Sec. 103. Chief Privacy Officer
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Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 142 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by inserting to be the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department, after in the Department, ; and by striking , to assume and inserting and who shall have ; by amending paragraph
(6)to read as follows: preparing a report to Congress on an annual basis on— activities of the Department that affect privacy, including complaints of privacy violations, implementation of section 554 of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act of 1974), internal controls, and other matters; and the number of new technology programs implemented in the Department each fiscal year, the number of those programs that the Chief Privacy Officer has evaluated to ensure that privacy protections are considered and implemented, the number of those programs that effectively implemented privacy protections into new technology programs, and an explanation of why any new programs did not effectively implement privacy protections. ; by redesignating subsections
(b)through
(e)as subsections
(c)through (f); and by inserting after subsection
(a)the following: In addition to the responsibilities under subsection (a), the Chief Privacy Officer shall— develop guidance to assist components of the Department in developing privacy policies and practices; establish a mechanism to ensure such components are in compliance with Federal, regulatory, statutory, and the Department’s privacy requirements, mandates, directives, and policy; work with the Chief Information Officer of the Department to identify methods for managing and overseeing the Department’s records, management policies, and procedures; work with components and offices of the Department to ensure that information sharing activities incorporate privacy protections; serve as the Department’s central office for managing and processing requests related to section 552 of title 5, United States Code, popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act; develop public guidance on procedures to be followed when making requests for information under section 552 of title 5, United States Code; oversee the management and processing of requests for information under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, within Department Headquarters and relevant Department component offices; identify and eliminate unnecessary and duplicative actions taken by the Department in the course of processing requests for information under section 552 of title 5, United States Code; and carry out such other responsibilities as the Secretary determines are appropriate, consistent with this section. ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may reassign the functions related to managing and processing requests for information under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, to another officer within the Department, consistent with requirements of that section. .
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