Privacy Act: [CPSC-17] Commissioned Officers Personal Data File--CPSC-17....

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System name: Office of the Inspector General Investigative 
      Files--CPSC-6.

System location: 
  Office of the Inspector General Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
  5401 Westbard Avenue, Washington, DC 20207.
Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
  Individuals who are or have been the subject of an Office of the 
  Inspector General investigation relating to the programs and 
  operations of the Commission including, but not limited to, current 
  and former employees, contractor or subcontractor personnel, as well 
  as other individuals whose actions affect the Commission, its 
  programs, or its operations.
Categories of records in the system: 
  All records relevant to an Inspector General investigation including 
  correspondence; internal staff memoranda; copies of subpoenas issued 
  during the investigation; affidavits, statements from witnesses, 
  transcripts of any testimony taken in the investigation and 
  accompanying exhibits; documents and records obtained during the 
  investigation; interview notes and working papers of the Office of the 
  Inspector General's staff; opening reports, progress reports, and 
  final reports containing findings and recommendations of appropriate 
  action; and other investigatory information or data relating to 
  alleged or suspected criminal, civil, or administrative violations or 
  similar wrongdoing by subject individuals.
Authority for maintenance of the system: 
  Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
Purpose(s): 
  This system is maintained for the purposes of conducting and 
  documenting investigations conducted by the Office of the Inspector 
  General, or other investigative agencies assisting the Office of the 
  Inspector General, regarding CPSC personnel, programs, and operations; 
  documenting the outcome of Inspector General reviews of allegations 
  and complaints received by the Office of the Inspector General 
  concerning CPSC personnel, programs, and operations; aiding in the 
  prosecution or imposition of criminal, civil, or administrative 
  sanctions against subjects of Inspector General investigations; 
  reporting the results of investigations to the Chairman of the 
  Commission and CPSC managers for their use in operating and evaluating 
  their programs; and compiling information necessary to fulfill any 
  reporting requirements by the Inspector General Act.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
    of users and the purposes of such uses: 
  Information in the system may be disclosed:
  (1) To an appropriate governmental agency, whether federal, state, or 
  local, where there is an indication of a violation or a potential 
  violation of law, regulation, or order, whether civil or criminal in 
  nature, which that agency is charged with investigating or enforcing.
  (2) To Federal, state, or local governmental authorities in order to 
  obtain information or records relevant to an Inspector General 
  investigation.
  (3) To Federal, state or local governmental authorities maintaining 
  civil, criminal, or other relevant information, such as current 
  licenses, to obtain information relevant to a Commission decision 
  concerning the hiring or retention of an employee, the issuance of a 
  security clearance, the award of a contract, or the issuance of a 
  grant or other benefit.
  (4) To Federal, state, or local governmental authorities in response 
  to their request in connection with the hiring or retention of an 
  employee, disciplinary or other administrative action concerning an 
  employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an 
  investigation of an employee, the award of a contract, or the issuance 
  of a license, grant, or other benefit, to the extent that the 
  information is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's 
  decision in the matter.
  (5) To non-governmental parties where those parties may have 
  information the Office of the Inspector General seeks to obtain in 
  connection with an investigation.
  (6) To independent auditors or other private firms with which the 
  Office of the Inspector General has contracted to carry out an 
  independent audit or investigation, or to collate, aggregate, or 
  otherwise refine data collected in the system of records. These 
  contractors will be required to maintain Privacy Act safeguards with 
  respect to such records.
  (7) To the Office of the General Counsel of the Commission, the 
  Department of Justice, or other law enforcement authorities, for 
  disclosure by such parties to extent relevant and necessary, when the 
  defendant in litigation is:
  (a) The Commission, any component of the Commission, or any employee 
  of the Commission acting in his or her official capacity;
  (b) The United States where the litigation, if successful, is likely 
  to affect the operations of the Commission; or
  (c) Any Commission employee sued in his or her individual capacity 
  where the Department of Justice and/or the Office of the General 
  Counsel of the Commission agree to represent such employee.
  (8) To a court or adjudicative body where the Commission is a party to 
  the litigation or has in interest in such litigation, the records are 
  relevant and necessary to the litigation, and disclosure of the 
  records is compatible with the purpose for which the records were 
  collected.
  (9) 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, but only to the extent the record would be 
  legally accessible to that individual.
  (10) To other Commission employees in the course of employee 
  disciplinary proceedings.
  (11) To debt collection agencies for the purpose of collecting 
  delinquent debts owned to the Commission, as authorized by the Debt 
  Collection Act (31 U.S.C. 3718), and subject to applicable Privacy Act 
  safeguards.
  (12) To the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Government 
  Ethics, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of the Special 
  Counsel, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or the Federal 
  Labor Relations Authority or its General Counsel, those records or 
  portions thereof which are relevant and necessary to carrying out 
  their authorized functions.
  (13) To any direct recipient of federal funds, such as a contractor, 
  where information in a record reflects serious inadequacies by the 
  recipient's personnel and disclosure of the record is for purpose of 
  permitting the recipient to take corrective action beneficial to the 
  Government.
  (14) To a grand jury pursuant either to a federal or state grand jury 
  subpoena, or to a prosecution request that such record be released for 
  the purpose of its introduction to a grand jury, where the supoena or 
  request has been specifically approved by a court.
Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies: 
  Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
  552a(b)(12), disclosure may be made to a consumer reporting agency as 
  defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)) or the 
  Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
    and disposing of records in the system: 
Storage: 
  Records are maintained in hard copy, on computer diskettes, and in a 
  multiuser computer system.
Retrievability: 
  The records are retrieved by the name of the subject of the 
  investigation or by a unique control number assigned to each 
  investigation.
Safeguards: 
  These records are available only to those persons whose official 
  duties require such access. Paper records and computer diskettes are 
  kept in limited access areas during duty hours and in safe-type file 
  cabinets in locked offices at all other times. Highly sensitive 
  records are created on a typewriter, or a stand-alone word processor 
  without permanent internal storage, and are stored on paper or 
  diskettes. Less sensitive records may be created and stored in 
  password protected computer files.
Retention and disposal: 
  The Investigative Files are kept indefinitely.
System manager(s) and address: 
  Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Consumer Product 
  Safety Commission, 5401 Westbard Avenue, Washington, DC 20207.
Notification procedure: 
  Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer, Office of the Secretary, 
  Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5401 Westbard Avenue, Washington, 
  DC 20207.
Record access procedures: 
  Same as notification.
Contesting record procedures: 
  Same as notification.
Record source categories: 
  Information is supplied by: Individuals including, where practicable, 
  those to whom the information relates; witnesses, corporations and 
  other entities; records of individual and of the Commission; records 
  of other entities such as federal, foreign, state or local bodies and 
  law enforcement agencies; documents; correspondence relating to 
  litigation; transcripts of testimony; and miscellaneous other sources.
Systems exempted from certain provisions of the act: 
  All portions of this system of records which fall within 5 U.S.C. 
  552a(k)(2) (investigatory materials compiled for law enforcement 
  purposes) and 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5) (investigatory materials solely 
  compiled for suitability determinations) are exempt from 5 U.S.C. 
  552a(c)(3), (mandatory accounting of disclosures); 5 U.S.C. 552a(d), 
  (access by individual to records that pertain to them); 5 U.S.C. 
  552a(e)(1), (requirement to maintain only such information as is 
  relevant and necessary to accomplish an authorized agency purpose); 5 
  U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G), (mandatory procedures to nofity individual of 
  the existence of records pertaining to them); 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(H), 
  (mandatory procedures to notify individuals how they can obtain access 
  to and contest records pertaining to the); 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(I), 
  (mandatory disclosure of record source categories); and the 
  Commission's regulations in 16 CFR part 1014 which implement these 
  statutory provisions.

