[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57254-57255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27985]
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POSTAL SERVICE
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Notice of the addition of a new routine use to an existing
system of records.
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SUMMARY: This document publishes notice of the addition of a new
routine use to Privacy Act system of records USPS 080.010, Inspection
Requirements--Investigative File System. This new routine use permits
the disclosure of information on computer bulletin boards by the Postal
Inspection Service in the performance of an authorized activity to
elicit information or cooperation from users of such bulletin boards.
It also permits the Postal Inspection Service to alert users of such
bulletin boards of possible criminal activity for which the Postal
Inspection Service has authority to investigate and about which it has
obtained credible information.
DATES: This proposal will become effective without further notice
December 26, 1995, unless comments received on or before that date
result in a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed or delivered to Records
Office, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 8650,
Washington, DC 20260-5240. Copies of all written comments received will
be available for public inspection and photocopying between 8:15 a.m.
and 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Peak, Records Office, (202) 268-
2601.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (e)(11) of the
Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Postal Service is publishing a
notice of a new routine use of its system of records USPS 080.010,
Inspection Requirements-- Investigative File System. This system
contains information on the investigation of criminal, civil, or
administrative matters, including employee and contractor background
investigations. This new routine use permits disclosure of an
individual's identity and conduct
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on computer bulletin boards shared by non-law enforcement organizations
or individuals in the public and private sectors.
The Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement arm of the
Postal Service (18 U.S.C. 3061). This new routine use would allow the
Postal Inspection Service to elicit from users of computer bulletin
boards information or cooperation required to perform an authorized
activity, or to alert users of possible criminal activity for which the
Postal Inspection Service has authority to investigate and about which
it has obtained credible information.
This new use will also directly benefit the anti-crime efforts of
the Postal Inspection Service and organizations that are customers of
the Postal Service, such as credit card issuers, health care providers,
and insurance carriers. Currently, the Postal Inspection Service is
working with these organizations to detect and prevent fraud and mail-
related crimes.
In addition to assisting the Postal Inspection Service in its
detection and apprehension efforts, the information to be disclosed on
the bulletin boards by this new routine use will help prevent fraud by
alerting users of the bulletin boards with information about a
particular criminal activity within their industries.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and paragraph 4.c.(1)(f) of Appendix 1
of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-130, Federal Information
Resources Management, interested persons are invited to submit written
data, views, or arguments on this proposal. A report of the proposed
system has been sent to Congress and to the Office of Management and
Budget for their evaluation.
New Routine Use
The most recent description of USPS 080.010 appears at 54 FR 11798,
dated March 20, 1991. It is proposed that routine use No. 12 be added
to that system description as follows:
USPS 080.010
Inspection Requirements--Investigative File System, 080.010.
39 U.S.C. 404, 18 U.S.C. 3061, and 5 U.S.C., App. 3.
General routine use statements a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j, k, l, and
m listed in the prefatory statement at the beginning of the Postal
Service's published system notices apply to this system. Other routine
uses are as follows:
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[Add:]
12. A record from this system may be disclosed on an electronic
bulletin board to organizations or individuals in the public or private
sectors that share in the bulletin board, provided that the disclosure
is deemed necessary: (1) To elicit information or cooperation from
these organizations or individuals for use by the Postal Inspection
Service in the performance of an authorized activity; or (2) to alert
these organizations or individuals of possible criminal activity for
which the Postal Inspection Service has authority to investigate and
about which it has obtained credible information.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 95-27985 Filed 11-13 -95; 8:45 am]
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