Notice2023-12022
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
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Published
June 6, 2023
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State Department
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The information collected and maintained in Human Resources Records is in keeping with the Department's mission to document all processes associated with individual employment histories and career progression; to ensure that all employees and potential employees have equal employment opportunities; and to make personnel management determinations about employees throughout their Federal careers.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37119-37124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12022]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12089]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Department of State.
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ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.
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SUMMARY: The information collected and maintained in Human Resources
Records is in keeping with the Department's mission to document all
processes associated with individual employment histories and career
progression; to ensure that all employees and potential employees have
equal employment opportunities; and to make personnel management
determinations about employees throughout their Federal careers.
DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), this system of
records notice (SORN) is effective upon publication, with the exception
of the routine uses (Y), (Z), (AA), (BB), (CC), (DD), (EE), (FF), and
(GG) that are subject to a 30-day period during which interested
persons may submit comments to the Department. Please submit any
comments by July 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Questions can be submitted by mail, email, or by calling
Eric F. Stein, the Senior Agency Official for Privacy on (202) 485-
2051. If mail, please write to: U.S Department of State; Office of
Global Information Systems, A/GIS; Room 4534, 2201 C St. NW;
Washington, DC 20520. If email, please address the email to the Senior
Agency Official for Privacy, Eric F. Stein, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c797b5aeb1a6a4be87b4b3a6b3a2e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6f6d4cfd0c7c5dfe6d5d2c7d2c388c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please write ``Human Resources Records, State-31'' on the envelope or
the subject line of your email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric F. Stein, Senior Agency Official
for Privacy; U.S. Department of State; Office of Global Information
Services, A/GIS; Room 4534, 2201 C St. NW; Washington, DC 20520 or by
calling on (202) 485-2051.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is being modified to reflect the
Department's move to cloud storage, new OMB guidance, additional
authorities, and to incorporate data collection by additional Bureaus
and overseas posts within the Department (e.g.., Regional and
Functional Bureaus). The modified system of records notice includes
revisions and additions to the following sections: Authority for
Maintenance of the System; Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the
System; Categories of Individuals Covered by the System; Purpose(s) of
the System; Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards; and
Record Access Procedures. In addition, the Department is taking this
opportunity to make minor administrative updates to the notice in the
following sections: Summary; Addresses; For Further Information
Contact; Supplementary Information; System Location; System Manager;
Record Source Categories; Policies and Practices for Retrieval of
Records; Policies and Practices for Retention and Disposal of Records;
Contesting Record Procedures; and Notification Procedures.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Human Resources Records, State-31.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified and Classified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Department of State, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20520; State
Annex 01, 2401 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20037; State Annex 03, 2121
Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037; State Annex 44, 301 4th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20547; overseas at U.S. embassies, U.S.
consulates general, and U.S. consulates; U.S. missions; and the
National Personnel Records Center, 111 Winnebago Street, St. Louis, MO
63118; and the Florida Regional Center (FRC), 4000 North Andrews Ave,
Oakland Park, FL 33309, and using a government approved commercial
cloud service, implemented and overseen by State Department employees,
or within a government cloud provided, implemented, and overseen by the
Department's Enterprise Server Operations Center (ESOC), 2201 C Street
NW, Washington, DC 20520.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
The Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global
Talent Management, and Bureau of Information Resource Management--IRM,
Department of State; 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20520, phone:
202-647-4000.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
22 U.S.C. 2581 (General Authority of Secretary of State); 22 U.S.C.
2651a (Organization of the Department of State); 22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.
(Foreign Service Act of 1980) [This SORN is not intended to conflict
with, override, or create an exception to the restrictions and
prohibitions in Sections 603 and 604 of the Foreign Service Act]; 22
U.S.C. 3921 (Management of the Foreign Service); 22 U.S.C. 4041
(Administration of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
System); 5 U.S.C. 301-302 (Management of Executive Departments); 22
U.S.C 4081 (Travel and Related Expenses); 31 U.S.C. 901-902 (Agency
Chief Financial Officer); E.O. 9397, as amended (Numbering System for
Federal Accounts Relating to Individual Persons); E.O. 9830 (Amending
the Civil Service Rules and Providing for Federal Personnel
Administration); E.O. 12107 (Relating to the Civil Service Commission
and Labor-Management in the Federal Service) and successor authorities;
and 31 U.S.C. 7701(c)(2) (incorporating by reference 26 U.S.C. 6109)
(Taxpayer Identification Number).
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
The information collected and maintained in Human Resources Records
is in keeping with the Department's mission to document all processes
associated with individual employment histories and career progression;
to ensure that all employees and potential employees have equal
opportunities; and to make personnel management determinations about
employees throughout their Federal careers.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
All applicants for employment with the Department of State
(including unsuccessful applicants); all current and former Civil
Service (CS) and Foreign Service (FS) employees of the Department of
State including members of the Senior Executive Service (SES), Senior
Foreign Service (SFS), Presidential Appointees, employees under full-
time, part-time, intermittent, temporary, and limited appointments; all
current and former Locally Employed (LE) Staff, [as defined in 3 FAM
7120] or [defined as individuals hired under the local compensation
plan at a U.S. mission abroad under Chief of Mission authority, or at
an office of the American Institute in Taiwan, and employed on a
Foreign Service National direct hire appointment, Department of State
Personal Services Agreement (PSA) or Personal Services Contract (PSC),
or an employing agency's specific direct hire, PSA, or PSC authority];
anyone serving in an advisory capacity (compensated and uncompensated);
other agency employees on detail to the Department of State; former
Foreign Service Reserve Officers; applicants for potential employment;
student applicants for internships, Presidential Management Fellows,
Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program Fellows, student interns and other
student summer hires, Pathways student employees; and prospective alien
spouses and cohabitants of Department of State employees.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Categories of records may include identifying information, such as,
but not limited to, name, date of birth, home
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address, mailing and email addresses, numeric identifier (such as
employee identification number, SGID, or Social Security number/host
country identification number) and telephone numbers. Types of files
include documents relating to class action lawsuits, annuitants under
the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and the Foreign
Service Pension System as well as Civil Service and LE Staff
annuitants, prospective alien spouses and cohabitants of Department
employees, employees who apply for their spouses or children to be
expeditiously naturalized, employees detailed or seconded to
international organizations, Foreign Service personnel separated for
cause; official personnel files; documents relating to merit
promotions, recruitment and employment, employee relations, career
development and counseling, performance, conduct, suitability, and
discipline, Foreign Service promotion and Permanent Change of Station
(PCS) travel. These records may contain any documents not otherwise
stated relating to employment, to include, but not limited to, hiring,
employment and separation from the Department.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
These records contain information obtained directly from the
individual who is the subject of these records, previous employers,
supervisors, Foreign Service inspectors, any/all offices within the
Bureau of Global Talent Management (counselors, placement officers, and
personnel technicians), other bureaus (administrative/executive
officers, personnel and payroll offices, security, medical, and legal),
reports of the Board of Examiners of the Foreign Service, Foreign
Service Employee Evaluation Reports and Selection Board findings, the
Foreign Service Institute, colleges, universities, Armed Forces
academic institutions, contractors responsible for administration of
the Foreign Service written examination, and other authorized agencies
administering pre-employment tests, Office of Personnel Management and
other Federal agencies, officials of foreign governments, contractors
and vendors responsible for administration of benefits/taxes for LE
Staff under a post's local compensation plan, prospective alien spouses
of Foreign Service employees; grievance staff and appeals boards,
affidavits and testimony of witnesses, and from commercial recruitment
and employment systems managed on behalf of the Department of State by
private vendors.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
Records may be disclosed:
A. To consulting services that provide information about available
aids, devices and methods of accommodating employees with disabilities;
B. To the Office of Personnel Management for its government-wide
personnel management functions such as pay, benefits, and retirement
deductions or other relevant personnel processes;
C. To other Federal agencies, state governments, foreign
governments and international organizations where employees are being
considered for detail, assignment or secondment;
D. To academic institutions to which Department employees may be
assigned for long-term training;
E. To any member of an agency's Performance Review Board or other
panel when the member is not an official of the employing agency.
Information would then be used for approving or recommending selection
of candidates for executive development or Senior Executive Service
(SES) candidate programs, issuing a performance rating of record,
issuing performance awards, nominating for meritorious and
distinguished executive ranks, removal, reduction in grade, and other
personnel actions based on performance;
F. To attorneys, union representatives or other persons designated
by employees in writing to represent them in complaints, grievance,
appeal, or litigation cases;
G. To attorneys providing legal services to posts with respect to
LE Staff personnel matters;
H. To requestors in determining a former spouse's entitlement to
benefits and other inquiries related to retirement benefits;
I. To the President of the United States, the Executive Office of
the President and legislative and appropriations committees of the U.S.
