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• Complete professional biography or
resume;
• Political affiliation, in order to
ensure balanced representation. (If no
party registration or allegiance exists,
indicate ‘‘independent’’ or
‘‘unaffiliated’’).
In addition, all applicants must state
in their applications that they agree to
submit to pre-appointment background
and tax checks. However, a national
security clearance is not required for the
position.
In support of the policy of the
Department of Homeland Security on
gender and ethnic diversity, qualified
women and members of minority groups
are encouraged to apply for
membership.
Dated: July 12, 2006.
W. Ralph Basham,
Commissioner, Customs and Border
Protection.
[FR Doc. E6–11285 Filed 7–14–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2006–25335]
RIN 1652–AZ08

Privacy Act of 1974: System of
Records; National Finance Center
(NFC) Payroll Personnel System
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice to establish a new system
of records; request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) is establishing a
new system of records under the Privacy
Act of 1974. The new system is known
as the National Finance Center Payroll
Personnel System (DHS/TSA 022) and is
to be used to reflect the agency’s
migration from its legacy payroll system
(the Department of Transportation’s
Integrated Personnel and Payroll System
(IPPS), Consolidated Uniform Payroll
System (CUPS), and Consolidated
Personnel Management Information
System (CPMIS)) to the Department of
Agriculture’s National Finance Center
(NFC).
DATES:

Submit comments by August 16,

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2006.
You may submit comments,
identified by the TSA docket number to
this rulemaking, using any one of the
following methods:
Comments Filed Electronically: You
may submit comments through the

ADDRESSES:

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docket Web site at http://dms.dot.gov.
You also may submit comments through
the Federal eRulemaking portal at
http://www.regulations.gov.
Comments Submitted by Mail, Fax, or
In Person: Address or deliver your
written, signed comments to the Docket
Management System, U.S. Department
of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590–0001; Fax: 202–493–2251.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
format and other information about
comment submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
S. Dean, Privacy Officer, Office of
Transportation Security Policy, TSA–9,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
22202–4220; telephone (571) 227–3947;
facsimile (571) 227–2555.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

extent practicable. The docket is
available for public inspection before
and after the comment closing date.
Handling of Confidential or Proprietary
Information and Sensitive Security
Information (SSI) Submitted in Public
Comments
Do not submit comments that include
trade secrets, confidential commercial
or financial information, or SSI to the
public regulatory docket. Please submit
such comments separately from other
comments on the rulemaking.
Comments containing this type of
information should be appropriately
marked as containing such information
and submitted by mail the address listed
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section.
Upon receipt of such comments, TSA
will not place the comments in the
public docket and will handle them in
accordance with applicable safeguards
and restrictions on access. TSA will
hold them in a separate file to which the
public does not have access, and place
a note in the public docket that TSA has
received such materials from the
commenter. If TSA receives a request to
examine or copy this information, TSA
will treat it as any other request under
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
(5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of
Homeland Security’s (DHS’) FOIA
regulation found in 6 CFR part 5.

Comments Invited
TSA invites interested persons to
participate by submitting written
comments, data, or views. See
ADDRESSES above for information on
where to submit comments.
With each comment, please include
your name and address, identify the
docket number at the beginning of your
comments, and give the reason for each
comment. The most helpful comments
reference a specific portion of the
document, explain the reason for any
recommended change, and include
supporting data. You may submit
comments and material electronically,
in person, by mail, or fax as provided
under ADDRESSES, but please submit
your comments and material by only
one means. If you submit comments by
mail or delivery, submit them in two
copies, in an unbound format, no larger
than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing.
If you want TSA to acknowledge
receipt of comments submitted by mail,
include with your comments a selfaddressed, stamped postcard on which
the docket number appears. We will
stamp the date on the postcard and mail
it to you.
TSA will file in the public docket all
comments received by TSA, except for
comments containing confidential
information and sensitive security
information (SSI) 1, TSA will consider
all comments received on or before the
closing date for comments and will
consider comments filed late to the

Reviewing Comments in the Docket
Please be aware that anyone is able to
search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review the applicable Privacy
Act Statement published in the Federal
Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477), or you may visit http://
dms.dot.gov.
You may review the comments in the
public docket by visiting the Dockets
Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The Dockets Office is located
on the plaza level of the Nassif Building
at the Department of Transportation
address, previously provided under
ADDRESSES. Also, you may review
public dockets on the Internet at
http://dms.dot.gov.

1 ‘‘Sensitive Security Information’’ or ‘‘SSI’’ is
information obtained or developed in the conduct
of security activities, the disclosure of which would
constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy,
reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential
information, or be detrimental to the security of
transportation. The protection of SSI is governed by
49 CFR part 1520.

Availability of Document
You can get an electronic copy using
the Internet by—
(1) Searching the Department of
Transportation’s electronic Docket
Management System (DMS) Web page
(http://dms.dot.gov/search);

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(2) Accessing the Government
Printing Office’s Web page at http://
www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/
aces140.html; or
(3) Visiting TSA’s Law and Policy
web page at http://www.tsa.gov and
accessing the link for ‘‘Law and Policy’’
at the top of the page.
In addition, copies are available by
writing or calling the individual in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Make sure to identify the docket
number of this document.
Background
The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) is establishing a
new system of records to reflect the
agency’s migration from its legacy
payroll and personnel system, the
Department of Transportation’s
Integrated Personnel and Payroll System
(IPPS), Consolidated Uniform Payroll
System (CUPS), and Consolidated
Personnel Management Information
System (CPMIS), to become a payroll
customer of the USDA’s National
Finance Center (NFC). This migration is
part of an effort on the part of the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to have all of its components
under one payroll system. TSA’s move
to the NFC also supports the
government-wide initiative led by the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
to consolidate executive branch payroll
providers. The complete notice of the
new system of records follows.
SYSTEM OF RECORDS
DHS/TSA 022
SYSTEM NAME:

National Finance Center Payroll
Personnel System (NFC).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Sensitive, Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:

Paper records are maintained by the
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
22202; and at other secure TSA facilities
in Reston, Virginia, and Mays Landing,
New Jersey. Computerized data is
located at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), National Finance
Center, New Orleans, LA 70129.

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CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

Current and former employees of the
Transportation Security Administration.
Only those individuals employed by
TSA at the time of the migration will
have their records transferred to the
NFC.

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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

All official personnel actions, basic
benefits, pay, cash awards, and leave
records of TSA employees. This
includes, but is not limited to, employee
information; such as: Name, date of
birth, social security number (SSN),
home and mailing addresses, grade,
employing organization, salary, pay
plan, number of hours worked,
overtime, compensatory time, leave
accrual rate, leave usage and balances,
Civil Service Retirement and Federal
Retirement System contributions, FICA
withholdings, Federal, State, and city
tax withholdings, Federal Employee
Health Benefits withholdings,
garnishments, savings bonds allotments,
union dues withholdings, deductions
for Internal Revenue Service levies,
court ordered child support levies,
Federal salary offset deductions, and
information on the Leave Transfer
Program and the Leave Bank Program.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301, 2302(b)(10), 7311, 7313;
E.O. 10450 (18 FR 2489, Apr. 29, 1953),
3 CFR, 1949–1953 Comp., p. 936; 5 CFR
731.103.
PURPOSE(S):

Records are maintained to control and
facilitate payment of salaries and
benefits to TSA civilian employees.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

(1) To the Merit Systems Protection
Board, the Office of Special Counsel, the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, the Social Security
Administration, the Office of Personnel
Management, the Department of Labor,
the Department of Treasury, the Internal
Revenue Service, or the Federal Labor
Relations Authority, in connection with
functions vested in those agencies.
(2) To the parties or complainants,
their representatives, and impartial
referees, examiners, administrative
judges, or other decisionmakers in
proceedings under grievance
procedures, Equal Employment
Opportunity procedures, Merit Systems
Protection Board, or similar procedures.
(3) To contractors, grantees, experts,
consultants, or volunteers, when
necessary, to perform a function or
service related to this system of records
for which they have been engaged. Such
recipients are required to comply with
the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as
amended.
(4) To the Department of Justice (DOJ)
or other Federal agency for purposes of
conducting litigation or proceedings
before any court, adjudicative, or
administrative body when—

