Procedural Statement SSS Form 3A and 3B

PROCEDURAL DIRECTIVE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CORRECTION CHANGE FORM
SSS FORMS 3A AND 3B LETTER (RIMS)
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PURPOSE
Acknowledgement SSS Forms 3A and 3B Letter: To provide each
registrant, within 90 days of the registration, a copy of the data
contained in his computerized file in the Registration Information and
Management System (RIMS), and to provide a legal verification of his
compliance with the Military Selective Service Act (MSSA). The SSS
Form 3B is attached to or enclosed with the SSS Form 3A and
contains information for the same person; its collateral purpose is to
provide a means for the registrant to provide Selective Service with
additions or corrections to his record. Upon the registrant's returning
of the SSS Form 3B showing the desired changes, his RIMS record
is updated by the Selective Service System to reflect the
corrections and/or additions.
Correction/Change Form SSS Form 3B Letter: To provide a form
on which corrections to the record data can be made by the
registrant. The computerized file is updated by the SSS DMC
upon the registrant's returning the SSS Form 3B showing the
desired changes. An envelope is provided for this purpose.

2.

PREPARATION
These forms are prepared in original only by the Selective
Service System and mailed to the registrant. This action occurs
(1) within 90 days of the initial registration, or (2) following receipt of
a change of key information for the registrant. Stocks of these forms
are maintained by the DMC.

3.

DISTRIBUTION
The Acknowledgment Letter is mailed to the registrant by the DMC.

4.

DISPOSAL
The registrant is encouraged to retain his Acknowledgment Letter
in a safe place. The SSS Form 3B, when received by the DMC
with changes marked, will be used as a source document for
updating the computer record in RIMS. The hard copy is destroyed
after computer processing and conversion to microfilm.

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