SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DoD now has a single DoD-level Privacy Program rule at 32 CFR part 310 (84 FR 14728) that contains all the codified information required for the Department. The DoN Privacy program regulations in subparts F through G of 32 CFR part 701, last updated on November 16, 2007 (72 FR 64538), are no longer required and can be removed.

It has been determined that publication of the removal of these CFR subparts for public comment is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to public interest because it is based on the removal of policies and procedures that are either now reflected in another CFR part, 32 CFR 310, or are publicly available on the Department's website. To the extent that DON internal guidance concerning the implementation of the Privacy Act within the DON is necessary, it will continue to be published in SECNAVINST 5211.5F, “Department of the Navy Privacy Program,” available at https://www.doncio.navy.mil/​ContentView.aspx?​id=​799, dated May 20, 2019.

This rule is one of 20 separate component Privacy rules. With the finalization of the DoD-level Privacy rule at 32 CFR part 310, the Department eliminated the need for this component Privacy rule, thereby reducing costs to the public as explained in the preamble of the DoD-level Privacy rule published on April 11, 2019, at 84 FR 14728-14811.

This rule is not significant under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, “Regulatory Planning and Review.” Therefore, E.O. 13771, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,” does not apply.

Accordingly, 32 CFR part 701 is amended as follows:

1. The authority citation for part 701 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552.

2. Amend part 701 by removing and reserving subparts F through G, consisting of §§ 701.100 through 701.129.

84 FR 43043