[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4532-4533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1567]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[AAG/A Order No. 003-2007]


Privacy Act of 1974; Modification of System of Records

    Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 
552a, notice is given that the Department of Justice proposes to modify 
the Departmentwide system of records entitled, ``Department of Justice 
Regional Data Exchange System (RDEX)'' DOJ-012, previously published in 
full text in the Federal Register on July 11, 2005, (70 FR 39790), and 
amended on December 2, 2005 (70 FR 72315).
    This system is being modified as follows:
    The portions of the system of records notice entitled, CATEGORIES 
OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM, CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE 
SYSTEM, PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM, RETENTION AND DISPOSAL, SYSTEM MANAGERS 
AND ADDRESSES, and RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES are being modified to 
reflect that information in RDEX includes criminal law enforcement 
information from certain state and local law enforcement agencies that 
participate in the RDEX system under memoranda of understanding (MOU) 
with the Department of Justice. The MOU sets forth policy and 
procedures for the sharing of law enforcement information by the 
contributing parties, including for the maintenance, responsibility, 
and use of shared information. The MOU provides that each contributing 
party retains sole responsibility of and exclusive control over the 
content of the information that it contributes to RDEX and establishes 
strict limitations on the access to information contributed by the 
parties.
    This modification is necessary to reflect the inclusion of certain 
state and local law enforcement information that

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furthers the law enforcement sharing initiatives that are the basis of 
the RDEX system. The RDEX system is part of the Department's Law 
Enforcement Information Sharing Program (LEISP). The RDEX system 
includes this information to facilitate regional sharing initiatives 
which serves to further the LEISP's principal purpose of ensuring that 
criminal law enforcement information is available for users at all 
levels of government so that they can more effectively investigate, 
disrupt, and deter criminal activity, including terrorism, and protect 
the national security.
    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), the public is 
given a 30-day period in which to comment; and the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), which has oversight responsibility under the Privacy 
Act, requires a 40-day period in which to conclude its review of the 
system. Therefore, please submit any comments by March 12, 2007. The 
public, OMB, and Congress are invited to submit any comments to Mary E. 
Cahill, Management Analyst, Management and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, 
DC, 20530-0001 (Room 1400, National Place Building), Facsimile Number 
202-307-1853.
    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), the Department is providing a 
report of this modification to OMB and appropriate Members of Congress.

    Dated: January 25, 2007.
Lee J. Lofthus,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

DOJ-012

SYSTEM NAME:
    Department of Justice Regional Data Exchange System (RDEX).
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CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Individuals covered by this system include individuals who are 
referred to in potential or actual cases or matters of concern to the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the United States Marshals Service 
(USMS), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), 
the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI), as well as individuals referred to in law 
enforcement information contributed by certain state and local law 
enforcement agencies that participate in the RDEX system under 
memoranda of understanding with the Department of Justice. Because the 
system contains audit logs regarding queries, individuals who use the 
system to conduct such queries are also covered.
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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    The system consists of unclassified criminal law enforcement 
records collected and produced by the BOP, the USMS, the ATF, the DEA, 
the FBI, and certain state and local law enforcement agencies, 
including: investigative reports and witness interviews from both open 
and closed cases; criminal event data (e.g., characteristics of 
criminal activities and incidents that identify links or patterns); 
criminal history information (e.g., history of arrests, nature and 
disposition of criminal charges, sentencing, confinement, and release); 
and identifying information about criminal offenders (e.g., name, 
address, date of birth, birthplace, physical description). The system 
also consists of audit logs that contain information regarding queries 
made of the system.
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PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM:
    This system is maintained for the purpose of ensuring that 
Department of Justice criminal law enforcement information is available 
for users at all levels of government so that they can more effectively 
investigate, disrupt, and deter criminal activity, including terrorism, 
and protect the national security. RDEX furthers this purpose by 
consolidating certain law enforcement information from other Department 
of Justice systems, as well as certain state and local law enforcement 
information, in order that it may more readily be available for sharing 
with other law enforcement entities.
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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Records in this system are maintained and disposed of in accordance 
with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
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SYSTEM MANAGERS AND ADDRESSES:
    [Replace first paragraph with the following:]
    For the RDEX system generally and for state and local information: 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20535.
    [Other system managers remain the same.]
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RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Records in RDEX come directly from the criminal law enforcement 
files and records systems of the participating Department of Justice 
components (ATF, BOP, DEA, FBI, and USMS), as well as certain state and 
local law enforcement agencies participating in the RDEX system under 
memoranda of understanding with the Department of Justice.
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