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recipients, contractors and subcontractors.
Categories of records in the system:
All correspondence relevant to the investigation; all internal
staff memoranda; information provided by subjects, witnesses, and
governmental investigatory or law enforcement organizations; copies
of all subpoenas issued during the investigation; affidavits,
statements from witnesses, memoranda of interviews, transcripts of
testimony taken in the investigation and accompanying exhibits;
documents and records or copies obtained during the investigation;
working papers of the staff, investigative notes, and other documents
and records relating to the investigation; information about
criminal, civil, or administrative referrals; and opening reports,
progress reports, and closing reports, with recommendations for
corrective action.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 5 U.S.C. app. 3.
Purpose(s):
To maintain files of investigative and reporting activities
carried out by the Office of the Inspector General.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
1. Referral to Federal, state, local and foreign investigative or
prospective authorities. A record in the system of records, which
indicates either by itself or in combination with other information
within the Corporation's possession, a violation or potential
violation of law, whether civil, criminal or regulatory and whether
arising by general statute or particular program statute, or by
regulation, rule or order issued pursuant thereto, may be disclosed,
as a routine use, to the appropriate Federal, foreign, state or local
agency or professional organization charged with the responsibility
of investigating or prosecuting such violation or charged with
enforcing or implementing or investigating or prosecuting such
violation or charged with enforcing or implementing the statue or
rule, regulation or order issued pursuant thereto.
2. Disclosure to a Federal or state grand jury agent pursuant to
a Federal or state grand jury subpoena or prosecution request that
such record be released for the purpose of its introduction to a
grand jury.
3. Referral to suspension/debarment authorities, internal to the
Corporation, when the record released is germane to a determination
of the propriety of, or necessity for, a suspension or debarment
action.
4. 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 holding a
license or seeking to be licensed.
5. Disclosure to a contractor, grantee, or subgrantee or other
recipient of Federal funds, 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 interest.
6. Disclosure to a contractor, grantee, or subgrantee or other
recipient of Federal funds, when the recipient has incurred an
indebtedness to the Government through its receipt of Government
funds, and release of the record is for the purpose of allowing the
debtor to effect a collection against a third party.
7. Disclosure to any source, either private or governmental, to
the extent necessary to secure from such source information relevant
to, and sought in furtherance of, a legitimate investigation or
audit.
8. Disclosure to a domestic, foreign or international
governmental agency considering personnel or other internal actions,
such as assignment, hiring, promotion, or retention of an individual,
issuance of a security clearance, reporting an investigation of an
individual, award or other benefit, to the extent that the
information is relevant to such agency's decision on the matter.
9. Disclosure to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) for any
purpose consistent with OGE's mission, including the compilation of
statistical data, or the mission of the OIG.
10. Disclosure to a Board of Contract Appeals, the General
Accounting Office or other tribunal hearing a bid protest involving a
Corporation or OIG procurement.
11. Disclosure to a domestic, foreign or international government
law enforcement agency maintaining civil, criminal or other relevant
enforcement information, or other pertinent information, in order
that the OIG may obtain information relevant to a decision concerning
the assignment, hiring, promotion, 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.
12. Disclosure to the Department of Justice in order to obtain
the Department's advice regarding OIG's obligations under the Freedom
of Information Act.
13. Disclosure to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in
order to obtain OMB's advice regarding OIG's obligations under the
Privacy Act.
14. Disclosure to a member of Congress making a request at the
behest of a party protected under the Privacy Act, when the member of
Congress informs the appropriate official that the individual to whom
the record pertains has authorized the member of Congress to have
access.
15. Disclosure to any Federal agency pursuant to the receipt of a
valid subpoena.
16. Disclosure to the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S.
Department of Justice when the Corporation or the OIG is seeking to
obtain taxpayer information from the Internal Revenue Service.
17. Disclosure to debt collection contractors for the purpose of
collecting delinquent debts as authorized by the Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 (31 U.S.C. 3713).
18. Disclosure to a ``consumer reporting agency'' as that term is
defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)), and
the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701 (a)(3)), in
order to obtain information in the course of an investigation or
audit.
19. Disclosure to Corporation or OIG counsel, an administrative
hearing tribunal, or counsel to the adverse party, in Program Fraud
Civil Remedies Act or other litigation.
20. Disclosure to a Federal, State, or local agency for use in
computer matching programs to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in
benefit or other programs, to support civil and criminal law
enforcement activities of those agencies and their components, and to
collect debts and overpayments owed to those agencies and their
components.
21. Disclosure to any court, magistrate or administrative
authority during the course of any litigation or settlement
negotiations in which the Corporation is a party or has an interest.
