3546 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 1998 / Notices

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and summary agenda for the

meeting of the Long-Range Air Power

Panel on February 2 and 3, 1998. In

accordance with Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public

Law 92–463, as amended [5 U.S.C. App.

II, (1982)], it has been determined that

this Long-Range Air Power Panel

meeting concerns matters listed in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) (1982), and that

accordingly this meeting will be closed

to the public from 0800–1800, February

2 and 3, 1998 in order for the Panel to

discuss classified material.

DATES: February 2 and 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The Tank, 1801 N.

Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The LongRange Air Power Panel (LRAP) was

established October 8, 1997 in

accordance with section 8131 of the

Defense Appropriations Act, 1998. The

mission of the Long-Range Air Power

Panel is to provide the President and

Congress a report containing its

conclusions and recommendations

concerning the appropriate B–2 bomber

force and specifically its

recommendation on whether additional

funds for the B–2 should be used for

continued low-rate production of the B–

2 or for upgrades to improve

deployability, survivability, and

maintainability.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND AGENDA: The

Panel will meet in closed session from

0800–1800 on February 2 and 3, 1998 in

the Tank at the Institute for Defense

Analyses Bldg. 1801 Beauregard Street,

Alexandria VA. During the closed

session on both days, DoD staff and

contractor personnel will present the

panel with briefings and status updates

of current U.S. long-range air power

capabilities, employment strategies and

force structure plans for the future.

The determination to close the

meeting is based on the consideration

that it is expected that discussion will

involve classified matters of national

security concern throughout.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Colonel Vic Saltsman at

(703) 695–3165.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison

Officer Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

Submarine of the Future

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Submarine of the Future

will meet in closed session on February

3, 1998 at TRW, Fairfax, Virginia. In

order for the Task Force to obtain time

sensitive classified briefing, critical to

the understanding of the issues, this

meeting is scheduled on short notice.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At this meeting

the Task Force will assess the nation’s

need for attack submarines in the 21st

century.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1994)), it has been determined

that this DSB Task Force meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1) (1994), and that accordingly

this meeting will be closed to the

public.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

Satellite Reconnaissance

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Open Systems will meet

in closed session on February 23–24,

1998 at Strategic Analysis, Inc., 4001 N.

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At this meeting

the Task Force will examine the benefits

of, criteria for, and obstacles to the

application of an open systems

approach to weapon systems, and make

recommendations on revisions to DoD

policy, practice, or investment strategies

that are required to obtain maximum

benefit from adopting open systems.

The Task Force will examine

application to new defense programs, to

those that have already made substantial

investments in a design, and to those

that are already fielded, across the

spectrum of weapon systems, not just

those heavily dependent on advanced

computers and electronics.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1994)), it has been determined

that this DSB Task Force meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

§ 552b(c)(1) (1994), and that accordingly

this meeting will be closed to the

public.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records Notice

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice to Amend a Record

System.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

proposes to amend 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: The amendment will be effective

on February 23, 1998, unless comments

are received that would result in a

contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Department of the Navy, PA/FOIA

Policy Branch, Chief of Naval

Operations (N09B30), 2000 Navy

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Doris Lama at (202) 685–6545 or DSN

325–6545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of the Navy’s record system

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 Department of the Navy proposes

to amend a system of records notice in

its inventory of record systems subject

to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C.
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552a), as amended. The changes to the

system of records 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 new

or altered systems report. The record

system being amended is set forth

below, as amended, published in its

entirety.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

N05520–5

SYSTEM NAME:

Personnel Security Program

Management Records System (April 16,

1997, 62 FR 18590).

CHANGES:

* * * * *

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

In line four, after the word ‘require’

add ‘or may in the future require’ and

in line 10, delete the words ‘whose

duties require a USCG security

clearance’.

* * * * *

N05520–5

SYSTEM NAME:

Personnel Security Program

Management Records System.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Department of the Navy Central

Adjudication Facility, Washington Navy

Yard, Building 176, Room 308,

Washington, DC 20388–5389.

System computer facility: Defense

Investigative Service (DIS), Personnel

Investigations Center, 911 Eldridge

Landing Road, Linthicum, MD 21090–

2902.

Record documentation: Naval

Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS),

Washington Navy Yard, Building 111,

Records Management Division, 901 M

Street, SE, Washington, DC 20388–5380.

