# Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
**AGENCY:**
Defense Security Service, DoD.
**ACTION:**
Notice to amend a System of Records.
**SUMMARY:**
The Defense Security Service is amending a system of records notice from its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
**DATES:**
This proposed action will be effective on March 1, 2013 unless comments are received which result in a contrary determination. Comments will be accepted on or before February 28, 2013.
**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:* Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
*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. Leslie Blake, Defense Security Service, Office of FOIA/PA, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico, VA 22314 or at (571) 305-6740.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The Defense Security Service systems of records 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 in *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* .
The proposed amendment is not within the purview of subsection (r) of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, which requires the submission of a new or altered system report.
Dated: January 24, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
**V5-04**
**System name:**
Counterintelligence Issues Database (CII-DB) (August 17, 1999, 64 FR 44704).
**Changes:**
**System location:**
Delete entry and replace with “Defense Security Service, Counterintelligence Directorate, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico, VA 22134-2253.”
**Purpose(s):**
Delete entry and replace with “Provides a central database to document, refer, track, monitor and evaluate Counterintelligence indicators/issues surfaced during Personnel Security Investigations and through Administrative Inquiries.”
**Storage:**
Delete entry and replace with “Paper records and electronic storage media.”
**Retrievability:**
Delete entry and replace with “Name and file number and/or any entry in the database.”
**Safeguards:**
Delete entry and replace with “Printed paper records are contained and stored in regulation safes/filing cabinets which are located in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) with limited access. The database is also maintained in the SCIF which is password protected and entry provided on a need-to-know basis only.”
**System manager(s) and address:**
Delete entry and replace with “Defense Security Service, Counterintelligence Directorate, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico, VA 22134-2253.”
**Notification procedure:**
Delete entry and replace with “Individuals seeking to determine whether information about themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries to the Defense Security Service, Office of FOIA/PA, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico, VA 22134-2253.
Requesters should provide full name and for verification purposes only former names used, date and place of birth, and Social Security Number.”
**Record access procedures:**
Delete entry and replace with “Individuals seeking access to information about themselves contained in this system of records should address written inquiries to Defense Security Service, Office of FOIA/PA, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico, VA 22134-2253.
Requesters should provide full name and for verification purposes only former names used, date and place of birth, and Social Security Number.”
**Contesting record procedures:**
Delete entry and replace with “DSS' rules for accessing records, contesting contents, and appealing initial agency determinations are contained in DSS Regulation 01-13: 32 CFR part 321; or may be obtained from the Defense Security Service, Office of FOIA/PA, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico, VA 22134-2253.”