The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Pardon Attorney (PARDON) has published a notice proposing to establish a new system of records under the Privacy Act of 1974 and OMB Circular No. A-108. The system, titled the Firearms Rights Restoration Electronic Records Database (FRRERD), designated JUSTICE/OPA-002, will be used to receive, track, and adjudicate applications seeking restoration of federal firearms rights under 18 U.S.C. 925(c) and 28 CFR 107.1 et seq.

The notice is procedural in nature, formalizing the records infrastructure PARDON will use to process these applications. While the filing does not itself represent a contracting opportunity, it signals DOJ's ongoing investment in electronic case management and database systems for adjudicative functions—an area where IT modernization, records management, and data security contractors supporting DOJ components often find downstream work.

Contractors tracking DOJ's broader records and case-management modernization efforts, including systems supporting adjudication and Privacy Act compliance, should note this filing as part of the agency's continued build-out of electronic record systems across its components.

Source: Federal Register