# Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
**AGENCY:**
Office of the Secretary of Defense, DoD.
**ACTION:**
Notice to delete a System of Records notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is deleting a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. The notice is DGC 16, Political Appointment Vetting Files (March 16, 1995, 60 FR 14273).
**DATES:**
Comments will be accepted on or before May 9, 2014. This proposed action will be effective the date following the end of the comment period unless comments are received which result in a contrary determination.
**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:**
Mrs. Cindy Allard at (571) 372-0461.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The Office of the Secretary of Defense 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* or at the Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Web site at *http://dpclo.defense.gov/.*
The proposed deletion 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: April 3, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
**Deletion:**
**DGC 16**
Political Appointment Vetting Files (March 16, 1995, 60 FR 14273).
**Reason:**
Based on a recent review of DGC 16, Political Appointment Vetting Files, it was determined that this system of records is covered under DGC 20, DoD Presidential Appointee Vetting Files. DGC 16 is duplicative and can therefore be deleted.