[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37119-37124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12022]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12089]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Department of State.

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ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.

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SUMMARY: The information collected and maintained in Human Resources 
Records is in keeping with the Department's mission to document all 
processes associated with individual employment histories and career 
progression; to ensure that all employees and potential employees have 
equal employment opportunities; and to make personnel management 
determinations about employees throughout their Federal careers.

DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), this system of 
records notice (SORN) is effective upon publication, with the exception 
of the routine uses (Y), (Z), (AA), (BB), (CC), (DD), (EE), (FF), and 
(GG) that are subject to a 30-day period during which interested 
persons may submit comments to the Department. Please submit any 
comments by July 6, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Questions can be submitted by mail, email, or by calling 
Eric F. Stein, the Senior Agency Official for Privacy on (202) 485-
2051. If mail, please write to: U.S Department of State; Office of 
Global Information Systems, A/GIS; Room 4534, 2201 C St. NW; 
Washington, DC 20520. If email, please address the email to the Senior 
Agency Official for Privacy, Eric F. Stein, at [email protected]. 
Please write ``Human Resources Records, State-31'' on the envelope or 
the subject line of your email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric F. Stein, Senior Agency Official 
for Privacy; U.S. Department of State; Office of Global Information 
Services, A/GIS; Room 4534, 2201 C St. NW; Washington, DC 20520 or by 
calling on (202) 485-2051.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is being modified to reflect the 
Department's move to cloud storage, new OMB guidance, additional 
authorities, and to incorporate data collection by additional Bureaus 
and overseas posts within the Department (e.g.., Regional and 
Functional Bureaus). The modified system of records notice includes 
revisions and additions to the following sections: Authority for 
Maintenance of the System; Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the 
System; Categories of Individuals Covered by the System; Purpose(s) of 
the System; Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards; and 
Record Access Procedures. In addition, the Department is taking this 
opportunity to make minor administrative updates to the notice in the 
following sections: Summary; Addresses; For Further Information 
Contact; Supplementary Information; System Location; System Manager; 
Record Source Categories; Policies and Practices for Retrieval of 
Records; Policies and Practices for Retention and Disposal of Records; 
Contesting Record Procedures; and Notification Procedures.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Human Resources Records, State-31.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified and Classified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Department of State, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20520; State 
Annex 01, 2401 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20037; State Annex 03, 2121 
Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037; State Annex 44, 301 4th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20547; overseas at U.S. embassies, U.S. 
consulates general, and U.S. consulates; U.S. missions; and the 
National Personnel Records Center, 111 Winnebago Street, St. Louis, MO 
63118; and the Florida Regional Center (FRC), 4000 North Andrews Ave, 
Oakland Park, FL 33309, and using a government approved commercial 
cloud service, implemented and overseen by State Department employees, 
or within a government cloud provided, implemented, and overseen by the 
Department's Enterprise Server Operations Center (ESOC), 2201 C Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20520.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    The Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global 
Talent Management, and Bureau of Information Resource Management--IRM, 
Department of State; 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20520, phone: 
202-647-4000.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    22 U.S.C. 2581 (General Authority of Secretary of State); 22 U.S.C. 
2651a (Organization of the Department of State); 22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq. 
(Foreign Service Act of 1980) [This SORN is not intended to conflict 
with, override, or create an exception to the restrictions and 
prohibitions in Sections 603 and 604 of the Foreign Service Act]; 22 
U.S.C. 3921 (Management of the Foreign Service); 22 U.S.C. 4041 
(Administration of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
System); 5 U.S.C. 301-302 (Management of Executive Departments); 22 
U.S.C 4081 (Travel and Related Expenses); 31 U.S.C. 901-902 (Agency 
Chief Financial Officer); E.O. 9397, as amended (Numbering System for 
Federal Accounts Relating to Individual Persons); E.O. 9830 (Amending 
the Civil Service Rules and Providing for Federal Personnel 
Administration); E.O. 12107 (Relating to the Civil Service Commission 
and Labor-Management in the Federal Service) and successor authorities; 
and 31 U.S.C. 7701(c)(2) (incorporating by reference 26 U.S.C. 6109) 
(Taxpayer Identification Number).

