[Federal Register: December 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 248)]
[Notices]
[Page 73781]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary of Defense
[DoD-2007-OS-0143]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.
ACTION: Notice to Add Blanket Routine Uses to Systems of Records.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to add a new
``Blanket Routine Use'' to DoD systems of records to its inventory of
record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended.
DATES: The changes will be effective on January 28, 2008 unless
comments are received that would result in a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Defense Privacy Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Samuel P. Jenkins at (703) 607-
2943.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Defense notices for
systems of records 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 or at http://www.dod.mil/privacy/notices.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is proposing to establish a
new Department of Defense ``Blanket Routine Use'' (BRU) that will apply
to each of its current Privacy Act system of records unless the system
notice for a particular system of records specifically excludes their
application. The BRU will permit the sharing of terrorism information,
if such information is contained within an identified system, among
appropriate Federal, State, local, and tribal entities, as well as with
Foreign governments, pursuant to the information sharing environment
mandate as prescribed by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-458, Section 1016, as codified at 6
U.S.C. 485).
The proposed systems reports, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, were submitted on December 19,
2007, to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c of
Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130, `Federal Agency Responsibilities
for Maintaining Records About Individuals,' dated February 8, 1996
(February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427).
Dated: December 20, 2007.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
Department of Defense Blanket Routine Use
Routine Use--Information Sharing Environment
A record from a system of records maintained by a Component
consisting of, or relating to, terrorism information (6 U.S.C.
485(a)(4)), homeland security information (6 U.S.C. 482(f)(1)), or Law
enforcement information (Guideline 2 Report attached to White House
Memorandum, ``Information Sharing Environment, November 22, 2006) may
be disclosed to a Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, foreign
governmental and/or multinational agency, either in response to its
request or upon the initiative of the Component, for purposes of
sharing such information as is necessary and relevant for the agencies
to the detection, prevention, disruption, preemption, and mitigation of
the effects of terrorist activities against the territory, people, and
interests of the United States of America as contemplated by the
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Protection Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-
458) and Executive Order 13388 (October 25, 2005).
Note: Information relating to, but not in and of itself
constituting, terrorism, homeland security, or law enforcement
information, as defined above, may only be disclosed upon a showing
by the requester that the information is pertinent to the conduct of
investigations of, or the development of analyses regarding,
terrorism.
[FR Doc. E7-25283 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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