Privacy Act; Implementation

The National Security Agency/Central Security Services (NSA/ CSS) is revising its Privacy Act Program procedural and exemption rules. Revisions include updating the responsibilities assigned to NSA/ CSS personnel, and establishing a queue to process Privacy Act requests. Requesters will no longer be required to wait a long period of time to learn that the Agency has a no records responsive to their requests or to obtain records that require minimal review. The NSA/CSS exemption rules have been revised to add specific subsections of 5 U.S.C. 552a from which information may be exempt, and to add the reasons for taking the specific subsections.

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