[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66607-66608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27818]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No.: 021023246-2246-01]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Office of Administration, Office of the Secretary, Department
of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and
(11)), the Department of Commerce is issuing notice of our intent to
amend the system of records entitled Commerce/Census-2, ``Employee
Productivity Measurement Records.'' We invite public comment on the
proposed change in this publication.
DATES: The amendments will become effective as proposed without further
notice on December 2, 2002.
Comment Date: To be considered, written comments must be submitted
on or before December 2, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Gerald W. Gates, Chief, Policy
Office, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The amendment updates administrative
information concerning the locations of the system files, the
categories of individuals covered by the system, the purpose of the
system of records, and the disposal of the records in the system in
addition to other minor administrative updates.
Accordingly, the Employee Productivity Measurement Records system
notice originally published at 45 FR 82105, December 12, 1980, is
amended by the addition of the following information updates.
Commerce/Census-2
System Location:
Strike ``and Bureau of the Census, Personal Census Service Branch,
Pittsburg, Kansas 66762.'' Before ``1201'' insert ``National Processing
Center,''. Strike the remainder of the paragraph after ``Also at the
following Census Regional Offices:'' and insert ``101 Marietta Street,
NW., Suite 3200, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2700; 2 Copley Place, Suite
301, P.O. Box 9108, Boston, Massachusetts 02117-9108; 901 Center Park
Drive, Suite 106, Charlotte, North Carolina 28217-2935; 2255 Enterprise
Drive, Suite 5501, Chicago, Illinois 60154; 6303 Harry Hines Boulevard,
Suite 210, Dallas, Texas 75235-2569; 6900 West Jefferson Avenue, Suite
100,
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Denver, Colorado 80235-2032; 1395 Brewer Park Boulevard, Detroit,
Michigan 48207; Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Suite 600, Kansas
City, Kansas 66101-2410; 15359 Sherman Way, Suite 300, Van Nuys,
California 91406-4224; Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal
Plaza, Room 37-130, New York, New York 10278-0044; 21st Floor, 1601
Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2395; 700 5th Avenue,
Suite 5100, Seattle, Washington, 98104-5018.''
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Insert ``Bureau'' between ``Census'' and employees.''
Categories of records in the system:
After ``percent performance,'' insert ``percent of time or standard
(incentive coverage),''.
Authority for maintenance of the system:*
Purpose(s):
Add ``The purpose of this system of records is to determine
employee performance and work group productivity, to improve workforce
performance, and to evaluate the cost effectiveness of the programs
that the Bureau manages.''
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
(1) In the event that a system or records maintained by the
Department to carry out its functions indicates a violation or
potential violation of law or contract, whether civil, criminal or
regulatory in nature, and whether arising by general statute or
particular program statute or contract, or rule, regulation, or order
issued pursuant thereto, or the necessity to protect an interest of the
Department, the relevant records in the system of records may be
referred to the appropriate agency, whether Federal, state, local or
foreign, charged with the responsibility of investigating or
prosecuting such violation or charged with enforcing or implementing
the statute or contract, or rule, regulation or order issued pursuant
thereto, or protecting the interest of the Department.
(2) A record from this system of records may be disclosed to a
Federal, state or local agency maintaining civil, criminal or other
relevant enforcement information or other pertinent information, such
as current licenses, if necessary to obtain information relevant to a
Department decision concerning the assignment, hiring or retention of
an individual, the issuance of a security clearance, the letting of a
contract, or the issuance of a license, grant or other benefit.
(3) A record from this system of records may be disclosed to a
Federal, state, local or international agency, in response to its
request, in connection with the assignment, hiring or retention of an
individual, the issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an
investigation of an individual, the letting of a contract, or the
issuance of a license, grant, or other benefit by the requesting
agency, to the extent that the information is relevant and necessary to
the requesting agency's decision on the matter.
(4) A record from this system of records may be disclosed in the
course of presenting evidence to a court, magistrate or administrative
tribunal, including disclosures to opposing counsel in the course of
settlement negotiations.
(5) A record in this system of records may be disclosed to a Member
of Congress submitting a request involving an individual when the
individual has requested assistance from the Member with respect to the
subject matter of the record.
(6) A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the
Office of Management and Budget in connection with the review of
private relief legislation as set forth in OMB Circular No. A-19 at any
stage of the legislative coordination and clearance process as set
forth in that Circular.
(7) A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the
Department of Justice in connection with determining whether disclosure
thereof is required by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
(8) A record in this system of records may be disclosed to a
contractor of the Department having need for the information in the
performance of the contract, but not operating a system of records
within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
(9) A record in this system may be transferred to the Office of
Personnel Management: for personnel research purposes; as a data source
for management information; for the production of summary descriptive
statistics and analytical studies in support of the function for which
the records are collected and maintained; or for related manpower
studies.
(10) A record from this system of records may be disclosed to the
Administrator, General Services, or his designee, during an inspection
of records conducted by GSA as part of that agency's responsibility to
recommend improvements in records management practices and programs
under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall be
made in accordance with the GSA regulations governing inspection of
records for this purpose, and any other relevant (i.e. GSA or Commerce)
directive. Such disclosure shall not be used to make determinations
about individuals.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining,
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
After ``paper copy'' add: ``and electronic records'.
Retrievability:*
Safeguards:
Insert ``s'' at the end of the word ``Tape''; insert ``and'' after
``Tapes''; insert ``and'' before ``sensitive''; insert ``are'' between
``materials'' and ``held''.
Retention and disposal:
Change ``Records'' to ``records'', and insert before ``records''
the following: ``In accordance with the General Records Schedule and
Census Bureau records control schedules that are approved by the
National Archives and Records Administration,''.
Systems manager(s) and address:
Delete ``Administration.'' Insert ``Field Operations''.
Notification procedure:
Insert ``Privacy Act'' between ``Department's'' and ``rules.''
Record access procedures:*
Contesting record procedures:*
Records source categories:*
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* Indicates that there are no changes to that paragraph of the
notice.
Dated: October 29, 2002
Brenda Dolan,
Department of Commerce, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-27818 Filed 10-31-02; 8:45 am]
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