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superseded. The Personnel Management Information system records and
the Inactive Employee Service Record Cards/Personnel Program data are
kept indefinitely in the Personnel Management Division. The
management-Union Lists are retained until superseded by a corrected or
updated list.
System manager(s) and address:
Director, Personnel Management Division, ACTION, 1100 Vermont Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Notification procedures:
See the Notification paragraph in the Preliminary Statement.
Record access procedures:
See the Notification paragraph in the Preliminary Statement.
Contesting record source categories:
Same as ``Record Access Procedures''.
Record source categories:
From the individual, the official personnel folder, statistical and
other information developed by Personnel Management Division staff,
such as enter on duty date and within grade increase due dates; agency
supervisors and reviewing officials; individual employee fiscal and
payroll records; alleged creditors of employees; witnesses to
occurrences giving rise to a grievance, appeal or other action;
hearing records and affidavits and other documents used or usable in
connection with grievance, appeal and arbitration hearings.
Information contained in the Staff Security files is obtained from (a)
applications and other personnel and security forms furnished by the
individual, (b) investigative material furnished by other Federal
agencies, (c) by personal investigation or written inquiry from
associates, police departments, courts, credit bureaus, medical
records, probation officials, prison officials, and other sources as
may be developed from the above, and (d) from the individual.
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System name: ACTION Employees/Volunteers Occupational Injury/
Illness Reports and Claims File.
System location:
Headquarters, ACTION, room 5100, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC 20525.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
ACTION staff persons and full-time Volunteers.
Categories of records in the system:
Reports of work related injuries and illnesses and claims for workers'
compensation submitted to Department of Labor.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
Federal Employees Compensation Act and OSHA Act.
Purpose(s):
To maintain injury/illness reports data, to file and submit workers'
compensation claims on behalf of ACTION staff and full-time
Volunteers.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
To determine annual work related injury/illness data re: ACTION staff,
and to identify trends if possible. To prepare and submit workers'
compensation claims. Additionally, please see General Routine Uses
contained in Preliminary Statement.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, access, retaining and
disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Files are maintained in folders in metal file cabinet with tamper
proof combination lock.
Retrievability:
Records are maintained by name in alphabetical sequence.
Safeguards:
Records are available only to claimants and ACTION Staff who
demonstrate a need to know.
Retention and disposal:
Official Files are kept seven (7) years following year of occurrence.
Disposal of records is by shredding.
System manager(s) and address:
OWCP Liaison, ACTION, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Notification procedures:
Send to address listed. Claimant writes request for data.
Record access procedures:
Requester should give OWCP claim number, but it is not mandatory. Data
requests may be requested in the name of injured employee/volunteer.
Contesting record procedures:
Claimant or injured employee/volunteer may submit any data deemed
relevant to the case to address listed.
Record source categories:
Individual who suffers work related injury/illness submits any
pertinent data necessary: Medical reports, witness statements, time
and attendance records, medical bills, legal briefs.
System exempted from certain provisions of the act:
None.
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System name: ACTION Travel Files.
System location:
ACTION, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW, room 2116, Washington, DC 20525.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
All ACTION Staff, Consultants, Invitational travelers and Relocated
Staff.
Categories of records in the system:
Individuals' records and special event records.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.
Purpose(s):
To maintain travel files on all persons traveling on official ACTION
business.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
See General Routine Uses contained in Preliminary Statement.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining and
disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Files are maintained in individual folders in a locked metal file
cabinet when not in immediate use.
Retrievability:
Individual's name in alphabetical order and Travel Authorization
number.
Safeguards:
Access only to appropriate personnel and ACTION officials. The metal
travel file cabinet is always under lock and key.
Retention and disposal:
Retention three (3) years--Disposal by shredding.
System manager(s) and address:
Budget/Travel Analyst, ACTION, MB/AMS, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20525.
Notification procedures:
Send to address listed.
Record access procedures:
Budget/Travel Analyst, ACTION, MB/AMS, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20525.
Contesting record procedures:
Send to address listed.
Record source categories:
Submitted by ACTION employees, etc.
Systems exempted from certain provisions of the act:
None.
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System name: Conflict of Interest Records File.
System location:
Office of General Counsel/ACTION, room 9200, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20525.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Employees, contractors, consultants and other persons employed by or
dealing with ACTION.
Categories of records in the system:
Statement of personal and family interests in business enterprise,
public and confidential disclosure of financial interests, and
correspondence with respect thereto including opinions of counsel and
confirmation materials.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
5 CFR 735.401 and E.O. 11222(5865)
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
See General Routine Uses contained in Preliminary Statement.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining and
disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Files are kept in separate file folders in cabinets in a room locked
when not in use.
