📜Federal Reserve Notice on Privacy Act System of Records Modification
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is given that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) proposes to modify an existing system of records entitled BGFRS/OIG-2 "Office of Inspector General (OIG) Personnel Records." These records are collected and maintained to assist the OIG in making determinations regarding hiring, retention, promotion, performance evaluations, recognition, and training of OIG personnel. These records are also used to respond to ethics inquires and provide advice.
Learn More🏢FERC Updates Notice on Transit Subsidy Program Records Compliance
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, all agencies are required to publish in the Federal Register a notice of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is publishing notice of modifications to an existing FERC system of records titled "FERC Transit Subsidy Program (TSP) Records (FERC-41)" previously titled "FERC Transit Subsidy Program (TSP) (FERC-41)."
Learn More📜Analysis of CEQ FOIA and Privacy Act Regulations Impact on Businesses
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is finalizing its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations to incorporate amendments to the FOIA set forth in the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016; to conform to guidance for Federal agencies from the Department of Justice; to make them easier for the public to understand and use; and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These final regulations reaffirm CEQ's commitment to providing the fullest possible disclosure of records to the public. In addition, CEQ is amending its regulations implementing the Privacy Act of 1974 (the Privacy Act) to make them easier for the public to understand and use and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These final regulations also make administrative changes, including reorganizing, renumbering, and renaming the sections of CEQ's current FOIA and Privacy Act regulations. CEQ considered all of the public comments received on its proposed rule and made changes in response in this final rule.
Learn More📝New OPM Records System for Public Comments - Compliance Implications
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to establish a new OPM system of records titled, "OPM/Internal--29, Federal Register Comments." This system of records contains information about individuals who submit a public comment (a comment and/or supplementary materials provided to OPM in response to an OPM publication in the Federal Register).
Learn More🏛️NIH Police Records Final Rule and Its Business Implications
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department) is issuing this final rule to make effective the exemptions that were previously proposed for a new Privacy Act system of records, "NIH Police Records," maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), from certain requirements of the Act. The new system of records covers criminal and non-criminal law enforcement investigatory material maintained by the NIH Division of Police, a component of NIH which performs criminal law enforcement as its principal function. The exemptions are necessary and appropriate to protect the integrity of law enforcement proceedings and records compiled during the course of NIH Division of Police activities, prevent disclosure of investigative techniques, and protect the identity of confidential sources involved in those activities.
Learn More📜FERC Proposes Rescindment of Systems of Records Notice
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) proposes to rescind two existing systems of records notices (SORNs). The Rescindment of System of Records Notice identifies the systems of records and explains why each is being rescinded.
Learn More📜FERC Proposes Rescindment of Employee Performance Records System
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) proposes to rescind an existing system of records notice (SORN). Specifically, the following SORN is being proposed for rescindment "Commission Employee Performance Files (FERC--38)". The basis for rescindment is explained below.
Learn More🔒USDA Revises Privacy Act Regulations Affecting Business Compliance
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is amending its Privacy Act regulations to exempt a system of records, Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) National Information Communication Activity System (SNICAS), USDA/APHIS-21, from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. USDA is further amending its Privacy Act regulations to reflect an administrative change to the list of system of records that are exempt from certain provisions of the Privacy Act.
Learn More🏛️Overview of Department of Education's Modified Records System
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a modified system of records titled "Enterprise Data Management and Analytics Platform Services (EDMAPS)" (18-11-22). The EDMAPS system is a data analytics platform that ingests data from multiple Federal Student Aid (FSA) systems of records to perform big- data analytics on FSA data in one common location, produce reports and statistical models, and serve as a centralized repository of information about FSA customers across the full student aid life cycle.
Learn More♿MSPB's New Regulations on Reasonable Accommodations for 2025
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (Privacy Act), the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) proposes to establish a modified system of records titled "MSPB--3, Reasonable Accommodations." This system of records includes information that MSPB collects, maintains, and uses on applicants for employment, MSPB employees, and participants in MSPB programs who request and/or receive reasonable accommodations from MSPB for disability, medical, pregnancy- related, or religious reasons.
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