The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a proposal to extend an existing information collection effort related to COVID-19 contact tracing, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. This initiative involves gathering information to aid contact tracing within the DHS workforce, which aims to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by identifying those who may have been exposed to the virus at work. The collected data will only be used internally to notify potentially exposed individuals while maintaining privacy. Comments on this proposed extension are welcomed until March 16, 2021.
Simple Explanation
The Department of Homeland Security wants to keep track of people who might catch a bad virus at work to help stop it from spreading. They want to keep doing this and are asking people to tell them what they think about it.