[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31974-31980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12833]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Logistics Agency


Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency, DoD.

ACTION: Notice to alter a system of records.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to alter a system of 
records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the 
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
    The alteration will allow the disclosure of records to the Bureau 
of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security, for purposes of facilitating the verification of individuals 
who may be eligible for expedited naturalization; and to Federal and 
State agencies, including their contractors and grantees, for purposes 
of providing military wage, training, and educational information, so 
that Federal reporting requirements can be satisfied.

DATES: This action will be effective without further notice on July 8, 
2004, unless comments are received that would result in a contrary 
determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Privacy Act Officer, Headquarters, 
Defense Logistics Agency, Attn: DSS-B, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 
6220, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Susan Salus at (703) 767-6183.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Logistics Agency notices for 
systems of records 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 proposed system report, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was submitted on May 28, 2004, to the 
House Committee on Government Reform, the Senate Committee on 
Governmental Affairs, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130, 
`Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About 
Individuals,' dated February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427).


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    Dated: June 2, 2004.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
S322.10 DMDC

System name:
    Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base (December 26, 2002, 67 FR 
78781).

Changes:
* * * * *

Categories of records in the system:
    Add to entry `citizenship data'.
* * * * *
    Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
    In Routine Use 9, replace `Transportation (DOT)' with 
`Homeland Security.'
    Add two new routine uses `24. To the Bureau of Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, for purposes of 
facilitating the verification of individuals who may be eligible for 
expedited naturalization (Pub. L. 108-136, section 1701, and E.O. 
13269, Expedited Naturalization).
    25. To Federal and State agencies, as well as their contractors and 
grantees, for purposes of providing military wage, training, and 
educational information so that Federal reporting requirements, as 
mandated by statute, such as the Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. 
2801, et seq.) and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 2301, et seq.) can be satisfied.'
* * * * *
S322.10 DMDC

System name:
    Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base.

System location:
    Primary location: Naval Postgraduate School Computer Center, Naval 
Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943-5000.
    Back-up location: Defense Manpower Data Center, DoD Center Monterey 
Bay, 400 Gigling Road, Seaside, CA 93955-6771.

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    All Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps officer and enlisted 
personnel who served on active duty from July 1, 1968, and after or who 
have been a member of a reserve component since July 1975; retired 
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps officer and enlisted personnel; 
active and retired Coast Guard personnel; active and retired members of 
the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; active and retired members of the commissioned corps of 
the Public Health Service; participants in Project 100,000 and Project 
Transition, and the evaluation control groups for these programs. All 
individuals examined to determine eligibility for military service at 
an Armed Forces Entrance and Examining Station from July 1, 1970, and 
later.
    Current and former DoD civilian employees since January 1, 1972. 
All veterans who have used the GI Bill education and training 
employment services office since January 1, 1971. All veterans who have 
used GI Bill education and training entitlements, who visited a State 
employment service office since January 1, 1971, or who participated in 
a Department of Labor special program since July 1, 1971. All 
individuals who ever participated in an educational program sponsored 
by the U.S. Armed Forces Institute and all individuals who ever 
participated in the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Testing Programs 
at the high school level since September 1969.
    Individuals who responded to various paid advertising campaigns 
seeking enlistment information since July 1, 1973; participants in the 
Department of Health and Human Services National Longitudinal Survey.
    Individuals responding to recruiting advertisements since January 
1987; survivors of retired military personnel who are eligible for or 
currently receiving disability payments or disability income 
compensation from the Department of Veteran Affairs; surviving spouses 
of active or retired deceased military personnel; 100% disabled 
veterans and their survivors; survivors of retired Coast Guard 
personnel; and survivors of retired officers of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service who are 
eligible for or are currently receiving Federal payments due to the 
death of the retiree.
    Individuals receiving disability compensation from the Department 
of Veteran Affairs or who are covered by a Department of Veteran 
Affairs' insurance or benefit program; dependents of active and retired 
members of the Uniformed Services, selective service registrants.
    Individuals receiving a security background investigation as 
identified in the Defense Central Index of Investigation. Former 
military and civilian personnel who are employed by DoD contractors and 
are subject to the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2397.
    All Federal (non-postal) civilian employees and all Federal 
civilian retirees.
    All non-appropriated funded individuals who are employed by the 
Department of Defense.
    Individuals who were or may have been the subject of tests 
involving chemical or biological human-subject testing; and individuals 
who have inquired or provided information to the Department of Defense 
concerning such testing.
    Individuals who are authorized Web access to DMDC computer systems 
and databases.

Categories of records in the system:
    Computerized personnel/employment/pay records consisting of name, 
Service Number, Selective Service Number, Social Security Number, 
citizenship data, compensation data, demographic information such as 
home town, age, sex, race, and educational level; civilian occupational 
information; performance ratings of DoD civilian employees and military 
members; reasons given for leaving military service or DoD civilian 
service; civilian and military acquisition work force warrant location, 
training and job specialty information; military personnel information 
such as rank, assignment/deployment, length of service, military 
occupation, aptitude scores, post-service education, training, and 
employment information for veterans; participation in various in-
service education and training programs; date of award of certification 
of military experience and training; military hospitalization and 
medical treatment, immunization, and pharmaceutical dosage records; 
home and work addresses; and identities of individuals involved in 
incidents of child and spouse abuse, and information about the nature 
of the abuse and services provided.
    CHAMPUS claim records containing enrollee, patient and health care 
facility, provided data such as cause of treatment, amount of payment, 
name and Social Security or tax identification number of providers or 
potential providers of care.
    Selective Service System registration data.
    Department of Veteran Affairs disability payment records.
    Credit or financial data as required for security background 
investigations.
    Criminal history information on individuals who subsequently enter 
the military.
    Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Central Personnel Data File 
(CPDF), an extract from OPM/GOVT-1,

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General Personnel Records, containing employment/personnel data on all 
Federal employees consisting of name, Social Security Number, date of 
birth, sex, work schedule (full-time, part-time, intermittent), annual 
salary rate (but not actual earnings), occupational series, position 
occupied, agency identifier, geographic location of duty station, 
metropolitan statistical area, and personnel office identifier. Extract 
from OPM/CENTRAL-1, Civil Service Retirement and Insurance Records, 
including postal workers covered by Civil Service Retirement, 
containing Civil Service Claim number, date of birth, name, provision 
of law retired under, gross annuity, length of service, annuity 
commencing date, former employing agency and home address. These 
records provided by OPM for approved computer matching.
    Non-appropriated fund employment/personnel records consist of 
Social Security Number, name, and work address.
    Military drug test records containing the Social Security Number, 
date of specimen collection, date test results reported, reason for 
test, test results, base/area code, unit, service, status (active/
reserve), and location code of testing laboratory.
    Names of individuals, as well as DMDC assigned identification 
numbers, and other user-identifying data, such as organization, Social 
Security Number, e-mail address, phone number, of those having Web 
access to DMDC computer systems and databases, to include dates and 
times of access.

Authority for maintenance of the system:
    5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations; 5 U.S.C. App. 3 (Pub. L. 
95-452, as amended (Inspector General Act of 1978)); 10 U.S.C. 136, 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; 10 U.S.C. 1562, 
Database on Domestic Violence Incidents; Pub. L. 106-265, Federal Long-
Term Care Insurance; 10 U.S.C. 2358, Research and Development Projects; 
and E.O. 9397 (SSN).

Purpose(s):
    The purpose of the system of records is to provide a single central 
facility within the Department of Defense to assess manpower trends, 
support personnel and readiness functions, to perform longitudinal 
statistical analyses, identify current and former DoD civilian and 
military personnel for purposes of detecting fraud and abuse of pay and 
benefit programs, to register current and former DoD civilian and 
military personnel and their authorized dependents for purposes of 
obtaining medical examination, treatment or other benefits to which 
they are qualified, and to collect debts owed to the United States 
Government and State and local governments.
    Information will be used by agency officials and employees, or 
authorized contractors, and other DoD Components in the preparation of 
the histories of human chemical or biological testing or exposure; to 
conduct scientific studies or medical follow-up programs; to respond to 
Congressional and Executive branch inquiries; and to provide data or 
documentation relevant to the testing or exposure of individuals.
    All records in this record system are subject to use in authorized 
computer matching programs within the Department of Defense and with 
other Federal agencies or non-Federal agencies as regulated by the 
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a).
    Military drug test records will be maintained and used to conduct 
longitudinal, statistical, and analytical studies and computing 
demographic reports on military personnel. No personal identifiers will 
be included in the demographic data reports. All requests for Service-
specific drug testing demographic data will be approved by the Service 
designated drug testing program office. All requests for DoD-wide drug 
testing demographic data will be approved by the DoD Coordinator for 
Drug Enforcement Policy and Support, 1510 Defense Pentagon, Washington, 
DC 20301-1510.
    DMDC Web usage data will be used to validate continued need for 
user access to DMDC computer systems and databases, to address problems 
associated with Web access, and to ensure that access is only for 
official purposes.

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:
    1. To the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA):
    a. To provide military personnel and pay data for present and 
former military personnel for the purpose of evaluating use of veterans 
benefits, validating benefit eligibility and maintaining the health and 
well being of veterans and their family members.
    b. To provide identifying military personnel data to the DVA and 
its insurance program contractor for the purpose of notifying 
separating eligible Reservists of their right to apply for Veteran's 
Group Life Insurance coverage under the Veterans Benefits Improvement 
Act of 1996 (38 U.S.C. 1968).
    c. To register eligible veterans and their dependents for DVA 
programs.
    d. To conduct computer matching programs regulated by the Privacy 
Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), for the purpose of:
    (1) Providing full identification of active duty military 
personnel, including full-time National Guard/Reserve support 
personnel, for use in the administration of DVA's Compensation and 
Pension benefit program. The information is used to determine continued 
eligibility for DVA disability compensation to recipients who have 
returned to active duty so that benefits can be adjusted or terminated 
as required and steps taken by DVA to collect any resulting over 
payment (38 U.S.C. 5304(c)).
    (2) Providing military personnel and financial data to the Veterans 
Benefits Administration, DVA for the purpose of determining initial 
eligibility and any changes in eligibility status to insure proper 
payment of benefits for GI Bill education and training benefits by the 
DVA under the Montgomery GI Bill (Title 10 U.S.C., Chapter 1606--
Selected Reserve and Title 38 U.S.C., Chapter 30--Active Duty). The 
administrative responsibilities designated to both agencies by the law 
require that data be exchanged in administering the programs.
    (3) Providing identification of reserve duty, including full-time 
support National Guard/Reserve military personnel, to the DVA, for the 
purpose of deducting reserve time served from any DVA disability 
compensation paid or waiver of VA benefit. The law (10 U.S.C. 12316) 
prohibits receipt of reserve pay and DVA compensation for the same time 
period, however, it does permit waiver of DVA compensation to draw 
reserve pay.
    (4) Providing identification of former active duty military 
personnel who received separation payments to the DVA for the purpose 
of deducting such repayment from any DVA disability compensation paid. 
The law requires recoupment of severance payments before DVA disability 
compensation can be paid (10 U.S.C. 1174).
    (5) Providing identification of former military personnel and 
survivor's financial benefit data to DVA for the purpose of identifying 
military retired pay and survivor benefit payments for use in the 
administration of the DVA's Compensation and Pension program (38

