[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2988-2989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00557]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 171

[Public Notice: 9405]
RIN 1400-AD86


Privacy Act; STATE-09, Records Maintained by the Office of Civil 
Rights

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State is issuing a final rule to amend its 
Privacy Act regulation exempting portions of a system of records from 
certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. Certain portions of the 
Records Maintained by the Office of Civil Rights, STATE-09, contain 
investigatory material for law enforcement purposes, and testing or 
examination material.

DATES: This final rule is effective January 20, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Hackett, Director; Office of 
Information Programs and Services, A/GIS/IPS; Department of State, SA-
2; 515 22nd Street NW., Washington, DC 20522-8001, or at 
[email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The system, Records Maintained by the Office 
of Civil Rights, designated as STATE-09, supports the Office of Civil 
Rights, Department of State, in the investigation, processing, and 
resolution of informal and formal complaints of discrimination filed 
against the Department in accordance with 29 CFR part 1614 and the 
Department's internal procedures for addressing Equal Employment 
Opportunity (EEO) complaints; in the investigation, processing, and 
resolution of complaints of discrimination under 42 U.S.C. 2000d; and 
complaints under 20 U.S.C. 1681, 29 U.S.C. 794 and 794d, 42 U.S.C. 
6101, 29 U.S.C. 621, and 36 CFR chapter XI.
    For additional background, see the notice of proposed rulemaking 
and the system of records notice published on July 14, 2015 (80 FR 
40951 and 80 FR 41137, respectively). The Department received no public 
comment on these documents.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 171

    Privacy.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, 22 CFR part 171 is amended 
as follows:

PART 171--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 171 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; Public Law 95-
521, 92 Stat. 1824, as amended; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707; E.O. 12600, 
52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.


Sec.  171.36  [Amended]

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2. Section 171.36 is amended by adding an entry, in alphabetical order, 
for ``Records Maintained by the Office of Civil Rights, STATE-09'' to 
the lists in paragraphs (b)(5) and (6).

Joyce A. Barr,
Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-00557 Filed 1-19-16; 8:45 am]
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