Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation

The Office of Inspector General is exempting a new system of records, CIG-29, entitled, "Privacy and Civil Liberties Complaint Reporting System" from subsections (c)(3); (d)(1), (2), (3), (4); (e)(1) and (e)(4); (G), (H), (I); and (f) of the Privacy Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a. This direct final rule makes no substantive changes to the Office of Inspector General Privacy Program rules. These changes will allow the Department to add an exemption rule to the Office of Inspector General Privacy Program rules that will exempt applicable Department records and/or material from certain portions of the Privacy Act. This will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of DoD's program by preserving the exempt status of the applicable records and/or material when the purposes underlying the exemption(s) are valid and necessary. This rule is being published as a direct final rule as the Department of Defense does not expect to receive any adverse comments, and so a proposed rule is unnecessary.