represent, if any. We use
this information to contact you for purposes related to the meeting,
such as to confirm your registration, to advise you of any changes in
the meeting, or to assure that we have sufficient materials to
distribute to all attendees. We may also use the information you
provide for public record purposes such as posting publicly available
transcripts and meeting minutes.
Routine Uses and Sharing: In general, DHS will not use the
information you provide for any purpose other than the Principal
Purposes, and will not share this information within or outside the
agency. In certain circumstances, DHS may share this information on a
case-by-case basis as required by law or as necessary for a specific
purpose, as described in the DHS/ALL-002 Mailing and Other Lists System
of Records Notice (November 25, 2008, 73 FR 71659).
Effects of Not Providing Information: You may choose not to provide
the requested information or to provide only some of the information
DHS requests. If you choose not to provide some or all of the requested
information, DHS may not be able to contact you for purposes related to
the meeting.
Accessing and Correcting Information: If you are unable to access
or correct this information by using the method that you originally
used to submit it, you may direct your request in writing to the DHS
Deputy Chief FOIA Officer at foia@hq.dhs.gov. Additional instructions
are available at http://www.dhs.gov/foia and in the DHS/ALL-002 Mailing
and Other Lists System of Records referenced above.
Dated: June 4, 2012.
Mary Ellen Callahan,
Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
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