Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Published date09 October 2019
Record Number2019-22037
SectionNotices
CourtAir Force Department,Defense Department
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 54125-54127]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-22037]
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                DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                Department of the Air Force
                [Docket ID: USAF-2019-HQ-0009]
                Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
                AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DOD.
                ACTION: Notice of a new System of Records.
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                SUMMARY: The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
                for Financial Operations (SAF/FMF) is adding a new System of Records
                titled, ``Forms and Account Management Service (FAMS),'' F065 SAF FMF
                A. FAMS will be the sole, web-based platform for the appointment and
                termination of Departmental Accountable Officials, appointment and
                termination of Key Signatories of financial documentation, and access
                management to a portfolio of information systems, which are material
                for audit.
                DATES: This addition is effective upon publication; however, comments
                on the Routine Uses will be accepted on or before November 8, 2019. The
                Routine Uses are effective at the close of the comment period.
                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
                title, by any of the following methods:
                 * Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
                 Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
                 * Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Chief Management
                Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark Center
                Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
                 Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
                and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general
                policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is
                to make these submissions available for public viewing on the internet
                at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change,
                including any personal identifiers or contact information.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. LaDonne White, Department of the
                Air Force, Air Force Privacy Office, Office of Warfighting Integration
                and Chief Information Officer, ATTN: SAF/CIO A6, 1800 Air Force
                Pentagon, Washington, DC 20330-1800, or by phone at (571) 256-2515.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During Financial Improvement and Audit
                Readiness (FIAR) audits of Air Force Information Technology (IT)
                processes, numerous notices of findings and recommendations were
                issued, related to vulnerabilities in managing Air Force systems
                account access and appointment of accountable official positions.
                Findings identified gaps in properly handling and managing accounts for
                access and authority to act. Improper account management presents
                information security risks that could result in unauthorized access.
                Historically, many of these functions were performed in a decentralized
                manner and conducted manually without effective checks and balances on
                accuracy. Introduction of the new web-based platform will reduce and
                eliminate the use of paper forms as it will automate the request and
                approval processes and enable periodic validation and reconciliation of
                account records against actual account permissions.
                 OMB Circular No. A-123 defines management's responsibility for
                internal control in Federal agencies. A re-examination of the existing
                internal control requirements for Federal agencies was initiated in
                light of the new internal control requirements for publicly-traded
                companies contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Circular A-123
                and the statute it implements, the Federal Managers' Financial
                Integrity Act of 1982, are at the center of the existing Federal
                requirements to improve internal control.
                 This circular reflects policy recommendations developed by a joint
                committee of representatives from the Chief Financial Officer Council
                (CFOC) and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE).
                The policy changes in this circular are intended to strengthen the
                requirements for conducting management's assessment of internal control
                over financial reporting. SAF/FMF is responsible for developing and
                maintaining effective internal control that provides assurance that
                significant weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control,
                such as unauthorized access to Air Force systems, that could adversely
                affect the agency's ability to meet its objectives, would be prevented
                or detected in a timely manner. FAMS enables SAF/FMF the means to track
                and manage the appointment of qualified personnel (Departmental
                Accountable Officials and Financial Signatories) to key positions and
                control Air Force system access to appropriately cleared Air Force
                employees, thereby meeting the requirements of OMB A-123.
                 The OSD 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 provided in the FOR FURTHER
                INFORMATION CONTACT paragraph or are available at the Defense Privacy,
                Civil Liberties, and Transparency Division website via at http://dpcld.defense.gov.
                 The proposed systems reports, as required by the Privacy Act, as
                amended, were submitted on August 5, 2019, to the House Committee on
                Oversight and Reform, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
                Governmental Affairs, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
                pursuant to Section 6 of OMB Circular No. A-108, ``Federal Agency
                Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication under the
                Privacy Act,'' revised December 23, 2016 (December 23, 2016, 81 FR
                94424).
                 Dated: October 4, 2019.
                Morgan E. Park,
                Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
                SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
                 Forms and Account Management Service (FAMS), F065 SAF FMF A
                SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
                 Unclassified
                SYSTEM LOCATION:
                 Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, 9 Eglin Street, Building
                1606, Hanscom Air Force Base, MA 01731.
                SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
                 Program Manager, SAF/FMFSA, 1500 West Perimeter Road, Suite 3130,
                Joint Base Andrews NAF, MD 20762-6604. System Managers: Michael
                Holloway (240-612-5307 [bond] [email protected]); Waqasul
                Haq (202-320-2372 [bond] [email protected]); Hubert Chin (240-
                612-5199 [bond] [email protected])
                AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
                 10 U.S.C. 9013, Armed Forces, Secretary of the Air Force; 31 U.S.C.
                902, Authority and Functions of Agency
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                Chief Financial Officers, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 3325, Vouchers; 31
                U.S.C. 3528, Responsibilities and Relief from Liability of Certifying
                Officials; Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, 31 U.S.C., chapters 5,
                9, 11, and 35; also 5 U.S.C. 5313-5315, 38 U.S.C. 201 and 42 U.S.C.
