SYSTEM NAME:

Appellate Case Tracking System (ACTS)  (June 08, 1999,  64 FR 30497)

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Administrative Support Division, Navy and Marine Corps Appellate Review Activity, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Navy, Washington Navy Yard, 716 Sicard Street SE, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20374-5047.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

All individuals who have their appellate case reviewed by the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals and/or the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Navy appellate case records; additional Navy appellate case information records; and historical Navy appellate case records from 1986 to present. Files contain personal information such as name, rank, Social Security Number, etc., and specific information with regard to the Navy appellate cases.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations; 10 U.S.C. 866, 867; and E.O. 9397 (SSN).

PURPOSE(S):

To track the status of courts-martial cases appealed to the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appears for the Armed Forces. The system will also be used by the officials and employees of the Department of the Navy to provide management and statistical information to governmental, public, and private organizations and individuals.

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

The 'Blanket Routine Uses' that appear at the beginning of the Navy'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:

Records are maintained on magnetic disk, magnetic tape, computers, and on hard copy forms.

RETRIEVABILITY:

ACTS users obtain information by means of a query or a request for a standard report. Data may be indexed by any data item although the primary search keys are the name, Social Security Number, or the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals docket number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Access to building is protected by uniformed guards requiring positive identification for admission after hours. The system is protected by the following software features User account number and password sign-on, data base access authority, data set authority for add and delete, and data item authority for list and update.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

An individual's record is retained on disk and will be available for on-line access for twenty-five years after the close of the individual's case. The record will be purged to magnetic tape after twenty-five years and will be utilized in a batch processing mode.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Assistant Judge Advocate General (Military Justice), Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Navy, Washington Navy Yard, 716 Sicard Street SE, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20374-5047.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine whether this system contains information about themselves should address written inquiries to the Administrative Support Division, Navy and Marine Corps Appellate Review Activity, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Navy, Washington Navy Yard, 716 Sicard Street SE, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20374-5047.

The request should contain full name, Social Security Number, and address of the individual concerned and should be signed.

Personal visits may be made to the Administrative Support Division, Navy and Marine Corps Appellate Review Activity, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Navy, Washington Navy Yard, 716 Sicard Street SE, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20374-5047. Individuals making such visits should be able to provide some acceptable identification, e.g., Armed Forces' I.D. card, driver's license, etc.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to information about themselves contained in this system should address written inquiries to the Administrative Support Division, Navy and Marine Corps Appellate Review Activity, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Navy, Washington Navy Yard, 716 Sicard Street SE, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20374-5047.

The request should contain full name, Social Security Number, and address of the individual concerned and should be signed.

Personal visits may be made to the Administrative Support Division, Navy and Marine Corps Appellate Review Activity, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Navy, Washington Navy Yard, 716 Sicard Street SE, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20374-5047. Individuals making such visits should be able to provide some acceptable identification, e.g., Armed Forces' I.D. card, driver's license, etc.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Navy's rules for accessing records, and for contesting contents and appealing initial agency determinations are published in Secretary of the Navy Instruction 5211.5; 32 CFR part 701; or may be obtained from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information in this system comes from the individual's record of trial and supporting documents.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

FEDERAL REGISTER HISTORY: