0960-AJ09 202510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0960 Social Security Administration SSA Organizational Updates in Our FOIA and Privacy Regulations

This is a nonsubstantive final rule that will make technical amendments to our existing regulations.Our regulation at 20 CFR 401.70 states that the Executive Director for the Office of Privacy and Disclosure (OPD) is the appeal authority on Privacy Act requests.  Under the agency organizational changes, OPD is now titled, Privacy and Disclosure Policy; furthermore, the Executive Director title is now referred to as the Head.  Our regulations must be updated to accurately identify the appropriate personnel serving as the Privacy Act request appeal authority.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulation states that Only the Deputy Executive Director for OPD or their designee is authorized to make determinations about” FOIA requests (20 CFR 402.50) and that The Chief FOIA Officer delegated to the Executive Director for OPD the authority to make decisions on appeals of the FOIA Officer’s determinations” (20 CFR 402.105).  Given agency organizational changes, the OPD is now known as Privacy and Disclosure Policy; furthermore, the Executive Director is now the referred to as the Head and the Deputy Executive Director position is also renamed.  To accurately reflect who at SSA is designated as the FOIA Officer and who has appeal authority, our regulations must be updated.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 20 CFR Part 402.50, 402.105 20 CFR Part 401.70 42 U.S.C. 405, 902(a)(5), and 1306) 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a 18 U.S.C. 1905 26 U.S.C. 6103 31 U.S.C. 9701 42 U.S.C. 1320(b) 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a 8 U.S.C. 1360 26 U.S.C. 6103 30 U.S.C. 923. No Final Action 09/00/2026 No No None No No No No Sarah Reagan 0960 Social Security Administration SSA 410 965-9127 sarah.reagan@ssa.gov 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21235 Keisha Mahoney-Jones Division Director 0960 Social Security Administration SSA 410 966-9048 keisha.mahoney-jones@ssa.gov 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21235-6401