Sec. 7. Updates to system of records for hiring actions in the civil service
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and on a regular basis thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide guidance to all Federal departments and agencies to ensure appropriate use of a system of records, including any governmentwide systems of records, to meet the requirements of section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Privacy Act ), in hiring actions in the civil service. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall ensure that any system of records notice updates required pursuant to the guidance provided under subsection
(a)account for any use of newer technologies that capture records (as defined in section 552a(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code) in video, audio, and video/audio combination formats and accommodate maintenance of such video, audio, and video/audio combination records. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall evaluate whether the governmentwide System of Records Notices (referred to in this paragraph as SORNs ) OPM/GOVT–5 Recruiting, Examining, and Placement Records and OPM/GOVT–6 Personnel Research and Test Validation Records , or any successor materials thereto, require updating or revision to implement the purposes of this Act. If the Director, after the evaluation under subparagraph (A), finds that any updates or revisions to the SORNs identified in that subparagraph are necessary and appropriate to support implementation of this Act, the Director shall promptly— issue the updates or revisions; and notify the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives.