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Record access procedures:
Same as notification procedure.
Contesting record procedures:
Any individual may obtain information as to the procedures for
contesting a record in this system which pertains to him or her by
submitting a request to the system manager specified above.
Record source categories:
Information in this system comes from time and mileage forms
(ADM-008, ADM-009, and NAS-011), attendance forms, and employment
forms (SF-171 and NAS-001).
Exemptions claimed for the system:
None.
#..USDA/NASS-2
#....System name: Agricultural Survey Program, USDA/NASS.
System location:
Completed survey questionnaire forms are located in State
Statistical Offices at the following locations:
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Little Rock, AR 72201
Sacramento, CA 95814
Lakewood, CO 80215
Orlando, FL 32803
Athens, GA 30613
Honolulu, HI 96814
Boise, ID 83712
Springfield, IL 62702
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Des Moines, IA 50309
Topeka, KS 66683
Louisville, KY 40202
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Annapolis, MD 21401
Lansing, MI 48904
St. Paul, MN 55107
Jackson, MS 39204
Columbia, MO 65202
Helena, MT 59626
Lincoln, NE 68508
Reno, NV 89557
Concord, NH 03301
Trenton, NJ 08625
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Albany, NY 12235
Raleigh, NC 27611
Fargo, ND 58102
Columbus, OH 43215
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Portland, OR 97204
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Columbia, SC 29201
Sioux Falls, SD 57117
Nashville, TN 37204
Austin, TX 78701
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Richmond, VA 23219
Olympia, WA 98501
Charleston, WV 25312
Madison, WI 53713
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Addresses of each State Statistical Office are listed in the
telephone directories of the respective cities under the heading
``United States Government, Department of Agriculture, National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS),'' or ``(State) Agricultural
Statistics Service.'' Magnetic tapes are located in the Martin
Marietta Data System (MMDS) file, Orlando, Florida.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Farmers and ranchers operating in selected small land areas and a
sample of farmers and ranchers selected from the Agency's List
Sampling Frame.
Categories of records in the system:
Farm operator's Social Security Number/Employer Identification
Number.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
7 U.S.C. 2204.
Purpose(s):
The Farm Operator's Social Security Number/Employer
Identification Number is requested to assist in identifying
duplication of names on the Agency's List Frame.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
(1) Data are provided to the Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census, for mail list evaluation for periodic Census of
Agriculture.
(2) Disclosure may be made to a congressional office from the
record of an individual in response to an inquiry from the
congressional office made at the request of that individual.
(3) Disclosure may be made to a private firm for the purpose of
collating, analyzing, aggregating, or otherwise maintaining or
servicing the records in this system. Such contractor will be
required to maintain Privacy Act safeguards with respect to the
records.
(4) Disclosure may be made to State Statistical Office employees
performing functions for NASS pursuant to agreements between NASS and
their respective State governments.
(5) Disclosure may be made to cooperators and grantees performing
statistical research for NASS pursuant to cooperative agreements,
cost-reimbursement agreements, or grants between NASS and the
respective cooperators and grantees.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Questionnaires are retained in the State Statistical Offices
specified above. Machine readable data are located in the MMDS file,
Orlando, Florida. Each office is able to access only its own files.
Retrievability:
Questionnaires and magnetic tapes are indexed by the location of
the selected small land areas or by a List Sampling Frame record ID
assigned by each office.
Safeguards:
Questionnaires are kept in locked file cabinets in the offices
listed above. These offices are always locked when unoccupied.
Magnetic tapes are stored in an area to which access is limited to
authorized personnel of the MMDS network. The NASS contract with MMDS
contains provisions for (1) Network Data Integrity and Security, (2)
Physical Security, and (3) Data Security.
Retention and disposal:
Questionnaires are kept for 30 days after the primary survey is
summarized. Edited raw data input for summary programs are retained
14 months on the MMDS network and then destroyed.
System manager(s) and address:
The Deputy Administrator for operations, NASS, USDA, Washington,
DC 20250-2000, or the State Statistician for each State Statistical
Office at the address specified above.
Notification procedure:
Any individual may request information as to whether the system
contains records pertaining to him or her by contacting the system
manager at the address specified above. The request for information
should contain: Name, address, name of system of records, and year
that the questionnaire was completed.
Record access procedures:
Same as notification procedure.
Contesting record procedures:
Any individual may obtain information as to the procedures for
contesting a record in this system which pertains to him or her by
submitting a request to the system manager specified above.
Record source categories:
Information in this system comes solely from farmers and ranchers
who responded to NASS's Agricultural Survey Program.
System claimed from certain provisions of the Act:
None.
