Privacy Act of 1974; Federal Emergency Management Agency-001 National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System System of Records

Résumé

Pursuant to the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, and the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Assistance Directorate, Individual Assistance Branch, Emergency Support Function 6-Mass Care section, is establishing a new system of records entitled the Federal Emergency Management Agency--001 National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System. This system of records will enable the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide a nationally accessible electronic system that will allow adults displaced from their homes or pre-disaster location after a Presidentially-declared emergency or disaster to voluntarily register themselves, and to identify up to seven family or household members they agree to allow access to their personal identifying information that may potentially include their current location or a special message to an identified individual. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's system will allow two groups of individuals limited information for the purpose of reuniting them: (1.) Registrants: displaced individuals registered in the system; and