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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are permanent. Records

maintained at Headquarters, U.S.

Marine Corps are transferred to the

National Personnel Records Center,

9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO

63132–5100, one year after separation,

placement on the Permanent Disability

Retired List, retirement, retirement from

Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, death of an

officer who served in General Officer

grade and former Marines no longer

considered of newsworthy status.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Commandant of the Marine Corps

(Code MMSB), Headquarters, U.S.

Marine Corps, 2008 Elliot Road,

Quantico, VA 22134–5030.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether this system of records contains

information about themselves should

address written inquiries to the

Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code

MMSB), Headquarters, U.S. Marine

Corps, 2008 Elliot Road, Quantico, VA

22134–5030 (for active duty members);

or to the Director, National Personnel

Records Center, 9700 Page Avenue, St.

Louis, MO 63132–5100 (for separated

members).

Individuals seeking to determine

information about their OQR/SRB

records maintained by their respective

commanding officer should address

written inquiries to the command

concerned. U.S. Marine Corps official

mailing addresses are incorporated into

Department of the Navy’s mailing

addresses, published as an appendix to

the Navy’s compilation of record system

notices.

Written requests should contain the

full name, Social Security Number, and

signature of the requester.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to records

about themselves contained in this

system of records should address

written requests to the Commandant of

the Marine Corps (Code MMSB),

Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 2008

Elliot Road, Quantico, VA 22134–5030

(for active duty personnel); to the

respective commanding officer of the

command concerned for OQR/SRB; or to

the Director, National Personnel

Records Center, 9700 Page Avenue, St.

Louis, MO 63132–5100 (for separated

members).

Written requests should include the

full name, Social Security Number, and

signature of the requester.

The individual may visit any of the

above activities for review of records.

Proof of identification may consist of an

individual’s active, reserve or retired

identification card, Armed Forces

Report of Transfer or Discharge (DD

Form 214), discharge certificate, driver’s

license, or other data sufficient to insure

that the individual is the subject of the

record.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The U.S. Marine Corps rules for

contesting contents and appealing

initial agency determinations are

published in Secretary of the Navy

Instruction 5211.5; Marine Corps Order

P5211.2; 32 CFR part 701; or may be

obtained from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Staff agencies and subdivisions of

Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps;

Marine Corps commands and

organizations; other agencies of federal,

state, and local government; medical

reports; correspondence from financial

and other commercial enterprises;

correspondence and records of

educational institutions;

correspondence of private citizens

addressed directly to the Marine Corps

or via the U.S. Congress and other

agencies; investigations to determine

suitability for enlistment, security

clearances, and special assignments;

investigations related to disciplinary

proceedings; and the individual of the

record.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice to alter a system of

records.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Air

Force proposes to alter a system of

records notice in its inventory of record

systems subject to the Privacy Act of

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

alteration adds a routine use to permit

disclosure of information to the

National Academy of Sciences.

DATES: This action will be effective on

November 13, 2000 unless comments

are received that would result in a

contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Air

Force Access Programs Manager,

Headquarters, Air Force

Communications and Information

Center/ITC, 1250 Air Force Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20330–1250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Anne Rollins at (703) 588–6187.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of the Air Force notices for

records systems 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 was submitted on

September 25, 2000, 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, (61 FR 6427, February

20, 1996).

Dated: October 5, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

F036 AF PC C

SYSTEM NAME:

Military Personnel Records System

(June 11, 1997, 62 FR 31793).

CHANGES:

* * * * *

Routine uses of records maintained in

the system, including categories of users

and the purposes of such uses: Add a

new paragraph as follows ‘To Federal

agencies, their contractors and grantees,

and to private organizations, such as the

National Academy of Sciences, for the

purposes of conducting personnel and/

or health-related research in the interest

of the Federal government and the

public. When not considered

mandatory, the names and other

identifying data will be eliminated from

records used for such research studies.’

* * * * *

F036 AF PC C

SYSTEM NAME:

Military Personnel Records System.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Primary locations: Headquarters

United States Air Force, 1040 Air Force

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20330–1040.

Headquarters Air Force Personnel

Center, 550 C Street W, Randolph Air

Force Base, TX 78150–4703.

Air Reserve Personnel Center, 6760

East Irvington Place 4000, Denver, CO

80280–4000.

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National Personnel Records Center,

Military Personnel records, 9700 Page

Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132–5100.

Headquarters of major commands and

field operating agencies; consolidated

base personnel offices; State Adjutant

General Office of each respective state,

District of Columbia and

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Air

Force Reserve and Air National Guard

units. Official mailing addresses are

published as an appendix to the Air

Force compilation of records systems

notices.

