Privacy Impact Assessment (PTA)

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Property Acquisition and Relocation for Open Space

Privacy Impact Assessment (PTA)

OMB: 1660-0103

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The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
703-235-0780, [email protected]
www.dhs.gov/privacy

Privacy Threshold Analysis
Version date: June 10, 2010
Page 1 of 6
PRIVACY THRESHOLD ANALYSIS (PTA)
This form is used to determine whether
a Privacy Impact Assessment is required.

Please use the attached form to determine whether a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is required under
the E-Government Act of 2002 and the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
Please complete this form and send it to your component Privacy Office. If you do not have a component
Privacy Office, please send the PTA to the DHS Privacy Office:
Rebecca J. Richards
Director of Privacy Compliance
The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
Tel: 703-235-0780

[email protected]

Upon receipt from the component Privacy Office, the DHS Privacy Office will review this form. If a PIA
is required, the DHS Privacy Office will send you a copy of the Official Privacy Impact Assessment Guide
and accompanying Template to complete and return.
A copy of the Guide and Template is available on the DHS Privacy Office website, www.dhs.gov/privacy,
on DHSConnect and directly from the DHS Privacy Office via email: [email protected], phone: 703-235-0780.

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
703-235-0780, [email protected]
www.dhs.gov/privacy

Privacy Threshold Analysis
Version date: June 10, 2010
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PRIVACY THRESHOLD ANALYSIS (PTA)
SUMMARY INFORMATION
Date Submitted for Review: June 23, 2011
Name of Project: Property Acquisition and Relocation for Open Space, OMB Control# 1660-0103
System Name in TAFISMA: N/A
Name of Component: DHS/FEMA/Risk Reduction/Grants Policy
Name of Project Manager: Roosevelt Grant
Email for Project Manager: [email protected]
Phone Number for Project Manager: 202-646-4192
Type of Project:
Information Technology and/or System. ∗
A Notice of Proposed Rule Making or a Final Rule.
Form or other Information Collection.
Other: 

∗

The E-Government Act of 2002 defines these terms by reference to the definition sections of Titles 40 and
44 of the United States Code. The following is a summary of those definitions:
•“Information Technology” means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of
equipment, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement,
control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. See 40
U.S.C. § 11101(6).
•“Information System” means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection,
processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. See: 44. U.S.C. §
3502(8).
Note: for purposes of this form, there is no distinction made between national security systems or
technologies/systems managed by contractors. All technologies/systems should be initially reviewed for
potential privacy impact.

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
703-235-0780, [email protected]
www.dhs.gov/privacy

Privacy Threshold Analysis
Version date: June 10, 2010
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SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
1.

Describe the project and its purpose:
FEMA mitigation grant programs require all properties acquired with FEMA funds to be
deed restricted and maintained as open space in perpetuity. This ensures that no future risks
from hazards occur to life or structures on that property, and no future disaster assistance or
insurance payments are made as a result of damages to that property. This collection of
information is necessary to verify voluntary homeowner participation. This information is
not part of an IT system. It is filed in paper form with the State and FEMA project files.

2.

Status of Project:
This is a new development effort.
This is an existing project.
Date first developed: 2/7/08
Date last updated:


3.

From whom do you collect, process, or retain information on: (Please check all that apply)
DHS Employees.
Contractors working on behalf of DHS.
The Public.
The System does not contain any such information.

4.

Do you use or collect Social Security Numbers (SSNs)? (This includes truncated SSNs)
No.
Yes. Why does the program collect SSNs? Provide the function of the SSN and the
legal authority to do so:


5.

What information about individuals could be collected, generated or retained?

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
703-235-0780, [email protected]
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Property address, name and dated signature of property owner, and name and dated
signature of subgrantee.
6.

If this project is a technology/system, does it relate solely to infrastructure? [For example, is
the system a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN)]?
No. Please continue to the next question.
Yes. Is there a log kept of communication traffic?
No. Please continue to the next question.
Yes. What type of data is recorded in the log? (Please choose all that apply.)
Header.
Payload Please describe the data that is logged.


7.

Does the system connect, receive, or share Personally Identifiable Information with any other
DHS systems 1?
No.
Yes.
Please list:

8.

Is there a Certification & Accreditation record within OCIO’s FISMA tracking system?
Unknown.
No.
Yes. Please indicate the determinations for each of the following:

1

Confidentiality:

Low

Moderate

High

Undefined

Integrity:

Low

Moderate

High

Undefined

Availability:

Low

Moderate

High

Undefined

PII may be shared, received, or connected to other DHS systems directly, automatically, or by manual processes.
Often, these systems are listed as “interconnected systems” in TAFISMA.

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
703-235-0780, [email protected]
www.dhs.gov/privacy

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PRIVACY THRESHOLD REVIEW
(TO BE COMPLETED BY THE DHS PRIVACY OFFICE)
Date reviewed by the DHS Privacy Office: July 5, 2011
Name of the DHS Privacy Office Reviewer: Rebecca J. Richards
DESIGNATION
This is NOT a Privacy Sensitive System – the system contains no Personally Identifiable
Information.
This IS a Privacy Sensitive System
Category of System
IT System.
National Security System.
Legacy System.
HR System.
Rule.
Other: Form 81-112
Determination
PTA sufficient at this time.
Privacy compliance documentation determination in progress.
PIA is not required at this time.
PIA is required.
System covered by existing PIA:
New PIA is required.
PIA update is required.
SORN not required at this time.
SORN is required.
System covered by existing SORN: DHS/FEMA-009 Hazard Mitigation
Assistance Grant Programs

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
703-235-0780, [email protected]
www.dhs.gov/privacy

Privacy Threshold Analysis
Version date: June 10, 2010
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New SORN is required.
DHS PRIVACY OFFICE COMMENTS PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR RELOCATION AND OPEN
SPACE (1660-0103) WILL BE COVERAGE UNDER THE DHS/FEMA 009 HAZARD MITIGATION
ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAMS SORN


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