[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4572-4575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01780]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2022-OS-0015]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Defense Media Activity, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the DoD is 
modifying the system of records entitled, AFNConnect (AFNC) and AFN 
Now, DPA 02. The American Forces Network (AFN) services consists of two 
web-based automated information systems. The systems are used to 
document the eligibility and continued validation of authorized 
individuals who register an AFN-capable satellite decoder and/or access 
AFN Over the Top (OTT) Live Streaming and Video on Demand (VOD) 
Services via the AFNC and AFN Now applications. The AFN provides U.S. 
military commanders worldwide with a means to communicate internal 
information to DoD and other Federal agency audiences stationed outside 
of the United States, its territories or possessions. Records may also 
be used as a management tool for statistical analysis, tracking, 
reporting, and evaluating program effectiveness.

DATES: This system of records is effective upon publication; however, 
comments on the Routine Uses will be

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accepted on or before February 28, 2022. The Routine Uses are effective 
at the close of the comment period.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    * Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
    Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    * Mail: DoD cannot receive written comments at this time due to the 
COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be sent electronically to the docket 
listed above.
    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 https://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, 
including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Gail Jones, Defense Media 
Activity, Privacy Officer, 6700 Taylor Avenue, Fort Meade, MD 20755-
2253, or by phone at (301) 222-6040.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    This modification incorporates the AFN Now platform, the new AFN 
OTT service, into the document and codifies the audience member 
authentication requirement for both the AFN Connect and AFN Now 
platforms. This change will authorize AFN to extend eligibility 
authentication procedures and processes to both fielded platforms. If 
the change is not implemented the AFN Now OTT service cannot operate as 
there would be no means to verify the eligibility of the individuals 
attempting to access the content residing on the platform. Subject to 
public comment, the DoD proposes to update this SORN to add the 
standard DoD routine uses (routine uses A through J) and to allow for 
additional disclosures outside DoD related to the purpose of this 
system of records. Additionally, the following sections of this SORN 
are being modified as follows: (1) System Name in order to combine 
AFNConnect and AFN Now under one system of records notice (SORN); (2) 
System Location to add a phone number and to account for one system 
location; (3) Purpose of the System to improve clarity; (4) Categories 
of Individuals Covered by the System and Categories of Records to 
clarify how the records relate to the revised Category of Individuals; 
(5) Record Source Categories to improve clarity; (6) Routine Uses to 
align with DoD's standard routine uses; (7) Policies and Practices for 
Storage of Records to improve clarity; (8) Administrative, Technical, 
and Physical Safeguards to update the individual safeguards protecting 
the personal information; and (9) Record Access, Notification, and 
Contesting Record Procedures, to reflect the need for individuals to 
identify the appropriate DoD office or component to which their request 
should be directed and to update the appropriate citation for 
contesting records. Furthermore, this notice includes non-substantive 
changes to simplify the formatting and text of the previously published 
notice.
    DoD SORNs have been published in the Federal Register and are 
available from the address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or at the 
Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil 
Liberties, and Transparency (OATSD(PCLT)) Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 
FOIA Directorate website at https://dpcld.defense.gov/privacy.

II. Privacy Act

    Under the Privacy Act, a ``system of records'' is a group of 
records under the control of an agency from which information is 
retrieved by the name of an individual or by some identifying number, 
symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual. In 
the Privacy Act, an individual is defined as a U.S. citizen or lawful 
permanent resident.
    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, OATSD(PCLT) has provided a report of 
this system of records to the OMB and to Congress.

    Dated: January 25, 2022.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    AFNConnect (AFNC) and AFN Now, DPA 02.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    A. Defense Media Activity Riverside, 23755 Z Street, Riverside, CA 
92518-2077.
    B. Verizon, 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, Ashburn, VA 20147-6105.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    Director, Media Production Line of Business, Defense Media 
Activity, 6700 Taylor Avenue, Fort Meade, MD 20755-7061, telephone 
number: (301) 222-6526.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    10 U.S.C 113, Secretary of Defense; DoD Directive (DoDD) 5122.05, 
Assistant to The Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs (ATSD (PA)); 
DoDD 5105.74, Defense Media Activity (DMA); and DoD Instruction 
5120.20, American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS).

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    A. To document the eligibility and continued validation of 
authorized individuals who register an American Forces Network (AFN)-
capable satellite decoder and/or access to AFN online media services, 
for example the AFN Over the Top (OTT) Live Streaming and Video on 
Demand (VOD) Services via the AFN Now platform.
    B. Provide U.S. military commanders worldwide with a means to 
communicate internal information to DoD audiences stationed outside of 
the United States, its territories or possessions.
    C. Records may also be used as a management tool for statistical 
analysis, tracking, reporting, evaluating program effectiveness, and 
conducting research.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    A. Eligible United States military personnel, Department of Defense 
(DoD) civilian employees, DoD contractors, and full-time direct-hire 
American citizen United States Government (USG) employees, excluding 
contractors, serving in direct support of the Chief of Mission at 
American diplomatic missions outside of the United States, its 
territories or possessions and their immediate family members operating 
an AFN satellite decoder and/or accessing AFN online media services.
    B. Non-DoD-affiliated American citizen USG employees serving at 
American diplomatic posts overseas.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Name, DoD ID number, home mailing address, date of birth, address, 
email, phone, and other contact information for work and home 
locations, gender, marital status, spouse information, child 
information, branch of service, unit identification code (UIC), 
disability information, rank/grade, military status and unique device 
identification numbers, i.e., decoder serial numbers, employment 
information.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Individual, Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System 
(DEERS), and other personnel data systems

