[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57254-57255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27985]



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POSTAL SERVICE


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of the addition of a new routine use to an existing 
system of records.

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SUMMARY: This document publishes notice of the addition of a new 
routine use to Privacy Act system of records USPS 080.010, Inspection 
Requirements--Investigative File System. This new routine use permits 
the disclosure of information on computer bulletin boards by the Postal 
Inspection Service in the performance of an authorized activity to 
elicit information or cooperation from users of such bulletin boards. 
It also permits the Postal Inspection Service to alert users of such 
bulletin boards of possible criminal activity for which the Postal 
Inspection Service has authority to investigate and about which it has 
obtained credible information.

DATES: This proposal will become effective without further notice 
December 26, 1995, unless comments received on or before that date 
result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed or delivered to Records 
Office, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 8650, 
Washington, DC 20260-5240. Copies of all written comments received will 
be available for public inspection and photocopying between 8:15 a.m. 
and 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Peak, Records Office, (202) 268-
2601.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (e)(11) of the 
Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Postal Service is publishing a 
notice of a new routine use of its system of records USPS 080.010, 
Inspection Requirements-- Investigative File System. This system 
contains information on the investigation of criminal, civil, or 
administrative matters, including employee and contractor background 
investigations. This new routine use permits disclosure of an 
individual's identity and conduct 

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on computer bulletin boards shared by non-law enforcement organizations 
or individuals in the public and private sectors.
    The Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement arm of the 
Postal Service (18 U.S.C. 3061). This new routine use would allow the 
Postal Inspection Service to elicit from users of computer bulletin 
boards information or cooperation required to perform an authorized 
activity, or to alert users of possible criminal activity for which the 
Postal Inspection Service has authority to investigate and about which 
it has obtained credible information.
    This new use will also directly benefit the anti-crime efforts of 
the Postal Inspection Service and organizations that are customers of 
the Postal Service, such as credit card issuers, health care providers, 
and insurance carriers. Currently, the Postal Inspection Service is 
working with these organizations to detect and prevent fraud and mail-
related crimes.
    In addition to assisting the Postal Inspection Service in its 
detection and apprehension efforts, the information to be disclosed on 
the bulletin boards by this new routine use will help prevent fraud by 
alerting users of the bulletin boards with information about a 
particular criminal activity within their industries.
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and paragraph 4.c.(1)(f) of Appendix 1 
of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-130, Federal Information 
Resources Management, interested persons are invited to submit written 
data, views, or arguments on this proposal. A report of the proposed 
system has been sent to Congress and to the Office of Management and 
Budget for their evaluation.

New Routine Use

    The most recent description of USPS 080.010 appears at 54 FR 11798, 
dated March 20, 1991. It is proposed that routine use No. 12 be added 
to that system description as follows:
USPS 080.010
    Inspection Requirements--Investigative File System, 080.010.
    39 U.S.C. 404, 18 U.S.C. 3061, and 5 U.S.C., App. 3.
    General routine use statements a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j, k, l, and 
m listed in the prefatory statement at the beginning of the Postal 
Service's published system notices apply to this system. Other routine 
uses are as follows:
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[Add:]
    12. A record from this system may be disclosed on an electronic 
bulletin board to organizations or individuals in the public or private 
sectors that share in the bulletin board, provided that the disclosure 
is deemed necessary: (1) To elicit information or cooperation from 
these organizations or individuals for use by the Postal Inspection 
Service in the performance of an authorized activity; or (2) to alert 
these organizations or individuals of possible criminal activity for 
which the Postal Inspection Service has authority to investigate and 
about which it has obtained credible information.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 95-27985 Filed 11-13 -95; 8:45 am]
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