Secondary locations: Officer

Correspondence and Miscellaneous

Document Group for active duty officers

at Headquarters Air Force Personnel

Center (HQ AFPC), and at Headquarters,

United States Air Force (HQ USAF);

Officer Selection Record Group

(OSRGp) at HQ USAF, General Officer

Group and at HQ USAF and HQ AFPC

Air Force Colonel’s Group; retired

general officers Master Personnel

Record Group (MPerRGp) at AFPC;

Officer Command Selection Record

Group (OCSRGp) at the respective Air

Force base of assignment servicing

Military Personnel Flight (MPF), and

respective Air Force major command;

Air Force active duty enlisted personnel

MPerRGp and senior NCO selection

folder at AFPC; Field Personnel Records

Group (FPerRGp) at the respective unit

of assignment or servicing MPF or

Consolidated Reserve Personnel Office

(CRPO); personnel in Temporary

Disability Retired List, Missing in

Action (MIA), Prisoner of War (POW),

Dropped From Rolls status MPerGp at

AFPC; Reserve officers MPerRGp at Air

Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC);

Reserve airmen MPerRGp at ARPC and

FPerRGp at the respective unit of

assignment or servicing MPF/CRPO;

United States Air National Guard

(ANGUS) officers MPerRGp at ARPC,

OCSRGp at the respective State

Adjutant General Office, and FPerRGp

at the respective unit of assignment;

ANGUS airmen MPerRGp at the

respective State Adjutant General Office

and FPerRGp at the respective unit of

assignment; retired and discharged Air

Force military personnel MPerRGp at

National Personnel Records Center; and

Air Force Academy cadets MPerRGp at

unit of assignment MPF.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Air Force active duty military, Air

Force Reserve and Air National Guard

personnel.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

System contains substantiating

documents such as forms, certificates,

administrative orders and

correspondence pertaining to

appointment as a commissioned officer,

warrant officer, Regular AF, AF Reserve

or ANGUS, enlistment/reenlistment/

extension of enlistment, assignment,

Permanent Change of Station,

Temporary Duty (TDY), promotion and

demotion; identification card requests;

casualty; duty status changes—Absent

Without Leave/MIA/POW/Missing/

Deserter; military test administration/

results; service dates; separation;

discharge; retirement; security; training;

Professional Military Education (PME);

On-The-Job Training; Technical,

General Military Training;

commissioning; driver; academic

education; performance/effectiveness

reports; unfavorable communications in

the OSRGp; records corrections; formal/

informal medical or dental treatment/

examination; flying/rated status

administration; extended active duty;

emergency data; line of duty

determinations; human/personnel

reliability; career counseling; records

transmittal; AF reserve administration;

Air National Guard administration;

board proceedings; personnel history

statements; Veterans Administration

compensations; disciplinary actions;

record extracts; locator information;

personal clothing/equipment items;

passport; classification; grade data;

Career Reserve applications/

cancellations; traffic safety; Unit

Military Training; travel voucher for

TDY to Republic of Vietnam; dependent

data; professional achievements; Geneva

Convention card; Federal insurance;

travel and duty restrictions;

Conscientious Objector status;

decorations and awards; badges;

Favorable Communications (colonels

only); Inter-Service transfers; pay and

allowances; combat duty; leave;

photographs, and Personnel Data

System products.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

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

Force; as implemented by Air Force

Instruction 36–2608, and E.O. 9397

(SSN).

PURPOSE(S):

Military personnel records are used at

all levels of Air Force personnel

management within the agency for

actions/processes related to

procurement, education and training,

classification, assignment, career

development, evaluation, promotion,

compensation, sustentation, separation

and retirement.

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:

Records may be disclosed to the

Department of Veterans Affairs for

research, processing and adjudication of

claims, and providing medical care.

To dependents and survivors for

determination of eligibility for

identification card privileges.

To the Civilian Health and Medical

Program of the Uniformed Services

(CHAMPUS) for determination of

eligibility and benefits.

To local Immigration/Naturalization

Office for accountability and audit

purposes.

To State Unemployment

Compensation offices for verification of

military service related information for

unemployment compensation claims;

Respective local state government

offices for verification of Vietnam ‘State

Bonus’ eligibility.

To the Office of Personnel

Management for verification of military

service for benefits, leave, or Reduction

in Force purposes, and to establish Civil

Service employee tenure and leave

accrual rate.