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maintained by the General Services Administration or the U.S. Office of 
Personnel Management and used to verify eligibility for non-DoD 
personnel.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 
552a(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the records contained 
herein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
    A. To contractors, grantees, experts, consultants, students, and 
others performing or working on a contract, service, grant, cooperative 
agreement, or other assignment for the Federal Government when 
necessary to accomplish an agency function related to this system of 
records.
    B. To the appropriate Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal, 
foreign, or international law enforcement authority or other 
appropriate entity where a record, either alone or in conjunction with 
other information, indicates a violation or potential violation of law, 
whether criminal, civil, or regulatory in nature.
    C. To any component of the Department of Justice for the purpose of 
representing the DoD, or its components, officers, employees, or 
members in pending or potential litigation to which the record is 
pertinent.
    D. In an appropriate proceeding before a court, grand jury, or 
administrative or adjudicative body or official, when the DoD or other 
Agency representing the DoD determines the records are relevant and 
necessary to the proceeding; or in an appropriate proceeding before an 
administrative or adjudicative body when the adjudicator determines the 
records to be relevant to the proceeding.
    E. To the National Archives and Records Administration for the 
purpose of records management inspections conducted under the authority 
of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
    F. To a Member of Congress or staff acting upon the Member's behalf 
when the Member or staff requests the information on behalf of, and at 
the request of, the individual who is the subject of the record.
    G. To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) the DoD 
suspects or confirms a breach of the system of records; (2) the DoD 
determines as a result of the suspected or confirmed breach there is a 
risk of harm to individuals, the DoD (including its information 
systems, programs, and operations), the Federal Government, or national 
security; and (3) the disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and 
persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the DoD's 
efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, 
minimize, or remedy such harm.
    H. To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when the DoD 
determines information from this system of records is reasonably 
necessary to assist the recipient agency or entity in (1) responding to 
a suspected or confirmed breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 
remedying the risk of harm to individuals, the recipient agency or 
entity (including its information systems, programs and operations), 
the Federal Government, or national security, resulting from a 
suspected or confirmed breach.
    I. To another Federal, State or local agency for the purpose of 
comparing to the agency's system of records or to non-Federal records, 
in coordination with an Office of Inspector General in conducting an 
audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or some other review as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act.
    J. To such recipients and under such circumstances and procedures 
as are mandated by Federal statute or treaty.
    K. To the Department of State to verify authorized personnel's use 
of an AFN satellite decoder and/or AFN online media services.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
    Electronic storage media. Electronic records may be stored in 
agency-owned cloud environments or in vendor Cloud Service Offerings 
certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program 
(FedRAMP).

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
    Records are retrieved by various combinations of first and last 
name, email address, location (duty station address/residence, country 
and locality), date of birth, and/or decoder serial number, DoD ID 
number, branch of service, and category of individual (Military, DoD 
Civilian, Department of State Civilian, Retiree, or Family Member).

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
    Temporary. Cutoff after system is superseded by a new iteration, or 
is terminated, defunded or when, no longer needed for administrative, 
legal, audit or other operational purposes. Destroy 5 years after 
cutoff.

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
    Administrative control measures are off-site secured backups, which 
are encrypted and accessible only by authorized individuals with a 
valid `need to know' and regular monitoring of users' security 
practices. Physical control measures are security guards, 
identification badges, key cards, cipher locks, closed-circuit 
television. Technical control measures are user identification, 
password, intrusion detection system, external certificate authority 
certificate, firewall, virtual private network, DoD public key 
infrastructure certificates, common access card, biometrics, encryption 
of data at rest and in transit, role-based access controls, intrusion 
detection system, used only for privileged (elevated roles), least 
privilege access.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Individuals seeking access to their records should follow the 
procedures in 32 CFR part 310. Individuals should address written 
inquiries to the Office of the Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff Freedom 
of Information Act Requester Service Center, 1155 Defense Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20301-1155. Signed, written requests should contain 
first and last name, home address, phone number, DoD ID Number, and/or 
employee ID number, for positive identification of requester and the 
name and number of this system of records notice. In addition, the 
requester must provide either a notarized statement or an unsworn 
declaration made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746, in the following 
format:
    If executed outside the United States: ``I declare (or certify, 
verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United 
States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on 
(date). (Signature).''
    If executed within the United States, its territories, possessions, 
or commonwealths: ``I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under 
penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on 
(date). (Signature).''

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    The DoD rules for accessing records, contesting contents, and 
appealing initial agency determinations are contained in 32 CFR part 
310.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    Individuals seeking to determine whether information about 
themselves is contained in this system of records should follow the 
instructions for Record Access Procedures above.

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EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    None.

HISTORY:
    June 06, 2016, 81 FR 36279; October 27, 2015, 80 FR 65722.

[FR Doc. 2022-01780 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]
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