U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

None.

Applicants after December 31, 1974, for benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act who have completed ten years or at least five years after 1995 of creditable service in the railroad industry, the spouse and/or divorced spouse or survivor of such an individual.

Name, address, social security number, RRB claim number, type and amount of benefit, suspension and termination information.

Section 7(b)(2) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(2)).

Records in the Social Security Vouchering System are maintained to administer Title II of the Social Security Act with respect to payment of benefits to individuals with 10 or more years or at least five years after 1995 of railroad service and their families.

a. Benefit rate information may be disclosed to primary beneficiaries regarding secondary beneficiaries (or vice versa) when the addition of such beneficiary affects either the entitlement or benefit payment.

b. In the event the Board has determined to designate a person to be the representative payee of an incompetent beneficiary, disclosure of information concerning the benefit amount and other similar information may be made to the representative payee from the record of the individual.

c. Benefit rates, names and addresses may be released to the Department of Treasury to control for reclamation and return of outstanding benefit payments, to issue benefit payments, act on reports of non-receipt, to insure delivery of payments to the correct address of the beneficiary or representative payee or to proper financial organization, and to investigate alleged forgery, theft or unlawful negotiation of railroad retirement for social security benefit checks or improper diversion of payments directed to a financial organization.

d. Beneficiary's name, address, check rate and date plus supporting evidence may be released to the U.S. Postal Service for investigation of alleged forgery or theft of railroad retirement or social security benefit checks.

e. Beneficiary identifying information, effective date, benefit rates, and months paid may be furnished to the Veterans Administration for the purpose of assisting that agency in determining eligibility for benefits or verifying continued entitlement to and the correct amount of benefits payable under programs which it administers.

f. Benefit rates and effective dates may be disclosed to the Social Security Administration, Bureau of Supplemental Security Income, to Federal, State and local welfare or public aid agencies to assist them in processing applications for benefits under their respective programs.

g. Last addresses information may be disclosed to the Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Parent Locator Service.

h. Benefit rates, entitlement and other necessary information may be released to the Department of Labor in conjunction with payment of benefits under the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act.

i. Pursuant to a request from an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act or from an organization under contract to an employer or employers, information regarding the Board's payment of benefits, the methods by which such benefits are calculated, entitlement data and present address may be released to the requesting employer or the organization under contract to the employer or employers for the purposes of determining entitlement to and the rates of private supplemental pension benefits and to calculate estimated benefits due.

j. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning his benefit or anticipated benefit and concerning the method of calculating that benefit may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

k. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

l. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

m. Records may be disclosed to the Government Accountability Office for auditing purposes and for collection of debts arising from overpayments under Title II of the Social Security Act, as amended.

n. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Retirement Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

o. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

p. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

q. For payments made after December 31, 1983, beneficiary identifying information, address, amounts of benefits paid and repaid, beneficiary withholding instructions, and amounts withheld by the RRB for tax purposes may be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service for tax administration.

r. Beneficiary identifying information, entitlement data, and benefit rates may be released to the Department of State and embassy and consular officials, to the American Institute on Taiwan, and to the Veterans Administration Regional Office, Philippines, to aid in insuring the continued payment of beneficiaries living abroad.

s. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

t. Entitlement data and benefit rates may be released to any court, state, agency, or interested party, or to the representative of such court, state agency, or interested party, in connection with contemplated or actual legal or administrative proceeding concerning domestic relations and support matters.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper, magnetic tape and microforms.

Social security account number, full name.

Records are maintained in areas not accessible to the public; buildings are secured (guard service).

Paper: Individual claim folders with records of all actions pertaining to the payment of claims are transferred to the Federal Records Center, Chicago, Illinois 5 years after the date of last payment or denial activity if all benefits have been paid, no future eligibility is apparent and no erroneous payments are outstanding.

The claim folder is destroyed 25 years after the date it is received in the center. Accounts receivable listings and checkwriting operations daily activity listings are transferred to the Federal Records Center 1 year after date of issue and are destroyed 6 years and 3 months after receipt at the center. Other paper listings are destroyed 1 year after the date of issue. Changes of address source documents are destroyed after 1 year.

Magnetic tape: Tapes are updated at least monthly. For disaster recovery purposes, certain tapes are stored for 12-18 month periods.

Microforms: Originals are kept for 3 years, transferred to the Federal Records Center and destroyed when 8 years old. One duplicate copy is kept 2 years and destroyed by shredding. All other duplicate copies are kept 1 year and destroyed by shredding.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's records should be in writing, including full name, social security number and railroad retirement claim number (if any) of the individual. Before any information about any record will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity, or authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Such requests should be sent to: Office of Programs--Director of Operations, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Individual applicant or his or her authorized representative, the Social Security Administration, other record systems maintained by the Railroad Retirement Board.

None.

Main Office: Palmetto Government Benefit Administrators, 17 Technology Circle, Columbia, South Carolina 29203-9591; Regional Office: P.O. Box 10066, Augusta, Georgia 30999

None.

Qualified railroad retirement beneficiaries covered by MEDICARE, Part B, who file claims under the medical insurance program.

Name, health insurance claim number, address, date of birth, telephone number, description of illness and treatment pertaining to claim, indication of other health insurance or medical assistance pertinent to claim, date(s) and place(s) of physician service, description of medical procedures, services or supplies furnished, nature of illness(es), medical charges, name, address and telephone of physician, identifying number of provider, designation of payee, Part B entitlement date, Part B deductible status and amount of payment to beneficiary or payee.

Section 7(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(d)).

Records in this system are maintained to administer the supplementary medical insurance (Part B) portion of Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act for qualified railroad retirement beneficiaries.

a. In the event the Board has determined to designate a person to be the representative payee of an incompetent beneficiary, disclosure of information concerning the benefit amount and other similar information may be made to the representative payee from the record of the individual.

b. Information regarding payments and deductibles may be released to the Department of Health and Human Services for use in administering Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as amended, and to establish, audit, and maintain account and vouchering records.

c. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal hearing to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

d. Records may be disclosed to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes and for collection of debts arising from overpayments under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

e. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

f. Pursuant to a request from an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, information regarding the status of a qualified railroad retirement beneficiary's enrollment in Medicare and premium payment status may be released to the requesting employer for the purposes of coordinating employee supplemental welfare benefits.

g. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning his or her entitlement and premium status may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

h. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

i. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

j. Information may be furnished to the U.S. Postal Service and to State and local police authorities for investigation of the loss, theft, and/or forgery of Medicare checks.

k. Information may be furnished to the State licensing boards for review of unethical practices or nonprofessional conduct. When such information has been disclosed to a State licensing board, it may also be disclosed when requested to State agencies investigating such conduct under Titles V and XIX of the Social Security Act and to the TRICARE organization and to TRICARE contractors that are not also Medicare contractors.

l. General guidelines dealing with length of stay, diagnosis and other criteria used in the claims process to establish the basis for payment may be disclosed to the requester. Information regarding physicians' prevailing or customary charges may be furnished.

m. The following general types of information may be disclosed to Title XIX agencies (to a state agency or to a carrier acting for a State agency charged with administration of a program under Title XIX): Physician, other practitioner and supplier identification numbers, and charges of physicians or other practitioners or suppliers for services furnished to beneficiaries.

n. Information on such matters as entitlement, benefit payment, or benefit utilization relating to an individual may be disclosed to any State agency or to a carrier acting for a State agency charged with the administration of a program under Title XIX. Note: Disclosure to State agencies administering other Federal grants-in-aid programs requires the authorization of the beneficiary or his/her legal representative.

o. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper, magnetic tape and microforms.

Health insurance claim number, name.

The contractor is bound by the contract set forth by the Railroad Retirement Board which contains specific instruction regarding its responsibility in claim information handled and released, and by guidance and procedures issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It is also bound by the same regulations regarding disclosure and security of information as the Board itself.