To the Social Security Administration

to substantiate applicant’s credit for

social security compensation; Local

state office for verification of military

service relative to the Soldiers and

Sailors Civil Relief Act. Information as

to name, rank, Social Security Number,

salary, present and past duty

assignment, future assignments that

have been finalized, and office phone

number may be provided to military

financial institutions who provide

services to DOD personnel. For

personnel separated, discharged or

retired from the Air Force, information

as to last known address may be

provided to the military financial

institutions upon certification by a

financial institution officer that the

facility has a dishonored check or

defaulted loan.

To the Selective Service Agencies for

computation of service obligation. To

the American National Red Cross for

emergency assistance to military

members, dependents, relatives or other

persons if conditions are compelling.

To the Department of Labor for claims

of civilian employees formerly in

military service, verification of servicerelated information for unemployment

compensation claims, investigations of

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possible violations of labor laws and for

pre-employment investigations.

To the Armed Forces Retirement

Home to determine eligibility. To

Federal agencies, their contractors and

grantees, and to private organizations,

such as the National Academy of

Sciences, for the purposes of conducting

personnel and/or health-related research

in the interest of the Federal

government and the public. When not

considered mandatory, the names and

other identifying data will be eliminated

from records used for such research

studies.

The DoD ‘Blanket Routine Uses’

published at the beginning of the Air

Force’s compilation of systems of

records notices apply to this system.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Maintained in visible file folders/

binders, cabinets and on computer and

computer output products.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Information in the system is retrieved

by last name, first name, middle initial

and Social Security Number.

Records stored at National Personnel

Records Center are retrieved by registry

number, last name, first name, middle

initial and Social Security Number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Records are accessed by person(s)

responsible for servicing the records

system in performance of their official

duties and by authorized personnel who

are properly screened and cleared for

need-to-know. Records stored in locked

room, cabinets, and in computer storage

devices protected by computer system

software.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Those documents designated as

temporary in the prescribing directive

remain in the records until their

obsolescence (superseded, member

terminates status, or retires) when they

are removed and provided to the

individual. Unfavorable

communications in the OSRGp are

transferred to Air Reserve Component

and retained for one year following an

officer’s termination of status, or

destroyed if officer retires or dies. Those

documents designated as permanent

remain in the military personnel records

system permanently and are retired with

the master personnel record group.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Commander, Headquarters Air Force

Military Personnel Center, 550 C Street

W, Randolph Air Force Base, TX 78150–

4703.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether this system of records contains

information on themselves should

address written inquiries to the

Commander, Headquarters Air Force

Military Personnel Center, 550 C Street

W, Randolph Air Force Base, TX 78150–

4703.

Individuals may also appear in person

at the responsible official’s office or the

respective repository for records for

personnel in a particular category

during normal duty hours any day

except Saturday, Sunday or national

and local holidays. The Saturday and

Sunday exception does not apply to

Reserve and National Guard units

during periods of training. The system

manager has the right to waive these

requirements for personnel located in

areas designated as Hostile Fire Pay

areas. Official mailing addresses are

published as an appendix to the Air

Force’s compilation of systems of

records notices.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking to access records

about themselves contained in this

system should address written requests

to the Commander, Headquarters Air

Force Military Personnel Center, 550 C

Street W, Randolph Air Force Base, TX

78150–4703.

Individuals may also appear in person

at the responsible official’s office or the

respective repository for records for

personnel in a particular category

during normal duty hours any day

except Saturday, Sunday or national

and local holidays. The Saturday and

Sunday exception does not apply to

Reserve and National Guard units

during periods of training. The system

manager has the right to waive these

requirements for personnel located in

areas designated as Hostile Fire Pay

areas. Official mailing addresses are

published as an appendix to the Air

Force’s compilation of systems of

records notices.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Air Force rules for accessing

records, and for contesting contents and

appealing initial agency determinations

are published in Air Force Instruction

37–132; 32 CFR part 806b; or may be

obtained from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information is obtained from the

subject of the file, supervisors,

correspondence generated within the

agency in the conduct of official

business, educational institutions, and

civil authorities.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

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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

proposes to alter a system of records

notice in its inventory of record systems

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5

U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

DATES: This action will be effective on

November 13, 2000 unless comments

are received that would result in a

contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Records Management

Division, U.S. Army Records

Management and Declassification

Agency, ATTN: TAPC–PDD–RP, Stop

5603, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060–5603.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Janice Thornton at (703) 806–4390 or

DSN 656–4390 or Ms. Christie King at

(703) 806–3711 or DSN 656–3711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of the Army notices for

records systems 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 was submitted on

September 25, 2000, 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, (61 FR 6427, February

20, 1996).

Dated: October 5, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

A0640–10b TAPC

SYSTEM NAME:

Official Military Personnel Record

(November 30, 1998, 63 FR 65761).