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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 6, 2021 / Notices
conducted by the Agency pursuant to its mission and responsibilities.
The Forest Service Law Enforcement Investigations Reporting System LEIRS, formally known as Law Enforcement Investigations Management Attainment Reporting System LEIMARS is primarily a criminal database and is used to collect information concerning criminal incidents that includes the PII related to suspects, witnesses, and victims in addition to information pertaining to the investigation of criminal activity. The LEIRS, formally known as LEIMARS, system collects the following information that may be considered PII: First name, last name, middle initial, date of birth, home or mailing address, work address, drivers license, fishing license, hunting license, military issued ID, school issued ID, social security ID, state issued ID, height, weight, race, sex, hair color, eye color, adult/juvenile, and occupation. LEIRS, formally known as LEIMARS, is also used to document incidents that may be non-criminal in nature, primarily pertaining to civil cases which may result in a claim for or against the government.
Consistent with USDAs information sharing mission, information stored in LEIRS, formally known as LEIMARS, may be shared with other USDA
components, as well as appropriate Federal, State, local, tribal, foreign, or international government agencies. This sharing will only take place after USDA
determines that the receiving component or agency has a need to know the information to carry out national security, law enforcement, immigration, intelligence, or other functions consistent with the routine uses set forth in this system of records notice.
The Privacy Act embodies fair information principles in a statutory framework governing the means by which the United States Government collects, maintains, uses, and disseminates personally identifiable information. The Privacy Act applies to information that is maintained in a system of records. A system of records is a group of any records under the control of an agency for which information is retrieved by the name of an individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual. In the Privacy Act, an individual is defined to encompass United States citizens and legal permanent residents.
The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 5 U.S.C. 552a, requires agencies to publish in the Federal Register notice of new or revised systems of records
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maintained by the Agency. A system of records is a group of any records under the control of any agency from which information is retrieved by the name of an individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to an individual. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552ar, USDA
has provided a report of this system change to the Office of Management and Budget and to Congress.
TITLE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS OF THE AGENCY
OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SYSTEM OF
RECORD:

Chief information Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:

Law Enforcement Investigations Reporting System, formally known as Law Enforcement Management Attainment Reporting System LEIMARS, USDA/FS33 Law Enforcement and Investigative Records.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:

LEIMARS is a centralized database and is hosted on the Forest Service Application Cloud Environment ACE
which is physically located at the National Information Technology Center NITC, 8930 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114.
SYSTEM MANAGER:

The Director, Law Enforcement and Investigations LEI, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Mail Stop 1140, Washington, DC 20250.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Title 16, United States Code, section 559.
PURPOSES OF THE SYSTEM:

LEIRS, formally known as LEIMARS, is a national database used by Forest Service LEI consisting of approximately 600 to 700 users dispersed throughout the nine Forest Service Regions. The information is being collected to document all criminal and civil investigations that take place or are related to crimes committed on National Forest System lands.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

Individuals covered by the system include:
Subjects: Individuals against whom allegations of wrongdoing have been made or who have committed a violation.

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Principals: Individuals not named as subjects, but who may be responsible for alleged violations.
Complainants: Those who allege wrongdoing.
Others: Those closely connected with or contacted about an investigation or law enforcement issues.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

The system consists of files containing reports of investigation, correspondence, informal notes, statements of witnesses, names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, law enforcement reports, and other available incident information to investigations conducted, enforcement actions, or violations.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

LEIRS, formally known as LEIMARS, is primarily a criminal and civil investigation database and is used to collect information concerning criminal incidents that includes the PII related to suspects, witnesses, and victims in addition to information pertaining to the investigation of criminal activity. The LEIRS, formally known as LEIMARS, system collects the following information that may be considered PII: First name, last name, middle initial, date of birth, home or mailing address, work address, drivers license, fishing license, hunting license, military issued ID, school issued ID, social security ID, state issued ID, height, weight, race, sex, hair color, eye color, adult/juvenile, and occupation, handwriting or an image of the signature. LEIRS, formally known as LEIMARS, is also used to document incidents that may be non-criminal in the nature, primarily pertaining to civil cases which may result in a claim for or against the government.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.
552ab of the Privacy Act, routine uses are defined as disclosures where information is routinely shared whether internally or externally. Below are routine uses applicable to LEIMARS:
A. Sharing information with the Department of Justice DOJ when: a USDA or any component thereof; or b any employee of USDA in his or her official capacity where the Department of Justice has agreed to represent the employee; or c the United States Government is a party to litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and, by careful review, USDA determines that the records are both relevant and
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