Office of the Secretary, DoD/Joint Staff

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SYSTEM NAME:

iCompass, Learning Management System (LMS)  (November 05, 2015,  80 FR 68518)

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Verizon Business – IAD6, 21830 UUNET Way, Ashburn, VA 20147-5856.

Backup: Internap's, Digital Realty Trust, 2121 South Price Road, Chandler, AZ 85286-7205.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

Civilians, military members, and contractors assigned to the following Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) offices: Acquisition Technology and Logistics; U.S. Court of Appeals for Armed Forces (CAAF); DoD Comptroller Office; Deputy Chief Management Officer; Office of Military Commissions; Defense Legal Services Agency/Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals; Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA); Defense Test Resource Management Center (DTRMC); Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA); Intelligence Oversight; Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD) Legislative Affairs; Net Assessment; DoD Chief Information Office; Office of Economic Adjustment; DoD Office of General Counsel; OSD Operation Test & Evaluation; Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) Intelligence; Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation; Pentagon Force Protection Agency; OUSD Policy; Department of Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency; Personnel and Readiness; Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs; White House Military Office; Washington Headquarters Services (WHS); WHS Federal Voting Assistance Program; WHS Welfare & Recreation Association; and Military and DoD civilian financial managers.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Name, DoD identification (DoD ID) number, position title, work phone number, work email address, pay plan, series, grade, organization, supervisor, hire date, course name and course date and time of completed trainings, educational level of civilian employees, and Financial Management (FM) certification level.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. Chapter 41, Government Employees Training Act; 5 CFR part 410, Office of Personnel Management-Training; DoDD 5105.53, Director of Administration and Management (DA&M); DoDD 5110.4, Washington Headquarters Services (WHS); and DoDI 1300.26, Operation of the DoD Financial Management Certification Program.

PURPOSE(S):

To manage and administer a Learning Management System (LMS) for training and development programs; to identify individual training needs; for the purpose of reporting, tracking, assessing and monitoring training events, and DoD FM certifications.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the records contained herein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3) as follows:

LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUTINE USE:
If a system of records maintained by a DoD Component to carry out its functions indicates a violation or potential violation of law, whether civil, criminal, or regulatory in nature, and whether arising by general statute or by regulation, rule, or order issued pursuant thereto, the relevant records in the system of records may be referred, as a routine use, to the agency concerned, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, charged with the responsibility of investigating or prosecuting such violation or charged with enforcing or implementing the statute, rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant thereto.

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRIES DISCLOSURE ROUTINE USE:
Disclosure from a system of records maintained by a DoD Component may be made to a congressional office from the record of an individual in response to an inquiry from the congressional office made at the request of that individual.

DISCLOSURE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR LITIGATION ROUTINE USE:
A record from a system of records maintained by a DoD Component may be disclosed as a routine use to any component of the Department of Justice for the purpose of representing the Department of Defense, or any officer, employee or member of the Department in pending or potential litigation to which the record is pertinent.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION ROUTINE USE:
A record from a system of records maintained by a DoD Component may be disclosed as a routine use to the National Archives and Records Administration for the purpose of records management inspections conducted under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.

DATA BREACH REMEDIATION PURPOSES ROUTINE USE:
A record from a system of records maintained by a Component may be disclosed to appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) The Component suspects or has confirmed that the security or confidentiality of the information in the system of records has been compromised; (2) the Component has determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or other systems or programs (whether maintained by the Component or another agency or entity) that rely upon the compromised information; and (3) the disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the Components efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.

The DoD Blanket Routine Uses set forth at the beginning of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) compilation of systems of records notices may apply to this system. The complete list of DoD Blanket Routine Uses can be found online at: http://dpcld.defense.gov/Privacy/SORNsIndex/BlanketRoutineUses.aspx

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:


STORAGE:

Electronic storage media.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Name and DoD ID number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Records are maintained in DoD and in commercially controlled facilities. Physical entry is restricted by the use of locks, security guards, card swipe, and identification badges and is accessible only to authorized personnel. Access to records is limited to personnel responsible for servicing the record in performance of their official duties and who are properly screened and cleared for need-to-know. Access to data is restricted through the use of a Common Access Card, pin and login access to system. System is password protected and includes data encryption on and offsite. Records are stored in an encrypted database and access requires token authentication. Periodic security audits, regular monitoring of user's security practices, and methods to ensure only authorized personnel access records are applied.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are destroyed/deleted 5 years after the separation/ retirement or after 2 years of inactivity period of individual.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Program Manager, Washington Headquarters Services, Human Resource Directorate (HRD)/Transparency and Tools Division (TTD), 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22350-3200.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine whether information about themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries to the Washington Headquarters Services, Human Resource Directorate/Transparency and Tools Division, Attn: LMS Program Manager, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22305-3200.

Requests should contain individual's full name, office name where they were assigned or affiliated, and office address and telephone number applicable to the period during which the records were maintained.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to records about themselves should address written inquiries to the Office of the Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff Freedom of Information Act, Requester Service Center, Office of Freedom of Information, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155.

Signed, written requests should contain individual's full name, office name where they were assigned or affiliated, and office address and telephone number applicable to the period during which the records were maintained.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The OSD rules for accessing records, for contesting contents and appealing initial agency determinations are published in OSD Administrative Instruction 82; 32 CFR part 311; or may be obtained from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Individual; Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS); Military Personnel (MILPERS) and the Active Directory (for contractors).

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

FEDERAL REGISTER HISTORY:

November 05, 2015, 80 FR 68518; July 23, 2013, 78 FR 44100