Records are maintained by the insurance company office for 27 months. At the end of 27 months the material is sent to the storage areas maintained by the insurance company. Records are retained and stored in accordance with guidelines issued by CMS.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing, including the full name, social security number and railroad retirement claim (if any) of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity, or authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Requests should be sent to the Office of Programs--Director of Operations, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Claimant, his/her authorized representative or his/her survivors, the Social Security Administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and its contractors, physicians, and hospitals.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Railroad employees who never filed an application for an annuity, have not been reported to be deceased and who either worked in the current reporting year or have at least 120 months of creditable railroad service or have at least 60 months of creditable railroad service after 1995.

For employees with less than 120 months of creditable railroad service, or less than 60 months of creditable railroad service after 1995: SSN, name, date of birth, sex, cumulative service, cumulative tier 1 compensation, daily pay rate, employer number, gross residual, year last worked, number and pattern of months worked in year last worked, tier 1 compensation for year last worked, tier 2 compensation for year last worked. For railroad employees with 120 or more months of creditable railroad service and for employees with at least 60 months of creditable railroad service after 1995; all of the above information plus estimated annuity data and SSA data.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)).

The primary purpose of the system is to provide field offices with the capability of furnishing annuity estimates to prospective beneficiaries. The system is also used by field offices to provide temporary annuity rates that the Division of Operations may issue to applicants for employee and spouse benefits.

a. Entitlement information may be disclosed to primary beneficiaries regarding secondary beneficiaries (or vice versa) when the addition of such beneficiary affects either the entitlement or benefit payment.

b. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

c. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

d. Pursuant to a request from an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, information regarding the Board's estimated payment of unemployment, sickness or retirement benefits, the methods by which such benefits are calculated and entitlement data may be released to the requesting employer for the purposes of determining entitlement to and the rates of private supplemental pensions, sickness or unemployment benefits and to calculate estimated benefits due.

e. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning his anticipated benefit and concerning the method of calculating that benefit may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

f. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

g. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

h. Annuity estimates may be released to any court, state agency, or interested party, or the representative of such court, state agency, or interested party, in connection with contemplated or actual legal or administrative proceeding concerning domestic relations and support matters.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

On-line mainframe system.

Social security number.

Only authorized personnel have access to these records. Access is determined by internal computer system security levels.

A maximum of three sets of MARC records (the current and prior two sets of MARC) are maintained on-line with the oldest set deleted when a new MARC is produced.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Request for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing, including the full name, social security number and railroad retirement claim number (if any) of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity, authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Requests should be sent to the Office of Programs--Director of Operations, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Information which is secured from the original master records is made available to all authorized headquarters and field service users.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

All individuals with creditable service under the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts.

Name, social security number, RRB claim number, annuity beginning date, date of birth, sex, last employer identification number, amount of daily pay rate, separation allowance or severance payment, creditable service and compensation after 1937, home address, and date of death.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)) and section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)).

The purpose of this system is to store railroad earnings of railroad employees which are used to determine entitlement to and amount of benefits payable under the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and the Social Security Act, if applicable. The records are updated daily based on earnings reports received from railroad employers and the Social Security Administration and are stored in the Employment Data Maintenance Application database and the Separation Allowance Lump Sum Adjustment master file (SALSA).

a. Records may be transferred to the Social Security Administration to correlate disability freeze actions and in the cases where the railroad employees do not acquire 120 creditable service months before retirement or death or have no current connection with the railroad industry, to enable SSA to credit the employee with the compensation and to pay or deny benefits.

b. Yearly service months, cumulative service months, yearly creditable compensation, and cumulative creditable compensation may be released to the employees directly or through their respective employer.

c. Service months and earnings may be released to employers or former employers for correcting or reconstructing earnings records for railroad employees.

d. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

e. Employee identification and potential entitlement may be furnished to the Social Security Administration, Bureau of Supplemental Security Income, to Federal, State, and local welfare or public aid agencies to assist them in processing application for benefits under their respective programs.

f. Employee identification and other pertinent information may be released to the Department of Labor in conjunction with payment of benefits under the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act.