Congress charged with consideration of legislation and appropriations
for the Foreign Service, or representatives duly authorized by such
committees;
J. To labor organization officials when such information is
relevant to personnel policies affecting employment conditions and
necessary for exclusive representation by the labor organization;
K. To officials of foreign governments and other U.S. government
agencies for clearance before a Federal employee is assigned to that
country as well as for the procurement of necessary services for
American personnel assigned overseas, such as permits of free entry and
identity cards;
L. To officials of foreign governments, for the administration of
benefits, taxes, and other personnel matters for LE Staff and to
respond to requests from the host government for the names and
addresses of LE Staff, if the chief of mission has determined that this
information should be released;
M. To the Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs,
Social Security Administration, Department of Defense, or any other
Federal agencies that have special civilian employee retirement and
disability programs; or to a national, state, county, municipal, or
other publicly recognized income administration agency (e.g. State
unemployment compensation agencies), when necessary to adjudicate a
claim under the retirement, insurance, unemployment or health benefits
programs of the Department or an agency cited above, or to an agency to
conduct an analytical study or audit of benefits being paid under such
programs. For LE Staff this includes host country national, state, or
local agencies, as applicable;
N. To the Office of Federal Employees Group Life Insurance,
information necessary to verify election, declination, or waiver of
regular and/or optional life insurance coverage, or eligibility for
payment of a claim for life insurance;
O. To health insurance carriers contracting with the Federal
government to provide a health benefits plan under the Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program or, for LE Staff, under a post's
local compensation plan, information necessary to identify enrollment
in a plan, to verify eligibility for payment of a claim for health
benefits, or to carry out the coordination or audit of benefit
provisions of such contracts;
P. To any person who is responsible for the care of an individual
to whom a record pertains who is mentally incompetent or under other
legal disability. Information in the individual's record may be
disclosed to said person to the extent necessary to assure payment of
benefits to which the individual is entitled;
Q. To public and private organizations, including news media, which
grant or publicize employee recognition to consider and select
employees for incentive awards and other honors and to publicize awards
and honors granted;
R. To the Department of Justice in connection with proceedings
before a court, adjudicative body, or other administrative body when
any of the following is a party to litigation or has
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an interest in such litigation and the Department of State determines
that the use of such records is arguably relevant and necessary to the
litigation of (1) the Department of State or any component thereof, (2)
any employee of the Department of State in his or her official
capacity, (3) any employee of the Department of State in his or her
individual capacity where the Department of Justice or the Department
of State has agreed to represent the employee, or (4) the United
States, when the Department of State determines that litigation is
likely to affect the Department of State or any of its components;
S. To the parties when implementing court decisions and/or terms of
settlement agreements reached by the parties;
T. To the courts when preparing reports to the courts in compliance
with monitoring requirements;
U. In response to an order from a court or an administrative body
directing the production of personnel records (including, but not
limited to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Foreign
Service Grievance Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board);
V. To other Government agencies and private organizations,
institutions or individuals to verify employment, to process security
clearances/security certifications and to request record or credit
checks;
W. To provide an official of another Federal agency information
needed in the performance of official duties in support of the
functions for which the records were collected and maintained;
X. To disclose information to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
counselors and EEO investigators in connection with EEO complaints and
to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when requested in
connection with investigations of alleged or possible discrimination
practices in the Federal sector, examination of Federal affirmative
employment programs, compliance by Federal agencies with the Uniform
Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, or other functions vested
in the Commission;
Y. To the Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation
programs or officials of a foreign government relating to benefits
under the Federal Employees Compensation Act or a host country workers'
compensation program; and
Z. To the news media and the public when a matter involving the
Department of State has become public knowledge; the Under Secretary
for Management determines that in response to the matter in the public
domain, disclosure is necessary to provide an accurate factual record
on the matter; and the Under Secretary for Management determines that
there is a legitimate public interest in the information disclosed.
AA. To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) the
Department of State suspects or has confirmed that there has been a
breach of the system of records; (2) the Department of State has
determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed breach there
is a risk of harm to individuals, the Department of State (including
its information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal
Government, or national security; and (3) the disclosure made to such
agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with the Department of State efforts to respond to the
suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such
harm.
BB. To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when the
Department of State determines that information from this system of
records is reasonably necessary to assist the recipient agency or
entity in (1) responding to a suspected or confirmed breach or (2)
preventing, minimizing, or remedying the risk of harm to individuals,
the recipient agency or entity (including its information systems,
programs, and operations), the Federal Government, or national
security, resulting from a suspected or confirmed breach.
CC. To a contractor of the Department having need for the
information in the performance of the contract, but not operating a
system of records within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
DD. To a vendor or third-party agent providing or administering
benefits for LE Staff under a post's local compensation plan.
