DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: PRIVACY ACT OF 1974; IMPLEMENTATION

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Department Of Justice has issued a proposed rule called: Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 7 by Laurence E. Rothenberg, Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, United States Department of Justice.

Summary: In the Notice section of today's Federal Register, the Office of the Pardon Attorney (PARDON), a component within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), has published a notice of a new system of records, Firearms Rights Restoration Electronic Records Database (FRRERD), JUSTICE/OPA-002. In this notice of proposed rulemaking, PARDON proposes to exempt this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act in order t...