g. The last employer information may be disclosed to the Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Parent Locator Service.

h. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

i. Pursuant to a request from an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, information, regarding the employee's potential eligibility for unemployment, sickness or retirement benefits may be released to the requesting employer for the purpose of determining entitlement to and the rates of private supplemental pension, sickness or unemployment benefits and to calculate estimated benefits due from the employer.

j. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning his anticipated benefit may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

k. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

l. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

m. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

n. All records may be disclosed to the Social Security Administration for purposes of administration of the Social Security Act.

o. Service and compensation and last employer information may be furnished, upon request, to state agencies operating unemployment or sickness insurance programs for the purposes of their administering such programs.

p. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

q. The name, address and gender of a railroad worker may be released to a Member of Congress when the Member requests it in order that he or she may communicate with the worker about legislation which affects the railroad retirement or railroad unemployment and sickness insurance program.

r. The service history of an employee (such as whether the employee had service before a certain date and whether the employee had at least a given number of years of service) may be disclosed to AMTRAK when such information would be needed by AMTRAK to make a determination whether to award a travel pass to either the employee or the employee's widow.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Magnetic tape, magnetic disk and paper.

Social security number, claim number and name.

Magnetic tape and magnetic disk: Computer and computer storage rooms are restricted to authorized personnel; on-line query safeguards include a lock/unlock password system, a terminal oriented transaction matrix and an audit trail.

Paper: Bound in hard covers and stored on steel shelving accessible to only authorized personnel.

Magnetic disk: Permanent.

Magnetic tape and digital media: Retained five years and destroyed acccording to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines.

Paper: Retained five years and destroyed by shredding.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing, including the full name, social security number and railroad retirement claim number (if any) of the individual. Before any information about any record will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity, or authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Requests should be sent to the Office of Programs--Assessment & Training, Chief of Employer Service and Training Center, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Railroad employer.

None.

District Offices: See Appendix I for addresses

None.

Claimants for unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) and their respective employers.

Development file containing letters from claimants, report of Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act fraud investigations and supporting evidence, erroneous payment investigations, protest and appeal requests and responses.

Section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)).

This system of records is used for filing general information about applicants for RUIA benefits. If an applicant files for unemployment insurance benefits, some of the information in this file will be also placed in the claimants UI file.

a. Beneficiary identifying information may be released to third party contacts to determine if incapacity of the beneficiary or potential beneficiary to understand or use benefits exists, and to determine the suitability of a proposed representative payee.

b. Benefit rate, name and address may be referred to the Treasury Department to control for reclamation and return of outstanding benefit checks, to issue benefit checks, reconcile reports of non-delivery, and to insure delivery of payments to the correct address or account of the beneficiary or representative payee.

c. Beneficiary's name, address, payment rate, date and number, plus supporting evidence may be released to the U.S. Postal Service for investigation of alleged forgery or theft of railroad unemployment or sickness benefit payments.

d. Identifying information such as full name, address, date of birth, social security number, employee identification number, and date last worked, may be released to any last employer to verify entitlement for benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

e. Pursuant to a request from an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, information regarding the Board's payment of unemployment or sickness benefits, the methods by which such benefits are calculated, entitlement data and present address may be released to the requesting employer for the purposes of determining entitlement to and rates of private supplemental pension, sickness or unemployment benefits and to calculate estimated benefits due.

f. Benefit rates and effective dates may be released to the Social Security Administration, Bureau of Supplemental Security Income, to Federal, State and local welfare or public aid agencies to assist them in processing applications for benefits under their respective programs.

g. In the event the Board has determined to designate a person to be the representative payee of an incompetent beneficiary, disclosure of information concerning the benefit amount and other similar information may be made to the representative payee from the record of the individual.

h. Records may be disclosed to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes and for collection of debts arising from overpayments under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as amended.

i. The last addresses and employer information may be disclosed to the Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Parent Locator Service.

j. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

k. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning this benefit or anticipated benefit may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

l. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

m. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

n. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

o. Beneficiary identifying and claim period information may be furnished to states for the purpose of their notifying the RRB whether claimants were paid state unemployment or sickness benefits and also whether wages were reported for them. For claimants that a state identifies as having received state unemployment benefits, RRB benefit information may be furnished the state for the purpose of recovery of the amount of the duplicate payments which were made.

p. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper.

Name, social security number.

Kept in steel file cabinets away from the general public and are available only to district office and regional office personnel.

Shredded five years after end of benefit year in which originated.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's records should be in writing, including full name, social security number, and railroad retirement claim number (if any) of the individual. Before any information about any record will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity or authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Requests should be sent to the Office of Programs--Director of Operations, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Individual claimant or his authorized representative, employers, State employment and unemployment claims records, Federal, and Social Security Administration employer compensation reports.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board--Headquarters: 844 N. Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092; District Offices: See Appendix I for addresses

None.

Individuals who have applied for unemployment benefits and employment service.

Name, address, account number, age, sex, education, employer, occupation, rate of pay, reason not working and last date worked, personal interview record, results of investigations.

Section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)).

The purpose of this system of records is to be used as an individual's UI file. The records contained in the file are pertinent to the individual's claim for unemployment benefits under the RUIA.

a. Selected information may be disclosed to prospective employers for potential job placement.

b. In the event the Board has determined to designate a person to be the representative payee of an incompetent beneficiary, disclosure of information concerning the benefit amount and other similar information may be made to the representative payee from the record of the individual.

c. Beneficiary identification and entitlement information may be released to third party contacts to determine if incapacity of the beneficiary or potential beneficiary to understand or use benefits exists, and to determine the suitability of a proposed representative payee.

d. A record from this system of records may be disclosed to a Federal agency, in response to its request, in connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an investigation of an employee, the letting of a contract, or the issuance of a license, grant, or other benefit by the requesting agency, to the extent that the information is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the matter, provided that disclosure would be clearly in the furtherance of the interest of the subject individual.

e. Beneficiary identification, entitlement, and benefit rate information may be released to the Treasury Department to control for reclamation and return of outstanding benefit payments, to issue benefit payments, reconcile reports of non-delivery and to insure delivery of payments to the correct address or account of the beneficiary or representative payee.

f. Information may be referred to the U.S. Postal Service for investigation of alleged forgery or theft of railroad unemployment or sickness benefit checks.

g. Beneficiary identification, entitlement, and benefit rate information may be released to the Social Security Administration, Bureau of Supplemental Security Income, to Federal, State, and local welfare or public aid agencies to assist them in processing applications for benefits under their respective programs.

h. The last addresses and employer information may be disclosed to Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Parent Locator Service.

i. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

j. Records may be disclosed to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes and for collection of debts arising from overpayments under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as amended.

k. Identifying information such as full name, address, date of birth, social security number, employee identification number, and date last worked, may be released to any last employer to verify entitlement for benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

l. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

m. Pursuant to a request from an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, information regarding the Board's payment of unemployment or sickness benefits, the methods by which such benefits are calculated, entitlement data and present address will be released to the requesting employer for the purposes of determining entitlement to and rates of private supplemental pension, sickness or unemployment benefits and to calculate estimated benefits due.

n. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual information from the record of the individual concerning his benefit or anticipated benefit and concerning the method of calculating that benefit may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

o. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

p. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

q. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

r. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper, electronic records.

Social security number.

Paper files stored in locked room; electronic files accessible by password and protected by network and physical security.

In routine cases, held for three years after end of benefit year in which originated. In those with adverse activities (claims denied), held for five years after end of benefit year in which originated. At end of both periods, files are shredded.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing, including the full name, social security number and railroad retirement claim number(if any) of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity, or authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Requests should be sent to the Office of Programs--Director of Operations, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Individual applicant or his authorized representative, present and former employers, State and Federal departments of employment security, Social Security Administration and labor organizations.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Railroad employee representatives covered under the Railroad Retirement Act.

Employee quarterly railroad tax return.

Section 15 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n).

