[Federal Register: October 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 200)]
[Notices]
[Page 61094-61096]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
[Docket ID: USA-2008-0073]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice to Amend a System of Records.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is amending a system of records
notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the
Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
DATES: This proposed action will be effective without further notice on
November 14, 2008 unless comments are received which result in a
contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Department of the Army, Privacy Office, U.S. Army Records
Management and Declassification Agency, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey
Building, Suite 144, Alexandria, VA 22325-3905.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Vicki Short at (703) 428-6508.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Army 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 above.
The specific changes to the record system being amended are set
forth below followed by the notice, as amended, published in its
entirety. The proposed amendments are 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.
Dated: October 7, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
A0381-100b DAMI
System name:
Technical Surveillance Index (February 2, 1996, 61 FR 3920).
Changes:
* * * * *
System location:
Delete entry and replace with ``The intelligence portions of the
index are located at the Investigative Records Repository, U.S. Army
Intelligence and Security Command, 902d Military Intelligence Group,
ATTN: IAMG-CIC-IRR, Fort Meade, MD 20755-5995; and
The law enforcement portions of the index are located at the
Director, U.S. Army Crime Records Center, ATTN: CICR-FP, 6010 6th
Street, Building 1465, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5585.''
* * * * *
Storage:
Delete entry and replace with ``Paper records in file folders and
on electronic storage media.''
Retrievability:
Delete entry and replace with ``By a combination of name, address,
Social Security Number, telephone number, radio frequency, call sign,
or case designation.''
Safeguards:
Delete entry and replace with ``Access to buildings is controlled
by security guards. The electronic index is maintained in specialized
software with password protected access and data backup measures. Paper
records are maintained in General Services Administration approved
security containers, physically separated from other materials, and are
accessible only to authorized personnel who are properly screened,
cleared, and trained.''
* * * * *
Notification procedure:
Delete entry and replace with ``Individuals seeking to determine
whether information about themselves is contained in this system should
address written inquiries to the United States Army Intelligence and
Security Command, Freedom of Information/Privacy Office, 4552 Pike
Road, Fort Meade, MD 20755-5995.
Individuals must furnish his/her full name, any alias, Social
Security Number, date and place of birth, current address, telephone
number, and a notarized signature or contact 1-866-548-5651 or e-mail
the INSCOM FOIA office at INSCOM_FOIA_ServiceCenter@mi.army.mil.''
Record access procedures:
Delete entry and replace with ``Individuals seeking to determine
whether information about themselves is contained in this system should
address written inquiries to the Individuals seeking to determine
whether information about themselves is contained in this system should
address written inquiries to the United States Army Intelligence and
Security Command, Freedom of Information/Privacy Office, 4552 Pike
Road, Fort Meade, MD 20755-5995.
Individuals must furnish his/her full name, any alias, Social
Security Number, date and place of birth, current address, telephone
number, and a notarized signature or contact 1-866-548-5651 or e-mail
the INSCOM FOIA office at INSCOM_FOIA_ServiceCenter@mi.army.mil.''
* * * * *
A0381-100b DAMI
System name:
Technical Surveillance Index.
System location:
The intelligence portions of the index are located at the
Investigative Records Repository, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security
Command, 902d Military Intelligence Group, ATTN: IAMG-CIC-IRR, Fort
Meade, MD 20755-5995; and
The law enforcement portions of the index are located at the
Director, U.S. Army Crime Records Center, ATTN: CICR-FP, 6010 6th
Street, Building 1465, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5585.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Persons under investigation by military law enforcement or military
intelligence activities and parties to the conversation, whose
conversations have been intercepted during electronic surveillance
operations conducted by, or on behalf of, the Army.
Categories of records in the system:
The person who is the subject of the surveillance and to the extent
known, names of each identifiable person whose communications were
intercepted; language of conversation; Social Security Numbers;
telephone number, radio frequencies or radio call signs involved;
address of premise at which surveillance was conducted; title or number
of the investigative file; element maintaining the case file and date
or dates of the interceptions.
Also may include backup material (i.e., electronic surveillance
information that was used, retained, or disseminated) when not filed as
part of the investigative file.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
18 U.S.C. 2510-2520 and 3504; DoD 5240.1-R as implemented by Army
Regulation 381-10, U.S. Army Intelligence Activities; and DoD 5200.24
as implemented by Army Regulation 190-53, Interception of Wire and Oral
Communications for Law Enforcement Purposes; and E.O. 9397 (SSN).
Purpose(s):
To enable Military Law Enforcement and Counterintelligence agencies
to quickly locate records of electronic surveillance activities in
response to motions for discovery and inquiries and court documents.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.
552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information contained
therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
The `Blanket Routine Uses' published at the beginning of the Army's
compilation of systems of records notices also apply to this system.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining,
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Paper records in file folders and on electronic storage media.
Retrievability:
By a combination of name, address, Social Security Number,
telephone number, radio frequency, call sign, or case designation.
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Safeguards:
Access to buildings is controlled by security guards. The
electronic index is maintained in specialized software with password
protected access and data backup measures. Paper records are maintained
in General Services Administration approved security containers,
physically separated from other materials, and are accessible only to
authorized personnel who are properly screened, cleared, and trained.
Retention and disposal:
Investigative Records Repository electronic index entries are
deleted 10 years after date of interception or upon destruction
(shredding, burning, pulping or magnetic erasing) or transfer to the
National Archives of case file containing electronic surveillance
information. Transfer dates occur 25, 30, and 50 years after the date
of the most current material in the file as governed by retention
period applied to the case dossier. Crime Records Center documents and
related interception will be maintained for the period of time
consistent to the investigative record to which they pertain, i.e., 3,
5, and 40 years. Disposal will be through shredding, burning or pulping
and magnetic erasing.
Tapes obtained as the result of domestic non-consensual
interceptions and retained as backup material will be kept for 10
years.
System manager(s) and address:
The Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters,
Department of the Army, 1001 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-1001
for the intelligence portion of the index.
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Command, 5611 Columbia Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041-2015 for the law enforcement portion of the
index.
Notification procedure:
Individuals seeking to determine whether information about
themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries
to the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, Freedom of
Information/Privacy Office, 4552 Pike Road, Fort Meade, MD 20755-5995.
Individuals must furnish his/her full name, any alias, Social
Security Number, date and place of birth, current address, telephone
number, and a notarized signature or contact 1-866-548-5651 or e-mail
the INSCOM FOIA office at INSCOM_FOIA_ServiceCenter@mi.army.mil.
Record access procedures:
Individuals seeking to determine whether information about
themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries
to the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, Freedom of
Information/Privacy Office, 4552 Pike Road, Fort Meade, MD 20755-5995.
Individuals must furnish his/her full name, any alias, Social
Security Number, date and place of birth, current address, telephone
number, and a notarized signature or contact 1-866-548-5651 or e-mail
the INSCOM FOIA office at INSCOM_FOIA_ServiceCenter@mi.army.mil.
Contesting record procedures:
The Army's rules for accessing records, contesting contents, and
appealing initial agency determinations are contained in Army
Regulation 340-21; 32 CFR part 505; or may be obtained from the system
manager.
Record source categories:
Army and other Federal, state and local investigative agencies.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
Portions of this system may be exempt under the provisions of 5
U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), (k)(2), or (k)(5), as applicable.
An exemption rule for this system has been promulgated in
accordance with requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(1), (2), and (3), (c),
and (e) and published in 32 CFR part 505. For additional information
contact the system manager.
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