Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

As required by the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars A-108 and A-130, the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is publishing notice of a modification to an existing Privacy Act system of records. DOE proposes to amend System of Records DOE-10 Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act Files. This System of Records Notice (SORN) is being modified to align with new formatting requirements, published by OMB, and to ensure appropriate Privacy Act coverage of business processes and Privacy Act information. This notice also incorporates into the "Routine Uses" section changes required by amendments to The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). While there are no substantive changes to the "Categories of Individuals" or "Categories of Records" sections covered by this SORN, substantive changes have been made to the "System Locations," "Routine Uses," and "Administrative, Technical and Physical Safeguards" sections to provide greater transparency. Changes to "Routine Uses" include new provisions related to responding to breaches of information held under a Privacy Act SORN as required by OMB's Memorandum M-17-12, "Preparing for and Responding to a Breach of Personally Identifiable Information" (January 3, 2017). Changes to routine uses pertaining to EEOICPA have been modified to remove two categories of obsolete users due to the 2004 amendments that repealed the use of physician panels. Three routine uses have been consolidated into one to reduce redundancy. Language throughout the SORN has been updated to align with applicable Federal privacy laws, policies, procedures, and best practices.