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to receive public mailings or who have written to the Review Board
inquiring about general information.
Categories of records in the system:
Individual names and addresses of individuals.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
44 U.S.C. 2107.7(j)
Purpose(s):
The purpose of this system is to have a central list of names and
addresses of individuals who have asked the Review Board to place
their names and addresses on the Review Board's mailing list. These
individuals receive all press releases and notices that the Review
Board prints in the Federal Register.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
All routine uses for this system of records are located at the
beginning of this notice.
Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:
None.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Computer database.
Retrievability:
By name of person on the mailing list.
Safeguards:
This system of records is located on a computer system within the
headquarters offices of the Assassination Records Review Board. The
offices are located in a secure Federal building, with Department of
Justice guards at all entrances. Within the building, the offices are
always locked. Review Board members and staff have encoded cards that
allow entry into the offices. Visitors must be accompanied at all
times by a Review Board member or staff member. All Review Board
members and staff have received security clearances at the top secret
level. Only Review Board members and staff have access to Review
Board computers where this particular system of records is stored.
Each individual who accesses Review Board computers has two passwords
that he or she defines and must use each time he or she logs into a
Review Board computer.
Retention and disposal:
Review Board records will be retained pursuant to the provisions
of The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act
of 1992, 44 U.S.C. 2107 (1992). Congress has determined that all
Review Board records are permanently valuable and will be retained
for inclusion in the JFK Collection at the National Archives.
System manager(s) and address:
Thomas Samoluk, Associate Director for Communication,
Assassination Records Review Board, 600 E Street NW., Washington, DC
20530.
Notification procedure:
The notification procedure for all systems of records is detailed
at the beginning of this Notice.
Record access procedures:
The record access procedures for all systems of records is
detailed at the beginning of this Notice.
Contesting record procedures:
The contesting record procedures for all systems of records is
detailed at the beginning of this Notice.
Record source categories:
Individuals who write the Review Board and request that they be
placed on the mailing lists. Review Board staff members.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
No exemptions.
#..ARRB-8
#....System name:
Personal Security Files (ARRB-8).
Security classification:
Top Secret.
System location:
Assassination Records Review Board, 600 E Street NW., 2nd Floor,
Washington, DC 20530.
Categories of individuals covered by system:
Current, former, and pending Assassination Records Review Board
staff who have applied for security clearances.
Categories of records in the system:
All information the individual supplied for his or her security
investigation, including names, current and former addresses, social
security number, work history, educational history, names of
relatives and acquaintances and references. Results of background
investigation. Some staff members were previously employees of other
Government agencies and background information in their files may
include information from SF-85 forms they completed for a previous
job. Fingerprint cards. Letters of adjudication. Privacy Act waivers
signed by staff. Records of the individual's security education.
Records of any security infractions by the individual.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
44 U.S.C. 2107.7(c), 2107.8, 5 U.S.C. 732, and Executive Order
10450.
Purpose(s):
The purpose of this system is for the Review Board's security
officer to have enough information about Review Board staff members
to adjudicate whether staff members are eligible for national
security positions.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
In addition to the routine uses listed at the beginning of this
notice, the Review Board's Security Officer and Deputy Security
Officer disclose information from this system of records to security
officers at the Department of Justice who aid the Review Board in
making determinations about eligibility for security clearances.
The Review Board may disclose a staff member's name and security
clearance level to another Federal agency when a member of the staff
needs to review another agency's classified material under the JFK
Act.
Certain assassination records are classified at the Special
Compartmented Information (SCI) level and some Review Board staff
members will require SCI clearances to review these types of records.
Because the Review Board does not have authority to grant such
clearances, the Review Board may disclose the results of a staff
member's background investigation to the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) so that the CIA can adjudicate the staff member's request for a
SCI clearance.
Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:
None.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Paper files.
Retrievability:
By name of Assassination Records Review Board staff member.
Safeguards:
This system of records is located within the headquarters offices
of the Assassination Records Review Board. The offices are located in
a secure Federal building, with Department of Justice guards at all
entrances. Within the building, the offices are always locked. Review
Board members and staff have encoded cards that allow entry into the
offices. Visitors must be accompanied at all times by a Review Board
member or staff member. All Review Board members and staff have
received security clearances at the top secret level. Within the
Review Board's offices, records are stored in a GSA approved safe in
a controlled access area.
Retention and disposal:
Review Board records will be retained pursuant to the provisions
of The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act
of 1992, 44 U.S.C. 2107 (1992).
System manager(s) and address:
David Marwell, Executive Director and Security Officer,
Assassination Records Review Board, 600 E Street NW., Washington, DC
20530.
Notification procedure:
The notification procedure for all systems of records is detailed
at the beginning of this Notice.
Record access procedures:
The record access procedures for all systems of records is
detailed at the beginning of this Notice.
Contesting record procedures:
The contesting record procedures for all systems of records is
detailed at the beginning of this Notice.
Record source categories:
Information in this system of records is derived, to the greatest
extent possible, from the applicants themselves. In addition,
applicants provide the Review Board with names of individuals,
organizations, and geographical locations. The background
investigator obtains information from such references for the file.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
Yes. Some portions of this system of records are eligible for
exemption from 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(1) and (k)(5).
#..ARRB-9
#....System name:
Personnel Files (ARRB-9).
Security classification:
None.
System location:
Assassination Records Review Board, 600 E Street NW., 2nd Floor,
Washington, DC 20530.
Categories of individuals covered by system:
Assassination Records Review Board members, current staff, former
staff, and pending staff with active offers of employment from the
Review Board.
Categories of records in the system:
The General Services Administration (GSA) keeps the Official
Personnel Files (OPF) of Review Board members and staff. The Review
Board keeps copies of documents that are in the OPF at GSA, including
copies of SF-171 forms (listing individual's name, address, telephone
numbers, availability, salary requirements, military service, special
skills, accomplishments, awards, names of references, work history,
educational background, social security number, names of family
members who work for the Government, whether individual has ever been
convicted of a felony). In addition, the Review Board keeps staff
resumes (which include much of the same information provided in the
SF-171), names of references, interview notes, benefits information,
employee evaluations, letters to applicants extending offers of
employment, and personnel actions.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
44 U.S.C. 2107.8
Purpose(s):
The purpose of this system is to allow the Review Board to keep
effective hiring decisions.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
All routine uses for this system of records are located at the
beginning of this notice.
The names, social security numbers, home addresses, dates of
birth, dates of hire, quarterly earnings, employer identifying
information, and State of hire of employees may be disclosed to the
Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of
locating individuals to establish paternity, establishing and
modifying orders of child support, identifying sources of income, and
for other child support enforcement actions as required by the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, Pub.
L. 104-109.
Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:
None.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Paper files.
Retrievability:
By name of Assassination Records Review Board member or staff.
Safeguards:
This system of records is located within the headquarters offices
of the Assassination Records Review Board. The offices are located in
a secure Federal building, with Department of Justice guards at all
entrances. Within the building, the offices are always locked. Review
Board members and staff have encoded cards that allow entry into the
offices. Visitors must be accompanied at all times by a Review Board
member or staff member. All Review Board members and staff have
received security clearances at the top secret level. Records are
stored in locked file cabinets in a controlled access area.
Retention and disposal:
Review Board records will be retained pursuant to the provisions
of The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act
of 1992, 44 U.S.C. 2107 (1992).
System manager(s) and address:
Tracy Shycoff, Associate Director for Administration,
Assassination Records Review Board, 600 E Street NW., Washington, DC
20530.
Notification procedure:
The notification procedure for all systems of records is detailed
at the beginning of this Notice.
Record access procedures:
The record access procedures for all systems of records is
detailed at the beginning of this Notice.
Contesting record procedures:
The contesting record procedures for all systems of records is
detailed at the beginning of this Notice.
Record source categories:
To the greatest extent possible, records in this system are
derived from information that the individual provides to the Review
Board. Other sources of information include individual's supervisor,
persons who act as references for individual, and administrative
staff.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
No exemptions.
#..ARRB-10
#....System name:
Public Contacts (ARRB-10).
Security classification:
None.
System location:
Assassination Records Review Board, 600 E Street, NW., 2nd Floor,
Washington, DC 20530.
Categories of individuals covered by system:
Members of the general public with whom the Assassination Records
Review Board has established contact. Members of the public who
worked on Presidential commissions or Congressional committees that
investigated the assassination.
Categories of records in the system:
Individual's name, organization, title, address, telephone, fax
number.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
44 U.S.C. 2107.7(j)
Purpose(s):
The purpose of this system is to track Review Board contacts with
individuals who are not current employees of other Federal agencies
acting in their official capacities. (Contacts with current Federal
employees who are acting in their official capacities will appear in
the Agency Contacts system of records.) In most cases, Review Board
staff members contact such individuals in search of assassination
records or information about assassination records.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
All routine uses for this system of records are located at the
beginning of this notice.
Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:
None.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Computer database.
Retrievability:
By name of the subject individual.
Safeguards:
This system of records is located on a computer system within the
headquarters offices of the Assassination Records Review Board. The
offices are located in a secure Federal building, with Department of
Justice guards at all entrances. Within the building, the offices are
always locked. Review Board members and staff have encoded cards that
allow entry into the offices. Visitors must be accompanied at all
times by a Review Board member or staff member. All Review Board
members and staff have received security clearances at the top secret
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