[Federal Register: December 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 244)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Published Privacy Impact Assessments on the Web
AGENCY: Privacy Office, Office of the Secretary, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of Publication of Privacy Impact Assessments.
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SUMMARY: The Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Security is
making available three Privacy Impact Assessments on various programs
and
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systems in the Department. These assessments were approved and
published on the Privacy Office's Web site between November 1, 2006 and
November 30, 2006.
DATES: The Privacy Impact Assessments will be available on the DHS Web
site until February 20, 2007, after which they may be obtained by
contacting the DHS Privacy Office (contact information below).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528; by
telephone (571) 227-3813, facsimile (866) 466-5370, or e-mail:
pia@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Between November 1, 2006 and November 30,
2006, the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) approved and published three Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) on
the DHS Privacy Office Web site, http://www.dhs.gov/privacy, under the
link for ``Privacy Impact Assessments.'' These PIAs cover three
separate DHS programs. Below is a short summary of those programs,
indicating the DHS component responsible for the system, and the date
on which the PIA was approved. Additional information can be found on
the Web site or by contacting the Privacy Office.
1. CBP Automatic Targeting System
Customs and Border Protection
November 22, 2006: Department of Homeland Security, Customs and
Border Protection (CBP), has developed the Automated Targeting System
(ATS). ATS is one of the most advanced targeting systems in the world.
Using a common approach for data management, analysis, rules-based risk
management, and user interfaces, ATS supports all CBP mission areas and
the data and rules specific to those areas. This PIA was prepared in
conjunction with the System of Records Notice that was published on
November 2, 2006 in the Federal Register.
2. Global Enrollment System
Customs and Border Protection
November 1, 2006: This is an update to the previous Global
Enrollment System PIA, dated April 20, 2006. It was prepared in order
to include a description and analysis of the Global On-Line Enrollment
System, which is the new online application process for enrollment in
Customs and Border Protection trusted traveler programs. With the new
system, CBP will be able to offer an on-line enrollment process to
prospective and existing members of GES programs.
3. United States Coast Guard ``Biometrics at Sea'' Mona Passage Proof
of Concept
U.S. Coast Guard
November 3, 2006: This PIA describes the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
and U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)
Program partnership. The partnership is in furtherance of the broader
objective to develop mobile biometric capabilities for the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS). The findings from this proof of concept
will be used to develop and refine technologies needed for mobile
biometrics collection and analysis capability at sea, along with other
remote areas where DHS operates. The technologies developed through
this proof of concept will assist in the apprehension and prosecution
of illegal migrants and migrant smugglers. They will also deter unsafe
and illegal maritime migration, which will help preserve life at sea.
The USCG deployed the at-sea biometric capability during the
operational Proof of Concept (POC) in November 2006.
Dated: December 12, 2006.
Hugo Teufel III,
Chief Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-21752 Filed 12-19-06; 8:45 am]
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