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

 CPSC-7

System name: Employee Discrimination Complaint and Investigation 
      File--CPSC-7.

System location: 
  Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of Equal Employment 
  Opportunity and Minority Enterprise (OEEOME), 5401 Westbard Avenue, 
  Washington, DC 20207.
Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
  Commission employees and applicants for employment who have filed 
  complaints of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, 
  national origin or age.
Categories of records in the system: 
  This record contains information pertaining to the complainant, any 
  alleged discriminatory official, and others having a relationship to 
  the complaint.
Authority for maintenance of the system: 
  29 CFR part 1613.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
    of users and the purposes of such uses: 
  Information in these records is used or a record may be used for: (1) 
  Review by the assigned EEO Investigator (2) review by the Director, 
  Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Enterprise (3) 
  referral to Office of General Counsel for legal analysis and action.
  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.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
    and disposing of records in the system: 
Storage: 
  Records are stored in hard copy.
Retrievability: 
  Records are indexed by name.
Safeguards: 
  Records are maintained in locked file cabinets in secured areas.
Retention and disposal: 
  Records are retained indefinitely. Disposal is by normal procedures.
System manager(s) and address: 
  Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority 
  Enterprise, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5401 Westbard Avenue, 
  Washington, DC 20207.
Notification procedure: 
  Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer, Office of the Secretary, 
  Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5401 Westbard Avenue, Washington, 
  DC 20207.
Record access procedures: 
  Same as notification.
Contesting record procedures: 
  Same as notification.
Record source categories: 
  Information in this file is furnished by supervisors, co-workers and 
  others who are involved in the complaint or have information 
  pertaining thereto.

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

 CPSC-8 [Reserved]

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

 CPSC--9

System name: General Counsel Tracking System--CPSC-9.

System location: 
  Office of the General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
  5401 Westbard Avenue, Washington, DC 20207.
Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
  Attorneys working in the Office of the General Counsel.
Categories of records in the system: 
  Descriptions and dates of assignments; comments; starting and 
  completion dates; due dates; names of attorneys to whom assignments 
  are given; names of divisions within the Office of the General 
  Counsel.
Authority for maintenance of the system: 
  44 U.S.C. 3101; Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.; 
  16 CFR 1000.14.
Purpose(s): 
  To manage the workflow in the Office of the General Counsel; to assure 
  timely completion of assignments; to respond to queries from other 
  units of the Consumer Product Safety Commission; to assist in 
  evaluating attorney performance.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
    of users and the purposes of such uses: 
  None.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
    and disposing of records in the system: 
Storage: 
  Records are maintained by a computer database management system. Hard 
  copy printouts of selected groups of records are made from time to 
  time.
Retrievability: 
  Records are retrievable by any field, including attorney name.
Safeguards: 
  Access to the records, and to fields within the records, is controlled 
  by passwords. Records are accessible by all Office of the General 
  Counsel staff, but not by others. Only supervisory staff may create 
  records, assign or extend due dates, or enter completion dates.
Retention and disposal: 
  Old records are purged from time to time, based on need for computer 
  storage space.
System manager(s) and address: 
  General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 
  20207.
Notification procedure: 
  Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer, Office of the Secretary, 
  Consummer Product Safety Commission, 5401 Westbard Avenue, Washington, 
  DC 20207.
Record access procedures: 
  Same as notification.
Contesting record procedures: 
  Same as notification.
Record source categories: 

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