Federal Register: November 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 220)
DOCID: FR Doc 05-22639
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Justice Department
AAG ID: [AAG/A Order No. 014-2005]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Pollution control; consent judgments:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Proposed modification.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
DATES: You may submit any comments by December 27, 2005. If no comments are received, the proposal will be implemented without further notice in the Federal Register. The public, OMB, and the Congress are invited to send written comments to Mary Cahill, Management Analyst, Justice Management Division, Management and Planning Staff, Room 1400, National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington DC 20530.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Department of Justice (DOJ), Tax Division, proposes to modify the following systems of records, ``Tax Division Central Classification Cards, Index Docket Cards, and Associated RecordsCriminal Tax Cases, Justice/TAX001,'' previously published in full on February 20, 1998, (63 FR 8659) and amended on March 29, 2001 (66 FR 17200); ``Tax Division Central Classification Cards, Index Docket Cards, and Associated RecordsCivil Tax Cases, Justice/TAX002,'' previously published in full on February 20, 1998, (63 FR 8659) and amended on March 29, 2001 (66 FR 17200) ; ``Files of Applications for Attorney with the Tax Division, Justice/TAX003,'' previously published on September 30, 1977, (42 FR 53390); and to eliminate the system of records, ``Tax Division Special Projects File, Justice/TAX005,'' previously published on September 30, 1977 (42 FR 53391).
Specifically, the proposed Justice/TAX001 modifications are intended to change the system name; to disclose additional details as to what data is kept in paperbased files and in electronicbased files; to provide additional details as to how access to confidential taxpayerrelated information and tax enforcementrelated information is managed; to expand the categories of routine uses; to clarify the policies and practices through which the Justice/TAX001 records are stored and retrieved; and to reflect the adoption of an electronic timekeeping function for Tax Division staff.
The proposed Justice/TAX002 modifications are intended to change the system name; to disclose additional details as to what data is kept in paperbased files and in electronicbased files; to provide additional details as to how access to confidential taxpayerrelated information and tax enforcementrelated information is managed; to expand the categories of routine uses; and to reflect the adoption of an electronic timekeeping function for Tax Division staff.
The proposed Justice/TAX003 modifications are intended to change the system name, to include nonattorney applications; to disclose additional details as to what type of applicant information is maintained; and to show how access to applicant information is managed. Exemptions from the Privacy Act are claimed for this system of records and a separate Proposed Rule is included for publication in the Federal Register.
The proposed deletion of Justice/TAX005 is intended to eliminate a redundancy: many elements of Justice/TAX005 system descriptions and the basis for its descriptionscriminal tax enforcementare shared by Justice/TAX001. Accordingly, the Tax Division believes it is appropriate to add the ``Special Projects'' to the Justice/TAX001 system name, to incorporate the relevant elements of Justice/TAX005 into Justice/TAX001, and to delete Justice/TAX005 on the effective date of the revised system notice for Justice/TAX001.
Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11) provides that the public must be given thirty days in which to comment on proposed new routine use disclosures and other changes as noted above. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which has oversight responsibilities under the Act, requires forty days to conclude its review of proposed changes to the current Tax Division Systems of Records embodied in Justice/TAX001, Justice/TAX002, and Justice/TAX003.
SUMMARY:
Privacy Act; systems of records,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
None.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a, the DOJ has provided a report to
the OMB and the Congress on the modifications to the notices for
Justice/TAX001, 002, and 003 systems of records, the deletion of Justice/TAX005, and the Proposed Rule.
Dated: November 7, 2005.
Paul R. Corts,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
Department of Justice, Tax Division
JUSTICE/TAX001
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Mary Cahill, (202) 307-1823.