TREASURY DIRECTIVE 12-52

Date: October 8, 1996

Sunset Review: October 8, l998

Expiration Date: October 8, 1999

SUBJECT: Approval of Privacy Act Documents

1. DELEGATION. By virtue of the authority vested in the Assistant Secretary (Management) and Chief Financial Officer Order (TO) 101-05, I hereby delegate to the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration) the authority to approve, on behalf of the Department, subject to Treasury Directive (TD) 28-01, the notices, determinations and regulations required to be published by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This includes the authority to ratify, where necessary, any such notice or regulation previously issued.

2. REDELEGATION. The authority delegated in paragraph 1. may not be redelegated. During the absence of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration), notices, determinations and regulations required shall be approved by the Assistant Secretary (Management) and Chief Financial Officer.

3. AUTHORITY. TO 101-5, "Reporting Relationships and Supervision of Officials, Offices and Bureaus, Delegations of Certain Authority, and Order of Succession in the Department of the Treasury."

4. REFERENCES.

a. TD 28-01, "Preparation and Review of Regulations."

b. TD 25-04, "The Privacy Act of 1974, As Amended."

c. TD 25-03, ''Filing Documents for Publication with the Office of the Federal Register."

5. EXPIRATION DATE. This Directive expires three years from the date of issuance unless superseded or canceled prior to that date.

6. OFFICE OF PRIMARY INTEREST. Disclosure Services, Administrative Operations Division, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration), Office of the Assistant Secretary (Management) and Chief Financial Officer.