[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9757-9758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5238]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.
ACTION: Notice to amend a system of records.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is amending a system of records
notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the
Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
DATES: This proposed action will be effective without further notice on
April 3, 1997, unless comments are received which result in a contrary
determination.
ADDRESSES: Privacy Act Officer, Records Management Division, U.S. Army
Publishing and Records Management Center, ATTN: SAIS-PRP-DR, Stop C55,
Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-5576.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Pat Turner at (703) 806-3389 or
DSN 656-3389.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Army systems of
records notices subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended, have been published in the Federal Register and are available
from the address above.
The specific changes to the record system being amended are set
forth below followed by the notice, as amended, published in its
entirety. The proposed amendments are not within the purview of
subsection (r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,
which requires the submission of a new or altered system report.
Dated: February 26, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
A0025-6USAISC
System Name:
Military Affiliate Radio System (August 3, 1993, 58 FR 41251).
Changes:
System identifier:
Delete entry and replace with `A0025-6USASC'.
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Authority for maintenance of the system:
Delete entry and replace with `10 U.S.C. 3013; DoD Directive
4650.2; and Field Manual 11-490-7'.
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Retrievability:
Add to entry `and amateur and/or MARS call signs'.
Safeguards:
Information is maintained in buildings having security guards and
is accessible only to individuals who have need therefor to perform
their duties. Automated records are further protected by a password
assigned to designated persons.
Retention and disposal:
Delete entry and repace with `Signed receipts are destroyed after 5
years, or 1 year after termination of membership, and then destroyed by
shredding.'
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A0025-6USASC
System Name:
Military Affiliate Radio System.
System location:
U.S. Army Signal Command, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-5000.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Individuals having a valid amateur radio station license issued by
the Federal Communications Commission who apply for membership in the
Army Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS).
Categories of records in the system:
Applicant's name, home address and telephone number, licensing data
and call-sign provided by Federal Communications Commission, Army MARS
call-sign, relevant inquiries/records and reports.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
10 U.S.C. 3013; DoD Directive 4650.2; and Field Manual 11-490-7.
Purpose(s):
To provide a potential reserve of trained radio communications
personnel for military duty when needed and/or to provide auxiliary
communications for military, civil, and/or disaster officials during
periods of emergency.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.
552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information contained
therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
Information may be disclosed to Department of Army and Department
of Defense communication agencies and their authorized contractors in
connection with individual's participation in the Army Military
Affiliate Radio System Program and to federal supply agencies in
connection with individual's participation in the Army MARS Equipment
Program.
The `Blanket Routine Uses' set forth at the beginning of the Army's
compilation of systems of records notices also apply to this system.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining,
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Cards; paper in file folders, computer tapes, discs, listings.
Retrievability:
By member's name, and amateur and/or MARS call signs.
Safeguards:
Information is maintained in buildings having security guards and
is accessible only to individuals who have need therefor to perform
their duties. Automated records are further protected by a password
assigned to designated persons.
Retention and disposal:
Signed receipts are destroyed after 5 years, or 1 year after
termination of membership, and then destroyed by shredding.
System manager(s) and address:
Commander, U.S. Army Signal Command, ATTN: AFSC-OPT-BC, Fort
Huachuca, AZ 95613-5000.
Notification procedure:
Individual seeking to determine whether information about
themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries
to the
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Commander, U.S. Army Signal Command, ATTN: AFSC-OPT-BC, Fort Huachuca,
AZ 95613-5000.
Individual should provide the name under which licensed is the Army
MARS program, amateur and or MARS call sign, present address, call
sign, and signature.
Record access procedures:
Individuals seeking to access records about themselves contained in
this record system should address written inquiries to the Commander,
U.S. Army Signal Command, ATTN: AFSC-OPT-BC, Fort Huachuca, AZ 95613-
5000.
Individual should provide the name under which licensed is the Army
MARS program, amateur and or MARS call sign, present address, call
sign, and signature.
Contesting records procedures:
The Army's rules for accessing records, and for contesting contents
and appealing initial agency determinations are contained in Army
Regulation 340-21; 32 CFR part 505; or may be obtained from the system
manager.
Record source categories:
From the individual and the Federal Communications Commission.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
None.
[FR Doc. 97-5238 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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