Privacy Act of 1974: Proposed Establishment of a New System of Records

Résumé

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of Energy (DOE) is required to publish a notice in the Federal Register when a system of records is established. The DOE proposes to establish a new system of records entitled ``Counterintelligence Investigative Records'' to maintain joint-law enforcement investigative records relating to counterintelligence matters. Records maintained in this system will be used to conduct joint law enforcement counterintelligence investigations between the DOE's Office of Counterintelligence (OCI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) or other Federal law enforcement agencies, or components thereof. These records may be provided to these agencies and components as needed, and may be used as a basis for legal actions and all matters pertaining thereto, including civil and criminal remedies. Persons covered under this system are DOE and DOE contractor employees, consultants, and other persons suspected of involvement in espionage, sabotage, or other hostile and foreign intelligence activities directed at or affecting DOE facilities, programs, information, personnel or other Department resources. The purpose of the sy