# Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
**AGENCY:**
Department of State.
**ACTION:**
Rescindment of a System of Records Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
“Foreign Service Employee Locator/Notification Records, State-12”, which is being rescinded, contains information used to forward employees' mail and for the notification of next of kin in the event of an emergency or death of an employee.
**DATES:**
On March 24, 2018, the Department of State published a notice in the *Federal Register* (83 FR 17873) that records in State-12 were being consolidated with “Employee Contact Records, State-40” into a single modified State-40, because the records and system purposes are substantially similar.
**ADDRESSES:**
Questions can be submitted by mail, email, or by calling Mary Avery, the Senior Agency Official for Privacy (SAOP), on (202) 663-2215. If mail, please write to: U.S. Department of State; Office of Global Information Systems, Privacy Staff, A/GIS/PRV; SA-2, Suite 8100; Washington, DC 20522-0208. If email, please address the email to the Senior Agency Official for Privacy (SAOP), Mary R. Avery, at *[email protected].* Please write “Foreign Service Employee Locator/Notification Records, State-12” on the envelope or the subject line of your email.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Mary R. Avery, Senior Agency Official for Privacy (SAOP); U.S. Department of State; Office of Global Information Services, A/GIS/PRV; SA-2, Suite 8100; Washington, DC 20522-0208 or by calling (202) 663-2215.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The records in “Foreign Service Employee Locator/Notification Records, State-12” (previously published at 42 FR 49705) were consolidated with “Employee Contact Records, State-40” (previously published at 75 FR 67431). The new SORN reflecting the consolidated system of records “Employee Contact Records, State-40” was published at 83 FR 17873 on March 24, 2018.
**SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER**
Foreign Service Employee Locator/Notification Records, State-12.
**HISTORY:**
“Foreign Service Employee Locator/Notification Records, State-12” was previously published at 42 FR 49705 and “Employee Contact Records, State-40” was previously published at 75 FR 67431 before being modified and re-published at 83 FR 17873.
Mary R. Avery,
Senior Agency Official for Privacy, Senior Advisor, Office of Global Information Services, Bureau of Administration, Department of State.