A record in the system of records may be disclosed in a proceeding
before a court or adjudicative body before which the Corporation or
the OIG is authorized to appear, or in the course of settlement
negotiations involving--
(1) OIG, the Corporation, or any component thereof;
(2) Any employee of the OIG or the Corporation in his or her
official capacity;
(3) Any employee of the Corporation in his or her individual
capacity, where the Government has agreed to represent the employee;
or
(4) The United States, where the OIG determines that the
litigation is likely to affect the OIG or the Corporation or any of
its components.
22. Disclosure to OIG's or the Corporation's legal
representative, including the U.S. Department of Justice and other
outside legal counsel, when the OIG or the Corporation is a party in
actual or anticipated litigation or has an interest in such
litigation.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
The Office of the Inspector General Investigative Files consist
of paper records maintained in folders and an automated data base
maintained on computer diskettes. The folders and diskettes are
stored in locked metal file cabinets. The file cabinets are located
in the Office of the Inspector General.
Retrievability:
The records are retrieved by a unique control number assigned to
each investigation.
Safeguards:
Records in the system are available only to those persons whose
duties require such access. The records are kept in limited access
areas during duty hours and in locked file cabinets in a locked
office at all other times.
Retention and disposal:
Records will be held in the office pursuant to General Records
Schedule 22, June 1988, and will be destroyed by shredding or burning
when no longer needed.
System manager(s) and address:
Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Corporation
for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20525.
Notification procedure:
To determine whether this system of records contains a record
pertaining to the requesting individual, the individual should write
to the System Manager furnishing his or her name, address, telephone
number, and social security number.
Record access procedures:
See Notification Procedures.
Contesting record procedures:
Individuals desiring to contest or amend information maintained
in this system of records should write to the System Manager, setting
forth the basis for which the individual believes the record is
incomplete, irrelevant, incorrect or untimely.
Record source categories:
Information in this system of records is obtained from:
Corporation staff and official Corporation records; current and
former employees, contractors, grantees and their employees;
subgrantees and their employees; AmeriCorps members or former members
in Corporation-funded programs; and non-Corporation persons.
Individuals to be interviewed and records to be examined are selected
based on the nature of the allegations being investigated.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
The Office of Inspector General published exemptions under 5
U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k).
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Travel Authorization Files.
System location:
Office of Accounting and Financial Management Services,
Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Corporation employees or any other person invited to travel at
the expense of the Corporation.
Categories of records in the system:
The records consist of travel authorizations, vouchers, receipts,
payment records, and other materials related to official travel.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended; the
National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, and the
Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, as amended.
Purpose(s):
To record and manage the payment of expenses for official travel.
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 maintained in file folders which are stored in locked
metal file cabinets. records are indexed alphabetically by name.
Safeguards:
Records are available only to staff in the Office of Accounting
and Financial Management Services, and other appropriate Corporation
officials with the need for such records in the performance of their
duties.
Retention and disposal:
Records are held for three (3) years and then retired to the
Federal Records Center.
System manager(s) and address:
Director, Office of Accounting and Financial Management Services,
Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Notification procedure:
To determine whether there is a record in the system about an
individual, that individual should submit a request in writing to the
System Manager giving name, taxpayer identification number, and
address.
Record access procedures:
See Notification procedures.
Contesting record procedures:
Anyone desiring to contest or amend information contained in this
system should write to the System Manager and set forth the basis for
which the record is believed to be incomplete or incorrect.
Record source categories:
Data in this system is obtained from documents submitted by
individuals engaging in official travel as well as documents issued
by the Corporation officials involved with authorizing and managing
travel.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
None.
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Momentum Financials Vendor Files.
System location:
Office of Accounting and Financial Management Services,
Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
All individuals with whom the Corporation does business.
Categories of records in the system:
The data recorded includes the name and address of the entity
doing business with the Corporation, ABA routing number, financial
institution name and address, depositor account number and the
taxpayer identification number; e.g., the SSN of an individual and
the TIN of an organization.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended; the
National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, and the
Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, as amended.
Purpose(s):
To maintain a single registry of entities with which the agency
does business.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
Data is shared with the Department of Health and Human Services
in the servicing of Corporation grant recipients; data may be
disclosed to the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of
Treasury or the General Accounting Office in connection with debt
servicing activities or to the Internal Revenue Service in the
reporting of disbursements as required by the Internal Revenue Code.
Also, see General Routine Uses contained in Preliminary Statement.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Data is stored on magnetic media in a computer system with access
controlled by a security system that requires passwords and
identification of each user.
Retrievability:
Data can be retrieved from the system electronically by name or
TIN.
Safeguards:
Access to data stored on magnetic media is controlled by a
security system that requires password and identification of each
user.
Retention and disposal:
Records are held for three (3) years and then retired to the
Federal Records Center.
System manager(s) and address:
Director, Office of Accounting and Financial Management Services,
Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Notification procedure:
To determine whether there is a record in the system of records
about an individual, that individual should submit a request in
writing to the System Manager giving name, taxpayer identification
number, and address.
Record access procedures:
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