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📊Establishment of New Public Affairs Records System by Commerce

The Department of Commerce (Department or Commerce) is issuing this notice of its intent to establish a new system of records entitled "COMMERCE/DEPT-30, Public Affairs Records." The purpose of soliciting this information is to enable the Department's Office of Public Affairs and the Department's operating units to establish and maintain contact with the media, members of civil society organizations, and the public, as well as circulate information to specific individuals or groups based on self-identified regional and policy interests. This system significantly expands the Department's ability to collect current data, historical data, interviews, and commentary, as well as digitize existing libraries of this data in a searchable format. The Department uses public affairs records (PA Records) for various purposes, including research, historical commentary, storm and disaster archives, and public affairs records documenting matters of significant public interest. The Department is committed to ensuring that any technology, including digitization of archival records, used to collect, use, retain, or disseminate information about individuals complies with the Constitution, Federal law, regulations, and policies.