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U.S.C. 5106). The information is to be used to process all DVA award 
actions more efficiently, reduce subsequent overpayment collection 
actions, and minimize erroneous payments.
    e. To provide identifying military personnel data to the DVA for 
the purpose of notifying such personnel of information relating to 
educational assistance as required by the Veterans Programs Enhancement 
Act of 1998 (38 U.S.C. 3011 and 3034).
    2. To the Office of Personnel Management (OPM):
    a. Consisting of personnel/employment/financial data for the 
purpose of carrying out OPM's management functions. Records disclosed 
concern pay, benefits, retirement deductions and any other information 
necessary for those management functions required by law (Pub. L. 83-
598, 84-356, 86-724, 94-455 and 5 U.S.C. 1302, 2951, 3301, 3372, 4118, 
8347).
    b. To conduct computer matching programs regulated by the Privacy 
Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a) for the purpose of:
    (1) Exchanging personnel and financial information on certain 
military retirees, who are also civilian employees of the Federal 
government, for the purpose of identifying those individuals subject to 
a limitation on the amount of military retired pay they can receive 
under the Dual Compensation Act (5 U.S.C. 5532), and to permit 
adjustments of military retired pay by the Defense Finance and 
Accounting Service and to take steps to recoup excess of that permitted 
under the dual compensation and pay cap restrictions.
    (2) Exchanging personnel and financial data on civil service 
annuitants (including disability annuitants under age 60) who are 
reemployed by DoD to insure that annuities of DoD reemployed annuitants 
are terminated where applicable, and salaries are correctly offset 
where applicable as required by law (5 U.S.C. 8331, 8344, 8401 and 
8468).
    (3) Exchanging personnel and financial data to identify individuals 
who are improperly receiving military retired pay and credit for 
military service in their civil service annuities, or annuities based 
on the `guaranteed minimum' disability formula. The match will identify 
and/or prevent erroneous payments under the Civil Service Retirement 
Act (CSRA) 5 U.S.C. 8331 and the Federal Employees' Retirement System 
Act (FERSA) 5 U.S.C. 8411. DoD's legal authority for monitoring retired 
pay is 10 U.S.C. 1401.
    (4) Exchanging civil service and Reserve military personnel data to 
identify those individuals of the Reserve forces who are employed by 
the Federal government in a civilian position. The purpose of the match 
is to identify those particular individuals occupying critical 
positions as civilians and cannot be released for extended active duty 
in the event of mobilization. Employing Federal agencies are informed 
of the reserve status of those affected personnel so that a choice of 
terminating the position or the reserve assignment can be made by the 
individual concerned. The authority for conducting the computer match 
is contained in E.O. 11190, Providing for the Screening of the Ready 
Reserve of the Armed Services.
    3. To the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the purpose of 
obtaining home addresses to contact Reserve component members for 
mobilization purposes and for tax administration. For the purpose of 
conducting aggregate statistical analyses on the impact of DoD 
personnel of actual changes in the tax laws and to conduct aggregate 
statistical analyses to lifestream earnings of current and former 
military personnel to be used in studying the comparability of civilian 
and military pay benefits. To aid in administration of Federal Income 
Tax laws and regulations, to identify non-compliance and delinquent 
filers.
    4. To the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS):
    a. To the Office of the Inspector General, DHHS, for the purpose of 
identification and investigation of DoD employees and military members 
who may be improperly receiving funds under the Aid to Families of 
Dependent Children Program.
    b. To the Office of Child Support Enforcement, Federal Parent 
Locator Service, DHHS, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653 and 653a; to assist in 
locating individuals for the purpose of establishing parentage; 
establishing, setting the amount of, modifying, or enforcing child 
support obligations; or enforcing child custody or visitation orders; 
and for conducting computer matching as authorized by E.O. 12953 to 
facilitate the enforcement of child support owed by delinquent obligors 
within the entire civilian Federal government and the Uniformed 
Services work force (active and retired). Identifying delinquent 
obligors will allow State Child Support Enforcement agencies to 
commence wage withholding or other enforcement actions against the 
obligors.


    Note 1: Information requested by DHHS is not disclosed when it 
would contravene U.S. national policy or security interests (42 
U.S.C. 653(e)).


    Note 2: Quarterly wage information is not disclosed for those 
individuals performing intelligence or counter-intelligence 
functions and a determination is made that disclosure could endanger 
the safety of the individual or compromise an ongoing investigation 
or intelligence mission (42 U.S.C. 653(n)).


    c. To the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), DHHS for the 
purpose of monitoring HCFA reimbursement to civilian hospitals for 
Medicare patient treatment. The data will ensure no Department of 
Defense physicians, interns, or residents are counted for HCFA 
reimbursement to hospitals.
    d. To the Center for Disease Control and the National Institutes of 
Mental Health, DHHS, for the purpose of conducting studies concerned 
with the health and well being of active duty, reserve, and retired 
personnel or veterans, to include family members.
    5. To the Social Security Administration (SSA):
    a. To the Office of Research and Statistics for the purpose of (1) 
conducting statistical analyses of impact of military service and use 
of GI Bill benefits on long term earnings, and (2) obtaining current 
earnings data on individuals who have voluntarily left military service 
or DoD civil employment so that analytical personnel studies regarding 
pay, retention and benefits may be conducted.

