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are targeting the seams in the U.S. 

command and control alignment and 

planning process; and the preceding 

areas of concern focus primarily on the 

military operations phases, are the 

potential adversaries observing, 

analyzing and adapting during the 

preparation and stabilization phase? 

The mission of the Defense Science 

Board is to advise the Secretary of 

Defense and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition, Technology & 

Logistics on scientific and technical 

matters as they affect the perceived 

needs of the Department of Defense. 

In accordance with Section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App. 2), it has been determined 

that these Defense Science Board Task 

Force meetings concern matters listed in 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, 

accordingly, these meetings will be 

closed to the public.

Dated: November 29, 2004. 

Jeannette Owings-Ballard, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense.

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice to alter a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is proposing to alter a system of records 

notice in its existing inventory of 

records systems subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended. 

The Department of the Army is 

proposing to alter the existing system of 

records to add new records being 

maintained, i.e., biographic information 

including, but not limited to, name, date 

of birth, place of birth, height, weight, 

eye color, hair color, race and gender.

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on 

January 27, 2005, unless comments are 

received which result in a contrary 

determination.

ADDRESSES: Department of the Army, 

Freedom of Information Privacy 

Division, U.S. Army Records 

Management and Declassification 

Agency, ATTN: AHRC–PDD–FPZ, 7701 

Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Suite 

144, Alexandria, VA 22325–3905.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Janice Thornton at (703) 428–6504.

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 proposed system report, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was 

submitted on November 24, 2004, to the 

House Committee on Government 

Reform, the Senate Committee on 

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: November 29, 2004. 

Jeannette Owings-Ballard, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense.

A0380—19 SAIS 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Information Assurance For 

Automated Information Systems (AIS) 

and Defense Biometric Technology Files 

(July 28, 2003, 68 FR 44309). 

CHANGES: 

SYSTEM IDENTIFIER: 

Replace entry with ‘A0025—2 SAIS’. 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘Information Assurance for Automated 

Information Systems (AIS) and 

Department of Defense Biometric 

Information Systems’. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘Defense Biometrics Fusion Center, 347 

West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV 

26306—2947 and at any Department of 

Defense system that collects, stores, 

accesses, retrieves, or uses biometrics 

technology to recognize the identity, or 

verify the claimed identity of an 

individual.’

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘Individuals covered include, but is not 

limited to, military, civilian, and 

contractor personnel; military reserve 

personnel; Army and Air National 

Guard personnel; and other persons 

requiring or requesting access to DoD 

information and facilities.’

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘Operator’s/user’s name, Social Security 

Number, organization, telephone 

number, and office symbol; security 

clearance; level of access; subject 

interest code; user identification code; 

data files retained by users; assigned 

password; magnetic tape reel 

identification; abstracts of computer 

programs and names and phone 

numbers of contributors; similar 

relevant information; biometrics 

templates, biometric images, supporting 

documents, and biographic information 

including, but not limited to, name, date 

of birth, place of birth, height, weight, 

eye color, hair color, race and gender.’

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Delete entry and replace with ‘Public 

Law 106–246, Section 112; 10 U.S.C. 

3013, Secretary of the Army; 10 U.S.C. 

5013, Secretary of the Navy; 10 U.S.C. 

8013, Secretary of the Air Force; 

Department of Defense Directive 8500.1, 

Information Assurance (IA); DoD 

Instruction 8500.2, Information 

Assurance Implementation; Army 

Regulation 25—2, Information 

Assurance; and E.O. 9397 (SSN).’

PURPOSE(S): 

Delete second paragraph and replace 

with ‘To Control logical and physical 

access to DoD information and facilities, 

and to recognize the identity or verify 

the identity of individuals by using a 

measurable physical or behavioral 

characteristic.’

* * * * *

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Add to entry ‘and other biometric 

data’.

* * * * *

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Delete entry and replace with ‘From 

the individual, DoD security offices, 

system managers, computer facility 

managers, automated interfaces for user 

codes on file at Department of Defense 

sites.’