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(a) DHS; or
(b) Any employee of DHS in his/her
official capacity; or
(c) Any employee of DHS in his/her
individual capacity, where DOJ or DHS
has agreed to represent the employee; or
(d) The United States or any agency
thereof, is a party to the litigation or
proceeding, or has an interest in such
litigation or proceeding.
(5) To the appropriate Federal, State,
local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or
international agency responsible for
investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or
implementing a statute, rule, regulation,
or order; where TSA becomes aware of
an indication of a violation or potential
violation of civil or criminal law or
regulation.
(6) To a Federal, State, local, tribal,
territorial, foreign, or international
agency, where such agency has
requested information relevant or
necessary for the hiring or retention of
an individual, or the issuance of a
security clearance, license, contract,
grant, or other benefit.
(7) To a Federal, State, local, tribal,
territorial, foreign, or international
agency, if necessary, to obtain
information relevant to a TSA decision
concerning the hiring or retention of an
employee, the issuance of a security
clearance, license, contract, grant, or
other benefit.
(8) To the Office of Management and
Budget in connection with private relief
legislation.
(9) To a Federal, State, or local agency
so that the agency may adjudicate an
individual’s eligibility for a benefit.
(10) To the Office of Federal
Employee’s Group Life Insurance to
support a claim for life insurance
benefits.
(11) To Federal, State, and local
taxing authorities as required by law.
(12) To the Civil Service Retirement
System to report earnings for members
of that system.
(13) To courts to report earnings when
garnishments are served, or in
bankruptcy or wage earner proceedings.
(14) To financial institutions and
employee organizations to transmit
payroll deduction information.
(15) To officials of labor organizations
as to the identity of employees
contributing union dues each pay
period, and the amount of dues
withheld from each employee.
(16) To multi-employer health and
welfare and pension funds, as
reasonably necessary and appropriate,
for proper administration of the plan of
benefits.
(17) To the Federal, State, or local
agencies for use in locating individuals
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establish paternity, establish and modify
orders of support, and for enforcement
action.
(18) To the Office of Child Support
Enforcement for the release to the Social
Security Administration of verifying
social security numbers, in connection
with the operation of the Federal Parent
Locator System.
(19) To Federal agencies as a data
source for management information
through he production of summary
descriptive statistics and analytical
studies, in support of the functions for
which the records are maintained for
related studies.
(20) To the Combined Federal
Campaign in connection with payroll
deductions for charitable purposes.
(21) To requesting agencies or nonFederal entities under approved
computer matching efforts to improve
program integrity, and to collect debts
and other money owed under those
programs (e.g., matching for delinquent
loans or other indebtedness to the
Government). Computer matching
efforts are limited only to those data
elements considered relevant to making
a determination of eligibility under
particular benefit programs
administered by those agencies or
entities, or by the Department of
Treasury, or any constituent unit of the
Department.
(22) To a congressional office from the
record of an individual, in response to
an inquiry from that congressional office
made at the request of the individual.
(23) To the National Archives and
Records Administration, or other
appropriate Federal agency, in records
management inspections being
conducted under the authority of 44
U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
(24) To the Department of Justice,
United States Attorney’s Office, or other
Federal agencies, for further collection
action on any delinquent debt when
circumstances warrant.
(25) To a debt collection agency for
the purpose of debt collection.

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DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:

Privacy Act information may be
disclosed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a
(b)(12) and section 3 of the Debt
Collection Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97–365.
Debt information concerning a
Government claim against an individual
is also furnished to consumer agencies
in order to encourage repayment of an
overdue debt. Disclosures may be made
to a consumer reporting agency as
defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
15 U.S.C. 1681a(f); or the Federal Claims
Collection Act of 1966, 31 U.S.C.
701(a)(3).

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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:

Records in this system are stored on
paper, in official personnel folders,
located at TSA and its approved storage
sites. Computerized records are stored
on an IBM z900 mainframe, with an
IBM Shark RAID DASD system, for
direct access storage; and in STK 9840
tape silos for long-term data storage,
which resides at the NFC.
RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are retrievable by the
individual’s name or SSN.
SAFEGUARDS:

The National Finance Center is
located in a secured Federal complex.
Within this secured building, the
Computer Operations Center is located
in a controlled access room. Specific
employees have been identified as
system and database administrators
having specific responsibilities allowing
access to TSA personnel and payroll
data. Security is embedded within the
software in both the operating system
and at the application level. Individuals
not granted access rights cannot view or
change data. The database is monitored
by software applications that provide
audits of log-ins, both successful and
failed.
Output documents from the system
are maintained as hard copy documents
by TSA and are safeguarded in secured
cabinets within secured rooms.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Some records are retained and
disposed of in accordance with the
National Archives and Records
Administration’s General Records
Schedule 1 (Civilian Personnel
Records). Other records are retained and
disposed of in accordance with General
Records Schedule 2 (Payrolling and Pay
Administration Records).
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

The TSA and the USDA National
Finance Center share responsibility for
system management. The first point of
contact is the Director, Human
Resources IT and Decision Support,
TSA–21, Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), 601 South 12th
Street, Arlington, VA 22202.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

To determine whether this system
contains records relating to you, write to
the System Manager identified above.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Same as ‘‘Notification Procedures’’
above. Provide your full name and a

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description of information that you
seek, including the time frame during
which you may have generated the
records. Individuals requesting access
must comply with the Department of
Homeland Security Privacy Act
regulations on verification of identity (6
CFR 5.21(d)).
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as ‘‘Notification Procedure’’ and
‘‘Record Access Procedure,’’ above.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information contained in the system
is obtained from the USDA National
Finance Center Payroll/Personnel
System, the employee’s supervisors, and
the employee.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia.
Peter Pietra,
Director of Privacy Policy and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5037–N–47]

Public Housing Operating SubsidyStop Loss and Appeals
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
To stop the phase-in of the reduction
in the amount of subsidy a PHA receives
under the new operating fund formula,
PHAs submit a ‘‘stop loss’’ package to
HUD demonstrating conversion to asset
management. To appeal the amount of
subsidy on any one of the permitted
bases of appeal, PHAs submit an appeal
request to HUD.
DATES: Comments Due Date: August 16,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2577–Pending) and
should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–6974.

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