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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 6, 2021 / Rules and Regulations procedures, the knowledge of which could enable individuals planning crimes to structure their operations to avoid detection or apprehension.
iii Permitting access to investigative files and records also could disclose the identity of confidential sources and informants and the nature of the information supplied, and thereby endanger the physical safety of those sources by exposing them to possible reprisals for having provided the information. In addition, confidential sources and informants might refuse to provide criminal investigators with valuable information if they fear their identities may be revealed through disclosure of their names or the nature of the information they supplied. Loss of access to such sources would seriously impair the Departments/
SIGPRs ability to carry out its respective mandate.
iv Furthermore, providing access to information contained in the systems of records could reveal the identities of undercover law enforcement officers who compiled information regarding the individuals alleged criminal activities and thereby endanger the physical safety of those undercover officers or their families by exposing them to possible reprisals.
v By compromising the law enforcement value of the systems of records for the reasons outlined in paragraph 2, subsections i through iv, permitting access in keeping with these provisions would discourage other law enforcement and regulatory agencies, foreign and domestic, from freely sharing information with the Department/SIGPR and thus would restrict the Departments/SIGPRs access to information necessary to accomplish its respective mission most effectively.
vi Finally, the dissemination of certain information that the Department/SIGPR maintains in the systems of records is restricted by law.
3 Exempted from 5 U.S.C.
552ad2, 3 and 4, e4H, and f4 Access to Records because these provisions pertain to requesting an amendment or noting a dispute to records that are exempt from access for the reasons set forth in paragraph 2
above.
4 Exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552ac3
Accounting for Disclosures because release of the accounting of disclosures of the records in this system could impair the ability of law enforcement agencies outside the Department/SIGPR
from making effective use of information provided by the Department/SIGPR. Making accountings of disclosures available to the subjects of an investigation could alert them to
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the fact that another agency is conducting an investigation into their alleged criminal activities and could reveal the geographic location of the other agencys investigation, the nature and purpose of that investigation, and the dates on which that investigation was active. Individuals possessing such knowledge could take measures to avoid detection or apprehension by altering their operations, transferring their alleged criminal activities to other geographical areas, or destroying or concealing evidence that would form the basis for arrest. In the case of a delinquent account, such release might enable the subject of the investigation to dissipate assets before levy.
ii Moreover, providing accountings to the subjects of investigations would alert them to the fact that the Department/SIGPR has information regarding their alleged criminal activities and could inform them of the general nature of that information.
Access to such information could reveal the operations of the Department/
SIGPRs information-gathering and analysis systems and permit individuals to take steps to avoid detection or apprehension.
5 Exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552ac4
Accounting of Disclosures/Notice of Record Correction or Dispute because this provision depends on an individuals having access to and an opportunity to request amendment of records that are exempt from access for the reasons set out above, this provision should not apply to the systems of records.
6 Exempted from 5 U.S.C.
552ae4I Agency Requirements/
Publication of the Categories of Records because it could compromise the Department/SIGPRs ability to provide useful information to law enforcement agencies, since revealing sources for the information could:
i Disclose investigative techniques and procedures;
ii Result in threats or reprisals against informants by the subjects of investigations; and iii Cause informants to refuse to give full information to criminal investigators for fear of having their identities as sources disclosed.
7 Exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552ae1
Agency Requirements/Maintaining Records because the term maintain includes collect and disseminate, and application of this provision to the systems of records could impair the Department/SIGPRs ability to collect and disseminate valuable law enforcement information in the following ways:

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i In many cases, especially in the early stages of an investigation, it may be impossible to immediately determine whether information collected is relevant and necessary, and information that initially appears irrelevant and unnecessary often may, upon further evaluation or upon collation with information developed subsequently, prove particularly relevant to a law enforcement program.
ii Not all violations of law discovered by the Department/SIGPR
fall within the investigative jurisdiction of the Department or SIGPR. To promote effective law enforcement, the Department/SIGPR may disclose such violations to other law enforcement agencies, including state, local and foreign agencies, that have jurisdiction over the offenses to which the information relates. Otherwise, the Department/SIGPR might be placed in the position of having to ignore information relating to violations of law not within the jurisdiction of the Department or SIGPR when that information comes to the Department/
SIGPRs attention during the collation and analysis of information in its respective records.
8 Exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552ae2
Agency Requirements/Collection from an Individual because it could impair the Departments ability to collate, analyze, and disseminate investigative, intelligence, and enforcement information. In addition:
i Most information collected about an individual under criminal investigation is obtained from third parties, such as witnesses and informants. It is usually not feasible to rely upon the subject of the investigation as a source for information regarding his or her alleged criminal activities.
ii An attempt to obtain information from the subject of a criminal investigation will often alert that individual to the existence of an investigation, thereby affording the individual an opportunity to attempt to conceal his or her alleged criminal activities and thus avoid apprehension.
iii In certain instances, the subject of a criminal investigation may assert his or her constitutional right to remain silent and refuse to supply information to criminal investigators upon request.
iv During criminal investigations, it is often a matter of sound investigative procedure to obtain information from a variety of sources to verify information already obtained from the subject of a criminal investigation or other sources.
9 Exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552ae3
Agency Requirements/Informing Individuals because it could impair the
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