Decentralized segments: The security

office of command to which the

individual is assigned; Headquarters,

Naval Security Group Command, 9800

Savage Road, Fort George G. Meade, MD

20755–6585; Office of Naval

Intelligence, National Maritime

Intelligence Center, ATTN: ONI-OCB3,

4251 Suitland Road, Washington, DC

20395–5720; and, Headquarters, Naval

Criminal Investigative Service,

Washington Navy Yard, Building 111,

901 M Street, SE, Washington, DC

20388–5380.

Additionally, duplicate portions of

records may be held by the Chief of

Naval Personnel (Pers-81), Washington,

DC 20370–5000, Office of Civilian

Personnel Management, 800 N. Quincy

Street, Arlington, VA 22203–1998;

Naval Reserve Personnel Center, New

Orleans, LA 70149–7800; Headquarters,

U.S. Marine Corps (Code MIF), 2 Navy

Annex, Washington, DC 20380–0001;

and, the security office at the local

activity to which the individual is

assigned. Official mailing addresses are

published as an appendix to the Navy’s

compilation of system of record notices.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

All Department of the Navy military

personnel and civilian employees and

certain ‘affiliated employees’ whose

duties require or may in the future

require a DON security clearance or

assignment to sensitive positions and

aliens being processed for access to

National Security information. Also

included are DON adjudicative actions

for all U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) military

personnel and those USCG civilian

employees having access to sensitive

compartmented information only.

Individuals adjudicated as a result of

interservice and interagency support

agreements. ‘Affiliated employees’

include contractors, consultants,

nonappropriated fund employees, USO

personnel and Red-Cross volunteers and

staff.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Navy Joint Adjudicative and

Clearance System (NJACS), the

automated portion of this system,

contains records that include an

individual’s name, Social Security

Number, date and place of birth,

citizenship status and the unit

identification code (UIC) of the

individual’s assignment. Other data

elements track the individual’s status in

the clearance adjudication process and

records the final determination. Data

files may also include duty-assignment

designations and sensitivity levels, as

well as specific access such as

cryptographic information access or

participation in the Personnel

Reliability Program.

The documentation system includes

information pertaining to the

investigation, inquiry, or its

adjudication by clearance authority to

include: (1) Chronology of the

investigation, inquiry, and/or

adjudication; (2) all recommendations

regarding future status of subject; (3)

decisions of security/loyalty review

boards and Defense Office of Hearings

and Appeals (DOHA); (4) final actions/

determinations made regarding subject;

and (5) security clearance, access

authorizations, or security

determination; index tracings that

contain aliases and names of subject as

reflected in Defense Clearance and

Investigations Index (DCII) under

system notice V5-02; security

termination; notification of denial,

suspension, or revocation of clearance

or access; classified nondisclosure

agreements created from 1987 to early

1992 and managed by DON CAF; and

other documentation related to the

adjudication decision.

At local command security offices

information includes tickler copies of

requests for clearance and access;

records of access, reports of

disqualifying/derogatory information;

records of clearance of individual

personnel as well as accreditation of

personnel for access to classified

information requiring special access

authorizations; nondisclosure

agreements, associated briefings and

debriefing statements; and other related

records supporting the Personnel

Security Program.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental

Regulations; 5 U.S.C. 7311; 10 U.S.C.

5013; and E.O. 9397 (SSN); E.O. 10450,

Security Requirements for Government

Employees, in particular sections 2, 3, 4,

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 14; 12958, Classified

National Security Information; 12968,

Access to Classified Information; DoD

Regulation 5200.2-R, Personnel Security

Program Regulation; and OPNAV

Instruction 5510.1H, Department of

Navy Information and Personnel

Security Program Regulation.

PURPOSE(S):

To provide a comprehensive system

to manage information required to

adjudicate and document the eligibility

of DON military, civilian, and certain

affiliated employees for access to

classified information and assignment to

sensitive positions. These records are

also used to make determinations of

suitability for promotion, employment,

or assignments.

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:

To the White House to obtain

approval of the President of the United

States regarding certain military

personnel officer actions as provided for

in DoD Instruction 1320.4.
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To the Immigration and

Naturalization Service for use in alien

admission and naturalization inquiries

for purposes of determining access to

National Security information.

