DoD CATCH Program Records (Sexual Assault Investigations)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2024-02-08 — Coast Guard Academy Safe-to-Report Act: cross-connection with coast-guard-academy-safe-to-report: Both target sexual assault reporting infrastructure across service academies and DoD; Safe-to-Report extends a DoD-origin protection to the USCG academy. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-16 — Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation: DoD issued a final rule exempting portions of the CATCH Program Records system of records from certain Privacy Act of 1974 provisions (e.g., access, amendment, accounting of disclosures) to avoid compromising ongoing investigations and to protect confidential sources in adult sexual assault matters. (novelty: 2)