[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70796-70797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28676]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
Privacy Act of 1974; Retirement of Department of Homeland
Security Transportation Security Administration System of Records
AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of retirement of one Privacy Act system of records
notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of
Homeland Security is giving notice that it will retire the following
Privacy Act system of records notice, DHS/TSA-017 Secure Flight Test
Records (June 22, 2005, 70 FR 36320), which was written to cover the
testing phase of the Secure Flight program, from its inventory of
record systems. The Department of Homeland Security will rely upon
Department of Homeland Security/Transportation Security Administration-
019, Secure Flight Records (November 9, 2007, 72 FR 63711) to cover the
operational phase of the Secure Flight program.
DATES: These changes will take effect upon publication in the Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions please contact:
Peter Pietra, Director, Privacy Policy and Compliance, TSA-36,
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598-6036; email: [email protected]. For privacy issues
please contact: Jonathan Cantor, (202-343-1717), Acting Chief Privacy
Officer, Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington,
DC 20528.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy
Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and as part of its ongoing integration and
management efforts, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is
retiring the system of records notice, DHS/Transportation Security
Administration (TSA)-017 Secure Flight Test Records (June 22, 2005, 70
FR 36320), from its inventory of record systems. TSA published DHS/TSA-
017, Secure Flight Test Records, to cover the testing phase of the
Secure Flight program, which was designed to assist TSA in preventing
individuals known or suspected to be engaged in terrorist activity from
boarding domestic passenger flights. TSA also conducted a separate test
of the use of commercial data to determine its effectiveness in
identifying passenger information that is
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inaccurate or incorrect. All test records within this system have been
destroyed in accordance with the National Archives and Records
Administration General Records Schedule 20. DHS/TSA-019 Secure Flight
Records (November 9, 2007, 72 FR 63711), currently covers the
operational phase of the Secure Flight program. DHS will continue to
collect and maintain records regarding the Secure Flight program and
will rely upon the existing system of records notice, DHS/TSA-019,
Secure Flight Records.
Eliminating the system of records notice DHS/TSA-017, Secure Flight
Test Records, will have no adverse impacts on individuals, but will
promote the overall streamlining and management of DHS Privacy Act
record systems.
Dated: November 6, 2012.
Jonathan R. Cantor,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-28676 Filed 11-26-12; 8:45 am]
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