99-8805. Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 17629-17634]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-8805]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
    
    Defense Finance and Accounting Service
    
    
    Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
    
    AGENCY: Defense Finance and Accounting Service, DoD.
    ACTION: Notice of system of records.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service proposes to add 
    three system of records notice to 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 without further notice on (May 12, 
    1999) unless comments are received that would result in a contrary 
    determination.
    ADDRESSES: Privacy Act Officer, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, 
    1931 Jefferson Davis Highway, ATTN: DFAS/PE, Arlington, VA 22240-5291.
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Pauline E. Korpanty at (703) 607-
    3743.
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete inventory of Defense Finance 
    and Accounting Service record system 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 address above.
        The proposed system reports, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 
    Privacy Act were submitted on March 30, 1999, 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: April 5, 1999.
    
    L.M. BYNUM,
    Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
    T7340
    
    System name:
        Defense Joint Military Pay System-Active Component.
    
    System location:
        Air Force military member records are located at the Defense 
    Accounting and Finance Service - Denver Center, 6760 East Irvington 
    Place, Denver, CO 80279-3000.
        Army military member records are located at the Defense Finance and 
    Accounting Service - Indianapolis Center, 8899 E. 56th Street, 
    Indianapolis, IN 46249-0001.
        Navy military member records are located at the Defense Finance and 
    Accounting Service - Cleveland Center, 1240 East Ninth Street, 
    Cleveland, OH 44199-2055.
        Marine Corps military member records are located at the Defense 
    Finance and Accounting Service - Kansas City Center, 1500 East 95th 
    Street, Kansas City, MO 64197-0001.
    
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    Categories of individuals covered by the system:
        Active duty military members and their dependents; retired and 
    separated military personnel; officers of the Air Reserve, Army 
    Reserve, and Air National Guard on extended active duty; officers and 
    airmen of the Air Reserve and Air National Guard on active duty where 
    strength accountability remains with the reserve component; individuals 
    to whom active duty military personnel authorize a direct payment of a 
    portion of their pay; military academy cadets; Navy Reserve on extended 
    active duty; Armed Forces Health Professional Scholarship Program 
    (AFHPSP) students; former armed forces personnel who are entitled to 
    receive either voluntary separation incentive (VSI) or special 
    separation benefit (SSB).
    