#..USDA/NASS-3
#....System name: Personnel Data Base, USDA/NASS.
System location:
Input coding sheets and output listings are stored in the
Personnel Division, Economics Management Staff, USDA, Washington, DC
20250-3500. Magnetic tapes are located in the Martin Marietta Data
System (MMDS) file, Orlando, Florida.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Employees in the following position classification series: 334,
1529, and 1530.
Categories of records in the system:
Employee's Social Security Number, job series, grade, age,
service computation date, beginning date of work for National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), work experience, training,
and awards.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
5 U.S.C. 301.
Purpose(s):
To maintain an employment record on each employee of NASS in the
classification series listed above.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
(1) Disclosure may be made to the Department of Justice (DOJ), to
a court, or other tribunal, or another party before such tribunal,
when NASS, any component thereof, or any employee of NASS in his or
her official capacity, any NASS employee in his or her individual
capacity where DOJ (or NASS where it is authorized to do so) has
agreed to represent the employee, or the United States where NASS
determines that the litigation is likely to directly affect the
operations of NASS or any of its components, is a party to litigation
or has an interest in such litigation, and NASS determines that the
use of such records by DOJ, the court or other tribunal, or the other
party before such tribunal is relevant and necessary to the
litigation, provided, however, that in each case, NASS determines
that such disclosure is compatible with the purposes for which the
records were collected.
(2) Disclosure may be made to a congressional office from the
record of an individual in response to an inquiry from the
congressional office made at the request of that individual.
(3) Disclosure may be made to a private firm for the purpose of
collating, analyzing, aggregating, or otherwise maintaining or
servicing the records of this system. Such contractor will be
required to maintain Privacy Act safeguards with respect to the
records.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Input coding sheets and output listings are stored in the office
specified above. Machine readable data are located in the MMDS file,
Orlando, Florida.
Retrievability:
Records are indexed by Social Security Number.
Safeguards:
Source documents are kept in locked file cabinets in the offices
listed above. Magnetic tapes are stored in an area to which access is
limited to authorized personnel of the MMDS network. The NASS
contract with MMDS contains provisions for (1) Network Data Integrity
and Security, (2) Physical Security, and (3) Data Security.
Retention and disposal:
A review is made each quarter. Records which are no longer needed
are destroyed.
System manager(s) and address:
Administrator, NASS, USDA, Washington, DC 20250-2000.
Notification procedure:
Any individual may request information as to whether the system
contains records pertaining to him or her by contacting the system
manager at the address specified above. A written request for
information should contain: Name, address, name of system of records,
and any other pertinent information that will help identify the file.
Record access procedures:
Same as notification procedure.
Contesting record procedures:
Any individual may obtain information as to the procedures for
contesting a record in this system which pertains to him or her by
submitting a request to the system manager specified above.
Record source categories:
Information in this system comes from SF-52, Request for
Personnel Action; SF-182, Request, Authorization, Agreement and
Certification of Training; and AD-287-2, Recommendation and Approval
of Cash Award or Quality Increase.
System exempted from certain provisions of the Act:
None.
#..USDA/NASS-4
#....System name: Agricultural Labor Survey, USDA/NASS.
System location:
Survey questionnaires are located in State Statistical Offices at
the following locations:
Montgomery, AL 36104
Palmer, AK 99645
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Little Rock, AR 72201
Sacramento, CA 95814
Lakewood, CO 80215
Orlando, FL 32803
Athens, GA 30613
Honolulu, HI 96814
Boise, ID 83712
Springfield, IL 62702
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Des Moines, IA 50309
Topeka, KS 66683
Louisville, KY 40202
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Annapolis, MD 21401
Lansing, MI 48904
St. Paul, MN 55107
Jackson, MS 39204
Columbia, MO 65202
Helena, MT 59626
Lincoln, NE 68508
Reno, NV 89557
Concord, NH 03301
Trenton, NJ 08625
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Albany, NY 12235
Raleigh, NC 27611
Fargo, ND 58102
Columbus, OH 43215
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Portland, OR 97204
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Columbia, SC 29201
Sioux Falls, SD 57117
Nashville, TN 37204
Austin, TX 78701
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Richmond, VA 23219
Olympia, WA 98501
Charleston, WV 25312
Madison, WI 53713
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Addresses of each State Statistical Office are listed in the
telephone directories of the respective cities under the heading
``United States Government, Department of Agriculture, National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS),'' or ``(State) Agricultural
Statistics Service.'' Magnetic tapes are located in the Martin
Marietta Data System (MMDS) file, Orlando, Florida.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
A sample of farmers and ranchers selected from the Agency's List
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