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CHANGES:

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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘‘Destroy 4 years after cutoff.’’

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T1300 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Disbursing Officer Establishment and 

Appointment Files. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Cleveland Center, 1240 East 

9th Street, Cleveland, OH 44199–2055. 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Kansas City Center, 1500 East 

95th Street, Kansas City, MO 64197–

0001. 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Indianapolis Center, 8899 East 

56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249–

0001. 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Denver Center, 6760 East 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279–

5000.

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Columbus Center, 4280 East 

5th Avenue, Building 3, Columbus, OH 

43218–2317. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Military members and DoD civilians 

who are appointed as deputies and 

individuals appointed as accountable 

disbursing officers. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Records include forms for designation 

and appointment of deputy and 

disbursing officer, letters to Federal 

Reserve banks, and requests for 

approval and appointment of 

accountable officers; appointment 

letters; commencement of disbursing 

duty letters; Financial Management 

Service Forms 3023, Specimen 

Signatures and 5583, Signature Card. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental 

Regulations; DoD 7000.14–R, DoD 

Financial Management Regulation; 

DFAS 005, Delegation of Statutory 

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

PURPOSE(S): 

Information is used to determine 

whether an individual has held an 

accountable position in the past. 

To obtain data for the appointment or 

termination of deputies and the 

appointment or termination of other 

than finance officers as accountable 

officers. 

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 Federal Reserve banks to verify 

authority of the accountable individual 

to issue Treasury checks. 

The DoD ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ 

published at the beginning of the DFAS 

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 file folders, optical disk 

systems, and computer databases. 

RETRIEVABILITY:

By individual’s name, Social Security 

Number and accounting and disbursing 

station number. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

As a minimum, records are accessed 

by person(s) responsible for servicing, 

and are authorized to use, the record 

system in performance of their official 

duties who are properly screened and 

cleared for need to know. Additionally, 

at some Centers, records are in office 

buildings protected by guards and 

controlled by screening of personnel 

and registering of visitors. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Destroy 4 years after cutoff. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Director of Network Operations, 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Cleveland Center, 1240 East 

9th Street, Cleveland, OH 44199–2055. 

Director of Accounting Operations, 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Kansas City Center, 1500 East 

95th Street, Kansas City, MO 64197–

0001. 

Director of Network Operations, 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Indianapolis Center, 8899 East 

56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249–

0001. 

Director of Accounting Operations, 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Denver Center, 6760 East 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279–

5000. 

Director of Accounting Operations or 

Network Operations, Defense Finance 

and Accounting Service—Columbus 

Center, 4280 East 5th Avenue, Building 

3, Columbus, OH 43218–2317. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system of records 

should address written inquiries to the 

Privacy Act Officer at the appropriate 

DFAS Center. 

Individuals should provide sufficient 

proof of identity, such as full name, 

Social Security Number, or other 

information verifiable from the record 

itself. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system of records should address 

written inquiries to the records 

management officer or the Privacy Act 

Officer at the appropriate DFAS Center. 

Individual should provide sufficient 

proof of identity, such as full name, 

Social Security Number, or other 

information verifiable from the record 

itself. 

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 the Freedom of Information/

Privacy Act Program Manager, Office of 

Corporate Communications, 6760 E. 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279–

8000. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Finance and accounting officers. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None.

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service; Privacy Act of 1974; Systems 

of Records

AGENCY: Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, DoD.

ACTION: Notice To Amend a System of 

Records; T7332c Bankruptcy Processing 

Files. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service is amending a 

system of records notice to its existing 

inventory of record systems subject to 

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

as amended.

DATES: This action will be effective 

without further notice on September 23, 

2005 unless comments are received that 

would result in a contrary 

determination.

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ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms. 

Linda Krabbenhoft, Freedom of 

Information Act/Privacy Act Program 

Manager, Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, Denver, 6760 E. 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279–

8000, telephone (303) 676–6045.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Linda Krabbenhoft at (303) 676–6045.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service notices for systems of records 

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 record 

system being amended are set forth 

below followed by the notice, as 

amended, published in its entirety. The 

proposed amendment is 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.

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Jeannette Owings-Ballard, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense.

T7332c 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Bankruptcy Processing Files (January 

7, 1999, 64 FR 1005). 

CHANGES:

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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘‘Destroy 6 years and 3 months after 

closure of the case.’’

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T7332c 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Bankruptcy Processing Files. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Indianapolis Center, 8899 E. 

56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249–

0001. 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Cleveland Center, 1240 East 

Ninth Street, Cleveland, OH 44199–

2055. 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Denver Center, 6760 East 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279–

5000.

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Columbus Center, 4280 East 

5th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43219–

1879. 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Kansas City Center, 1500 East 

95th Street, Kansas City, MO 64197–

0001. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Army, Air Force, Marine, and Navy 

military members, and Department of 

Defense civilian employees for whom 

bankruptcy notice has been received. 

Employees of the Executive Office of 

the President for whom bankruptcy 

notice has been received. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Individual’s court notices, financial 

statements, certificates for deductions; 

agreements, military pay vouchers, 

correspondence between DFAS General 

Counsel and subordinate units, United 

States Attorneys, United States District 

Courts, and other Government agencies 

relevant to the proceeding. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental 

Regulations; 10 U.S.C. 137; 11 U.S.C. 

101 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 3711 and E.O. 

9397 (SSN). 

PURPOSE(S): 

To maintain such information 

pertaining to individuals who have filed 

for bankruptcy so that the Department of 

Defense may take appropriate action, 

either as an employer or a creditor, to 

protect its legal obligations and interests 

arising out of, or as a result of, the 

bankruptcy proceeding. 

