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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Southern New Mexico Resource
Advisory Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Southern New Mexico
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
will meet in Socorro, New Mexico. The
committee is authorized under the
Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with title II of
the Act. RAC information can be found
at the following Web site: https://www.fs.
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advisorycommittees.
DATES: The meeting will be held June 8,
2016, at 8:30 a.m.
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cancellation. For status of meeting prior
to attendance, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUMMARY:
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198 Neel Avenue, Socorro, New Mexico.
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names and addresses when provided,
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Faith Rivera, RAC Coordinator, by
phone at 575–388–8212 or via email at
jfrivera@fs.fed.us.
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Mexico 88061; by email to jfrivera@
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8204.
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Dated: April 29, 2016.
Adam Mendonca,
Forest Supervisor, Gila National Forest.
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BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No. 160309221–6221–01]
RIN 0605–XC034
Privacy Act of 1974; Amended System
of Records
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of proposed amendment
to Privacy Act system of records:
AGENCY:
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COMMERCE/NOAA–3, Commissioned
Officer Official Personnel Folders.
This notice announces the
Department of Commerce’s
(Department’s) proposal to amend the
system of records entitled
‘‘COMMERCE/NOAA–3,
‘‘Commissioned Officer Official
Personnel Folders’’ under the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended. This
amendment would change the name of
the SORN from the ‘‘Commissioned
Officer Official Personnel Folders’’ to
‘‘NOAA Corps Officer Official Personnel
Folders.’’ This amendment would also
update the following sections of the
current NOAA–3: Addresses, For
Further Information Contact, Security
Classification, Authority for
Maintenance of the System, Storage,
Purposes, and Routine Uses.
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA
Corps) is the uniformed service of
NOAA, a bureau of the Department. The
NOAA Corps provides a cadre of
professionals trained in engineering,
earth sciences, oceanography,
meteorology, fisheries science, and
other related disciplines who serve their
country by supporting NOAA’s mission
of surveying the Earth’s oceans, coasts,
and atmosphere to ensure the economic
and physical well-being of the Nation.
Personnel records and folders must be
created as they are required by law,
Executive Order, operational guidance
from central management agencies, and/
or agency records management
programs.
SUMMARY:
To be considered, written
comments must be submitted on or
before June 6, 2016. Unless comments
are received, the amended system of
records will become effective as
proposed on June 14, 2016. If comments
are received, the Department will
publish a subsequent notice in the
Federal Register within 10 days after
the comment period closes, stating that
the current system of records will
remain in effect until publication of a
final action in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
Director, NOAA Corps, 8403 Colesville
Road, Suite 500, NOAA, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Director, NOAA Corps, 8403 Colesville
DATES:
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Road, Suite 500, NOAA, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces NOAA’s proposal to
amend the system of records entitled
‘‘COMMERCE/NOAA–3,
‘‘Commissioned Officer Official
Personnel Folders.’’ In addition to
changing the name to NOAA Corps
Officer Official Personnel Folders, this
system of records is being updated to
add Addresses, For further Information
Contact, and Security Classification
sections. It is also needed to update the
Authority for maintenance of the system
and the Policies and practices for
storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining
and disposing of records in the system
sections. NOAA Corps records are
created and maintained for all
members—active, retired, and
deceased—of the NOAA Corps. Selected
information is disseminated to
determine eligibility for retention,
promotion, retirement, separation, and
other personnel actions; physical
fitness; entitlement to pay and various
allowances; entitlement to social
security benefits, Veteran’s benefits,
unemployment compensation, waivers
for repayment of student loans, death
benefits, survivor benefits, and FHA inservice loans; assignments; selective
service status; and to report taxes
withheld.
COMMERCE/NOAA–3
SYSTEM NAME:
COMMERCE/NOAA–3, NOAA Corps
Officer Official Personnel Folders
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Moderate
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Office of the Director, NOAA Corps,
NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Commissioned Officers of the NOAA
Corps (active, retired, and deceased) and
commissioned officers who have been
separated within previous six months.
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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
This information is collected and/or
maintained by all systems covered by
this system of records: Name, social
security number, selective service
number, promotion history, assignment
history, performance/awards history,
date of birth, education/training history,
prior employment history, prior
uniformed service, relatives, references,
discipline, insurance, and similar
personal information.
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AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Navigation and Navigable Waters, 33
U.S.C. 853a–t, 854a–a2, 855, 856, 857,
857–1–5, 857a, 858, 864, 865, 872–876;
Departmental Regulations, 5 U.S.C. 301;
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, 28
U.S.C. 533–535; Records Management
by Agency Heads, 44 U.S.C. 3101; and
Security Requirements for Government
Employment, E.O. 10450.