The purpose of this system is to ensure that the earnings of employee representatives reported to the Internal Revenue Service for tax purposes agree with earnings reported to the RRB for benefit payment purposes.

a. Service and earnings information may be released to the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to refund excess taxes.

b. Records may be disclosed to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes.

c. Service and earnings information may be released to employers or former employers for correcting or reconstructing earnings records for railroad retirement, supplemental or unemployment/sickness employment tax purposes only, not to be construed as an extension of the statutory time limitation to amend such records.

d. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper.

Name.

Records are maintained in areas not accessible to the public and are not permitted to be removed without authorization; secured building.

Employee's representatives' quarterly tax returns and tax reporting reconciliation file are retained for 6 years and 3 months after the period covered by the records and then are destroyed by shredding.

Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and Social Security number. Before information about any record is released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Railroad tax reports, creditable and taxable compensation.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Applicants for benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

The files include a copy of the question submitted to the legal department for an opinion and a copy of the response released. Responses may be a formal legal opinion, a letter, or a memorandum. There may be copies of any correspondence between the agency and the individual or his/her employer concerning the question presented.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)) and section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)).

The RRB needs to collect and maintain information contained in this system of records in order to make decisions regarding the claims for benefits of individual under various Acts administered by the RRB.

None.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper.

Name.

Stored in areas not accessible to the public in offices locked during non-business hours; access to these files is restricted to attorneys and other authorized Board employees.

Opinions of precedential interest or otherwise of lasting significance, and correspondence related to these opinions are retained permanently. Opinions of limited significance beyond the particular case, and correspondence related to these opinions, are retained in the individual's claim folder, if any, established under the Railroad Retirement Act. When no folder exists, these opinions, are destroyed by shredding 2 years after the date of the last action taken by the Bureau of Law on the matter.

General Counsel, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name, social security number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

The subject person's authorized representative, other record systems maintained by the Railroad Retirement Board, employers.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Railroad employees, retired railroad employees, and individuals with some creditable railroad service who are involved in litigation in which the Railroad Retirement Board has some interest as a party or otherwise.

Legal briefs, reports on legal or factual issues involving copies of subpoenas which may have been issued, copies of any motions filed, transcripts of any depositions taken, garnishment process, correspondence received and copies of any correspondence released by the Board pertaining to the case, copies of any court rulings, and copies of the final decision in the case.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)) and section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)).

The RRB needs to collect and maintain records of concluded litigation to which the RRB was a party.

None.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper.

Name.

Stored in areas not accessible to the public in offices locked during non-business hours; access to these files is restricted to attorneys and other authorized Board employees.

Files relating to cases of precedential interest are retained permanently. Files of cases involving routine matters, other than garnishments, are retained for 5 years after the case is closed, then shredded. Files relating to garnishment of benefits are retained until 2 years after the date garnishment terminates, then destroyed.

General Counsel, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

The individual himself or his authorized representative, other record systems maintained by the Railroad Retirement Board, employers, the Social Security Administration.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Individuals who had any employment for a railroad employer after 1936 who were assigned Social Security Numbers beginning with 700 through 728. (Use of the registration form was discontinued January 1, 1981.)

Railroad employee's name, address, social security number, date of birth, place of birth, mother's and father's names, sex, occupation and employer.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)).

The purpose of the system is to provide information on railroad employees who completed Carrier Employee Registration forms (CER-1) to apply for a Social Security number (SSN). The information on these CERA-1 forms was available only at the Railroad Retirement Board.

a. Records which consist of name, date and place of birth, social security number, and parents' names may be disclosed to the Social Security Administration to verify social security number and date of birth.

b. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Retirement Act, or Unemployment Insurance Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

c. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

d. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Microfiche.

Social security number.

Stored in steel cabinets; available to authorized unit personnel.

Permanent retention.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing, addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Railroad employee and employer.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Employees who have at least 48 creditable service months under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) or who attain eligibility for RRA benefits when military service is included as creditable railroad service.