                3533; Government Management Reform Act of 1994, Public Law 103-356;
                Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996, Public Law 104-
                208, Title VIII; 44 U.S.C. 3541, Federal Information Security
                Modernization Act of 2014; Executive Order 10450, Security Requirements
                for Government Employment; DoD Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-
                R, Vol. 5.
                PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
                 The Air Force (AF) FAMS is a secure, cloud-based set of tools and
                services established to automate key Financial Management Forms,
                workflow, and reporting processes (audit materials). FAMS optimizes the
                use of information technology and streamlines the financial management
                processes by eliminating paper form routing and physical storage
                requirements and closing the associated access control performance
                gaps. The data acquired and updated from each record source is used not
                only for identity validation, but is also stored and revalidated for
                subsequent workflow actions.
                CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
                 Within the Department of the Air Force: Active Duty service
                members, Reserve service members, Air National Guard service members,
                Presidential Appointees, Civilians, and Contractors. Also includes
                Foreign Military Members and Foreign Civilian hire employees.
                CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
                 Name, Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier Number
                (EDIPI), also referred to as the DoD ID number, current rank/grade,
                current organization, current duty location, security clearance level,
                security clearance completion date, Active/Reserve/Guard designation,
                Air Force specialty code used by the United States Air Force to
                identify a specific job, hire date, hire location, separation/
                retirement date, and date of death.
                RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
                 Individuals; DoD databases accessed through Defense Manpower Data
                Center (DMDC) Identity Web Services--Personal Identity Data and DMDC
                Information System for Security--Personal Security Clearance Data.
                ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
                OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
                 In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.
                552a(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, these records contained
                therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use
                pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
                 a. To the appropriate Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal,
                foreign, or international law enforcement authority or other
                appropriate entity where a record, either alone or in conjunction with
                other information, indicates a violation or potential violation of law,
                whether criminal, civil, or regulatory in nature.
                 b. To any component of the Department of Justice for the purpose of
                representing the DoD, or its components, officers, employees, or
                members in pending or potential litigation to which the record is
                pertinent.
                 c. In an appropriate proceeding before a court, grand jury, or
                administrative or adjudicative body or official, when the DoD or other
                Agency representing the DoD determines that the records are relevant
                and necessary to the proceeding; or in an appropriate proceeding before
                an administrative or adjudicative body when the adjudicator determines
                the records to be relevant to the proceeding.
                 d. To the National Archives and Records Administration for the
                purpose of records management inspections conducted. This routine use
                complies with 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
                 e. To a Member of Congress or staff acting upon the Member's behalf
                when the Member or staff requests the information on behalf of, and at
                the request of, the individual who is the subject of the record.
                 f. To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) The DoD
                suspects or has confirmed that the security or confidentiality of the
                information in the System of Records has been compromised; (2) the DoD
                has determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed breach
                there is a risk of harm to individuals, the DoD (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 DoD's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed breach
                or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
                 g. To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when the DoD
                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.
                POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
                 Records are stored on electronic media.
                POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
                 Individual's full name and EDIPI/DoD ID number.
                POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
                 Destroy 10 years after cancellation or revocation of the order,
                provided there are no outstanding discrepancies for which corrective
                action has been prescribed.
                ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
                 Role-based access control restricts the system access to authorized
                users with a need-to-know. Network encryption protects data transmitted
                over the network while disk encryption secures the disks storing data.
                Key management services safeguards encryption keys.
                RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
                 Individuals seeking to determine whether this System of Records
                contains information on themselves should address written inquiries to
                the Department of the Air Force, FM Chief Information Officer, SAF/
                FMFS, 1500 West Perimeter Road, Suite 3130, Joint Base Andrews Naval
                Air Facility, MD 20762-6604. For verification purposes, individuals
                should provide full name, EDIPI/DoD ID number from Common Access Card
                (CAC), office or organization where currently assigned, if applicable,
                and current address and telephone number. In addition, the requester
                must provide either a notarized statement or an unsworn declaration
                made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746, in the following format:
                 If executed outside the United States: ``I declare (or certify,
                verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United
                States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on
                (date). (Signature).''
                 If executed within the United States, its territories, possessions,
                or
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                commonwealths: ``I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty
                of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date).
                (Signature).''
                CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
                 The DoD rule for accessing, contesting and appealing agency
                determinations by the individual concerned are published in 32 CFR part
                310 or may be obtained from the system manager.
                NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
                 Individuals seeking to determine whether information about
                themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries
                to the Department of the Air Force, FM Chief Information Officer, SAF/
                FMFS, 1500 West Perimeter Road, Suite 3130, Joint Base Andrews NAF, MD
                20762-6604. For verification purposes, individuals should provide full
                name, EDIPI/DoD ID number from CAC, office or organization where
                currently assigned, if applicable, and current address and telephone
                number. In addition, the requester must provide either a notarized
                statement or an unsworn declaration made in accordance with 28 U.S.C.
                1746, in the following format:
                 If executed outside the United States: ``I declare (or certify,
                verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United
                States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on
                (date). (Signature).''
                 If executed within the United States, its territories, possessions,
                or commonwealths: ``I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under
                penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on
                (date). (Signature).''
                EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
                 None.
                HISTORY:
                 None.
                [FR Doc. 2019-22037 Filed 10-8-19; 8:45 am]
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