PURPOSES:
Selected information is disseminated
to determine eligibility for retention,
promotion, retirement, separation, and
other personnel actions, entitlement to
pay and various allowances, Veteran’s
benefits, unemployment compensation,
death benefits, survivor benefits, and
FHA In-service loans, assignments, and
selective service status. Users are:
Selective Service System; Veteran’s
Administration; Federal Housing
Administration; Social Security
Administration; Public Health Service;
Department of Defense elements; Taxing
authorities (Federal, State and local);
unemployment compensation
authorities; and the organization to
which the officer is assigned such as
branches of U.S. Military Service,
branches of foreign military services,
World Weather Organizations, etc.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM:
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
Department. The records or information
contained therein may specifically be
disclosed as a routine use as stated
below. The Department will, when so
authorized, make the determination as
to the relevancy of a record prior to its
decision to disclose a document.
1. In the event that a system of records
maintained by the Department to carry
out its functions indicates a violation or
potential violation of law or contract,
whether civil, criminal or regulatory in
nature and whether arising by general
statute or particular program statute or
contract, rule, regulation, or order
issued pursuant thereto, or the necessity
to protect an interest of the Department,
the relevant records in the system of
records, may be referred to the
appropriate agency, whether Federal,
State, local, or foreign, charged with the
responsibility of investigating or
prosecuting such violation or charged
with enforcing or implementing the
statute or contract, rule, regulation, or
order issued pursuant thereto, or
protecting the interest of the
Department.
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2. A record from this system of
records may be disclosed in the course
of presenting evidence to a court,
magistrate, hearing officer or
administrative tribunal, including
disclosures to opposing counsel in the
course of settlement negotiations,
administrative appeals and hearings.
3. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to a Member of
Congress submitting a request involving
an individual when the individual has
requested assistance from the Member
with respect to the subject matter of the
record.
4. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to the Department of
Justice in connection with determining
whether the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) requires disclosure
thereof.
5. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed 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).
6. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to appropriate
agencies, entities and persons when: (1)
It is suspected or determined that the
security or confidentiality of
information in the system of records has
been compromised; (2) the Department
has determined that as a result of the
suspected or confirmed compromise
there is a risk of harm to economic or
property interests, identity theft or
fraud, or harm to the security or
integrity of this system or whether
systems or programs (whether
maintained by the Department or
another agency or entity) that rely upon
the compromised information; and (3)
the disclosure made to such agencies,
entities, and persons is reasonably
necessary to assist in connection with
the Department’s efforts to respond to
the suspected or confirmed compromise
and to prevent, minimize, or remedy
such harm.
7. A record from this system of
records may be disclosed, as a routine
use, to a Federal, state or local agency
maintaining civil, criminal or other
relevant enforcement information or
other pertinent information, such as
current licenses, if necessary to obtain
information relevant to a Department
decision concerning the assignment;
hiring or retention of an individual; the
issuance of a security clearance; the
letting of a contract; or the issuance of
a license, grant or other benefit.
8. A record from this system of
records may be disclosed, as a routine
use, to a Federal, state, local, or
international agency, in response to its
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request, in connection with the
assignment, hiring or retention of an
individual, the issuance of a security
clearance, the reporting of an
investigation of an individual, the
letting of a contract, or the issuance of
a license, grant, or other benefit by the
requesting agency, to the extent that the
information is relevant and necessary to
the requesting agency’s decision on the
matter.
9. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed, as a routine use, to
the Office of Management and Budget in
connection with the review of private
relief legislation as set forth in OMB
Circular No. A–19 at any stage of the
legislative coordination and clearance
process as set forth in that Circular.
10. A record in this system may be
transferred, as a routine use, to the
Office of Personnel Management: For
personnel research purposes; as a data
source for management information; for
the production of summary descriptive
statistics and analytical studies in
support of the function for which the
records are collected and maintained; or
for related manpower studies.
11. A record from this system of
records may be disclosed, as a routine
use, to the Administrator, General
Services Administration (GSA), or his
designee, during an inspection of
records conducted by GSA as part of
that agency’s responsibility to
recommend improvements in records
management practices and programs,
under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and
2906. Such disclosure shall be made in
accordance with the GSA regulations
governing inspection of records for this
purpose, and any other relevant (i.e.
GSA or Department) directive. Such
disclosure shall not be used to make
determinations about individuals.
