SSN Justification Memorandum

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY
HEADQUARTERS
4800 MARK CENTER DRIVE
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22350-1400

March 06, 2023
MEMORANDUM FOR PRIVACY, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION DIRECTORATE
THROUGH: OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL
AND READINESS
SUBJECT: Justification for the Use of the Social Security Number on DoDEA Forms 5010,
5011, and 5013
DoDEA Form 5010, “Application for Overseas Employment,” DoDEA Form 5011,
“Professional Evaluation," and DoDEA Form 5013, “Verification of Professional Educator
Employment for Salary Rating Purposes,” are used to collect personally identifiable information
on applicants, including the applicant's SSN. The SSN is collected to permit reliable comparison
of teacher applicant records collected from multiple sources. DoDEA must compare information
contained on the teacher application to other data supplied by each applicant, various educational
agency records (transcripts and teacher licensure records), prior employers (recommendations
and salary history), and law enforcement records to determine an applicant's qualifications and
eligibility.
As documented in the Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1000.30, "Reduction of Social
Security Number (SSN) Use Within DoD," August 1, 2012, implementing OMB M-07-16,
M-07-16 (whitehouse.gov), states that acceptable uses of the SSN are those that are provided by
law, require interoperability with organizations beyond the Department of Defense (DoD), or are
required by operational necessities. DoDEA Forms 5010, 5011, and 5013 collect the SSN in
conformity with these authorized uses. DoDEA Forms 5010, 5011, and 5013 are utilized to
collect information from the applicant to prove eligibility to work for the U.S. Government.
DoDI 1000.30 authorizes the use of the SSN precisely for that reason.
The justifications for the use of the SSN in accordance with DoDI 1000.30, enclosure 2 are:
DoDEA uses the SSN for law enforcement purposes, as it must obtain a criminal history
check from applicants who are hired to ensure the welfare of children in our schools.
Pub. L. No. 101-647, section 231 of the Crime Control Act of 1990, as amended by
section 1094 of Public Law 102-190, and DoDI 1402.5, "Criminal History Background
Checks on Individuals in Child Care Services," January 19, 1993.
DoDEA Forms 5010, 5011, and 5013 are needed for interoperability with databases
belonging to other schools and state education agencies. DoDEA is required to obtain
private school and state educational agency certifications of educator credentials.
External agencies rely on the SSN as the only universal identifier. DoDEA may use this
single reliable identifier in communication with external agencies and other employers

who may or may not be Federal employers. Additionally, the SSN is needed to ensure
that records from applicants are compared to data for the same person that originates
from other educational agencies. The interoperability of the DoDEA Employment
Application System (EAS) with the Electronic Official Personnel Folder and other
civilian personnel systems dictate that the SSN be used as the only reliable individual
personal identifier.
The SSN is also needed because DoDEA operates a legacy system for which the SSN is
currently the only available unique personal identifier. Although DoDEA has adopted a
proprietary DoD identification number for its students, the Agency has no current date by
which it will be able to reliably substitute its reliance on the SSN as related to hiring.
Specifically, the information collected by DoDEA Forms 5010, 5011, and 5013 are
inputted into the DoDEA EAS. The EAS must be interoperable with employermaintained personnel systems within and without the Federal government.
The SSN cannot be truncated without the risk of misidentifying the applicant.
The information in DoDEA Forms 5010, 5011, and 5013 is collected and maintained in
accordance with the Government Wide System of Record Notice, Office of Personnel
Management OPM/GOVT-5, "Recruiting Examining and Placement Records;” but once an
applicant becomes a Federal employee, the same information is maintained in accordance with
OPM/GOV-1 "General Personnel Records." Copies of DoDEA Forms 5010, 5011, and 5013 are
secured to protect Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with DoD regulations.
If you have any questions, my point of contact is Mr. Samuel Gotti. He can be reached
at, 571-372-1891, or by email at, samuel.gotti@dodea.edu.

signed by
GOTTI.SAMUEL Digitally
GOTTI.SAMUEL.1295948244
Date: 2023.03.06 08:49:13
.1295948244
-05'00'
Samuel Gotti
Component Privacy Officer

signed by
REVELL.JAMES.W.J Digitally
REVELL.JAMES.W.JR.1022634506
Date: 2023.03.06 08:54:17 -05'00'
R.1022634506
James W. Revell
Senior Component Official for Privacy

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