Department of Defense October 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to add a new system of records, DMDC 20, entitled ``Personnel Security Breach Notification and Mitigation Services Records''. The Department of Defense is providing notification and facilitating the provision of breach mitigation services to individuals affected by the breach of information in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) background investigation databases the Department must establish this system in order to provide notification to and facilitate the provision of breach mitigation services. Due to the number and proportion of affected individuals belonging to the DoD, DoD entered into agreements with OPM to handle the breach notification and mitigation services. DoD will also use these records to respond to breach verification inquiries. Individuals may go to OPM's Web site and click on a link that will redirect them to a DoD Web site where they can enter their information to find out if they have been affected by this breach. These records may also be used for tracking, reporting, measuring, and improving The Department's effectiveness in implementing this data breach notification.

The Department of the Navy proposes to add a new system of records, N01000-6, entitled ``Strategic Programs (SP) 205 Training Records'' to provide support and track the training progress of naval personnel (commissioned officers and enlisted) who manage, operate, and maintain Strategic Weapons System (SWS) and Attack Weapon System (AWS). To document and track the completion of and/or validate the training courses. To provide the status of the training to the commands, DoD training managers, and to the Navy personnel.

This notice provides the updated TRICARE Young Adult program premiums for Calendar Year (CY) 2016.

The Department of the Army (DOA) proposes to reinstate a system of records, A0351 AMC, entitled ``Student/Faculty Records: AMC Schools Systems'' to its inventory of record systems to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. After publication of the deletion notice in the Federal Register (October 3, 2012, 77 FR 60412), the DOA discovered that the records had not yet been transferred to the National Personnel Records Center. Therefore, the DOA system of records notice should not have been deleted and is being reinstated in full below.

DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide needed editorial changes.

DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove Cuba from the definition of ``state sponsor of terrorism'' in two DFARS clauses. This rule implements the Department of Department of State Public Notice: 9162, Rescission of Determination Regarding Cuba.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new information collection requirement concerning Identification of Predecessors. A notice was published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 71975, on December 4, 2014. Two comments were received.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to add a new system of records, DUSDA 15, entitled ``AT&L External Account Creation System (EACS)'' to validate eligibility, and maintain an official registry that identifies individuals who apply for, and are granted access privileges to AT&L products, services and electronic information systems.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense is deleting a system of records notice from its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. The system of records notice is DC3I 01, Joint Reserve Intelligence Planning Support System (JRIPSS) (November 20, 1997, 62 FR 62002).

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve revisions to a previously approved information collection requirement concerning Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract Report (SF) 294. A notice was published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 32909, on June 10, 2015. No comments were received on the information collection.

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the National Security Education Board will take place. This meeting is open to the public.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.

The notice, OMB Control No. 9000-00XX, Payment to Small Business Subcontractors, published in the Federal Register, is being withdrawn and is no longer accepting comments.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for domestic and foreign licensing by the Department of the Navy. The following patent applications are available for licensing: Patent Application No. 62/156,092: PHOTONIC HYBRID RECEIVE ANTENNA for determining true time delay from each receiving element of an active electronically scanned array or a phased array antenna//Patent Application No. 62/141,977: RETRACTABLE SUPPRESSOR for gas generating systems such as a firearm//Patent Application No. 14/561,502: INTEGRAL MULTI-CHAMBERED VALVED SUPPRESSOR including a method of routing gas through baffled chambers and expansion chambers for reducing sound and flash//Patent Application No. 14/668,081: COMBINATION METAL OXIDE SEMI- CONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (MOSFET) AND JUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (JFET) OPERABLE FOR MODULATING CURRENT VOLTAGE RESPONSE OR MITIGATING ELECTROMAGNETIC OR RADIATION INTERFERENCE EFFECTS BY ALTERING CURRENT FLOW THROUGH THE MOSFETS SEMI-CONDUCTIVE CHANNEL REGION (SCR)//Patent Application No. 14/664,186: CONTROLLING CURRENT OR MITIGATING ELECTROMAGNETIC OR RADIATION INTERFERENCE EFFECTS USING MULTIPLE AND DIFFERENT SEMI-CONDUCTIVE CHANNEL REGIONS GENERATING STRUCTURES//Patent Application No. 14/724,267: APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING CURRENT/VOLTAGE RESPONSE USING MULTIPLE SEMI-CONDUCTIVE CHANNEL REGIONS (SCR) PRODUCED FROM DIFFERENT INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES//Patent Application No. 14/230,486: PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR GRAPHICAL RESOURCING DESIGN, ALLOCATION, AND/OR EXECUTION MODELING AND VALIDATION//Patent Application No. 14/873,739: APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING CURRENT/VOLTAGE RESPONSE USING MULTIPLE SEMI-CONDUCTIVE CHANNEL REGIONS (SCR) PRODUCED FROM DIFFERENT INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES//Patent Application No. 14/873,680: CONTROLLING CURRENT OR MITIGATING ELECTROMAGNETIC OR RADIATION INTERFERENCE EFFECTS USING MULTIPLE AND DIFFERENT SEMI-CONDUCTIVE CHANNEL REGIONS GENERATING STRUCTURES.

The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the USMA Board of Visitors (BoV). This meeting is open to the public. For more information about the BoV, its membership and its activities, please visit the BoV Web site at https://www.usma.edu/bov/SitePages/Home.aspx.

Notice is given of the names of members of a Performance Review Board for the Department of the Army.

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service proposes to alter a system of records, T5500a, entitled ``Congressional Inquiry File'' in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This system provides the ability to track and maintain a record of Congressional inquiries, and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service's responses.

The Defense Contract Audit Agency proposes to add a new system of records, RDCAA 900.1, entitled ``DCAA Inspector General Records'' to record information related to official DCAA Inspector General investigations and actions taken in investigative recommendations; to compile statistical information to disseminate to other components within the Department of Defense engaged in the Hotline Program; to provide prompt, responsive, and accurate information regarding the status of ongoing cases; and to provide a record of complaint disposition. Complaints appearing to involve criminal wrongdoing will be referred to the Defense Criminal Investigative Service or other criminal investigative units of DoD components.

The Defense Health Agency proposes to alter an existing system of records, EDTMA 02, entitled ``Medical/Dental Care and Claims Inquiry Files'' in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This system provides information to maintain and control records pertaining to requests for information concerning an individual's TRICARE eligibility status, the medical or dental benefits provided under programs of TRICARE and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) and the processing of individual TRICARE and CHAMPVA claims.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to alter a system of records notice DWHS D01, entitled ``DoD National Capital Region Mass Transportation Benefit Program'' to manage the DoD National Capital Region Mass Transportation Benefit Program for DoD military and civilian personnel applying for and in receipt of fare subsidies. Used as a management tool for statistical analysis, tracking, reporting, evaluating program effectiveness, and conducting research.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District (Corps), intends to prepare a draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the general reevaluation of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project, California. The Corps will serve as the lead agency for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The general reevaluation is assessing opportunities to restore ecosystem function along the Sacramento River and improve flood risk reduction capabilities of the flood conveyance system originally constructed in 1917. The system is located along the Sacramento River, from Elder Creek near Tehama to its confluence with the San Joaquin River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Collinsville. System features are also located along a number of tributaries, sloughs, and bypass channels, including the Feather River, American River, Sutter Bypass, and Yolo Bypass.

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Health Board will take place.