    Note 3: Earnings data obtained from the SSA and used by DoD does 
not contain any information that identifies the individual about 
whom the earnings data pertains.


    b. To the Bureau of Supplemental Security Income for the purpose of 
verifying information provided to the SSA by applicants and recipients/
beneficiaries, who are retired members of the Uniformed Services or 
their survivors, for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Special 
Veterans' Benefits (SVB). By law (42 U.S.C. 1006 and 1383), the SSA is 
required to verify eligibility factors and other relevant information 
provided by the SSI or SVB applicant from independent or collateral 
sources and obtain additional information as necessary before making 
SSI or SVB determinations of eligibility, payment amounts, or 
adjustments thereto.
    c. To the Client Identification Branch for the purpose of 
validating the assigned Social Security Number for individuals in DoD 
personnel and pay files, using the SSA Enumeration Verification System 
(EVS).

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    6. To the Selective Service System (SSS) for the purpose of 
facilitating compliance of members and former members of the Armed 
Forces, both active and reserve, with the provisions of the Selective 
Service registration regulations (50 U.S.C. App. 451 and E.O. 11623).
    7. To DoD Civilian Contractors and grantees for the purpose of 
performing research on manpower problems for statistical analyses.
    8. To the Department of Labor (DOL) to reconcile the accuracy of 
unemployment compensation payments made to former DoD civilian 
employees and military members by the states. To the Department of 
Labor to survey military separations to determine the effectiveness of 
programs assisting veterans to obtain employment.
    9. To the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) of the Department of Homeland 
Security to conduct computer matching programs regulated by the Privacy 
Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), for the purpose of exchanging 
personnel and financial information on certain retired USCG military 
members, who are also civilian employees of the Federal government, for 
the purpose of identifying those individuals subject to a limitation on 
the amount of military pay they can receive under the Dual Compensation 
Act (5 U.S.C. 5532), and to permit adjustments of military retired pay 
by the U.S. Coast Guard and to take steps to recoup excess of that 
permitted under the dual compensation and pay cap restrictions.
    10. To the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to 
provide data contained in this record system that includes the name, 
Social Security Number, salary and retirement pay for the purpose of 
verifying continuing eligibility in HUD's assisted housing programs 
maintained by the Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and subsidized 
multi-family project owners or management agents. Data furnished will 
be reviewed by HUD or the PHAs with the technical assistance from the 
HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to determine whether the 
income reported by tenants to the PHA or subsidized multi-family 
project owner or management agent is correct and complies with HUD and 
PHA requirements.
    11. To Federal and Quasi-Federal agencies, territorial, state, and 
local governments to support personnel functions requiring data on 
prior military service credit for their employees or for job 
applications. To determine continued eligibility and help eliminate 
fraud and abuse in benefit programs and to collect debts and over 
payments owed to these programs. To assist in the return of unclaimed 
property or assets escheated to States of civilian employees and 
military member and to provide members and former members with 
information and assistance regarding various benefit entitlements, such 
as State bonuses for veterans, etc. Information released includes name, 
Social Security Number, and military or civilian address of 
individuals. To detect fraud, waste and abuse pursuant to the authority 
contained in the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L. 95-
452) for the purpose of determining eligibility for, and/or continued 
compliance with, any Federal benefit program requirements.
    12. To private consumer reporting agencies to comply with the 
