Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

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As required by the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars A-108 and A-130, the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is publishing notice of a modification to an existing Privacy Act system of records. DOE proposes to amend System of Records DOE-4 Form EIA-457 Survey Reports, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). This System of Records Notice (SORN) is being modified to align with new formatting requirements, published by OMB, and to ensure appropriate Privacy Act coverage of business processes and Privacy Act information. In "Categories of Records," the following data elements have been changed: "family size and composition" has been changed to "number of household members" and "number of children in the household." Similarly, "identification number" has been changed to "utility or energy supplier account number associated with the address." "Characteristics of household" has been changed to "physical and structural characteristics of housing unit," and "names and addresses of energy suppliers" has been changed to names and addresses of household energy suppliers." Additional categories of records include: "email address", "geolo