EE. To an agency, whether federal, state, local or foreign, where a
record indicates a violation or potential violation of law, whether
civil, criminal or regulatory in nature, and whether arising by general
statute or particular program statute, or by regulation, rule or order
issued pursuant thereto, so that the recipient agency can fulfill its
responsibility to investigate or prosecute such violation or enforce or
implement the statute, rule, regulation, or order.
FF. To the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of
Homeland Security, the National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC), the
Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), or other appropriate federal
agencies, for the integration and use of such information to protect
against terrorism, if that record is about one or more individuals
known, or suspected, to be or to have been involved in activities
constituting, in preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism.
Such information may be further disseminated by recipient agencies to
Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal, and foreign government
authorities, and to support private sector processes as contemplated in
Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-6 and other relevant laws
and directives, for terrorist screening, threat-protection, and other
homeland security purposes.
GG. To a Congressional office from the record of an individual in
response to an inquiry from the Congressional office made at the
request of that individual.
HH. To a court, adjudicative body, or administrative body before
which the Department is authorized to appear when (a) the Department;
(b) any employee of the Department in his or her official capacity; (c)
any employee of the Department in his or her individual capacity where
the U.S. Department of Justice (``DOJ'') or the Department has agreed
to represent the employee; or (d) the Government of the United States,
when the Department determines that litigation is likely to affect the
Department, is a party to litigation or has an interest in such
litigation, and the use of such records by the Department is deemed to
be relevant and necessary to the litigation or administrative
proceeding.
II. To the Department of Justice (``DOJ''), including any counsel
retained by DOJ for foreign litigation, for its use in providing legal
advice to the Department or in representing the Department in a
proceeding before a court, adjudicative body, or other administrative
body before which the Department is authorized to appear, where the
Department deems DOJ's use of such information relevant and necessary
to the litigation, and such proceeding names as a party or interests:
[cir] The Department or any component of it;
[cir] Any employee of the Department in his or her official
capacity;
[cir] Any employee of the Department in his or her individual
capacity where DOJ has agreed to represent the employee; or
[cir] The Government of the United States, where the Department
determines that litigation is likely to affect the Department or any of
its components.
JJ. To the National Archives and Records Administration and the
General Services Administration for records management inspections,
surveys and
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studies; following transfer to a Federal records center for storage;
and to determine whether such records have sufficient historical or
other value to warrant accessioning into the National Archives of the
United States.
The Department of State periodically publishes in the Federal
Register its standard routine uses that apply to all of its Privacy Act
systems of records. These notices appear in the form of a Prefatory
Statement (published in Volume 73, Number 136, Public Notice 6290, on
July 15, 2008). All these standard routine uses apply to Human
Resources Records, State-31.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
Records are stored both in hard copy and on electronic media. A
description of standard Department of State policies concerning storage
of electronic records is found at <a href="https://fam.state.gov/FAM/05FAM/05FAM0440.html">https://fam.state.gov/FAM/05FAM/05FAM0440.html</a>. All hard copies of records containing personal
information are maintained in secured file cabinets in restricted
areas, access to which is limited to authorized personnel only.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
Records in Human Resources Records, State-31 are retrieved by an
individual name and numeric identifier.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
Human resources records are retained from within 180 days of an
appointment to permanently. Records are retired and destroyed in
accordance with published Department of State Records Disposition
Schedules as approved by the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) and outlined at <a href="https://foia.state.gov/Learn/RecordsDisposition.aspx">https://foia.state.gov/Learn/RecordsDisposition.aspx</a>. More specific information may be obtained by
writing to the following address: U.S. Department of State; Director,
Office of Information Programs and Services; A/GIS/IPS; 2201 C Street
NW; Room B-266; Washington, DC 20520.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
All users are given cyber security awareness training which covers
the procedures for handling Sensitive but Unclassified information,
including personally identifiable information (PII). Annual refresher
training is mandatory. In addition, all Department OpenNet network
users are required to take the Foreign Service Institute distance
learning course instructing employees on privacy and security
requirements, including the rules of behavior for handling PII and the
potential consequences if it is handled improperly. Before being
granted access to Human Resources Records, a user must first be granted
access to the Department of State computer network.