Retrievability:
Records are indexed alphabetically and by year.
Safeguards:
Records are generally available only to attorneys and other personnel
of the Office of General Counsel and to designated ACTION officials
having a need for such knowledge in the performance of their official
duties.
Retention and disposal:
Records are destroyed when six (6) years old; except that documents
needed in an on-going investigation will be retained until no longer
needed in the investigation.
System manager(s) and address:
General Counsel/ACTION, room 9200, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20525.
Record source categories:
Data is obtained from the following categories of sources: 1.
Employees of ACTION. 2. Work product of attorneys for ACTION.
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System name: Counselors' Report Files.
System location:
Director, Equal Opportunity, ACTION, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20525.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Any employee or applicant for employment, volunteer or applicant or
trainee for volunteer status, or employee of a grantee who has
contacted an ACTION Equal Opportunity Counselor for counseling but has
not filed a formal discrimination complaint.
Categories of records in the system:
Counselors' Reports, Privacy Act notice, confidentiality agreement,
notice to members of collective bargaining agreement, notice of final
interview, notes and correspondence, and copies of personnel records
or other documents relevant to the matter presented to the Counselor,
and any other records relating to the counseling instance.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended; Rehabilitation Act of
1973, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as
amended; Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended; Age
Discrimination Act, as amended.
Purpose(s):
To enable Equal Opportunity Counselors to look into matters brought to
their attention, provide counseling, and attempt to resolve the
matter.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
1. Referral or disclosure: (1) To a Federal, state, or local agency
charged with the responsibility of investigating, enforcing, or
implementing the statute, rule, regulation, or order; (2) to an
investigator, Counselor, grantee or other recipient of Federal
financial assistance, or hearing officer or arbitrator charged with
the above responsibilities; (3) any and all appropriate and necessary
uses of such records in a court of law or before an administrative
board or hearing; and (4) such other referrals as may be necessary to
carry out the enforcement and implementation of the statutes, rules,
regulations, or orders.
2. Disclosure to the Congressional committees having legislative
jurisdiction over the program involved, including when actions are
proposed to be undertaken by suspending or terminating or refusing to
grant or to continue Federal financial assistance for violation of the
statutes, rules, regulations, or orders for recipients of Federal
financial assistance from ACTION.
3. Disclosure to any source, either private or governmental, to the
extent necessary to secure from source information relevant to, and
sought in furtherance of, a legitimate investigation or EO counseling
matter.
4. Disclosure to a contractor, grantee or other recipient of Federal
financial assistance, when the record to be released reflects serious
inadequacies with the recipient's personnel, and disclosure of the
record is for the purpose of permitting the recipient to effect
corrective action in the Government's best interests.
5. Disclosure to any party pursuant to the receipt of a valid
subpoena.
6. Disclosure during the course of presenting evidence to a court,
magistrate or administrative tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction and
such disclosure shall include disclosures to opposing counsel in the
course of settlement negotiations.
7. Disclosure to a member of Congress submitting a request involving
an individual who is a constituent of such member who has requested
assistance from the member with respect to the subject matter of the
record.
8. Information in any system may be used 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 personnel
management functions or manpower studies. Information may also be
disclosed to respond to general requests for statistical information
(without personal identification of individuals) under the Freedom of
Information Act.
9. Information in any system of records to be disclosed to a
Congressional office, in response to an inquiry from any such office,
made at the request of the individual to whom the record pertains.
10. A record from any system of records may be disclosed as a routine
use of the National Archives and Records Administration, in records
management inspection conducted under authority of 44 U.S.C. 209 and
290.
11. Referral to Federal, state, local and professional licensing
authorities when the record to be released reflects on the moral,
educational, or vocational qualifications of an individual seeking to
be licensed.
12. Disclosure to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) for any
purpose consistent with OGE's mission, including the compilation of
statistical data.
13. Disclosure to the Department of Justice in order to obtain the
Department's advice regarding ACTION's disclosure obligations under
the Freedom of Information Act.
14. Disclosure to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) or the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in order to obtain
OMB's advice regarding ACTION's obligations under the Privacy Act.
Note: The Agency-wide statement of general routine uses does not apply
to this system of records (ACTION-9).
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining and
disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Files are maintained in folders or computer diskettes and locked in
metal file cabinets when not in immediate use.
Retrievability:
Retrievability is by the name of the person who contacted the
Counselor.
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