[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 28438-28440] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-13700] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary [Docket No. OST-96-1472] Privacy Act of 1974; Notice to Amend System of Records to Include a New Routine Use AGENCY: United States Coast Guard, DOT. ACTION: Notice to amend system of records to include a new routine use. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation, on behalf of the United States Coast Guard, proposes to alter a system of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974. The records system is the Military Pay and Personnel System, DOT/CG-623. The system will be altered to include, as a Routine Use, the provision of information to duly recognized Coast Guard auxiliary organizations and personnel whose purpose is to provide morale and welfare information to members or their dependents. EFFECTIVE DATE: June 29, 1998. ADDRESS: Interested individuals may comment on this publication by writing to Ms. Vanester M.Williams, Privacy Act Coordinator, U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Chief Information Officer, S-80, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries or comments concerning this [[Page 28439]] proposed altered system should be directed to Commandant (G-WR-3), ATTN: Mr. David M. Swatloski, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. If no comments are received, the proposed change will become effective on the above- mentioned date. If comments are received, the comments will be considered and where adopted, the document will be republished with the change. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOT 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 above mentioned address. The specific change to the record system being amended is highlighted in italics below in the notice, as amended, which is being published in its entirety. DOT/CG-623 Security Classification: Sensitive. System name: Military Pay and Personnel System. System location: Department of Transportation (DOT). a. U.S. Coast Guard (CG): Department of Transportation Computer Center, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. b. U.S. Coast Guard Pay and Personnel Center, 444 S.E., Quincy Street, Topeka, KS 66683-3591 c. U.S. Coast Guard: 2100 2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593- 0001 d. Decentralized data segments are located at the unit maintaining the individual's pay and personnel record and permanent duty unit. Categories of individuals covered by the system: a. All Coast Guard military personnel, active duty and reserve. b. Retired reserve Coast Guard military personnel waiting for pay at age 60. c. Active duty National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] officers. d. Personnel separated from service in all the preceding categories. Categories of records in the system: All categories of records are electronic and/or paper, and may include identifying information, such as name[s], date of birth, home residence, mailing address, Social Security number, payroll information, and home telephone number. Records reflect: a. Work experience, educational level achieved, and specialized education or training obtained in and outside of military service. b. Military duty assignments, ranks held, pay and allowances, personnel actions such as promotions, demotions, or separations. c. Enrollment or declination of enrollment in insurance programs. d. Performance evaluation. e. The individual's desires for future assignments, training requested, and notations by assignment officers. f. Information for determinations of waivers and remissions of indebtedness to the U.S. Government. g. Information for the purpose of validating legal requirements for garnishment of wages. Authority for maintenance of system: Title 37 U.S.C. as implemented in GAO Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies, Title 2 GAO, Title 6 GAO and Title 14 U.S.C. 92(i). Purpose: This system, as described in the Summary, will be altered to include, as a Routine Use, the provision of information to duly recognized United States Coast Guard auxiliary organizations and personnel whose purpose is to provide morale and welfare information to members or their dependents. Routine use of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses: a. To the Department of Treasury for the purpose of disbursement of salary, U.S. Savings Bonds, allotments, or travel claim payments. b. To government agencies to disclose earnings and tax information. c. To the Department of Defense and Veterans Administration for determinations of benefit eligibility for military members and their dependents. d. To contractors to manage payment and collection of benefit claims. e. To the Department of Defense for manpower and readiness planning. f. To the Comptroller General for the purpose of processing waivers and remissions. g. To contractors for the purpose of system enhancement, maintenance, and operations. h. To federal, state, and local agencies for determination of eligibility for benefits connected with the Federal Housing Administration programs. i. To provide an official of another federal agency information needed in the performance of official duties to reconcile or reconstruct data files in support of functions for which the records were collected and maintained. j. To an individual's spouse, or person responsible for the care of the individual concerned when the individual to whom the record pertains is mentally incompetent, critically ill or under other legal disability for the purpose of assuring the individual is receiving benefits or compensation they are entitled to receive. k. To a requesting government agency, organization, or individual the home address and other relevant information on those individuals who, it is reasonably believed, might have contracted an illness, been exposed to, or suffered from a health hazard while a member of government service. l. To businesses for the purpose of electronic fund transfers or allotted pay transactions authorized by the individual concerned. m. To credit agencies and financial institutions for the purpose of processing credit arrangements authorized by the individual concerned. n. To other government agencies for the purpose of earnings garnishment. o. To prepare the Officer Register and Reserve Officer Register which is provided to all Coast Guard officers and the Department of Defense. p. To other federal agencies and collection agencies for the collection of indebtedness and outstanding travel advances to the federal government. q. The home mailing addresses and telephone numbers of members and their dependent's to duly appointed Family Ombudsman and personnel within the Coast Guard for the purpose of providing entitlement information to members or their dependents. r. The home mailing addresses and telephone numbers of members and their dependent's to Coast Guard auxiliary organizations officially recognized by the Commandant whose purpose is to provide family support programs which enhance the morale and welfare of active duty Coast Guard members and their dependent's. See Prefatory Statement of General Routine Uses; items 3 and 5 do not apply. Disclosure to Consumer Agencies: None. Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system: Storage: The storage is on computer disks, magnetic tape microfilm, and paper forms in file folders. Retrievability: Retrieval from the system is by name or social security number and can be accessed by employees in pay and [[Page 28440]] personnel offices and other pay and personnel employees located elsewhere who have a need for the record in the performance of their duties. Safeguards: Computers provide privacy and access limitations by requiring a user name and password match. Access to decentralized segments are similarly controlled. Only those personnel with a need to have access to the system are given user names and passwords. The magnetic tape backups have limited access in that users must justify the need and obtain tape numbers and volume identifiers from a central source before they are provided data tapes. Paper record and microfilm records are in limited access areas in locking storage cabinets. Retention and disposal: Leave and Earnings Statements, and pay records are microfilmed and retained on site four years, then archived at the Federal Record Center, and destroyed when 50 years old. The official copy of the personnel record is maintained in the Official Officer Service Records, DOT/CG 626 for active duty officers, the Enlisted Personnel Record System, DOT/CG 629 for active duty enlisted personnel or the Official Coast Guard Reserve Service Record, OST/CG 576 for inactive duty reservists. Duplicate magnetic copies of the pay and personnel record are retained at an off site facility for a useful life of seven years. Paper records for waivers and remissions are retained on site six years three months after the determination and then destroyed. Paper records to determine legal sufficiency for garnishment are retained on site six years three months after the member separates from the service or the garnishment is terminated and then destroyed. System manager(s) and address: a. All information on Coast Guard members other than b, c, and d, below: (1) For active duty members of the Coast Guard: Chief, Office of Personnel, Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001. (2) For Coast Guard inactive duty reserve members and retired Coast Guard reservists awaiting pay at age 60: Chief, Office of Readiness and Reserve, Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001. b. For Coast Guard Waivers and Remissions: Chief, Personnel Services Division (G-PS), Office of Personnel, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001. c. For records used to determine legal sufficiency for garnishment of wages and pay records: Commanding Officer (LGL), U.S. Coast Guard Pay and Personnel Center, 444 S.E. Quincy Street, Topeka, KS 66683- 3591. For data added to the decentralized data segment the commanding officer, officer-in-charge of the unit handling the individual's pay and personnel record, or Chief, Administrative Services Division for individuals whose records are handled by Coast Guard Headquarters. e. For NOAA members: Commissioned Personnel Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 12100, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282. Notification procedure: Inquiries should be directed to: a. For all information on Coast Guard members other than b., c., and d. below: Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (G-SII), 2100 2nd Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001. b. For records used to determine legal sufficiency for garnishment of wages and pay records: Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Pay and Personnel Center, 444 S.E. Quincy Street, Topeka, KS 66683-3591. For data added to the decentralized data segment: The commanding officer or officer-in-charge of the unit handling the individual's pay and personnel record, or Chief, Administrative Services Division for individuals whose records are handled by Coast Guard Headquarters. Addresses for the units handling the individual's pay and personnel record are available from the individual's commanding officer. d. For all information on NOAA members: Commissioned Personnel Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 12100, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282. Record access procedures: Contact the addressee under notification procedures and specify the exact information you desire. Requests must include the full name and social security number of the individual concerned. Prior written notification of personal visits is required to ensure that the records will be available at the time of visit. Photographic proof of identity will be required prior to release of records. A military identification card, drivers license, or similar document will be considered suitable identification. Contesting record procedures: Contact the addressee under notification procedures and specify the exact information or items you are contesting and provide any documentation that justifies your claim. Correspondence contesting records must include the full name and Social Security Number of the individual concerned. Record source categories: a. The individual's record from the following systems of records: (1) Official Officer Service Records, DOT/CG 626 (2) Enlisted Personnel Record System, DOT/CG 629 (3) Official Coast Guard Reserve Service Record, DOT/CG 676. Information is obtained from the individual, Coast Guard personnel officials, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel officials, and the Department of Defense. Exemptions claimed for the system: None. Dated: May 18, 1998. Eugene K. Taylor, Jr., Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Transportation. [FR Doc. 98-13700 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-62-P