    Categories of records in the system:
        TYPES OF RECORDS: Master individual military pay accounts; wage and 
    tax summaries; leave and earnings statements; Basic Military Training 
    master record; and other generated records substantiating or 
    authorizing Active Component military pay and allowance entitlement, 
    deduction, or collection actions.
        PAY ENTITLEMENT AND ALLOWANCES: Base pay; allowances (such as basic 
    allowance for subsistence, basic allowance for quarters, family 
    separations, clothing maintenance, and monetary allowances); death 
    gratuities; time-in-service; special compensation for positions such as 
    medical, dental, veterinary, and optometry; special pay and bonus, such 
    as foreign duty, proficiency, hostile fire, and diving duty; incentive 
    pay such as flying duty, parachute duty, and submarine duty; and other 
    entitlement in accordance with the DoD Pay and Allowance Entitlement 
    Manual. Personnel and entitlement data necessary for payment of 
    Voluntary Separation Incentive or SSB, including member's full name, 
    Social Security Number, pay grade, branch of service, payment address, 
    Form W-2 address, federal and state tax withholding data (Forms W-2 and 
    W-4), and annual installment amount.
        DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY: Federal and State income tax withholding rate 
    and amount (including authorization control files), withholding for 
    Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), Serviceman's Group Life 
    Insurance deductions, allotments (including allottee name and address, 
    amount, term (in months), and account or policy number), bond 
    authorizations (including bond owner and co-owner/beneficiary names and 
    Social Security Numbers, and recipient's address), and indebtedness and 
    collections.
        OTHER PAY INFORMATION: Name, pay grade, Social Security Number, 
    check issue, pay dates, leave account, payment address, and Form W-2 
    address.
        DUTY STATUS: Status adjustments relating to leave, entrance on 
    active duty, absent without leave, confinement, desertion, sick, 
    injured, mentally incompetent, missing, interned, promotions and 
    demotions, and separation document code; and Armed Forces Health 
    Professions Scholarship Program gain.
        PERSONNEL INFORMATION: Rank; enlistment contract or officer 
    acceptance form identification; duty information (duty station, 
    personnel assignment, and unit); security investigation; test scores; 
    language proficiency; military and civilian off-duty education; 
    training; awards; combat tours; aviation, pilot, and flying time data; 
    lineal precedence number; limited duty officer/warrant officer 
    footnote; temporary active duty data; power of attorney; years in 
    service; promotional data.
        PERSONAL INFORMATION: Date of birth, citizenship, marital status, 
    home of record, dependent information, record of emergency data, 
    population group, sex, ethnic group, and health care coverage.
        SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION: Includes, but is not limited to, travel 
    orders and requests; payroll attendance lists and rosters; document 
    records establishing, supporting, reducing, or canceling entitlement; 
    certificates and statements changing address, name, military 
    assignment, and other individual data necessary to identify and provide 
    accurate and timely military pay and performance credit; allotment 
    start, stop, or change records; declarations of benefits and waivers; 
    military pay and personnel orders; medical certifications and 
    determinations; death and disability documents; check issuing and 
    cancellation records and schedules; payroll vouchers; money lists and 
    accounting records; pay adjustment authorization records; system input 
    certifications; member indebtedness and tax levy documentation; 
    earnings statements; employees' wage and tax reports and statements; 
    casual payment authorization and control logs; and other documentation 
    authorizing or substantiating Active Component military pay and 
    allowances, entitlement, deductions, or collections. Also inquiry 
    files, sundry lists, reports, letters, correspondence, and rosters 
    including, but not limited to, Congressional inquiries, Internal 
    Revenue Service notices and reports, state tax and insurance reports, 
    Social Security Administration reports, Department of Veterans Affairs 
    reports, inter-DoD requests, Treasury Department reports, and health 
    education and institution inquiries.
    
    Authority for maintenance of the system:
        5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations; 37 U.S.C.; and E.O. 9397 
    (SSN).
    
    Purpose(s):
        To ensure accurate and timely military pay and allowances to active 
    component military members (including those who are enrolled at a 
    military academy and those who participate in voluntary separation pay, 
    Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program, basic military 
    trainees or payment to a financial organization through electronic fund 
    transfer program (including allotments and issuance and cancellation of 
    United States treasury checks and bonds)); to document and account for 
    military pay and allowance disbursements and collections; to verify and 
    account for system input transactions; to identify, correct, and 
    collect overpayment; to establish, control, and maintain member 
    indebtedness notices and levies; and to provide timely, complete master 
    individual pay account review; and to provide internal and external 
    managers with statistical and monetary reports and to maintain a record 
    of related personnel data.
    
    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 Treasury Department to provide information on check issues 
    and electronic funds transfers.
        To the Internal Revenue Service to report taxable earnings and 
    taxes withheld, accounting, and tax audits, and to compute or resolve 
    tax liability or tax levies.
        To federal, state, and local agencies to conduct computer matching 
    programs regulated by the privacy act of 1974, for those programs 
    authorized by law.
        To the Social Security Administration to report earned wages by 
    members for the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA), accounting 
    or tax audits, and death notices.
        To the Department of Veterans Affairs to report compensation, 
    waivers, and
    