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    The information collected and maintained in Human Resources Records 
is in keeping with the Department's mission to document all processes 
associated with individual employment histories and career progression; 
to ensure that all employees and potential employees have equal 
opportunities; and to make personnel management determinations about 
employees throughout their Federal careers.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    All applicants for employment with the Department of State 
(including unsuccessful applicants); all current and former Civil 
Service (CS) and Foreign Service (FS) employees of the Department of 
State including members of the Senior Executive Service (SES), Senior 
Foreign Service (SFS), Presidential Appointees, employees under full-
time, part-time, intermittent, temporary, and limited appointments; all 
current and former Locally Employed (LE) Staff, [as defined in 3 FAM 
7120] or [defined as individuals hired under the local compensation 
plan at a U.S. mission abroad under Chief of Mission authority, or at 
an office of the American Institute in Taiwan, and employed on a 
Foreign Service National direct hire appointment, Department of State 
Personal Services Agreement (PSA) or Personal Services Contract (PSC), 
or an employing agency's specific direct hire, PSA, or PSC authority]; 
anyone serving in an advisory capacity (compensated and uncompensated); 
other agency employees on detail to the Department of State; former 
Foreign Service Reserve Officers; applicants for potential employment; 
student applicants for internships, Presidential Management Fellows, 
Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program Fellows, student interns and other 
student summer hires, Pathways student employees; and prospective alien 
spouses and cohabitants of Department of State employees.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Categories of records may include identifying information, such as, 
but not limited to, name, date of birth, home

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address, mailing and email addresses, numeric identifier (such as 
employee identification number, SGID, or Social Security number/host 
country identification number) and telephone numbers. Types of files 
include documents relating to class action lawsuits, annuitants under 
the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and the Foreign 
Service Pension System as well as Civil Service and LE Staff 
annuitants, prospective alien spouses and cohabitants of Department 
employees, employees who apply for their spouses or children to be 
expeditiously naturalized, employees detailed or seconded to 
international organizations, Foreign Service personnel separated for 
cause; official personnel files; documents relating to merit 
promotions, recruitment and employment, employee relations, career 
development and counseling, performance, conduct, suitability, and 
discipline, Foreign Service promotion and Permanent Change of Station 
(PCS) travel. These records may contain any documents not otherwise 
stated relating to employment, to include, but not limited to, hiring, 
employment and separation from the Department.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    These records contain information obtained directly from the 
individual who is the subject of these records, previous employers, 
supervisors, Foreign Service inspectors, any/all offices within the 
Bureau of Global Talent Management (counselors, placement officers, and 
personnel technicians), other bureaus (administrative/executive 
officers, personnel and payroll offices, security, medical, and legal), 
reports of the Board of Examiners of the Foreign Service, Foreign 
Service Employee Evaluation Reports and Selection Board findings, the 
Foreign Service Institute, colleges, universities, Armed Forces 
academic institutions, contractors responsible for administration of 
the Foreign Service written examination, and other authorized agencies 
administering pre-employment tests, Office of Personnel Management and 
other Federal agencies, officials of foreign governments, contractors 
and vendors responsible for administration of benefits/taxes for LE 
Staff under a post's local compensation plan, prospective alien spouses 
of Foreign Service employees; grievance staff and appeals boards, 
affidavits and testimony of witnesses, and from commercial recruitment 
and employment systems managed on behalf of the Department of State by 
private vendors.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    Records may be disclosed:
    A. To consulting services that provide information about available 
aids, devices and methods of accommodating employees with disabilities;
    B. To the Office of Personnel Management for its government-wide 
personnel management functions such as pay, benefits, and retirement 
deductions or other relevant personnel processes;
    C. To other Federal agencies, state governments, foreign 
governments and international organizations where employees are being 
considered for detail, assignment or secondment;
    D. To academic institutions to which Department employees may be 
assigned for long-term training;
    E. To any member of an agency's Performance Review Board or other 
panel when the member is not an official of the employing agency. 
Information would then be used for approving or recommending selection 
of candidates for executive development or Senior Executive Service 
(SES) candidate programs, issuing a performance rating of record, 
issuing performance awards, nominating for meritorious and 
distinguished executive ranks, removal, reduction in grade, and other 
personnel actions based on performance;
    F. To attorneys, union representatives or other persons designated 
by employees in writing to represent them in complaints, grievance, 
appeal, or litigation cases;
    G. To attorneys providing legal services to posts with respect to 
LE Staff personnel matters;
    H. To requestors in determining a former spouse's entitlement to 
benefits and other inquiries related to retirement benefits;
    I. To the President of the United States, the Executive Office of 
the President and legislative and appropriations committees of the U.S. 
Congress charged with consideration of legislation and appropriations 
for the Foreign Service, or representatives duly authorized by such 
committees;
    J. To labor organization officials when such information is 
relevant to personnel policies affecting employment conditions and 
necessary for exclusive representation by the labor organization;
    K. To officials of foreign governments and other U.S. government 
agencies for clearance before a Federal employee is assigned to that 
country as well as for the procurement of necessary services for 
American personnel assigned overseas, such as permits of free entry and 
identity cards;
    L. To officials of foreign governments, for the administration of 
benefits, taxes, and other personnel matters for LE Staff and to 
respond to requests from the host government for the names and 
addresses of LE Staff, if the chief of mission has determined that this 
information should be released;
    M. To the Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
Social Security Administration, Department of Defense, or any other 
Federal agencies that have special civilian employee retirement and 
disability programs; or to a national, state, county, municipal, or 
other publicly recognized income administration agency (e.g. State 
unemployment compensation agencies), when necessary to adjudicate a 
claim under the retirement, insurance, unemployment or health benefits 
programs of the Department or an agency cited above, or to an agency to 
conduct an analytical study or audit of benefits being paid under such 
programs. For LE Staff this includes host country national, state, or 
local agencies, as applicable;
    N. To the Office of Federal Employees Group Life Insurance, 
information necessary to verify election, declination, or waiver of 
regular and/or optional life insurance coverage, or eligibility for 
payment of a claim for life insurance;
    O. To health insurance carriers contracting with the Federal 
government to provide a health benefits plan under the Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Program or, for LE Staff, under a post's 
local compensation plan, information necessary to identify enrollment 
in a plan, to verify eligibility for payment of a claim for health 
benefits, or to carry out the coordination or audit of benefit 
provisions of such contracts;
    P. To any person who is responsible for the care of an individual 
to whom a record pertains who is mentally incompetent or under other 
legal disability. Information in the individual's record may be 
disclosed to said person to the extent necessary to assure payment of 
benefits to which the individual is entitled;
    Q. To public and private organizations, including news media, which 
grant or publicize employee recognition to consider and select 
employees for incentive awards and other honors and to publicize awards 
and honors granted;
    R. To the Department of Justice in connection with proceedings 
before a court, adjudicative body, or other administrative body when 
any of the following is a party to litigation or has

