{"abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and as part of the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing effort to review and update legacy system of record notices, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to consolidate four legacy record systems: Treasury/CS.032 Biographical Files (Headquarters), October 18, 2001, FEMA/EX-1 Biographies, September 7, 1990, FEMA/EX-2 President's and Director's Award Nominees, September 7, 1990, and DOT/CG 671 Biographical Statement, April 11, 2000, into one Department-wide system of records. The Department of Homeland Security also proposes to partially consolidate Treasury/USSS.008 Public Affairs Record System, August 28, 2001, into this new record system. This system will allow the Department of Homeland Security to collect and maintain the biographical information of Department of Homeland Security employees and other individuals, as well as Departmental award recipients who are not employed by the Department of Homeland Security. Departmental award recipients who are Department of Homeland Security employees are covered under OPM/GOVT-2 Performance File System Records. Categories of individuals, categories of records, and the routine uses of these legacy system of records notices have been consolidated and updated to better reflect the Department's biographies record systems. This consolidated system, titled Biographies and Awards, will be included in the Department's inventory of record systems.","action":"Notice of Privacy Act system of records.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2008/11/10/E8-26689.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"73 FR 66654","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2008-12-10","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Written comments must be submitted on or before December 10, 2008. This new system will be effective December 10, 2008.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. DHS-2008-0015"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E8-26689","effective_on":"2008-12-10","end_page":66657,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2008/11/10/E8-26689.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/11/10/E8-26689/privacy-act-of-1974-department-of-homeland-security-biographies-and-awards-system-of-records","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E8-26689?publication_date=2008-11-10","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2008-11-10/E8-26689/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":17,"last_updated":"2026-04-03 22:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-11-10/pdf/E8-26689.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2008-11-10","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2008/11/10/E8-26689.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-15T03:19:44Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":66654,"subtype":null,"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Department of Homeland Security Biographies and Awards System of Records","toc_doc":"Privacy Act; Systems of Records","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":73}