Social Security account number, name, date of birth, gender, social security claim status, details of earnings and periods of employment that are creditable under the Social Security Act for years after 1936.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231(b)(6))

The purpose of this system of records is to have Social Security Act earnings information available to RRB benefit programs for determinations related to RRA benefit entitlement and amount. The records are stored in the Employment Data Maintenance database.

Internal RRB use only.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Mainframe computer database.

Social security account number and name.

Mainframe computer database; computer and computer storage rooms are restricted to authorized personnel; on-line query safeguards include a lock/unlock password system; a terminal oriented transaction matrix; and an audit trail.

Magnetic disk: permanent.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing, including the full name, social security number and railroad retirement claim number (if any) of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity, or authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Such requests should be sent to the Office of Programs--Assessment and Training, Chief of Employer Service and Training Center, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Social Security Administration.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Appellants under the provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

Narrative of the facts and law pertinent to the decision made by the Hearings Officer.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6); sec. 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)).

Maintain copies of appeals decisions issued by the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals.

a. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

b. [reserved]

c. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning his benefit or anticipated benefit and concerning the method of calculating that benefit may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

d. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Retirement Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

e. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

f. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

g. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper.

Claim number or social security number, Bureau of Hearings and Appeals appeal number, or Bureau of Hearings and Appeal decision number.

Only authorized personnel have access to these records which are kept in an office that is locked at the close of business each day and remains so until start of business the next day.

The decisions are retained for a period of 2 years and then destroyed by shredding.

Director of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Information furnished by the appellant or his/her authorized representative, information developed by the hearings officer relevant to the appeal, and information contained in other record systems maintained by the Railroad Retirement Board.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

None.

Railroad Retirement Board employees.

Travel vouchers, miscellaneous reimbursement vouchers.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)) and Section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)).

The system is used to pay the operating expenses of the agency and reimbursements as needed to employees. Payment is made to vendors for goods and services. Employees are reimbursed for expenses related to the performance of their jobs. Payments are made within Federal limits and applicable guidelines.

a. Identifying information and check amount may be released to the Treasury Department to issue checks.

b. Records may be disclosed to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes.

c. Identifying information, check number, date and amount may be released to the U.S. Postal Service for investigation of alleged forgery or theft of reimbursement checks.

d. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper and computer storage media.

Name.

Records are maintained in areas not accessible to the public and are not permitted to be removed without authorization; secured building.

Retain at headquarters for two years then to Chicago Federal Records Center--GSA will destroy when authorized by General Accountability Office.

Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Employees travel records, memoranda from Regional Directors, and purchase orders.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Railroad Retirement Board employees.

Time, leave, payroll information, and supporting documentation relating to participation in the agency's transit benefit program prior to July 2004.

Pay Acts as amended.

The purpose of this system is to maintain employee data related to earnings. This includes hours worked, time off, and premium pay. It is also used to calculate employee gross to net pay based on mandatory and elective deductions. Earnings data is accumulated and reported to Federal, State, and local taxing authorities. Employee benefit data is reported to the Office of Personnel Management to ensure accuracy and proper coverage.

b. Salary and tax information may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and state and city taxing authorities for tax purposes.

c. Service history including pay, benefits, salary deductions for retirement, and other information necessary may be disclosed to the Office of Personnel Management for use in the computation of civil service annuities and to carry out its Government-wide personnel management functions.

d. Computer payment information may be released to the Department of Treasury for issuance of salary payments.

e. Identification information, check number, data and amount, plus other supporting evidence may be forwarded to the U.S. Postal Service for investigation of alleged forgery or theft of salary checks.

f. The last known address and employer information may be released to Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Parent Locator Service.

g. Records may be disclosed to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes.

h. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

i. A copy of the employee's Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, or other similar form containing the name, social security number, taxable earnings and amounts withheld, may be released to the state, city or other local jurisdiction which is authorized to tax the employee's compensation in accordance with a withholding agreement between the state, city or other local jurisdiction, and the Department of the Treasury or the Social Security Administration, or in absence thereof, in response to a written request from an appropriate official of the taxing jurisdiction to the Director of Budget and Fiscal Operations, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

j. For employees identified as having defaulted in the repayment of an obligation incurred under any statutory authority except the Internal Revenue Code, the Social Security Act or the U.S. tariff laws, pertinent payroll information, including home address information, may be disclosed to other Federal agencies for the purpose of collecting debts owed to those agencies or the RRB.

