[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 64 (Monday, April 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15466-15467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7593]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID USA-2009-0009]


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 
May 6, 2009 unless comments are received which result in a contrary 
determination.

ADDRESSES: Department of the Army, Privacy Office, U.S. Army Records 
Management and Declassification Agency, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey 
Building, Suite 144, Alexandria, VA 22325-3905.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Leroy Jones (703) 428-6185.

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: March 31, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer.
A0025-2 SAIS DoD

System name:
    Defense Biometric Services (February 19, 2009, 74 FR 7669).

Changes:
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Add category:
System location:
    Director, Biometrics Task Force, 347 West Main Street, Clarksburg, 
West Virginia 26306-2947.
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A0025-2 SAIS DoD

System name:
    Defense Biometric Services.

System location:
    Director, Biometrics Task Force, 347 West Main Street, Clarksburg, 
West Virginia 26306-2947.

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Individuals covered include, but are not limited to, members of the 
U.S. Armed Forces, DoD civilian and contractor personnel, military 
reserve personnel, Army and Air National Guard personnel, foreign 
national partners, and other individuals (who are U.S. citizens or 
aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence) requiring or 
requesting employment by DoD and/or access to DoD or DoD controlled 
information systems and/or DoD or DoD contractor operated or controlled 
installations and facilities.

Categories of records in the system:
    Biometrics images; biometric templates; supporting documents; 
identifying biographic information including, but not limited to, name, 
Social Security Number (SSN), date of birth, place of birth, height, 
weight, eye color, hair color, race, globally unique identifier, 
organization, telephone number, office symbol, clearance, gender, and 
similar relevant information; and information from and electronic 
images of international, Federal, Tribal, or State issued individual 
identity documents.

Authority for maintenance of the system:
    10 U.S.C. 113, Secretary of Defense; 10 U.S.C. 3013, Secretary of 
the Army; 10 U.S.C. 5013, Secretary of the Navy; 10 U.S.C. 8013, 
Secretary of the Air Force; E.O. 12333, United States Intelligence 
Activities; E.O. 13467, Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for 
Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and 
Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information; 
National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, Section 1069; DoDD 
8521.01E, Department of Defense Biometrics; DoDD 8500.1, Information 
Assurance; AR 25-2,

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Information Assurance and E.O. 9397 (SSN).

Purpose(s):
    To control logical and physical access to Department of Defense 
(DoD) and DoD controlled information systems and DoD or DoD contractor 
operated or controlled installations and facilities and to support the 
DoD physical and logical security, force protection, identity 
management, personnel recovery, and information assurance programs, by 
identifying an individual or verifying/authenticating the identity of 
an individual through the use of biometrics (i.e., measurable 
physiological or behavioral characteristics) for purposes of protecting 
U.S./Coalition/allied government and/or U.S./Coalition/allied national 
security areas of responsibility and information.
    Information assurance purposes include the administration of 
passwords and identification numbers for operators/users of data in 
automated media; identifying data processing and communication 
customers authorized access to or disclosure from data residing in 
information processing and/or communication activities; and determining 
the propriety of individual access into the physical data residing in 
automated media.

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:
    To Federal, State, Tribal, local, or foreign agencies, for the 
purposes of law enforcement, counterterrorism, immigration management 
and control, and homeland security as authorized by U.S. Law or 
Executive Order, or for the purpose of protecting the territory, 
people, and interests of the United States of America against breaches 
of security related to DoD controlled information or facilities, and 
against terrorist activities.
    The DoD `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:
    Paper records in file folders and electronic storage media.

Retrievability:
    Name, Social Security Number (SSN), biometric template, 
fingerprints, face, iris, DNA and other biometric data.

Safeguards:
    Computerized records maintained in a controlled area are accessible 
only to authorized personnel. Records are maintained in a controlled 
facility. Physical entry is restricted by the use of locks, guards, and 
is accessible only to authorized personnel. Physical and electronic 
access is restricted to designated individuals having a need therefore 
in the performance of official duties and who are properly screened and 
cleared for need-to-know.

Retention and disposal:
    Data is destroyed when superseded or when no longer needed for 
operational purposes, whichever is later by shredding, pulping, 
degaussing or erasing.

System manager(s) and address:
    Director, Biometrics Task Force, 1901 South Bell Street, Suite 900, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-4512.

Notification procedure:
    Individuals seeking to determine whether information about 
themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries 
to Director, Biometrics Task Force, 1901 South Bell Street, Suite 900, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-4512.
    For verification purposes, individual should provide full name, 
Social Security Number (SSN), sufficient details to permit locating 
pertinent records and signature.

Record access procedures:
    Individuals seeking access to information about themselves 
contained in this system should address written inquiries to Director, 
Biometrics Task Force, 1901 South Bell Street, Suite 900, Arlington, 
Virginia 22202-4512.
    For verification purposes, individual should provide full name, 
Social Security Number (SSN), sufficient details to permit locating 
pertinent records and signature.

Contesting record 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, DoD security offices, system managers, 
computer facility managers, automated interfaces for user codes on file 
at Department of Defense sites.

Exemptions claimed for the system:
    None.

[FR Doc. E9-7593 Filed 4-3-09; 8:45 am]
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