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    audits, life insurance accounting, disbursement and benefit 
    determinations, and death notices.
        To the American Red Cross and military relief societies to assist 
    military personnel and their dependents in determining the status of 
    monthly pay, dependents' allotments, loans, and related financial 
    transactions; and to perform other relief-related duties as requested 
    by the service member.
        To Federal Reserve banks to distribute payments made through the 
    direct deposit system to financial organizations or their processing 
    agents authorized by individuals to receive and deposit payments in 
    their accounts.
        The `Blanket Routine Uses' published at the beginning of the DFAS 
    compilation of systems of records notices also 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, 14 U.S.C. 1681a(f) or the Federal Claims Collection Act 
    of 1966, 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3). The purpose of this disclosure is to aid 
    in the collection of outstanding debts owed to the Federal government; 
    typically to provide an incentive for debtors to repay delinquent 
    Federal government debts by making these debts part of their credit 
    records.
        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:
        Data is recorded on magnetic tapes and disks, computer printouts, 
    computer output products (microform and reports); file folders, 
    notebooks, binders, card files, and bulk storage, and other documents.
    
    Retrievability:
        Information is retrieved by name and Social Security Number.
    
    Safeguards:
        As a minimum, records are accessed by the person(s) responsible for 
    servicing and authorized to use the record system in performance of 
    their official duties, and 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:
        Disposition pending.
    
    System manager(s) and address:
        For Air Force military members, the system manager is the Director 
    Military Pay, Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Denver Center, 
    6760 East Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-1500.
        For the Army military members, the system manager is the Director 
    Military Pay, Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Indianapolis 
    Center, 8899 E. 56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249-0001.
        For the Navy military members, the system manager is the Director 
    Military Pay, Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Cleveland 
    Center, 1240 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, OH 44199-2055.
        For the Marine Corps military members, the system manager is the 
    Director Military Pay, 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 Privacy Act Officer at the appropriate DFAS 
    Center.
        Individual should furnish full name, Social Security Number, 
    current address, and telephone 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.
        Individual should furnish full name, Social Security Number, 
    current address, and telephone 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 
    Privacy Act Officer at any DFAS Center.
    
    Record source categories:
        Individual members; DoD staff and field installations; recruiting, 
    disbursing, and administrative offices; allotment and bond 
    authorization forms; Social Security Administration, Treasury 
    Department, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
    and other federal agencies; financial, medical, and educational 
    institutions; DoD Components; the on-line Allotment/Bond Authorization 
    process, and the End-User Computer Equipment (EUCE); and state and 
    local government agencies.
    
    Exemptions claimed for the system:
        None.
    T7346
    
    System name:
        Defense Joint Military Pay System-Reserve Component.
    
    System location:
        Navy reserve military member records are located at the Defense 
    Finance and Accounting Service - Cleveland Center, 1240 East Ninth 
    Street, Cleveland, OH 44199-2055.
        Air Force reserve military member records are located at the 
    Defense Finance And Accounting Service - Denver Center, 6760 East 
    Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-5000.
        Army reserve military member records are located at the Defense 
    Finance and Accounting Service - Indianapolis Center, 8899 E. 56th 
    Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249-0001.
        Marine Corps reserve military member records are located at the 
    Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Kansas City Center, 1500 East 
    95th Street, Kansas City, MO 64197-0001.
    
    Categories of individuals covered by the system:
        Active Air Reserve and Air National Guard Forces in a military pay 
    status. U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard members in a military pay 
    status. Marine Corps reservists in the Selected, Individual Ready, 
    Standby, and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve categories. Active Naval 
    reservists in pay and non-pay drill units. Naval Reserve Officer 
    Training Corps students.
        Reserve military on extended active duty are covered under the 
    Defense Joint Military Pay System-Active Component.
    
    Categories of records in the system:
        TYPES OF RECORDS: Master individual military pay accounts; wage and 
    tax summaries; leave and earnings statements; and other generated 
    records substantiating or authorizing Reserve Forces military pay and 
    allowance entitlement, deduction, or collection actions.
    