requirements to update security clearance investigations of DoD 
personnel.
    13. To consumer reporting agencies to obtain current addresses of 
separated military personnel to notify them of potential benefits 
eligibility.
    14. To Defense contractors to monitor the employment of former DoD 
employees and members subject to the provisions of 41 U.S.C. 423.
    15. To financial depository institutions to assist in locating 
individuals with dormant accounts in danger of reverting to state 
ownership by escheatment for accounts of DoD civilian employees and 
military members.
    16. To any Federal, State or local agency to conduct authorized 
computer matching programs regulated by the Privacy Act of 1974, as 
amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a) for the purposes of identifying and locating 
delinquent debtors for collection of a claim owed the Department of 
Defense or the United States Government under the Debt Collection Act 
of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365) and the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 
1996 (Pub. L. 104-134).
    17. To State and local law enforcement investigative agencies to 
obtain criminal history information for the purpose of evaluating 
military service performance and security clearance procedures (10 
U.S.C. 2358).
    18. To the United States Postal Service to conduct computer 
matching programs regulated by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 
U.S.C. 552a), for the purposes of:
    a. Exchanging civil service and Reserve military personnel data to 
identify those individuals of the Reserve forces who are employed by 
the Federal government in a civilian position. The purpose of the match 
is to identify those particular individuals occupying critical 
positions as civilians and who cannot be released for extended active 
duty in the event of mobilization. The Postal Service is informed of 
the reserve status of those affected personnel so that a choice of 
terminating the position on the reserve assignment can be made by the 
individual concerned. The authority for conducting the computer match 
is contained in E.O. 11190, Providing for the Screening of the Ready 
Reserve of the Armed Forces.
    b. Exchanging personnel and financial information on certain 
military retirees who are also civilian employees of the Federal 
government, for the purpose of identifying those individuals subject to 
a limitation on the amount of retired military pay they can receive 
under the Dual Compensation Act (5 U.S.C. 5532), and permit adjustments 
to military retired pay to be made by the Defense Finance and 
Accounting Service and to take steps to recoup excess of that permitted 
under the dual compensation and pay cap restrictions.
    19. To the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH), which includes the 
United States Soldier's and Airmen's Home (USSAH) and the United States 
Naval Home (USNH) for the purpose of verifying Federal payment 
information (military retired or retainer pay, civil service annuity, 
and compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs) currently 
provided by the residents for computation of their monthly fee and to 
identify any unreported benefit payments as required by the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991, Pub. L. 101-510 (24 U.S.C. 414).
    20. To Federal and Quasi-Federal agencies, territorial, state and 
local governments, and contractors and grantees for the purpose of 
supporting research studies concerned with the health and well being of 
active duty, reserve, and retired personnel or veterans, to include 
family members. DMDC will disclose information from this system of 
records for research purposes when DMDC:
    a. Has determined that the use or disclosure does not violate legal 
or policy limitations under which the record was provided, collected, 
or obtained;
    b. Has determined that the research purpose (1) cannot be 
reasonably accomplished unless the record is provided in individually 
identifiable form, and (2) warrants the risk to the privacy of the 
individual that additional exposure of the record might bring;
    c. Has required the recipient to (1) establish reasonable 
administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to prevent 
unauthorized use or disclosure of the record, and (2) remove or destroy

