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  • 2025-00334 — Privacy Act Regulations
    Type:Rule
    Citation:90 FR 1847
    Reading Time:about 5 minutes

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule amending its Privacy Act regulations. This amendment exempts the Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) National Information Communication Activity System (SNICAS) from certain Privacy Act provisions to help with law enforcement operations. The USDA is also updating its regulations to reflect the consolidation of certain records systems into a single system. The rule takes effect on February 10, 2025, and does not impose any new reporting requirements for small businesses.

    Simple Explanation

    The USDA has made a new rule letting it keep some information about stopping smuggling secret, and they also organized some of their record-keeping. This change doesn't make more work for small businesses, but doesn't say much about how it affects people's privacy.

  • 2025-02485 — Privacy Act Regulations; Delay of Effective Date
    Type:Rule
    Citation:90 FR 9283
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has postponed the effective date of a new rule concerning privacy for certain records systems until April 11, 2025. This rule was originally set to take effect on February 10, 2025, and involves exempting a USDA records system from some Privacy Act provisions to avoid interfering with law enforcement. This delay allows further review and aligns with a presidential memorandum that calls for regulatory review. The action uses a legal exemption that allows the immediate delay without public comment.

    Simple Explanation

    The government is delaying a new rule about keeping certain records private, giving them more time to think about it until April 11, 2025, instead of starting it on February 10, 2025. They decided to wait because they want to make sure everything is right, and they didn't ask people what they thought about the delay because they said it wouldn't make sense to.

  • 2025-02484 — Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records; Delay of Effective Date
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 9301
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has announced a delay in the implementation of a set of record exemptions related to the Privacy Act. Originally set to be effective from January 10, 2025, these exemptions will now be postponed until April 11, 2025, following a regulatory freeze directive from the President. The records pertain to the Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance National Information Communication Activity System (SNICAS), which tracks activities to prevent illegal importation of commodities. The delay allows APHIS to further review the exemptions, which restrict public access to certain law enforcement records.

    Simple Explanation

    The USDA is taking more time to make certain records about stopping illegal imports secret until they make sure everything is okay with the rules, so they are waiting until April 2025 instead of January 2025 to do this. The President asked them to pause and review the changes to make sure they fit the regulations.