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        PAY ENTITLEMENTS AND ALLOWANCES: Base pay; allowances (such as 
    basic allowance for subsistence, basic allowance for quarters, family 
    separations, clothing maintenance and monetary allowances); special 
    compensation for positions such as medical, dental, veterinary, and 
    optometry; special pay and bonus, such as foreign duty, proficiency, 
    hostile fire, and diving duty; incentive pay such as flying duty, 
    parachute duty, and submarine duty; and other entitlements in 
    accordance with the DoD Financial Management Regulations, Volume 7A.
        DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY: Federal and state income tax withholding rate 
    and amount (including authorization control files), withholding for 
    Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), Serviceman's Group Life 
    Insurance deductions, allotments (including allottee name and address, 
    amount, term (in months), and account or policy number), bond 
    authorizations (including bond owner and co-owner/beneficiary names and 
    Social Security Numbers, and recipient's address), and indebtedness and 
    collections.
        OTHER PAY INFORMATION: Name, pay grade, Social Security Number, 
    Reserve Forces calendar day performances (drill record), check issue, 
    pay dates, leave account, payment address, and Form W-2 address.
        DUTY STATUS: Status adjustments relating to leave, entrance on 
    active duty, absent without leave, confinement, desertion, sick or 
    injured, mentally incompetent, missing, interned, promotions and 
    demotions, and separation document code.
        PERSONNEL INFORMATION: Rank; enlistment contract or officer 
    acceptance form identification; duty information (duty station, 
    personnel assignment, and unit); security investigation; test scores; 
    language proficiency; military and civilian off-duty education; 
    training; awards; combat tours; aviation, pilot, and flying time data; 
    lineal precedence number; limited duty officer/warrant officer 
    footnote; temporary active duty data; power of attorney; years in 
    service; promotional data.
        PERSONAL INFORMATION: Date of birth, citizenship, marital status, 
    home of record, dependent information, record of emergency data, 
    population group, sex, ethnic group, and health care coverage.
        SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION: Includes, but is not limited to, travel 
    orders and requests; payroll attendance lists and rosters; document 
    records establishing, supporting, reducing, or canceling entitlements; 
    certificates and statements changing address, name, military 
    assignment, and other individual data necessary to identify and provide 
    accurate and timely Air Reserve Forces military pay and performance 
    credit; allotment start, stop, or change records; declarations of 
    benefits and waivers; military pay and personnel orders; medical 
    certifications and determinations; death and disability documents; 
    check issuing and cancellation records and schedules; payroll vouchers; 
    money lists and accounting records; pay adjustment authorization 
    records; system input certifications; member indebtedness and tax levy 
    documentation; earnings statements; employees' wage and tax reports and 
    statements; casual payment authorization and control logs; and other 
    documentation authorizing or substantiating Reserve Forces military pay 
    and allowances, entitlements, deductions, or collections. Also inquiry 
    files, sundry lists, reports, letters, correspondence, and rosters 
    including, but not limited to, Congressional inquiries, Internal 
    Revenue Service notices and reports, state tax and insurance reports, 
    Social Security Administration reports, Department of Veterans Affairs 
    reports, Treasury Department reports, inter-DoD requests, and health 
    education and institution inquiries.
    
    Authority for maintenance of the system:
        5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations; 10 U.S.C., Chapter 11; 37 
    U.S.C.; and E.O. 9397 (SSN).
    
    Purpose(s):
        To ensure accurate and timely pay and allowances to Active Reserve 
    component military members (including those who participate in 
    Voluntary Separation Incentive, Armed Forces Health Professional 
    Scholarship Program, Basic Military Training, and Naval Reserve 
    Officers Training Corps programs) or payment to a financial 
    organization through electronic fund transfer program (including 
    allotments and issuance and cancellation of United States treasury 
    checks and bonds); to document and account for reserve military pay and 
    allowance disbursements and collections; to verify and account for 
    system input transactions; to identify, correct, and collect 
    overpayments; to establish, control, and maintain member indebtedness 
    notices and levies; to provide timely, complete master individual pay 
    account review; to provide internal and external managers with 
    statistical and monetary reports and to maintain a record of related 
    personnel data.
    
