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RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system of records should address 

written inquiries to Defense Finance 

and Accounting Service, Freedom of 

Information/Privacy Act Program 

Manager, Corporate Communications 

and Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279– 

8000. 

Requests should contain individual’s 

full name, Social Security Number 

(SSN), current address, telephone 

number, and provide a reasonable 

description of what the requestor is 

seeking. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The DFAS rules for accessing records, 

for contesting contents and appealing 

initial agency determinations are 

published in DFAS Regulation 5400.11– 

R; 32 CFR part 324; or may be obtained 

from Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service, Freedom of Information/ 

Privacy Act Program Manager, 

Corporate Communications and 

Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. Irvington 

Place, Denver, CO 80279–8000. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

From the individual, DoD 

Components, and other Federal agencies 

such as Health and Human Services and 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID USA–2009–0024] 

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 

in its existing inventory of records 

systems subject to the Privacy Act of 

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

DATES: The proposed action will be 

effective on September 18, 2009 unless 

comments are received that would 

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: Mr. 

Leroy Jones, (703) 428–6185. 

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 August 12, 2009, 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: August 12, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

A0040–5a DASG DoD 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Defense Medical Surveillance System 

(April 30, 2009, 74 FR 19944). 

CHANGES: 

* * * * * 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘‘Department of Defense military 

personnel (active and reserve) and their 

family members; separated service 

members and retirees; DoD civilian 

personnel; contract personnel deploying 

with the Armed Forces; applicants for 

military service; and individuals who 

participate in DoD health surveys.’’ 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘‘Information in this system of records 

originates from personnel systems, 

medical records, health surveys (e.g., 

Pentagon Post Disaster Health 

Assessment, periodic, pre and post 

deployment health assessments) and/or 

health assessments made from specimen 

collections (remaining serum from 

blood samples) from which serologic 

tests can be performed (serum number, 

specimen locator information, collection 

date, place of collection). Records being 

maintained include but are not limited 

to individual’s name, Social Security 

Number, date of birth, sex, branch of 

service, home address, age, occupation, 

job series, rank, grade, education level, 

Armed Forces Qualification Test data, 

marital status, number of dependents, 

medical encounters, medical treatment 

facility, condition of medical and 

physical health and capabilities, 

responses to survey questions, register 

number assigned, and similar records, 

information and reports, relevant to the 

various registries; and specimen 

collections (remaining serum from 

blood samples) from which serologic 

tests can be performed (serum number, 

specimen locator information, collection 

date, place of collection).’’ 

* * * * * 

A0040–5a DASG DoD 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Defense Medical Surveillance System. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance 

Center, Building T–20, Room 213, 6900 

Georgia Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20307–5001; and Armed Forces Health 

Surveillance Center, 503 Robert Grant 

Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910–7500. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Department of Defense military 

personnel (active and reserve) and their 

family members; separated service 

members and retirees; DoD civilian 

personnel; contract personnel deploying 

with the Armed Forces; applicants for 

military service; and individuals who 

participate in DoD health surveys. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Information in this system of records 

originates from personnel systems, 

medical records, health surveys (e.g., 

Pentagon Post Disaster Health 

Assessment, periodic, pre and post 

deployment health assessments) and/or 

health assessments made from specimen 

collections (remaining serum from 

blood samples) from which serologic 

tests can be performed (serum number, 

specimen locator information, collection 

date, place of collection). Records being 

maintained include but are not limited 

to individual’s name, Social Security 

Number, date of birth, sex, branch of 

service, home address, age, occupation, 

job series, rank, grade, education level, 

Armed Forces Qualification Test data, 

marital status, number of dependents, 

medical encounters, medical treatment 

facility, condition of medical and 

physical health and capabilities, 

responses to survey questions, register 

number assigned, and similar records, 

information and reports, relevant to the 

various registries; and specimen 

collections (remaining serum from 

blood samples) from which serologic 

tests can be performed (serum number, 


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specimen locator information, collection 

date, place of collection). 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental 

Regulations; 10 U.S.C. 136, Under 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness; 10 U.S.C. 3013, Secretary of 

the Army, 10 U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of 

the Air Force, 10 U.S.C. 5013, Secretary 

of the Navy; DoD Instruction 1100.13, 

Surveys of DoD Personnel; DoD 

Directive 6490.2, Comprehensive Health 

Surveillance; DoD Directive 6490.3, 

Deployment Health; DoD Instruction 

6485.01, Human immunodeficiency 

Virus; DoD Directive 1404.10, Civilian 

Expeditionary Workforce; and E.O. 9397 

(SSN), as amended. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The Defense Medical Surveillance 

System (DMSS) supports a systematic 

collection, analysis, interpretation, and 

reporting of standardized, population 

based data for the purposes of 

characterizing and countering medical 

threats to a population’s health, wellbeing and performance. The Armed 

Forces Health Surveillance Center, 

which operates the DMSS, routinely 

publishes summaries of notifiable 

diseases, trends of illnesses of special 

surveillance interest and field reports 

describing outbreaks and case 

occurrences in the Medical Surveillance 

Monthly Report, the principal vehicle 

for disseminating medical surveillance 

information of broad interest. Through 

DMSS, the Armed Forces Health 

Surveillance Center provides the sole 

link between the DoD Serum Repository 

and other databases. This repository 

contains over 46 million frozen serum 

specimens and is the largest of its kind 

in the world. 

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 of 1974, these 

records 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, except 

that these routine uses do not apply to 

the Serum Repository. 

Note: This system of records contains 

individually identifiable health information. 

The DoD Health Information Privacy 

Regulation (DoD 6025.18–R) issued pursuant 

to the Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act of 1996, applies to most 

such health information. DoD 6025.18–R may 

place additional procedural requirements on 

the uses and disclosures of such information 

beyond those found in the Privacy Act of 

1974 or mentioned in this system of records 

notice. 

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: 

Information is retrieved by 

individual’s name, Social Security 

Number (SSN), registry number and 

specimen number. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records are maintained within 

secured buildings in areas accessible 

only to persons having official need, 

and who therefore are properly trained 

and screened. Automated segments are 

protected by controlled system 

passwords governing access to data. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are destroyed when no longer 

needed for reference and for conducting 

business. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Director of the Armed Forces Health 

Surveillance Center, The Army Surgeon 

General, Headquarters, Department of 

the Army, 5109 Leesburg Pike, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3258. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system should 

address written inquiries to the Director, 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance 

Center, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910–7500. 

For verification purposes, individual 

should provide their full name, Social 

Security Number (SSN), any details 

which may assist in locating record, and 

their signature. 

In addition, the requester must 

provide a notarized statement or an 

unsworn declaration made in 

accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746, in the 

following format: 

If executed outside the United States: 

‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) 

under penalty of perjury under the laws 

of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed 

on (date). (Signature)’. 

If executed within the United States, 

its territories, possessions, or 

commonwealths: ‘I declare (or certify, 

verify, or state) under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on (date). (Signature)’. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system should address written 

inquiries to the Director of the Armed 

Forces Health Surveillance Center, 503 

Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–7500. 

For verification purposes, individual 

should provide their full name, Social 

Security Number, any details which 

may assist in locating record, and their 

signature. 

In addition, the requester must 

provide a notarized statement or an 

unsworn declaration made in 

accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746, in the 

following format: 

If executed outside the United States: 

‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) 

under penalty of perjury under the laws 

of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed 

on (date). (Signature)’. 

If executed within the United States, 

its territories, possessions, or 

commonwealths: ‘I declare (or certify, 

verify, or state) under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on (date). (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, personnel and 

medical records, and mortality and 

casualty reports. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

19, 2009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 


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