E8-20016. Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary, DHS.

ACTION:

Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will meet on September 17, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. This meeting will be open to the public.

DATES:

The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. Please note that the meeting may close early if the committee has completed its business.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held in a conference room in the Hampton Inn Tropicana and Southwest Event Center, 4975 Dean Martin Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89118. Send written materials, comments, and requests to make oral presentations to Ken Hunt, Executive Director, Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528. Written materials, comments, and requests to make oral presentations at the meeting should reach the contact person listed by September 8, 2008. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each member of the committee prior to the meeting should reach the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, below, by September 8, 2008. Persons wishing to make comments or who are unable to attend or speak at the meeting may submit comments at any time. All submissions received must include the docket number DHS-2008-0087 and may be submitted by any one of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow instructions for submitting comments on the Web site.
• E-mail: [e-mail]. Include docket number in the subject line of the message.
• Fax: [phone].
• Mail: Mr. Ken Hunt, Executive Director, Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the words “Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee” and the docket number: DHS-2008-0087. Comments received will also be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.

Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received by the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Committee, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy Officer, or Ken Hunt, Executive Director, Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528, by telephone [phone] or by fax [phone], or by e-mail [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463).

During the meeting, the DHS Chief Privacy Officer will provide an update on the activities of the DHS Privacy Office. In the morning session, the Committee will hear an update on privacy activities within the Las Vegas fusion center and from a panel of newly appointed DHS component privacy officers and privacy points of contact. In the afternoon, representatives of the Department's Science and Technology Directorate will brief the Committee on research and development activities at the Department having an impact on privacy. A tentative agenda is posted on the Privacy Advisory Committee Web site at http://www.dhs.gov/​privacy.

At the discretion of the Chair, members of the public may make brief (i.e. , no more than three minutes) oral presentations from 4 p.m.-4:20 p.m. If you would like to make an oral presentation at the meeting, please register in advance or sign up on the day of the meeting. If you would like a copy of your material(s) distributed to each member of the committee in advance, please submit 22 copies to Ken Hunt by September 8, 2008.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

For information on facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact Ken Hunt as soon as possible.

Dated: August 21, 2008.

John Kropf,

Deputy Chief Privacy Officer.