    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 Treasury Department to provide information on check issues 
    and electronic funds transfers.
        To the Internal Revenue Service to report taxable earnings and 
    taxes withheld, accounting, and tax audits; to compute or resolve tax 
    liability or tax levies.
        To the Social Security Administration to report earned wages by 
    members for FICA; accounting or tax audits; and death notices.
        To the Department of Veterans Affairs to report compensation, 
    waivers, and audits; life insurance accounting; disbursement and 
    benefit determinations; and death notices.
        To National Guard Bureaus to furnish budget data to account for 
    expenditures within established categories.
        To individual National Guard state associations to furnish reports 
    and associated checks regarding state sponsored life insurance premiums 
    withheld.
        To the American Red Cross and military relief societies to assist 
    military personnel and their dependents in determining the status of 
    monthly pay, dependents' allotments, loans, and related financial 
    transactions, and to perform other relief-related duties as requested 
    by the service member.
        To Federal Reserve banks to distribute payments made through the 
    direct deposit system to financial organizations or their processing 
    agents authorized by individuals to receive and deposit payments in 
    their accounts
        To Federal, state, and local agencies to conduct computer matching 
    programs regulated by the Privacy Act of 1974 for those programs 
    authorized by law.
        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, 14 U.S.C. 1681a(f) or the Federal Claims Collection Act 
    of 1966, 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3). The purpose of this disclosure is to aid 
    in the collection of outstanding debts owed to the Federal
    
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    government; typically to provide an incentive for debtors to repay 
    delinquent Federal government debts by making these debts part of their 
    credit records.
        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:
        Data is recorded on magnetic tapes and disks, computer printouts, 
    computer output products (microform and reports); file folders, 
    notebooks, binders, card files, and bulk storage, and other documents.
    
    Retrievability:
        Retrieved by individual's name and Social Security Number.
    
    Safeguards:
        As a minimum, records are accessed by person(s) responsible for 
    servicing the record and who are authorized to use the record system in 
    performance of their official duties. Additionally, at some Centers, 
    records are in office buildings protected by guards and controlled by 
    personnel screening and visitor registers.
    
    Retention and disposal:
        Disposition pending.
    
    System manager(s) and address:
        For Navy reserve military members, the system manager is the 
    Director of Military Pay Operations, Defense Finance and Accounting 
    Service - Cleveland Center, 1240 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, OH 
    44199-2055.
        For Air Force reserve military members, the system manager is the 
    Director of Military Pay Operations, Defense Finance and Accounting 
    Service - Denver Center, 6760 East Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-
    5000.
        For Army reserve military members, the system manager is the 
    Director of Military Pay Operations, Defense Finance and Accounting 
    Service - Indianapolis Center, 8899 E. 56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 
    46249-0001.
        For Marine Corps reserve military members, the system manager is 
    the Director of Military Pay Operations, 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 Privacy Act officer at the appropriate DFAS 
    Center.
        Individuals should provide name, Social Security Number, or other 
    information verifiable from the record itself.
    
    Record access procedures:
        Individuals seeking access to information about themselves in this 
    system of records should address written inquiries to the Privacy Act 
    Officer at the appropriate DFAS Center.
        Individuals should provide 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 
    Privacy Act Officer at any DFAS Center.
    
    Record source categories:
        Individual members; DoD staff and field installations; recruiting, 
    disbursing, and administrative offices; allotment and bond 
    authorization forms; Social Security Administration, Treasury 
    Department, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
    and other federal agencies; financial, medical, and educational 
    institutions; DoD components; the on-line Allotment/Bond Authorization 
    process, and the End-User Computer Equipment (EUCE); and state and 
    local agencies.
    
    Exemptions claimed for the system:
        None.
    T7347b
    
    System name:
        Defense Military Retiree and Annuity Pay System.
    