* * * * *

A0025—2 SAIS

SYSTEM NAME: 

Information Assurance for Automated 

Information systems (AIS) and 

Department of Defense Biometric 

Information Systems. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Department of Defense Biometrics 

Fusion Center, 1600 Aviation Way, 

Bridgeport, WV 26330–9476, and at any 

Department of Defense system that 

collects, stores, accesses, retrieves, or 

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uses biometrics technology to recognize 

the identity, or verify the claimed 

identity of an individual. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals covered include, but is 

not limited to, military, civilian, and 

contractor personnel; military reserve 

personnel; Army and Air National 

Guard personnel, and other persons 

requiring or requesting access to DoD 

information and facilities. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Operator’s/user’s name, Social 

Security Number, organization, 

telephone number, and office symbol; 

security clearance; level of access; 

subject interest code; user identification 

code; data files retained by users; 

assigned password; magnetic tape reel 

identification; abstracts of computer 

programs and names and phone 

numbers of contributors; similar 

relevant information; biometrics 

templates, biometric images, supporting 

documents, and biographic information 

including, but not limited to, name, date 

of birth, place of birth, height, weight, 

eye color, hair color, race and gender. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Public Law 106–246, Section 112; 10 

U.S.C. 3013, Secretary of the Army; 10 

U.S.C. 5013, Secretary of the Navy; 10 

U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of the Air Force; 

Department of Defense Directive 8500.1, 

Information Assurance (IA); DoD 

Instruction 8500.2, Information 

Assurance Implementation; Army 

Regulation 25–2, Information 

Assurance; and E.O. 9397 (SSN). 

PURPOSE(S): 

To administer passwords and 

identification numbers for operators/

users of data in automated media; to 

identify data processing and 

communication customers authorized 

access to or disclosure from data 

residing in information processing and/

or communication activities; and to 

determine propriety of individual access 

into the physical data residing in 

automated media. 

To control logical and physical access 

to DoD information and facilities and to 

identify or verify the identity of 

individuals by using a measurable 

physical or behavioral characteristic. 

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 DoD ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ set 

forth 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 

electronic storage media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Name, Social Security Number, 

subject, application program key word/

author, and biometric template, and 

other biometric data.

SAFEGUARDS: 

Computerized records maintained in a 

controlled area are accessible only to 

authorized personnel. Physical and 

electronic access is restricted to 

designated individuals having a need 

therefore in the performance of official 

duties. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Individual data remain on file while 

a user of computer facility; destroyed on 

person’s reassignment or termination. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Chief Information Officer, Department 

of the Army, 107 Army Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20310–0107. 

Director, Department of Defense 

Biometrics Management Office, 2530 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202–

3934. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system should 

address written inquiries to the Chief 

Information Officer, Department of the 

Army, 107 Army Pentagon, Washington, 

DC 20310–0107. 

For verification purposes, individual 

should provide full name, sufficient 

details to permit locating pertinent 

records, and signature. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system should address written 

inquiries to the Chief Information 

Officer, Department of the Army, 107 

Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20310–0107. 

For verification purposes, individual 

should provide full name, sufficient 

details to permit locating pertinent 

records, and signature. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Army’s rules for accessing 

records, and for 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: 

From the individual, DoD security 

offices, system managers, computer 

facility managers, automated interfaces 

for user codes on file at Department of 

Defense sites. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None.

[FR Doc. 04–28266 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice to amend a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is proposing to amend a system of 

records notice in its existing inventory 

of records 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 

January 27, 2005, unless comments are 

received which result in a contrary 

determination.

ADDRESSES: Department of the Army, 

Freedom of Information/Privacy Office 

Division, U.S. Army Records 

Management and Declassification 

Agency, ATTN: AHRC–PDD–FPZ, 7701 

Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Suite 

144, Alexandria, VA 22325–3905.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Janice Thornton at (703) 428–6597.

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 records 

systems being amended are set forth 

below by the notices, as amended, 

published in their 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.