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 Executive and Judicial Branch 

entities to provide necessary and 

appropriate information for purposes 

related to, or in furtherance of, judicial 

or administrative proceedings involving 

an individual who has filed for 

bankruptcy. 

The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ published 

at the beginning of the DFAS 

compilation of systems of records 

notices apply to this system. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(12) may be made from this 

system to ‘consumer reporting agencies’ 

as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting 

Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681a(f) or the Federal 

Claims Collection Act of 1966, 31 U.S.C. 

3701(a)(3). 

The disclosure is limited to 

information necessary to establish the 

identity of the individual, including 

name, address, and taxpayer 

identification number (Social Security 

Number); the amount, status, and 

history of the claim; and the agency or 

program under which the claim arose 

for the sole purpose of allowing the 

consumer reporting agency to prepare a 

commercial credit report. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Paper records in file folders. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Filed by individual’s name and/or 

Social Security Number.

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records are accessed by person(s) 

responsible for servicing and authorized 

to use the record system in performance 

of their official duties who are properly 

screened and cleared for need-to-know. 

Additionally, at some Centers, records 

are in office buildings protected by 

guards and controlled by personnel 

screening and visitor registers. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Destroy 6 years and 3 months after 

closure of the case. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Assistant General Counsel, Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service—

Columbus Center, 4280 East 5th 

Avenue, Columbus, OH 43219–1879; 

Assistant General Counsel, Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service—

Indianapolis Center, 8899 E. 56th Street, 

Indianapolis, IN 46249–0001; 

Assistant General Counsel, Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service—

Cleveland Center, 1240 East Ninth 

Street, Cleveland, OH 44199–2055; 

Assistant General Counsel for 

Garnishment Operations, Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service—

Cleveland Center, 1240 East Ninth 

Street, Cleveland, OH 44199–8002; 

Assistant General Counsel, Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service—

Denver Center, 6760 East Irvington 

Place, Denver, CO 80279–5000; 

Assistant General Counsel, Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service—

Kansas City Center, 1500 East 95th 

Street, Kansas City, MO 64197–0001. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system of records 

should address written inquiries to the 

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Privacy Act Officer at the appropriate 

DFAS Center. 

Individuals should provide name and 

Social Security Number. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system of records should address 

written inquiries to the Privacy Act 

Officer at the appropriate DFAS Center. 

Individuals should provide name and 

Social Security Number. 

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 the Freedom of Information/

Privacy Act Program Manager, Office of 

Corporate Communications, 6760 E. 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279–

8000. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

From courts, Government records, 

and similar documents and sources 

relevant to the proceeding. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None.

[FR Doc. 05–16668 Filed 8–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service; Privacy Act of 1974; Systems 

of Records

AGENCY: Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, DoD.

ACTION: Notice to Amend a System of 

Records; T5500b Garnishment 

Processing Files. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service is amending a 

system of records notice to its existing 

inventory of record systems subject to 

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

as amended.

DATES: This action will be effective 

without further notice on September 23, 

2005 unless comments are received that 

would result in a contrary 

determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms. 

Linda Krabbenhoft, Freedom of 

Information Act/Privacy Act Program 

Manager, Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, Denver, 6760 E. 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279–

8000, telephone (303) 676–6045.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Linda Krabbenhoft at (303) 676–6045.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service notices for systems of records 

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 record 

system being amended are set forth 

below followed by the notice, as 

amended, published in its entirety. The 

proposed amendment is 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.

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Jeannette Owings-Ballard, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense.

T5500b 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Garnishment Processing Files (July 

13, 2000, 65 FR 43298). 

CHANGES:

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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘‘Destroy 6 years and 3 months after 

cutoff.’’

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T5500b 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Garnishment Processing Files. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Office of the Assistant General 

Counsel, Garnishment Operations, 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service-Cleveland Center, 1240 E. 9th 

Street, Cleveland, OH 44199–2055. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Present active duty and retired 

military personnel; present DoD Civilian 

employees; present Reserve and 

National Guard personnel and 

employees of the Executive Office of the 

President whose pay is garnished or 

attached under 5 U.S.C. 5220a; 10 

U.S.C. 1408; 42 U.S.C. 659; and 42 

U.S.C. 665.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Individual state court wage 

withholding notices or court order 

garnishment orders, interrogatories, 

correspondence between DFAS Office of 

General Counsel and parties to the case, 

DFAS pay units, United States 

Attorneys, United States District Courts 

and other State and Government 

agencies relevant to the processing of 

child support and commercial debt 

garnishment, applications under the 

Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ 

Protection Act and applications for 

military involuntary allotments for 

commercial debt. Also bankruptcy 

trustees who received payments 

pursuant to Chapter 13 of the 

Bankruptcy Code. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 5520a, Garnishment of pay; 

10 U.S.C. 1408, Payment of retired or 

retainer pay in compliance with court 

orders; 42 U.S.C. 659, Consent by 

United States to income withholding, 

garnishment, and similar proceedings 

for enforcement of child support and 

alimony obligations; 42 U.S.C. 665, 

Allotments from pay for child and 

spousal support owed by members of 

uniformed services on active duty; and 

E.O. 9397 (SSN). 

PURPOSE(S): 

Records are being maintained for the 

purpose of processing court orders for 

the garnishment of wages. 

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 former spouses, who receive 

payments under 10 U.S.C. 1408, for 

purposes of providing information on 

how their payment was calculated to 

include what items were deducted from 

the member’s gross pay and the dollar 

amount for each deduction. 

To state child support agencies, in 

response to their written requests for 

information regarding the gross and 

disposable pay of military and civilian 

employees, for purposes of assisting the 

agencies in the discharge of their 

responsibilities under Federal and State 

law. 

The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ published 

at the beginning of the DFAS 

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: 

Records are maintained on electronic 

media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Retrieved by individual’s name and 

Social Security Number.