Privacy Act; exempt record system--HHS. Final rule.

Abstract

The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services maintains a system of records entitled "Complaint Files and Log. HHS/OC/OCR." The Department is exempting this system from certain provisions of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. The exemption is authorized by subsection (k)(2) of the Privacy Act, which applies to investigative materials compiled for law enforcement purposes. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is authorized to gather information for civil and administrative law enforcement purposes pursuant to several statutes requiring nondiscrimination in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance. In order to maintain the integrity of the OCR investigative process and to assure that OCR will be able to obtain access to complete and accurate information, the Department is exempting this system, under subsection (k)(2), from the notification, access, correction and amendment provisions of the Privacy Act.