    System location:
        Military retiree pay records are located at the Defense Finance and 
    Accounting Service - Cleveland Center, 1240 East Ninth Street, 
    Cleveland, OH 44199-2055.
        Annuitant pay records are located at the Defense Finance and 
    Accounting Service - Denver Center, 6760 East Irvington Place, Denver, 
    CO 80279-3000.
    
    Categories of individuals covered by the system:
        Military retirees, their dependents, and their survivors.
    
    Categories of records in the system:
        Military retiree and annuitant pay master files with supporting 
    documentation relating to entitlements and deductions.
    
    Authority for maintenance of the system:
        5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations; 10 U.S.C., Chapter 73; and 
    E.O. 9397 (SSN).
    
    Purpose(s):
        To maintain pay and personnel information for use in the 
    computation of military retired pay and survivor annuity pay.
    
    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 are provided to the Internal Revenue Service for normal 
    wage and tax withholding.
        Disclosures are made to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) 
    regarding establishments, changes and discontinuing of DVA compensation 
    to retirees and annuitants.
        Information is provided to trustees or guardians of survivors 
    (children).
        The `Blanket Routine Uses' published at the beginning of the DFAS 
    compilation of systems of records notices also apply to this system.
    
    Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
    and disposing of records in the system:
    Storage:
        Maintained in file folders/notebooks/binder/visible file binders/
    cabinets/card files, computer magnetic tapes and paper printouts, on 
    roll microfilm, microfiche, and optical disk.
    
    Retrievability:
        Retrieved by name and Social Security Number of the retiree or 
    annuitant.
    
    Safeguards:
        Records are accessed by custodian of the record system and by 
    person(s) responsible for servicing the record system in performance of 
    their official
    
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    duties who are properly screened and cleared as need-to-know. Records 
    are stored in security file containers/cabinets/vaults/locked cabinets 
    or rooms, protected by guards, and controlled by personnel screening, 
    visitor registers and computer system software.
    
    Retention and disposal:
        Disposition pending.
    
    System manager(s) and address:
        For retiree pay records: Director of Retired Pay, Defense Finance 
    and Accounting Service - Cleveland Center, 1240 East Ninth Street, 
    Cleveland, OH 44199-2055.
        For annuitant pay records: Defense Finance and Accounting Service - 
    Denver Center, 6760 East Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-3000.
    
    Notification procedure:
        Individuals seeking to determine whether information about 
    themselves is contained in this record system should address written 
    inquiries to the appropriate system manager, ATTN: Privacy Act Officer.
        The requester should be able to provide name, Social Security 
    Number, place of employment, or other information available from the 
    record itself.
    
    Record access procedures:
        Individuals seeking access to information about themselves 
    contained in this system should address written inquiries to the 
    appropriate system manager, ATTN: Privacy Act Officer.
        The requester should be able to provide sufficient proof of 
    identity, such as name, Social Security Number, place of employment, or 
    other information available from the record itself.
        Individuals seeking access to records in person may do so by 
    visiting the Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Denver Center for 
    annuitant pay records or the Director of Retired Pay, Defense Finance 
    and Accounting Service - Cleveland Center for retiree pay records. 
    Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The visitor 
    must have identification such as a driver's license and Social Security 
    card as positive proof of identity.
    
    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 
    Privacy Act Officer at any DFAS Center.
    
    Record source categories:
        From the individual concerned; financial, educational, and medical 
    institutions; other DoD Components; state or local governments; and 
    source documents such as reports. Members' survivors, members, 
    guardians of survivors (children), private law firms which are 
    executors of estates in casualty cases, and other government agencies 
    such as the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security 
    Administration.
    
    Exemptions claimed for the system:
        None.
    
    [FR Doc. 99-8805 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
04/12/1999
Department:
Defense Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of system of records.
Document Number:
99-8805
Dates:
This action will be effective without further notice on (May 12, 1999) unless comments are received that would result in a contrary determination.
Pages:
17629-17634 (6 pages)
PDF File:
99-8805.pdf