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Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Any person who has served or is serving as a member or other
full-time, stipended member under a Corporation program.
Categories of records in the system:
The records maintained contain information extracted from the
application, information about the period of service, and information
about the member's service history.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, and the
National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended.
Purpose(s):
The system of records was established to maintain service
histories on all current and former and other full-time stipend
volunteers serving in the Corporation programs and earning an
education award.
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:
Records are stored on magnetic tape, disks, electronic image,
hard copy, and are kept in a locked room when not in use.
Retrievability:
Records are retrieved by social security number.
Safeguards:
The material on tapes and disks is generally available only to
the Corporation's OIT and Accounting staff, and is so coded as to be
unavailable to anyone else. Hard copy records are available only to
Corporation staff with a need for such records in the performance of
their duties.
Retention and disposal:
These records are maintained for a period of (7) seven years from
date the volunteer earns an education award and then forwarded to the
Federal Records Center for (3) three years. Electronically imaged
documents will be maintained permanently.
System manager(s) and address:
Director, National Service Trust Operations, Corporation for
National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20525.
Notification procedure:
Persons wishing to determine if this system contains their
records should contact the Corporation for National and Community
Service, Director, National Service Trust Operations, 1201 New York
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525, and provide name, social security
number, and dates of volunteer service.
Record access procedures:
Persons wishing access to information about their records should
contact the Corporation for National and Community Services,
Director, National Service Trust Operations, 1201 New York Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20525.
Contesting record procedures:
A person wishing to amend his or her record may do so by
addressing such request to the Corporation for National and Community
Service, Office of the General Counsel, Attn: Corporation Privacy Act
Officer, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525.
Record source categories:
The data is obtained from enrollment and exit forms.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
None.
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Counselors' Report Files.
System location:
Equal Opportunity Office, Corporation for National and Community
Service, 1201 New York, Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Any employee or applicant for employment, service member, or
applicant or trainee for volunteer or service status, or employee of
a grantee who has contacted or requested a Corporation 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; National
and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended; and the Age
Discrimination Act, as amended.
Purpose(s):
To enable Equal Opportunity Counselors to look into matters
brought to their attention, provide counseling, attempt to resolve
the matter, and document actions taken.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
1. Referral or disclosure: (a) To a Federal, state, or local
agency charged with the responsibility of investigating, enforcing,
or implementing the statute, rule, regulation, or order; (b) to an
investigator, Counselor, grantee or other recipient of Federal
financial assistance, or hearing officer or arbitrator charged with
the above responsibilities; (c) any and all appropriate and necessary
uses of such records in a court of law or before an administrative
board or hearing; and (d) 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 the Corporation.
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 may include disclosure 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 of records 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 Corporation's disclosure
obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.
14. Disclosure of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) or
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in order to obtain
OMB's advice regarding Corporation's obligations under the Privacy
Act.
Note: The Agency-wide statement of general routine uses does not
apply to this system of records.
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.
Safeguards:
Records in the system are available only to appropriate personnel
in the Office of Equal Opportunity and other designated officials of
the Corporation with a need for such records in the performance of
their duties.
Retention and disposal:
Two (2) years after completion of counseling, the files are
destroyed.
System manager(s) and address:
Director, Equal Opportunity, Corporation for National and
Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Notification procedure:
Request by individuals on whether a record is maintained about
himself or herself should be addressed to the System Manager.
Record access procedures:
Request for access to these records should be addressed to the
System Manager.
Contesting record procedures:
Contest to information included in these records should be
addressed to the System Manager.
Record source categories:
Data in this system is obtained from the following categories of
sources: (1) Aggrieved persons, witnesses, etc., in counseling
matters; (2) Counselors' Reports; (3) Copies of documents relevant to
any counseling matter; and (4) Correspondence.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
None.
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Discrimination Complaint Files.
System location:
Equal Opportunity Office, Corporation for National and Community
Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Any employee or applicant for employment, AmeriCorps member or
applicant or trainee for volunteer or service status, or employee of
a grantee, or program beneficiary who has filed a formal complaint
with or against the Corporation.
Categories of records in the system:
Formal complaints, Reports of Investigation, Counseling
documents, case decisions, and relevant correspondence, including
settlement agreements.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended;
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended; the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972, as amended; the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973, as amended; the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as
amended; and the Age Discrimination Act, as amended.
Purpose(s):
To enable the Corporation to investigate and adjudicate
complaints of discrimination.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
1. Referral or disclosure: (a) To a Federal, state, or local
agency charged with the responsibility of investigating, enforcing,
or implementing the statute, rule, regulation, or order; (b) to an
investigator, counselor, grantee or other recipient of Federal
financial assistance or hearing officer or arbitrator charged with
the above responsibilities; (c) any and all appropriate and necessary
uses of such records in a court of law or before an administrative
board or hearing; and (d) 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
oversight 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 the Corporation.
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 may include disclosures to opposing
counsel in the course settlement negotiations.
7. Disclosure to a member of Congress submitting a request
involving an individual who has requested assistance from the member
with respect to the subject matter of the record.
8. Information in any system of records 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. A record from any system of records may be disclosed as a
routine use of the National Archives and Records Administration, in
records management inspections conducted under authority of 44 U.S.C.
2094 and 2906.
10. 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.
11. Disclosure to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) for any
purpose consistent with OGE's mission, including the compilation of
statistical data.
12. Disclosure to the Department of Justice in order to obtain
the Department's advice regarding the Corporation's disclosure
obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.
13. Disclosure to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) or
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in order to obtain
OMB's advice regarding the Corporation's obligations under the
Privacy Act.
Note: The Agency-wide statement of general routine uses does not
apply to this system of records.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Files are maintained in folders or on computer diskettes which
are locked in metal file cabinets when not in immediate use.
Retrievability:
Files are retrieved by the complainant's name.
Safeguards:
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