Department of State employees and contractors may remotely access
this system of records using non-Department-owned information
technology. Such access is subject to approval by the Department's
mobile and remote access program and is limited to information
maintained in unclassified information systems. Remote access to the
Department's information systems is configured in compliance with OMB
Circular A-130 multifactor authentication requirements and includes a
time-out function. All Department of State employees and contractors
with authorized access to records maintained in this system of records
have undergone a thorough background security investigation. Access to
the Department of State, its annexes, and posts abroad is controlled by
security guards and admission is limited to those individuals
possessing a valid identification card or individuals under proper
escort. Access to computerized files is password-protected and under
the direct supervision of the system manager. The system manager has
the capability of printing audit trails of access from the computer
media, thereby permitting regular and ad hoc monitoring of computer
usage. When it is determined that a user no longer needs access, the
user account is disabled.
The safeguards in the following paragraphs apply only to records
that are maintained in government-certified cloud systems. All cloud
systems that provide IT services and process Department of State
information must be specifically authorized by the Department of State
Authorizing Official and Senior Agency Official for Privacy.
Information that conforms with Department-specific definitions for
Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) low, moderate,
or high categorization are permissible for cloud usage and must
specifically be authorized by the Department's Cloud Program Management
Office and the Department of State Authorizing Official. Specific
security measures and safeguards will depend on the FISMA
categorization of the information in a given cloud system. In
accordance with Department policy, systems that process more sensitive
information will require more stringent controls and review by
Department cybersecurity experts prior to approval. Prior to operation,
all Cloud systems must comply with applicable security measures that
are outlined in FISMA, FedRAMP, OMB regulations, National Institute of
Standards and Technology's (NIST) Special Publications (SP) and Federal
Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and Department of State
policies and standards.
All data stored in cloud environments categorized above a low FISMA
impact risk level must be encrypted at rest and in-transit using a
federally-approved encryption mechanism. The encryption keys shall be
generated, maintained, and controlled in a Department data center by
the Department key management authority. Deviations from these
encryption requirements must be approved in writing by the Department
of State Authorizing Official. High FISMA impact risk level systems
will additionally be subject to continual auditing and monitoring,
multifactor authentication mechanism utilizing Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI) and NIST 800 53 controls concerning
virtualization, servers, storage and networking, as well as stringent
measures to sanitize data from the cloud service once the contract is
terminated.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals who wish to gain access to or to amend records
pertaining to themselves should write to U.S. Department of State;
Director, Office of Information Programs and Services; A/GIS/IPS; 2201
C Street NW; Room B-266; Washington, DC 20520. The individual must
specify that he or she wishes the Human Resources Records to be
checked. At a minimum, the individual must include: full name
(including maiden name, if appropriate) and any other names used;
current mailing address and zip code; date and place of birth;
notarized signature or statement under penalty of perjury; a brief
description of the circumstances that caused the creation of the record
(including the city and/or country and the approximate dates) which
gives the individual cause to believe that the Human Resources Records
include records pertaining to the individual. Detailed instructions on
Department of State procedures for accessing and amending records can
be found at the Department's FOIA website located at <a href="https://foia.state.gov/Request/Guide.aspx">https://foia.state.gov/Request/Guide.aspx</a>.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
Individuals who wish to contest record procedures should write to
U.S. Department of State; Director, Office of Information Programs and
Services; A/GIS/IPS; 2201 C Street NW; Room B-266; Washington, DC
20520.
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NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
Individuals who have reason to believe that this system of records
might have records pertaining to them may write to the U.S. Department
of State; Director; Office of Information Programs and Services, A/GIS/
IPS; 2201 C Street NW; Room B-266; Washington, DC 20520. The individual
must specify that he or she wishes the Human Resources Records to be
checked. At a minimum, the individuals must include: full name
(including maiden name, if appropriate) and any other names used;
current mailing address and zip code; date and place of birth;
notarized signature or statement under penalty of perjury; a brief
description of the circumstances that caused the creation of the record
(including the city and/or country and the approximate dates) which
gives the individual cause to believe that the Human Resources Records
include records pertaining to the individual.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), subject to the provisions of
section 552(b)(1), records are exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d),
(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f) to protect material required to
be kept Secret. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(4), records contained
within this system that are maintained solely for statistical purposes
are also exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H)
and (I), and (f). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5) and (k)(7), certain
records contained within this system contain confidential source
information and are exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a (c)(3), (d), (e)(1),
(e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(6),
records that contain testing or examination material, the release of
which may compromise testing or examination procedures, are also
exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I),
and (f). See Department of State Rules published in 22 CFR 171.
HISTORY:
Human Resources Records, State-31, was previously published at 78
FR 43258.
Eric F. Stein,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Global Information Services (A/GIS),
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-12022 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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