[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50155-50156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19170]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
[DOI-2020-0018; 211D0107SL, D3L000000.000000, DL91200000]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Rescindment of a system of records notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (DOI) is issuing a public
notice of its intent to rescind the Privacy Act system of records
notice, INTERIOR/DOI-03, Financial Interest Statements and Ethics
Counselor Decisions. During a review of the INTERIOR/DOI-03 system of
records notice, DOI determined that employee public financial
disclosure reports, financial interest statements, conflict of interest
decisions, and other related records are covered under two Government-
wide system of records notices published by the Office of Government
Ethics (OGE). This rescindment will eliminate an unnecessary duplicate
notice and promote the overall streamlining and management of DOI
Privacy Act systems of records.
DATES: These changes take effect on September 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number [DOI-
2020-0018] by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for sending comments.
Email: [email protected]. Include docket number
[DOI-2020-0018] in the subject line of the message.
U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Teri Barnett, Departmental
Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW,
Room 7112, Washington, DC 20240.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number [DOI-2020-0018]. All comments received will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
You should be aware that your entire comment including your
personally identifiable information, such as your address, phone
number, email address, or any other personal information in your
comment, may be made publicly available at any time. While you may
request to withhold your personally identifiable information from
public review, we cannot guarantee we will be able to do so.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri Barnett, Departmental Privacy
Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Room 7112,
Washington, DC 20240, [email protected] or (202) 208-1605.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, DOI is rescinding the INTERIOR/
DOI-03, Financial Interest Statements and Ethics Counselor Decisions,
system of records notice and removing it from its inventory. The DOI
Ethics Office maintains records on employee public financial disclosure
reports, financial interest statements, conflict of interest decisions,
and other records to administer the DOI Ethics Program and ensure
compliance with ethics laws and regulations. During a review of the
INTERIOR/DOI-03 notice, DOI determined that these records are covered
under two Government-wide system of records notices published by OGE:
OGE/GOVT-1, Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure
Reports and Other Name-Retrieved Ethics Program Records, 84 FR 47303
(September 9, 2019); and OGE/GOVT-2, Executive Branch Confidential
Financial Disclosure Reports, 84 FR 47301 (September 9, 2019).
A Government-wide system of records is a system of records where
one agency has regulatory authority over the records in the custody of
multiple agencies and that agency has the responsibility for publishing
a system of records notice that applies to all of the records
regardless of their custodial location. The two OGE government-wide
system of records notices apply to the records maintained by the DOI
Ethics Program pursuant to ethics laws and regulations. Therefore, DOI
is rescinding the INTERIOR/DOI-03, Financial Interest Statements and
Ethics Counselor Decisions, system of records notice to eliminate an
unnecessary duplicate notice in accordance with the Office of
Management and Budget Circular A-108, Federal Agency Responsibilities
for Review, Reporting, and Publication under the Privacy Act.
Rescinding the INTERIOR/DOI-03, Financial Interest Statements and
Ethics Counselor Decisions, system of records notice will have no
adverse impacts on individuals as the records are covered by OGE/GOVT-
1, Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Reports and
Other Name-Retrieved Ethics Program Records, and OGE/GOVT-2, Executive
Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports, which apply to the
records regardless of their custodial location. This rescindment will
also promote the overall streamlining and management of DOI Privacy Act
systems of records. This notice hereby rescinds the INTERIOR/DOI-03,
Financial Interest Statements and Ethics Counselor Decisions, system of
records notice as identified below.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
INTERIOR/DOI-03, Financial Interest Statements and Ethics Counselor
Decisions.
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HISTORY:
64 FR 18437 (April 14, 1999).
Teri Barnett,
Departmental Privacy Officer, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2021-19170 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
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