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the information that identifies the individual at the earliest time at 
which removal or destruction can be accomplished consistent with the 
purpose of the research project, unless the recipient has presented 
adequate justification of a research or health nature for retaining 
such information, and (3) make no further use or disclosure of the 
record except (A) in emergency circumstances affecting the health or 
safety of any individual, (B) for use in another research project, 
under these same conditions, and with written authorization of the 
Department, (C) for disclosure to a properly identified person for the 
purpose of an audit related to the research project, if information 
that would enable research subjects to be identified is removed or 
destroyed at the earliest opportunity consistent with the purpose of 
the audit, or (D) when required by law;
    d. Has secured a written statement attesting to the recipient's 
understanding of, and willingness to abide by these provisions.
    21. To the Educational Testing Service, American College Testing, 
and like organizations for purposes of obtaining testing, academic, 
socioeconomic, and related demographic data so that analytical 
personnel studies of the Department of Defense civilian and military 
workforce can be conducted.

    Note 4: Data obtained from such organizations and used by DoD 
does not contain any information that identifies the individual 
about whom the data pertains.


    22. To Federal and State agencies for purposes of obtaining 
socioeconomic information on Armed Forces personnel so that analytical 
studies can be conducted with a view to assessing the present needs and 
future requirements of such personnel.
    23. To Federal and State agencies for purposes of validating 
demographic data (e.g., Social Security Number, citizenship status, 
date and place of birth, etc.) for individuals in DoD personnel and pay 
files so that accurate information is available in support of DoD 
requirements.
    24. To the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
Department of Homeland Security, for purposes of facilitating the 
verification of individuals who may be eligible for expedited 
naturalization (Pub. L. 108-136, section 1701, and E.O. 13269, 
Expedited Naturalization).
    25. To Federal and State agencies, as well as their contractors and 
grantees, for purposes of providing military wage, training, and 
educational information so that Federal-reporting requirements, as 
mandated by statute, such as the Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. 
2801, et seq.) and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 2301, et seq.) can be satisfied.
    The DoD `Blanket Routine Uses' set forth at the beginning of the 
DLA compilation of record system notices apply to this record system.

    Note 5: Military drug test information involving individuals 
participating in a drug abuse rehabilitation program shall be 
confidential and be disclosed only for the purposes and under the 
circumstances expressly authorized in 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2. This 
statute takes precedence over the Privacy Act of 1974, in regard to 
accessibility of such records except to the individual to whom the 
record pertains. The DoD `Blanket Routine Uses' do not apply to 
these types of records.


Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
    Electronic storage media.

Retrievability:
    Retrieved by name, Social Security Number, occupation, or any other 
data element contained in system.

Safeguards:
    Access to personal information at both locations is restricted to 
those who require the records in the performance of their official 
duties. Access to personal information is further restricted by the use 
of passwords that are changed periodically. Physical entry is 
restricted by the use of locks, guards, and administrative procedures.

Retention and disposal:
    The records are used to provide a centralized system within the 
Department of Defense to assess manpower trends, support personnel 
functions, perform longitudinal statistical analyses, conduct 
scientific studies or medical follow-up programs and other related 
studies/analyses. Records are retained as follows:
    (1) Input/source records are deleted or destroyed after data have 
been entered into the master file or when no longer needed for 
operational purposes, whichever is later. Exception: Apply NARA-
approved disposition instructions to the data files residing in other 
DMDC data bases.
    (2) The Master File is retained permanently. At the end of the 
fiscal year, a snapshot is taken and transferred to the National 
Archives in accordance with 36 CFR part 1228.270 and 36 CFR part 1234.
    (3) Outputs records (electronic or paper summary reports) are 
deleted or destroyed when no longer needed for operational purposes. 
Note: This disposition instruction applies only to recordkeeping copies 
of the reports retained by DMDC. The DOD office requiring creation of 
the report should maintain its recordkeeping copy in accordance with 
NARA-approved disposition instructions for such reports.
    (4) System documentation (codebooks, record layouts, and other 
system documentation) are retained permanently and transferred to the 
National Archives along with the master file in accordance with 36 CFR 
part 1228.270 and 36 CFR part 1234.

System manager(s) and address:
    Deputy Director, Defense Manpower Data Center, DoD Center Monterey 
Bay, 400 Gigling Road, Seaside, CA 93955-6771.

Notification procedure:
    Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records 
contains information about themselves should address written inquiries 
to the Privacy Act Officer, Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency, 
Attn: DSS-B, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 6220, Fort Belvoir, VA 
22060-6221.
    Written requests should contain the full name, Social Security 
Number, date of birth, and current address and telephone number of the 
individual.

Record access procedures:
    Individuals seeking access to records about themselves contained in 
this system of records should address inquiries to the Privacy Act 
Officer, Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency, Attn: DSS-B, 8725 John 
J. Kingman Road, Stop 6220, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221.
    Written requests should contain the full name, Social Security 
Number, date of birth, and current address and telephone number of the 
individual.

Contesting record procedures:
    The DLA rules for accessing records, for contesting contents and 
appealing initial agency determinations are contained in 32 CFR part 
323, or may be obtained from the Privacy Act Officer, Headquarters, 
Defense Logistics Agency, Attn: DSS-B, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 
6220, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221.

Record source categories:
    The military services, the Department of Veteran Affairs, the 
Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, from 
individuals via survey questionnaires, the Department of Labor, the 
Office of Personnel

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Management, Federal and Quasi-Federal agencies, and the Selective 
Service System.

Exemptions claimed for the system:
    None.

[FR Doc. 04-12833 Filed 6-7-04; 8:45 am]
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