12. A record in this system of records
which contains medical information
may be disclosed, as a routine use, to
the medical advisor of any individual
submitting a request for access to the
record under the Act and 15 CFR part
4b if, in the sole judgment of the
Department, disclosure could have an
adverse effect upon the individual,
under the provision of 5 U.S.C.
552a(f)(3) and implementing regulations
at 15 CFR part 4b.26.
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DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:
Disclosure to consumer reporting
agencies pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552a(b)(12) may be made from this
system to ‘‘consumer reporting
agencies’’ as defined in the Fair Credit
Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)) and
the Federal Claims Collection Act of
1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).
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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Paper records in file folders in a
secured location and electronic records
in a database.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records are organized and retrieved
by the individual’s name.
SAFEGUARDS:
Records are maintained in a secured
area and in a database. Access is granted
only on the authority of the Director,
NOAA Corps or the Director,
Commissioned Personnel Center.
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5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G),
(H) and (I), and (f)) of the agency
regulations in order to fulfill
commitments made to protect the
confidentiality of sources, and to
maintain access to sources of
information which are necessary to
determine an employee’s suitability for
employment in the NOAA Corps.
Dated: May 2, 2016.
Michael J. Toland,
Department of Commerce, Freedom of
Information/Privacy Act Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–10541 Filed 5–4–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–12–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Records are retained indefinitely on
active duty officers; retired, discharged
and deceased officers’ records are
retained for approximately one year
then transferred to the National
Archives and Records Administration
(NARA), National Records Center,
Kansas City, Missouri 64141.
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
Director, NOAA Corps and Director,
Commissioned Personnel Center (CPC),
8403 Colesville Road, Suite 500, NOAA,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Information may be obtained from:
Director, CPC, see above address.
Requester should provide full name,
address, social security number, and
date of birth, date of separation,
pursuant to the inquiry provisions of the
Department’s rules which appear in 15
CFR part 4b.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
See NOAA Corps Directive, Chapter 6,
part 16107, Requests for Information.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
The Department’s rules for access, for
contesting contents, and appealing
initial determinations by the individuals
concerned appear in 15 CFR part 4b.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Subject individual, official
correspondence and forms generated by
routine personnel actions, previous
employers, prior military service,
Selective Service System, Federal
Housing Administration, Social Security
Administration, and similar sources.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR SYSTEM:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), all
investigatory material in the record
which meets the criteria of 5 U.S.C.
552a(k)(5), is exempted from the notice,
access, and contest requirements (under
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Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–26–2016]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 76—
Bridgeport, Connecticut; Notification
of Proposed Production Activity;
ASML US, Inc., (Optical, Metrology,
and Lithography System Modules),
Newtown and Wilton, Connecticut
ASML US, Inc. (ASML), operator of
Subzone 76A, submitted a notification
of proposed production activity to the
FTZ Board for its facilities in Newtown
and Wilton, Connecticut. The
notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on April 26, 2016.
The facilities are used for the
production of advanced system modules
for optical, metrology, and lithography
semiconductor manufacturing
equipment. Pursuant to 15 CFR
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited
to the specific foreign-status materials
and components and specific finished
products described in the submitted
notification (as described below) and
subsequently authorized by the FTZ
Board.
Production under FTZ procedures
could exempt ASML from customs duty
payments on the foreign status materials
and components used in export
production. On its domestic sales,
ASML would be able to choose the duty
rate during customs entry procedures
that applies to advanced system
modules for optical, metrology, and
lithography semiconductor
manufacturing equipment (free) for the
foreign status inputs noted below.
Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign status
production equipment.
The components and materials
sourced from abroad include: Sample
holders; tool tests; absorption tubes;
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-10541]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No. 160309221-6221-01]
RIN 0605-XC034
Privacy Act of 1974; Amended System of Records
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of proposed amendment to Privacy Act system of records:
COMMERCE/NOAA-3, Commissioned Officer Official Personnel Folders.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Department of Commerce's
(Department's) proposal to amend the system of records entitled
``COMMERCE/NOAA-3, ``Commissioned Officer Official Personnel Folders''
under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This amendment would change
the name of the SORN from the ``Commissioned Officer Official Personnel
Folders'' to ``NOAA Corps Officer Official Personnel Folders.'' This
amendment would also update the following sections of the current NOAA-
3: Addresses, For Further Information Contact, Security Classification,
Authority for Maintenance of the System, Storage, Purposes, and Routine
Uses.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps) is the uniformed service of
NOAA, a bureau of the Department. The NOAA Corps provides a cadre of
professionals trained in engineering, earth sciences, oceanography,
meteorology, fisheries science, and other related disciplines who serve
their country by supporting NOAA's mission of surveying the Earth's
oceans, coasts, and atmosphere to ensure the economic and physical
well-being of the Nation. Personnel records and folders must be created
as they are required by law, Executive Order, operational guidance from
central management agencies, and/or agency records management programs.
