I. Background

DoD, GSA, and NASA published an interim rule in the Federal Register at 75 FR 34286 on June 16, 2010. The interim rule implemented changes from the Department of Labor's (DOL's) final rule, Protecting the Privacy of Workers: Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction, published in the Federal Register at 73 FR 77504 on December 19, 2008, that removed the requirement to submit complete social security numbers and home addresses of individual workers in weekly payroll submissions.

DOL concluded that such disclosure of personal information from the prime contractor was unnecessary and created an increased risk of privacy violations. The public comment period closed on August 16, 2010. No comments were received and, as a result, DoD, GSA, and NASA have determined to adopt the interim rule as final with a minor change to add a DOL updated form WH-347 found at FAR 53.303-WH-347.