Pentagon Tracks Military Family Abuse Data
Published Date: 9/28/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense is launching a new system to track and analyze child and domestic abuse cases within the military community. This system helps spot trends and improve policies to keep families safer. It’s effective now, with public comments open until October 28, 2026, and no extra costs involved.
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 3 costs, 2 mixed.
DoD will collect sensitive abuse case data
The Department of Defense will maintain a new Abuse Incident Reporting System (DPR 49) that stores personal data about child abuse/neglect and domestic abuse cases involving eligible military members and their dependents, National Guard and Reserve members on active service, intimate partners, children of intimate partners, and other DoD-affiliated personnel. Collected fields explicitly include name, DoD ID number, date of birth, contact information, affiliation, military status and rank, sex, ethnicity, race, age at incident, incident descriptions, and law enforcement and legal case details.
DoD may share closed case records with VA
The DoD may disclose records of closed Unrestricted Reports to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) to provide mental health and medical care to former Service members and retirees, to determine eligibility for or entitlement to benefits, and to support collaborative research activities between DoD and DVA.
Records used to provide services and coordinate responses
Records in the system will be used to facilitate provision of services to victims, to manage prevention and response programs, to determine budgetary requirements, and to coordinate with law enforcement, legal counsel, community resources, civilian authorities, and child protection agencies to respond to child abuse/neglect and domestic abuse across the military community.
Records can be disclosed to law enforcement and used in legal actions
The system permits disclosure of records to Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal, foreign, or international law enforcement authorities and civilian agencies when a record indicates a violation or potential violation of law, and records may be used in proceedings (court, grand jury, administrative hearings) and in coordination with civilian child protective service agencies for civil or criminal law enforcement.
Contractors and partners may receive sensitive records
The DoD may disclose records to contractors, grantees, consultants, students, and others performing work for the Federal Government when necessary to accomplish an agency function related to this system of records; personnel, including contractors, must meet safeguards such as background investigations, security clearances when necessary, mandatory cyber assurance and privacy training, and nondisclosure requirements.
Records retained for a long time (25 years after cutoff)
Records are temporary but will be cut off after the end of the calendar year in which the case disposition and review is complete and will be destroyed 25 years after that cutoff, meaning case records can persist for decades in the system.
Individuals have formal access and correction procedures
Individuals seeking to access or amend their records must follow the procedures in 32 CFR part 310 and submit signed written requests that include the system name/number, full name, current address, and an affidavit—either a notarized statement or an unsworn declaration made under 28 U.S.C. 1746—in the appropriate format.
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