SYSTEM NAME:

AAFES Employee Pay System Records  (March 06, 2003,  68 FR 10707)

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Headquarters, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, 3911 S. Walton Walker Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75236-1598; Commander, Army and Air Force Exchange Service-Pacific Rim Region, Unit 35163, APO AP 96378-0163; and Commander, Army and Air Force Exchange Service-Europe, Unit 24580, APO AE 09245-4580.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

Individuals paid by the Army and Air Force Exchange System (AAFES). These include, but are not limited to, civilian employees, contractors, family members, and spouse or former spouse.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Individual's name; Social Security Number; AAFES facility number; individual's pay, leave, and retirement records, withholding/deduction authorization for allotments, health benefits, life insurance, savings bonds, financial institutions, etc.; tax exemption certificates; personal exception and indebtedness papers; subsistence and quarters records; statements of charges, claims; roster and signature cards of designated timekeepers; payroll and retirement control and working paper files; unemployment compensation data requests and responses; reports of retirement fund deductions; management narrative and statistical reports relating to pay, leave, and retirement, leave accrual date; retirement participation data; job code and title; employment category; pay plan; wage schedule; and base hourly rate; court orders affecting pay; and similar related documents.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

10 U.S.C. 3013, Secretary of the Army; 10 U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of the Air Force; 42 U.S.C. 659, Consent by United States to income withholding, garnishment, and similar proceeding for enforcement of child support and alimony obligations; 31 CFR 285.11, Administrative Wage Garnishment; DoD Directive 7000.14-R, DoD Financial Management Regulation; Army Regulation 60-20, Army and Air Force Exchange Service Operating Policies; and E.O. 9397 (SSN).

PURPOSE(S):

To provide basis for computing civilian pay entitlements; to record history of pay transactions, leave accrued and taken, bonds due and issued, taxes paid; to process payment in compliance with court orders (i.e. Qualifying Domestic Relations Order), and to answer inquiries and process claims.

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, these records or information contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:

To the Treasury Department to record checks and bonds issued.

To the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of reporting taxable earnings, taxes withheld, and to locate delinquent debtors.

To States and Cities/Counties to provide taxable earnings of civilian employees to those states and cities or counties which have entered into an agreement with the Department of Defense and the Department of the Treasury.

To State Employment Offices to provide information relevant to the State's determination of individual's entitlement to unemployment compensation.

To the U.S. Department of Justice/U.S. Attorneys for legal action and/or final disposition of debt claims against the Army and Air Force Exchange Service.

To former spouses, who receive payments under 10 U.S.C. 1408, for purposes of providing information on how their payment was calculated to include what items were deducted from the member's gross pay and the dollar amount for each deduction.

To Federal, state, or local child support agencies, in response to their written requests for information regarding the gross and disposable pay of civilian employees, for purposes of assisting the agencies in the discharge of their responsibilities under Federal and state law.

To private collection agencies for collection action when the Army and Air Force Exchange Service has exhausted its internal collection efforts.

The DoD 'Blanket Routine Uses' set forth at the beginning of the Army's compilation of systems of records notices apply to this system.

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

STORAGE:

Paper records in file folders and electronic storage medium.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By individual's surname and Social Security Number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Records are restricted to personnel who are properly cleared and trained and have an official need therefore. In addition, integrity of automated data is ensured by internal audit procedures, data base access accounting reports and controls to preclude unauthorized disclosure.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Destroy after 6 years following termination of AAFES' involvement. Payroll Registers and Qualifying Domestic Relations Order records are permanent records.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Commander, Headquarters, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, 3911 S. Walton Walker Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75236-1598.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine whether information about themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries to the Commander, Headquarters, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, ATTN: FA, 3911 S. Walton Walker Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75236-1598.

Individual should provide their full name, Social Security Number, current address and telephone number; if terminated, include date and place of separation.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking to determine whether information about themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries to the Commander, Headquarters, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, ATTN: FA, 3911 S. Walton Walker Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75236-1598.

Individual should provide their full name, Social Security Number, current address and telephone number; if terminated, include date and place of separation.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Army's rules for accessing records and for contesting contents and appealing initial agency determinations are contained in Army Regulation 340-21; 32 CFR part 505; or may be obtained from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

From the individual; personnel actions; other agency records and reports, and from court orders; and similar documents.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

FEDERAL REGISTER HISTORY: