[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68376-68377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31689]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[AAG/A Order No 183-99]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

    The Department of Justice is publishing a notice of a new system of 
records: Office of the Inspector General Firearms Qualifications System 
(JUSTICE/ORIG-005), which contains records regarding the weapons 
qualifications, including dates of qualification and scores, of 
criminal investigators employed by the Department's Office of the 
Inspector General (``OIG''). The system is an administrative database 
which supports the OIG's weapons qualification management function. 
Each criminal investigator provides the information in the system about 
his or her weapons qualifications, after the information is certified 
by the appropriate firearms officer.
    5 U.S.C. 552a(e) (4) and (11) provide that the public be given 
thirty days in which to comment. Any comments must be submitted in 
writing to Mary Cahill, Management Analyst, Management and Planning 
Staff, Justice Management Division, Department of Justice, Washington, 
DC 20530 by January 6, 2000.
    As required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) implementing regulations, the Department of Justice has provided 
a report on the proposed changes to OMB and the Congress.

    Dated: November 22, 1999.
Stephen R. Colgate,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration.

    A system notice is as follows:
JUSTICE/OIG-005

System name:
    Office of the Inspector General Firearms Qualification System.

System location:
    U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, 1425 
New York Ave., NW, Suite 7100, Washington, DC 20530 and the 
investigations field offices, the addresses of which are listed on the 
OIG's website at http://www.usdoj.gov/oig.

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Criminal investigators employed by the Department of Justice, 
Office of the Inspector General.

Categories of records in the system:
    Information relating to the weapons qualifications of OIG criminal 
investigators, including dates of qualification and scores.

Authority for maintenance of the system:
    Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended by the Inspector General 
Act of 1988, 5 U.S.C. App. 3, and Attorney General Order 1393-90.

Purpose:
    To capture information relating to the weapons qualifications of 
OIG criminal investigators, including dates of qualifications and 
scores.

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Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
    Records in this system may be disclosed as follows:
    a. Relevant records may be disclosed to an administrative forum, 
including Ad Hoc forums, which may or may not include an Administrative 
Law Judge, and which may or may not convene public hearings/
proceedings, or to other established adjudicatory or regulatory 
agencies, e.g., the Merit Systems Protection Board, or other agencies 
with similar or related statutory responsibilities, where necessary to 
adjudicate decisions affecting individuals who are covered by this 
system, including (but not limited to) decisions to effect any 
necessary remedial actions, e.g., disciplinary and/or other appropriate 
personnel actions.
    b. A record may be disclosed to the National Archives and to the 
General Services Administration during a records management inspection 
conducted under 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.

Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
    Information in this system is stored manually in file jackets and 
electronically in office automation equipment.

Retrievability:
    Information can be retrieved by surname.

Safeguards:
    Information is stored in filing cabinets and office automation 
equipment in secured rooms or in guarded buildings, and is used only by 
authorized, screened personnel. Passwords are required to access the 
automated data.

Retention and disposal:
    Records in this system are retained and disposed of in accordance 
with General Records Schedule 23.

System manager(s) and address:
    Office of the General Counsel, Office of the Inspector General, 
Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 4261, 
Washington, DC 20530-0001.

Notification procedure:
    Address inquiries to the System Manager listed above.

Record access procedures:
    Make requests for access to records from this system in writing to 
the system manager, and clearly mark both the letter and envelope 
``Privacy Act Request.''

Contesting record procedures:
    Make all requests to contest or amend information maintained in the 
system in writing to the system manager. State clearly and concisely 
what information is being contested, the reasons for contesting it, and 
the proposed amendment(s) to the information.

Record source categories:
    Employees of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector 
General.

Systems exempted from certain provisions of the act:
    None.

[FR Doc. 99-31689 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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