DHS Federal Register Notice on Employment Verification System
April 10, 2007The Department of Homeland Security announced in a Federal Register Notice published on April 9, 2007 that it would be changing several systems for records for the Verification and Information System (VIS) Justice/INS-035 published October 17, 2002 (67 FR 64134) and Alien Status Verification Index (ASVI) Justice/INS-009 published September 7, 2001 (66 FR 46815). The established systems of records will be effective on May 9, 2007 and would also be used for purposes related to REAL ID. You may submit comments, identified by Docket Number DHS-2007-0010 by one of the following methods: Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. You may also submit comments by fax by following the instructions for submitting comments. Fax: 1-866-466-5370, or mail comments to: Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528.
Posted by EPIC on April 10, 2007 | TrackBack(0)
DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee Meeting
March 16, 2007The morning session of the meeting will consider REAL ID rulemaking. The proposed regulations for the REAL ID where recently made public by the Department of Homeland Security. The meeting agenda has the REAL ID discussion from 9:20 a.m. until Noon. The meeting will take place from 9:00 AM until 4:30 PM at the Crowne Plaza Washington National Airport, located at 1480 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202. Attendees should RSVP to PrivacyCommittee@dhs.gov or 571-227-3813. The meeting will be closed to the public from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. for administrative purposes. Attendees should arrive by 8:45 a.m. or 1:15 p.m. for the public sessions.
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DHS Publishes REAL ID Regulations in the Federal Register
March 9, 2007The official public comment for REAL ID regulation begins with today's publiation in the federal register. The Department of Homeland Security will accept public comments on its proposed rules for the new ID until May 8, 2007. Comments from the public can be submitted through the following methods: online by visiting the Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov Under agency select "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY*" for Document Type select "PROPOSED RULES" and for keyword input "DHS-2006-0030. Comments can also be faxed to 866-466-5370 or mailed to the Department of Homeland Security, Attn: NAC 1-12037, Washington, DC , 20528.
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DHS's New Privacy Impact Assessment
December 21, 2006The Department of Homeland Security published Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) in the December 20, 2006 Federal Register [one] [two]. The E-Government Act of 2002 requires government agencies to produce a PIA whenever that create or purchase technology. The implementation of new technologies that may increase the ease of tracking and surveillance by government agencies makes the PIA a valuable transparency tool for privacy and civil liberty advocates.
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