Non-applicability Privacy Act

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

DATE:

October 14, 2009

TO:

Anne M. Hartman, Health Statistician
RFMMB, ARP, DCCPS, NCI

FROM:

Nifi Privacy Act Officer

SUBJECT: Non-applicability of the Privacy Act

I have reviewed your submission to 0MB requesting approval for the “Next Series of Tobacco
Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)(NCI)”
The Census Bureau will collect the data for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the
National Cancer Institute (NCI). NCI will receive, through its interagency agreement with the
Census Bureau, a data set devoid of personal identifiers. Since personal identifiers are not
collected and used to retrieve information about individuals, the Privacy Act does not apply.
If you have any questions, please contact my office at (301) 496-2832.

/fiLL
Karen M. Plá