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an interest in such litigation and the Department of State determines 
that the use of such records is arguably relevant and necessary to the 
litigation of (1) the Department of State or any component thereof, (2) 
any employee of the Department of State in his or her official 
capacity, (3) any employee of the Department of State in his or her 
individual capacity where the Department of Justice or the Department 
of State has agreed to represent the employee, or (4) the United 
States, when the Department of State determines that litigation is 
likely to affect the Department of State or any of its components;
    S. To the parties when implementing court decisions and/or terms of 
settlement agreements reached by the parties;
    T. To the courts when preparing reports to the courts in compliance 
with monitoring requirements;
    U. In response to an order from a court or an administrative body 
directing the production of personnel records (including, but not 
limited to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Foreign 
Service Grievance Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board);
    V. To other Government agencies and private organizations, 
institutions or individuals to verify employment, to process security 
clearances/security certifications and to request record or credit 
checks;
    W. To provide an official of another Federal agency information 
needed in the performance of official duties in support of the 
functions for which the records were collected and maintained;
    X. To disclose information to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) 
counselors and EEO investigators in connection with EEO complaints and 
to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when requested in 
connection with investigations of alleged or possible discrimination 
practices in the Federal sector, examination of Federal affirmative 
employment programs, compliance by Federal agencies with the Uniform 
Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, or other functions vested 
in the Commission;
    Y. To the Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation 
programs or officials of a foreign government relating to benefits 
under the Federal Employees Compensation Act or a host country workers' 
compensation program; and
    Z. To the news media and the public when a matter involving the 
Department of State has become public knowledge; the Under Secretary 
for Management determines that in response to the matter in the public 
domain, disclosure is necessary to provide an accurate factual record 
on the matter; and the Under Secretary for Management determines that 
there is a legitimate public interest in the information disclosed.
    AA. To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) the 
Department of State suspects or has confirmed that there has been a 
breach of the system of records; (2) the Department of State has 
determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed breach there 
is a risk of harm to individuals, the Department of State (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 Department of State efforts to respond to the 
suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such 
harm.
    BB. To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when the 
Department of State determines that 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.
    CC. To a contractor of the Department having need for the 
information in the performance of the contract, but not operating a 
system of records within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
    DD. To a vendor or third-party agent providing or administering 
benefits for LE Staff under a post's local compensation plan.
    EE. To an agency, whether federal, state, local or foreign, where a 
record indicates a violation or potential violation of law, whether 
civil, criminal or regulatory in nature, and whether arising by general 
statute or particular program statute, or by regulation, rule or order 
issued pursuant thereto, so that the recipient agency can fulfill its 
responsibility to investigate or prosecute such violation or enforce or 
implement the statute, rule, regulation, or order.
    FF. To the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of 
Homeland Security, the National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC), the 
Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), or other appropriate federal 
agencies, for the integration and use of such information to protect 
against terrorism, if that record is about one or more individuals 
known, or suspected, to be or to have been involved in activities 
constituting, in preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism. 
Such information may be further disseminated by recipient agencies to 
Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal, and foreign government 
authorities, and to support private sector processes as contemplated in 
Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-6 and other relevant laws 
and directives, for terrorist screening, threat-protection, and other 
homeland security purposes.
    GG. To a Congressional office from the record of an individual in 
response to an inquiry from the Congressional office made at the 
request of that individual.
    HH. To a court, adjudicative body, or administrative body before 
which the Department is authorized to appear when (a) the Department; 
(b) any employee of the Department in his or her official capacity; (c) 
any employee of the Department in his or her individual capacity where 
the U.S. Department of Justice (``DOJ'') or the Department has agreed 
to represent the employee; or (d) the Government of the United States, 
when the Department determines that litigation is likely to affect the 
Department, is a party to litigation or has an interest in such 
litigation, and the use of such records by the Department is deemed to 
be relevant and necessary to the litigation or administrative 
proceeding.
    II. To the Department of Justice (``DOJ''), including any counsel 
retained by DOJ for foreign litigation, for its use in providing legal 
advice to the Department or in representing the Department in a 
proceeding before a court, adjudicative body, or other administrative 
body before which the Department is authorized to appear, where the 
Department deems DOJ's use of such information relevant and necessary 
to the litigation, and such proceeding names as a party or interests:
    [cir] The Department or any component of it;
    [cir] Any employee of the Department in his or her official 
capacity;
    [cir] Any employee of the Department in his or her individual 
capacity where DOJ has agreed to represent the employee; or
    [cir] The Government of the United States, where the Department 
determines that litigation is likely to affect the Department or any of 
its components.
    JJ. To the National Archives and Records Administration and the 
General Services Administration for records management inspections, 
surveys and

