Privacy Act Implementation
Privacy Act Implementation
Contact Information: Stacy J. Easter, Privacy Act Officer, telephone (202) 414-3762; David A. Lee, Senior Agency Official for Privacy, telephone (202) 414-3804, (not toll-free numbers), Federal Housing Finance Agency, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services. Additionally, the TDD 1-(800) number referenced in Rulemaking documents attached to this page is obsolete and the 7-1-1 number should be used.
SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is issuing this interim final regulation with a request for comments on changes to its existing Privacy Act regulation. The changes to the existing Privacy Act regulation provide the procedures and guidelines under which FHFA and FHFA Office of Inspector General (FHFA–OIG) will implement the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a) (Privacy Act). The interim final regulation describes the policies and procedures whereby individuals may obtain notification of whether an FHFA or FHFA–OIG system of records contains information about the individual and, if so, how to access or amend a record under the Privacy Act.
DATES: The interim final regulation is effective August 19, 2011. FHFA will accept comments on the interim final regulation on or before October 18, 2011.