The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ that

appear at the beginning of the Navy’s

compilation of systems notices apply to

this system.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Maintained on paper records in file

folders, audio or audiovisual tapes,

micro-imaging; CD-ROM; optical digital

data disk; computers; magnetic tapes,

disks, and drums; and computer output

products.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By name, dossier number, Social

Security Number, and date and place of

birth.

SAFEGUARDS:

Buildings employ alarms, security

guards, and/or rooms are security

controlled areas accessible only to

authorized persons. DON CAF primary

system paper and microfilm records are

maintained in General Service

Administration approved security

containers and/or are stored in security

controlled areas accessible only to

authorized persons. Locally generated

paper security records and/or copies of

investigative reports are stored in a

vault, safe, or steel file cabinet having at

least a lock bar and approved threeposition, dial type combination padlock,

or in similarly protected containers or

area. Electronically and optically stored

records are maintained in ‘fail-safe’

system software with password

protected access. Records are accessible

only to authorized persons with a needto-know who are properly screened,

cleared, and trained.

Files transferred to NCIS Records

Management Division for storage are

monitored and stored on open shelves

and filing cabinets located in secure

areas accessible to only authorized

personnel.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Investigative/adjudicative records on

non-DoD persons who are considered

for affiliation with DoD are destroyed

after 1 year if affiliation is not

completed.

Investigative/DON CAF adjudicative

records of a routine nature are retained

in the active file until final adjudicative

decision is made; then retired to NCIS

Records Management Division and

retained for 15 years after last action

reflected in the file, except that files that

contain significant derogatory

information and/or resulted in adverse

action(s) against the individual are

destroyed after 25 years. Administrative

papers not included in the case file are

destroyed 1 year after closure or when

no longer needed, whichever is later.

Records determined to be of historical

value, of wide spread value or

Congressional interest are permanent.

They will be retained for 25 years after

the date of last action reflected in the

file and then permanently transferred to

the National Archives. Classified

nondisclosure agreements if maintained

separately from the individual’s official

personnel folder will be destroyed when

70 years old. If maintained in the

individual’s personnel folder, the

disposition for the official personnel file

applies. Locally stored case file paper or

automated access records are destroyed

when employee/service member is

separated or departs the command,

except for access determinations not

recorded in official personnel folders.

They are destroyed 2 years after the

person departs the command. However,

once affiliation is terminated, acquiring

and adding material to the file is

prohibited unless affiliation is renewed.

The automated NJACS maintains

records on persons as long as they

continue to be employed by or affiliated

with the DON. NJACS computer data

records are purged two years after an

individual terminates DON employment

or affiliation. General and flag officer

data records are maintained until the

individual’s death. Destruction of

records will be by shredding, burning,

or pulping for paper records; burning for

microform records and magnetic erasing

for computerized records. Optical

digital data and CD-ROM records are

destroyed as required by NAVSO P5239-26, ‘Remanence Security

Guidebook’ of September 1993.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Director, Department of the Navy

Central Adjudication Facility,

Washington Navy Yard Building 111,

716 Sicard Street SE, Washington, DC

20388–5389.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether this system of records contains

information about themselves should

address written inquiries to the Director,

Department of the Navy Central

Adjudication Facility, Washington Navy

Yard, Building 111, 716 Sicard Street

SE, Washington, DC 20388–5389 or to

the Commanding Officer/Director of the

activity in question. Official mailing

addresses are published as an appendix

to the Navy’s compilation of systems of

records notices.

Individuals requesting personal

records must properly establish their

identity to the satisfaction of the

Director, Navy Central Adjudication

Facility or the Commanding Officer/

Director of the local command, as

appropriate. This can be accomplished

by providing an unsworn declaration

subscribed to be true that states ‘I

declare under penalty of perjury under

the laws of the United States of America

that the foregoing is true and correct’.

Individual should also provide their full

name, aliases, date and place of birth,

Social Security Number, or other

information verifiable from the records

in the written request.

Individuals should mark the letter

and envelope containing the request

‘Privacy Act Request’.

Proposed amendments to the

information must be directed to the

agency which conducted the

investigation.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to records

about themselves contained in this

system of records should address

written inquiries to the Director,

Department of the Navy Central

Adjudication Facility, Washington Navy

Yard, Building 111, 716 Sicard Street

SE, Washington, DC 20388–5389 or the

Commanding Officer/Director of the

activity in question. Official mailing

addresses are published as an appendix

to the Navy’s compilation of systems of

records notices.

