Department of State
- [Public Notice: 13135]
AGENCY:
Department of State.
ACTION:
Rescindment of a system of records notice.
SUMMARY:
The “Board of Appellate Review Records,” State-02, system of records notice, which is being rescinded, applies to the records of the Office of the Legal Adviser Board of Appellate Review (“L-BAR”). L-BAR records included appeals of U.S. Department of State (the “Department”) determinations related to loss of U.S. nationality the denial of an application for a U.S. passport, or the revocation of a U.S. passport. State-02 contained correspondence between the appellant and their attorney at the Department, the appellant's passport file, and copies of decisions rendered by the Board of Appellate Review. The latter two categories of records were only maintained in State-02 for the duration of the review after which they were returned to the Department's Passport Records system of records, State-26.
DATES:
The Department of State stopped maintaining the “Board of Appellate Review Records, State-02” in May 2024 following the disposition of remaining hard copy files pertaining to loss of nationality cases. All other records previously maintained in the system have been disposed of in accordance with the Department's domestic Legacy Records Disposition Schedule for hard copy records created before 2012; specifically, Chapter 23 Legal Affairs Records, N1-059-95-11, item 10b.
ADDRESSES:
Questions can be submitted by mail, or email. If mail, please write to: U.S Department of State; Shared Knowledge Services, A/SKS; Room 4534, 2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20520. If email, please address the email to the Senior Agency Official for Privacy, Timothy J. Kootz, at SORN@state.gov. Please write “Board of Appellate Review Records, State-02” on the envelope or the subject line of your email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy J. Kootz, Senior Agency Official for Privacy; U.S. Department of State; Shared Knowledge Services, A/SKS; Room 4534, 2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20520 or SORN@state.gov.