Privacy Act statement and security

• Authority: 10 U.S.C. 136, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; 10 U.S.C. 1788, Additional Family Assistance; 10 U.S.C. Chapter 88, Military Family Programs and Military Child Care, Subchapter I, Military Family Programs; 10 U.S.C. 53, Miscellaneous Rights and Benefits; Directive-type Memorandum (DTM)–17–004, DoD Expeditionary Civilian Workforce; DoD Directive 1322.18, Military Training; DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1342.22, Military Family Readiness; DoDI 6490.06, Counseling Services for DoD Military, Guard and Reserve, Certain Affiliated Personnel, and Their Family Members; and DoDI 1322.26, Distributed Learning (DL).
• Purpose: To validate eligibility for and document use of Military OneSource services, tools, and resources.
• Routine uses: Disclosure of records are generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 522a(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. To contractors, grantees, experts, consultants, students, and others performing or working on a contract, service, grant, cooperative agreement, or other assignment for the Federal Government when necessary to accomplish an agency function related to this system of records. To the appropriate Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal, foreign, or international law enforcement authority or other appropriate entity when necessary pursuant to a showing of compelling circumstances affecting the health or safety of an individual. Additional routine uses are listed in the applicable System of Records Notice, DPR 45, Military OneSource Business Operations Information System, at: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-27671
• Disclosure: Voluntary, however, if the data in the Military OneSource Business Operations Information System is not up-to-date, your Military OneSource entitlements, privileges, and/or the ability of Military Community and Family Policy to identify you as a DoD affiliated person could be delayed.
  
  AGENCY DISCLOSURE NOTICE
  The public reporting burden for this collection of information, 0704-0528, is estimated to average 15 minutes per response. This includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

  OMB CONTROL NUMBER: 0704-0528
  OMB EXPIRATION DATE: 04/30/2025

  The public reporting burden for this collection of information, 0704-0553, is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

  OMB CONTROL NUMBER: 0704-0553
  OMB EXPIRATION DATE: 05/31/2025

  Send comments regarding the burden estimate or burden reduction suggestions to the Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-collections@mail.mil. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number.

Security

• All Defense Department interest computer systems and equipment are intended for the communication, transmission, processing and storage of official U.S. government or other authorized information only.
• All Defense Department-interest computer systems are subject to monitoring at all times. This is done to ensure that all equipment and systems function properly, including security devices and systems, to prevent unauthorized use, to deter criminal activity, and for other similar purposes. When you use a Defense Department-interest computer system, you should be aware that any information placed in the system is subject to monitoring and is not subject to any expectation of privacy.
• If monitoring of this or any other Defense Department-interest computer system reveals a possible violation of criminal statutes, this evidence and any other related information, including identification information about the user, may be provided to law enforcement officials. Employees who violate security regulations or make unauthorized use of Defense Department-interest computer systems are subject to appropriate disciplinary action.
• Military OneSource is a Defense Department-interest computer system sponsored by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness as a public service.
• When you use this or any other Department of Defense interest computer system, you are consenting to being monitored at all times.
• This government computer system uses software programs that create summary statistics. These programs are used for assessing what information is of most and least interest to users, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
• For security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
• Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
• If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please give us your feedback at our Customer Support page.
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