DATES: To be considered, written comments must be submitted on or
before June 6, 2016. Unless comments are received, the amended system
of records will become effective as proposed on June 14, 2016. If
comments are received, the Department will publish a subsequent notice
in the Federal Register within 10 days after the comment period closes,
stating that the current system of records will remain in effect until
publication of a final action in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Director, NOAA Corps, 8403
Colesville Road, Suite 500, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, NOAA Corps, 8403 Colesville
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Road, Suite 500, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces NOAA's proposal to
amend the system of records entitled ``COMMERCE/NOAA-3, ``Commissioned
Officer Official Personnel Folders.'' In addition to changing the name
to NOAA Corps Officer Official Personnel Folders, this system of
records is being updated to add Addresses, For further Information
Contact, and Security Classification sections. It is also needed to
update the Authority for maintenance of the system and the Policies and
practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining and disposing
of records in the system sections. NOAA Corps records are created and
maintained for all members--active, retired, and deceased--of the NOAA
Corps. Selected information is disseminated to determine eligibility
for retention, promotion, retirement, separation, and other personnel
actions; physical fitness; entitlement to pay and various allowances;
entitlement to social security benefits, Veteran's benefits,
unemployment compensation, waivers for repayment of student loans,
death benefits, survivor benefits, and FHA in-service loans;
assignments; selective service status; and to report taxes withheld.
COMMERCE/NOAA-3
System Name:
COMMERCE/NOAA-3, NOAA Corps Officer Official Personnel Folders
Security Classification:
Moderate
System Location:
Office of the Director, NOAA Corps, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910.
Categories of Individuals Covered By The System:
Commissioned Officers of the NOAA Corps (active, retired, and
deceased) and commissioned officers who have been separated within
previous six months.
Categories of Records in the System:
This information is collected and/or maintained by all systems
covered by this system of records: Name, social security number,
selective service number, promotion history, assignment history,
performance/awards history, date of birth, education/training history,
prior employment history, prior uniformed service, relatives,
references, discipline, insurance, and similar personal information.
Authority for Maintenance of the System:
Navigation and Navigable Waters, 33 U.S.C. 853a-t, 854a-a2, 855,
856, 857, 857-1-5, 857a, 858, 864, 865, 872-876; Departmental
Regulations, 5 U.S.C. 301; Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, 28 U.S.C.
533-535; Records Management by Agency Heads, 44 U.S.C. 3101; and
Security Requirements for Government Employment, E.O. 10450.
Purposes:
Selected information is disseminated to determine eligibility for
retention, promotion, retirement, separation, and other personnel
actions, entitlement to pay and various allowances, Veteran's benefits,
unemployment compensation, death benefits, survivor benefits, and FHA
In-service loans, assignments, and selective service status. Users are:
Selective Service System; Veteran's Administration; Federal Housing
Administration; Social Security Administration; Public Health Service;
Department of Defense elements; Taxing authorities (Federal, State and
local); unemployment compensation authorities; and the organization to
which the officer is assigned such as branches of U.S. Military
Service, branches of foreign military services, World Weather
Organizations, etc.
Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System:
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 Department. The
records or information contained therein may specifically be disclosed
as a routine use as stated below. The Department will, when so
authorized, make the determination as to the relevancy of a record
prior to its decision to disclose a document.
1. In the event that a system of records maintained by the
Department to carry out its functions indicates a violation or
potential violation of law or contract, whether civil, criminal or
regulatory in nature and whether arising by general statute or
particular program statute or contract, rule, regulation, or order
issued pursuant thereto, or the necessity to protect an interest of the
Department, the relevant records in the system of records, may be
referred to the appropriate agency, whether Federal, State, local, or
foreign, charged with the responsibility of investigating or
prosecuting such violation or charged with enforcing or implementing
the statute or contract, rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant
thereto, or protecting the interest of the Department.
2. A record from this system of records may be disclosed in the
course of presenting evidence to a court, magistrate, hearing officer
or administrative tribunal, including disclosures to opposing counsel
in the course of settlement negotiations, administrative appeals and
hearings.
3. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to a Member
of Congress submitting a request involving an individual when the
individual has requested assistance from the Member with respect to the
subject matter of the record.
4. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the
Department of Justice in connection with determining whether the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) requires disclosure thereof.
5. A record in this system of records may be disclosed 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).
6. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to
appropriate agencies, entities and persons when: (1) It is suspected or
determined that the security or confidentiality of information in the
system of records has been compromised; (2) the Department has
determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise
there is a risk of harm to economic or property interests, identity
theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or
whether systems or programs (whether maintained by the Department or
another agency or entity) that rely upon the compromised information;
and (3) the disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the Department's
efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and to
prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
7. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a
routine use, to a Federal, state or local agency maintaining civil,
criminal or other relevant enforcement information or other pertinent
information, such as current licenses, if necessary to obtain
information relevant to a Department decision concerning the
assignment; hiring or retention of an individual; the issuance of a
security clearance; the letting of a contract; or the issuance of a
license, grant or other benefit.
8. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a
routine use, to a Federal, state, local, or international agency, in
response to its
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request, in connection with the assignment, hiring or retention of an
individual, the issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an
investigation of an individual, the letting of a contract, or the
issuance of a license, grant, or other benefit by the requesting
agency, to the extent that the information is relevant and necessary to
the requesting agency's decision on the matter.
9. A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a
routine use, to the Office of Management and Budget in connection with
the review of private relief legislation as set forth in OMB Circular
No. A-19 at any stage of the legislative coordination and clearance
process as set forth in that Circular.
10. A record in this system may be transferred, as a routine use,
to the Office of Personnel Management: For personnel research purposes;
as a data source for management information; for the production of
summary descriptive statistics and analytical studies in support of the
function for which the records are collected and maintained; or for
related manpower studies.
11. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a
routine use, to the Administrator, General Services Administration
(GSA), or his designee, during an inspection of records conducted by
GSA as part of that agency's responsibility to recommend improvements
in records management practices and programs, under authority of 44
U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall be made in accordance with
the GSA regulations governing inspection of records for this purpose,
and any other relevant (i.e. GSA or Department) directive. Such
disclosure shall not be used to make determinations about individuals.
12. A record in this system of records which contains medical
information may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the medical advisor
of any individual submitting a request for access to the record under
the Act and 15 CFR part 4b if, in the sole judgment of the Department,
disclosure could have an adverse effect upon the individual, under the
provision of 5 U.S.C. 552a(f)(3) and implementing regulations at 15 CFR
part 4b.26.
Disclosure to Consumer Reporting Agencies:
Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552a(b)(12) may be made from this system to ``consumer reporting
agencies'' as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C.
1681a(f)) and the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C.
3701(a)(3)).
Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining,
and Disposing of Records in the System:
Storage:
Paper records in file folders in a secured location and electronic
records in a database.
Retrievability:
Records are organized and retrieved by the individual's name.
Safeguards:
Records are maintained in a secured area and in a database. Access
is granted only on the authority of the Director, NOAA Corps or the
Director, Commissioned Personnel Center.
Retention and Disposal:
Records are retained indefinitely on active duty officers; retired,
discharged and deceased officers' records are retained for
approximately one year then transferred to the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA), National Records Center, Kansas City,
Missouri 64141.
System Manager and Address:
Director, NOAA Corps and Director, Commissioned Personnel Center
(CPC), 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 500, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910.
Notification Procedure:
Information may be obtained from: Director, CPC, see above address.
Requester should provide full name, address, social security number,
and date of birth, date of separation, pursuant to the inquiry
provisions of the Department's rules which appear in 15 CFR part 4b.
Record Access Procedures:
See NOAA Corps Directive, Chapter 6, part 16107, Requests for
Information.
Contesting Record Procedures:
The Department's rules for access, for contesting contents, and
appealing initial determinations by the individuals concerned appear in
15 CFR part 4b.
Record Source Categories:
Subject individual, official correspondence and forms generated by
routine personnel actions, previous employers, prior military service,
Selective Service System, Federal Housing Administration, Social
Security Administration, and similar sources.
Exemptions Claimed For System:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), all investigatory material in the
record which meets the criteria of 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), is exempted
from the notice, access, and contest requirements (under 5 U.S.C.
552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f)) of the agency
regulations in order to fulfill commitments made to protect the
confidentiality of sources, and to maintain access to sources of
information which are necessary to determine an employee's suitability
for employment in the NOAA Corps.
Dated: May 2, 2016.
Michael J. Toland,
Department of Commerce, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-10541 Filed 5-4-16; 8:45 am]
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