[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 21 (Thursday, February 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9060-9061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02224]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2017-OS-0006]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Defense, DoD.

ACTION: Rescindment of a system of records notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-130, notice is hereby given that the 
Department of Defense proposes to delete a system of records, DGC 20, 
DoD Presidential Appointee Vetting File, last published at 65 FR 75246 
on December 1, 2000. This system of records was

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originally created to facilitate the White House Presidential Appointee 
vetting process by assisting potential nominees as they completed the 
vetting documents.
    Based on a recent review of DGC 20, DoD Presidential Appointee 
Vetting File, it was determined that this system of records is now 
appropriately covered under and is maintained in accordance with the 
government-wide Office of Government Ethics system of records notice 
OGE/GOVT-1, Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure 
Reports and Other Name-Retrieved Ethics Program Records (December 9, 
2013, 78 FR 73863). Accordingly, DGC 20 is duplicative and can be 
deleted.

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before March 6, 2017. This 
proposed action will be effective the date following the end of the 
comment period unless comments are received which result in a contrary 
determination.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    * Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    * Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general 
policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is 
to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, 
including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Luz D. Ortiz, Chief, Records, 
Privacy and Declassification Division (RPDD), 1155 Defense Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20301-1155, or by phone at (571) 372-0478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Secretary 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 in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or at the Defense 
Privacy, Civil Liberties and Transparency Division Web site at http://dpcld.defense.gov/.
    The Office of the Secretary proposes to delete one system of 
records notice from its inventory of record systems subject to the 
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The proposed deletion 
is 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.
    Based on a recent review of DGC 20, DoD Presidential Appointee 
Vetting File, it has been determined that the records are covered under 
and is maintained in accordance with OGE/GOVT-1, Executive Branch 
Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Reports and Other Name-Retrieved 
Ethics Program Records (December 9, 2013, 78 FR 73863). Therefore, DGC 
20, DoD Presidential Appointee Vetting File can be deleted.

    Dated: January 30, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

System Name and Number:
    DoD Presidential Appointee Vetting File, DGC 20.
    HISTORY: December 1, 2000, 65 FR 75246.

[FR Doc. 2017-02224 Filed 2-1-17; 8:45 am]
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