[Federal Register: April 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 73)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Administration
[Public Notice 3018]

 
Transfer of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency's Systems of 
Records to the Department of State

AGENCY: Bureau of Administration, Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act, (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)) this 
notice describes a revision to the character of the Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency's (``ACDA'') systems of records upon the 
consolidation of ACDA and the Department of State as mandated by the 
Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998.

DATES: Effective April 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret P. Grafeld, Information and 
Privacy Coordinator and Director of the Office of Information Resources 
Management Programs and Services; Room 1239; Department of State; 2201 
C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20520-1512, (202) 647-6620.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Foreign Affairs Agencies 
Consolidation Act of 1998, Public Law 105-277, ACDA and the Department 
of State will be consolidated on April 1, 1999. As part of the 
consolidation, the Department will assume custody and control of 
systems of records currently maintained by ACDA. For a document 
relating to the State Department's assumption of control over these 
systems of records, see a final rule published elsewhere in this 
volume. The existence and distinct character of these systems will not 
change except for the following effective April 1, 1999:
    1. The agency official who is responsible for access to the systems 
of records is Margaret P. Grafeld, Information and Privacy Coordinator 
and Director of the Office of Information Resources Management Programs 
and Services; Room 1239; Department of State; 2201 C Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20520-1512, (202) 647-6620.
    2. The procedures whereby an individual can be notified if the 
system of records contains a record pertaining to him or her may now be 
found at 22 CFR part 171, subpart C. These regulations are also 
available at the Department's website located at http://foia.state.gov.
    3. The procedures whereby an individual can be notified at his or 
her request how he or she can gain access to any records pertaining to 
him or her contained in the system of records, and how he or she can 
contest its content may now be found at 22 CFR part 171, subpart C. 
These regulations are also available at the Department's website 
located at http://foia.state.gov.

    Dated: March 30, 1999.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Administration, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 99-8292 Filed 4-15-99; 8:45 am]
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