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studies; following transfer to a Federal records center for storage; 
and to determine whether such records have sufficient historical or 
other value to warrant accessioning into the National Archives of the 
United States.
    The Department of State periodically publishes in the Federal 
Register its standard routine uses that apply to all of its Privacy Act 
systems of records. These notices appear in the form of a Prefatory 
Statement (published in Volume 73, Number 136, Public Notice 6290, on 
July 15, 2008). All these standard routine uses apply to Human 
Resources Records, State-31.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
    Records are stored both in hard copy and on electronic media. A 
description of standard Department of State policies concerning storage 
of electronic records is found at https://fam.state.gov/FAM/05FAM/05FAM0440.html. All hard copies of records containing personal 
information are maintained in secured file cabinets in restricted 
areas, access to which is limited to authorized personnel only.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
    Records in Human Resources Records, State-31 are retrieved by an 
individual name and numeric identifier.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
    Human resources records are retained from within 180 days of an 
appointment to permanently. Records are retired and destroyed in 
accordance with published Department of State Records Disposition 
Schedules as approved by the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA) and outlined at https://foia.state.gov/Learn/RecordsDisposition.aspx. More specific information may be obtained by 
writing to the following address: U.S. Department of State; Director, 
Office of Information Programs and Services; A/GIS/IPS; 2201 C Street 
NW; Room B-266; Washington, DC 20520.

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
    All users are given cyber security awareness training which covers 
the procedures for handling Sensitive but Unclassified information, 
including personally identifiable information (PII). Annual refresher 
training is mandatory. In addition, all Department OpenNet network 
users are required to take the Foreign Service Institute distance 
learning course instructing employees on privacy and security 
requirements, including the rules of behavior for handling PII and the 
potential consequences if it is handled improperly. Before being 
granted access to Human Resources Records, a user must first be granted 
access to the Department of State computer network.
    Department of State employees and contractors may remotely access 
this system of records using non-Department-owned information 
technology. Such access is subject to approval by the Department's 
mobile and remote access program and is limited to information 
maintained in unclassified information systems. Remote access to the 
Department's information systems is configured in compliance with OMB 
Circular A-130 multifactor authentication requirements and includes a 
time-out function. All Department of State employees and contractors 
with authorized access to records maintained in this system of records 
have undergone a thorough background security investigation. Access to 
the Department of State, its annexes, and posts abroad is controlled by 
security guards and admission is limited to those individuals 
possessing a valid identification card or individuals under proper 
escort. Access to computerized files is password-protected and under 
the direct supervision of the system manager. The system manager has 
the capability of printing audit trails of access from the computer 
media, thereby permitting regular and ad hoc monitoring of computer 
usage. When it is determined that a user no longer needs access, the 
user account is disabled.
    The safeguards in the following paragraphs apply only to records 
that are maintained in government-certified cloud systems. All cloud 
systems that provide IT services and process Department of State 
information must be specifically authorized by the Department of State 
Authorizing Official and Senior Agency Official for Privacy.
    Information that conforms with Department-specific definitions for 
Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) low, moderate, 
or high categorization are permissible for cloud usage and must 
specifically be authorized by the Department's Cloud Program Management 
Office and the Department of State Authorizing Official. Specific 
security measures and safeguards will depend on the FISMA 
categorization of the information in a given cloud system. In 
accordance with Department policy, systems that process more sensitive 
information will require more stringent controls and review by 
Department cybersecurity experts prior to approval. Prior to operation, 
all Cloud systems must comply with applicable security measures that 
are outlined in FISMA, FedRAMP, OMB regulations, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology's (NIST) Special Publications (SP) and Federal 
Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and Department of State 
policies and standards.
    All data stored in cloud environments categorized above a low FISMA 
impact risk level must be encrypted at rest and in-transit using a 
federally-approved encryption mechanism. The encryption keys shall be 
generated, maintained, and controlled in a Department data center by 
the Department key management authority. Deviations from these 
encryption requirements must be approved in writing by the Department 
of State Authorizing Official. High FISMA impact risk level systems 
will additionally be subject to continual auditing and monitoring, 
multifactor authentication mechanism utilizing Public Key 
Infrastructure (PKI) and NIST 800 53 controls concerning 
virtualization, servers, storage and networking, as well as stringent 
measures to sanitize data from the cloud service once the contract is 
terminated.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Individuals who wish to gain access to or to amend records 
pertaining to themselves should write to U.S. Department of State; 
Director, Office of Information Programs and Services; A/GIS/IPS; 2201 
C Street NW; Room B-266; Washington, DC 20520. The individual must 
specify that he or she wishes the Human Resources Records to be 
checked. At a minimum, the individual must include: full name 
(including maiden name, if appropriate) and any other names used; 
current mailing address and zip code; date and place of birth; 
notarized signature or statement under penalty of perjury; a brief 
description of the circumstances that caused the creation of the record 
(including the city and/or country and the approximate dates) which 
gives the individual cause to believe that the Human Resources Records 
include records pertaining to the individual. Detailed instructions on 
Department of State procedures for accessing and amending records can 
be found at the Department's FOIA website located at https://foia.state.gov/Request/Guide.aspx.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Individuals who wish to contest record procedures should write to 
U.S. Department of State; Director, Office of Information Programs and 
Services; A/GIS/IPS; 2201 C Street NW; Room B-266; Washington, DC 
20520.

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NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    Individuals who have reason to believe that this system of records 
might have records pertaining to them may write to the U.S. Department 
of State; Director; Office of Information Programs and Services, A/GIS/
IPS; 2201 C Street NW; Room B-266; Washington, DC 20520. The individual 
must specify that he or she wishes the Human Resources Records to be 
checked. At a minimum, the individuals must include: full name 
(including maiden name, if appropriate) and any other names used; 
current mailing address and zip code; date and place of birth; 
notarized signature or statement under penalty of perjury; a brief 
description of the circumstances that caused the creation of the record 
(including the city and/or country and the approximate dates) which 
gives the individual cause to believe that the Human Resources Records 
include records pertaining to the individual.

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), subject to the provisions of 
section 552(b)(1), records are exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), 
(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f) to protect material required to 
be kept Secret. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(4), records contained 
within this system that are maintained solely for statistical purposes 
are also exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) 
and (I), and (f). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5) and (k)(7), certain 
records contained within this system contain confidential source 
information and are exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), 
(e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(6), 
records that contain testing or examination material, the release of 
which may compromise testing or examination procedures, are also 
exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), 
and (f). See Department of State Rules published in 22 CFR 171.

HISTORY:
    Human Resources Records, State-31, was previously published at 78 
FR 43258.

Eric F. Stein,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Global Information Services (A/GIS), 
Department of State.
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