Individuals requesting personal

records must properly establish their

identity to the satisfaction of the

Director, Navy Central Adjudication

Facility or the Commanding Officer/

Director of the local command, as

appropriate. This can be accomplished

by providing an unsworn declaration

subscribed to be true that states ‘I

declare under penalty of perjury under

the laws of the United States of America

that the foregoing is true and correct’.

Individual should also provide their full

name, aliases, date and place of birth,

Social Security Number, or other

information verifiable from the records

in the written request.

Individuals should mark the letter

and envelope containing the request

‘Privacy Act Request’.

Proposed amendments to the

information must be directed to the

agency which conducted the

investigation.

Attorneys or other persons acting on

behalf of an individual must provide a

written authorization from that
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individual for their representative to act

on their behalf.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Navy’s rules for accessing

records, and for contesting contents and

appealing initial agency determinations

are published in Secretary of the Navy

Instruction 5211.5; 32 CFR part 701; or

may be obtained from the system

manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information in this system comes

from the cognizant security manager or

other official sponsoring the security

clearance/ determination for the subject

and from information provided by other

sources, e,g., personnel security

investigations, personal financial

records, military service records and the

subject.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

Information specifically authorized to

be classified under E.O. 12958, as

implemented by DoD 5200.1-R, may be

exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1).

Investigatory material compiled solely

for the purpose of determining

suitability, eligibility, or qualifications

for federal civilian employment,

military service, federal contracts, or

access to classified information may be

exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5),

but only to the extent that such material

would reveal the identity of a

confidential source.

An exemption rule for this system has

been promulgated in accordance with

the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(1),

(2) and (3), (c) and (e) and published in

32 CFR part 701, subpart G. For

additional information, contact the

system manager.

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Privacy Act; Systems of Records

AGENCY: Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board.

ACTION: Annual Notice of Systems of

Records.

SUMMARY: The Board is publishing a

description of the six systems of records

it maintains under the Privacy Act of

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as amended. Minor

changes and corrections have been

made in the description of each system

of records.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General Counsel, Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana

Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington,

DC 20004–2901, (202) 208–6387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

currently maintains six systems of

records under the Privacy Act. Each

system is described below.

DNFSB–1

SYSTEM NAME:

Personnel Security Files.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified materials.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite

700, Washington, DC 20004–2901.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Employees and applicants for

employment with DNFSB and DNFSB

contractors; consultants; other

individuals requiring access to

classified materials and facilities.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Personnel security folders and

requests for security clearances, Forms

SF 86, 86A, 87, 312, and DOE Forms

5631.18, 5631.29, 5631.20, and 5631.21.

In addition, records containing the

following information:

(1) Security clearance request

information;

(2) Records of security education and

foreign travel;

(3) Records of any security

infractions;

(4) Names of individuals visiting

DNFSB; and

(5) Employee identification files

(including photographs) maintained for

access purposes.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

National Defense Authorization Act,

Fiscal Year 1989 (amended the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et

seq.) by adding new Chapter 21—

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board).

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:

DNFSB—to determine which

individuals should have access to

classified material and to be able to

transfer clearances to other facilities for

visitor control purposes.

DOE—to determine eligibility for

security clearances.

Other Federal and State agencies—to

determine eligibility for security

clearances.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Paper records, magnetic disk, and

computer printouts.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By name and social security number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Access is limited to employees having

a need to know. Records are stored in

locked file cabinets in a controlled

access area in accordance with Board

directives and Federal guidelines.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records retention and disposal

authorities are contained in the

‘‘General Records Schedules’’ published

by National Archives and Records

Administration, Washington, DC.

Records within DNFSB are destroyed by

shredding or burning, as appropriate.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite

700, Washington, DC 20004–2901.

Attention: Facilities and Security

Management Specialist.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Requests by an individual to

determine if DNFSB–1 contains

information about him/her should be

directed to the Privacy Act Officer,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20004–2901. Required

identifying information: Complete

name, social security number, and date

of birth.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:

Same as Notification procedure above,

except individual must show official

photo identification, such as driver’s

license, passport, or government

identification before viewing records.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:

Same as Record Access procedure.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Subject individuals, Questionnaire for

Sensitive Positions (SF–86), agency

files, official visitor logs, OPM

Investigators, and DOE Personnel

Security Branch.

SYSTEM EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT:

None.

DNFSB–2

SYSTEM NAME:

Administrative and Travel Files.