k. The names, social security numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, dates of hire, quarterly earnings, employer identifying information, and State of hire of employees may be disclosed to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of locating individuals to establish paternity, establishing and modifying orders of child support, identifying sources of income, and for other child support and enforcement actions as required by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Welfare Reform Act, Pub. L. 104-193).

l. Transit benefit program documentation may be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service for tax administration purposes.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper, tape and microfiche.

Name.

Housed in security building and maintained in areas not accessible to the public; information released only at employee's request or to approved federal and local authorities.

Consolidated pay tapes, first two master tapes, and last two master tapes for each year: Destroyed by erasing 3 years after close of calendar year in which prepared. Security record-current check issue tape: Destroyed by erasing when National Personnel Records Center receives second subsequent document covering same type of document. Paper: Destroyed by shredding after 3 years. Microfilm: Retained until replaced by a new record, usually within 1 year. Obsolete microfiche is destroyed by shredding.

Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Railroad Retirement Board employees personnel action, time and attendance reports, deduction authorizations.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board--Headquarters: 844 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611; District and Regional Offices: See Appendix I for addresses

None.

Qualified Railroad Retirement beneficiaries who are eligible for Medicare coverage, attending physicians, chiropractors and physical therapists.

Claim number, Social Security number, name, address, type of beneficiary under the Railroad Retirement Act, date of birth, method of Supplementary Medical Insurance premium payment, enrollment status, amount of premium, paid-thru date, third party premium payment information, coverage jurisdiction determination, direct premium billing and premium refund accounting, correspondence from beneficiaries, physicians suspected of over-utilization and those suspended from payment by Medicare.

Section 7(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(d)).

Records in this system are maintained to administer Title XVIII of the Social Security Act for qualified railroad retirement beneficiaries.

a. Beneficiary identification, enrollment status and premium deductions information may be released to the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to correlate actions with the administration of Title II and Title XVIII (MEDICARE) of the Social Security Act.

b. Beneficiary identification may be disclosed to third party contacts to determine if incapacity of the beneficiary or potential beneficiary to understand or use benefits exists, and to determine the suitability of a proposed representative payee.

c. In the event the Board has determined to designate a person to be the representative payee of an incompetent beneficiary, disclosure of information concerning the benefit amount and other similar information may be made from the record of the individual to the representative payee.

d. Data may be disclosed to Department of Health and Human Services for reimbursement for work done under reimbursement provisions of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as amended.

e. Jurisdictional clearance, premium rates, coverage election, paid-through date, and amounts of payments in arrears may be released to the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to assist those agencies in administering Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as amended.

f. Beneficiary identifying information, date of birth, sex, premium rate paid thru date, and Medicare Part A and Part B entitlement date/end date may be disclosed to effect state buy-in and third party premium payments.

g. Payment data may be disclosed to consultants to determine reasonable charges for hospital insurance payments in Canada.

h. Entitlement data may be disclosed to primary beneficiaries regarding secondary beneficiaries (or vice versa) when the addition of such beneficiary affects entitlement.

i. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

j. Beneficiary last address information may be disclosed to Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Parent Locator Service.

k. Beneficiary identification, entitlement data and rate information may be released to the Department of State and embassy officials, to the American Institute on Taiwan, and to the Veterans Administration Regional Office, Philippines, to aid in the development of applications, supporting evidence and the continued eligibility of beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries living abroad.

l. Records may be released to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes and for collection of debts arising from overpayments under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as amended.

m. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

n. Pursuant to a request from an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, or from an insurance company acting as an agent of an employer, information regarding the RRB's determination of Medicare entitlement, entitlement data, and present address may be released to the requesting employer or insurance company acting as its agent for the purposes of either determining entitlement to and rates of supplemental benefits under private employer welfare benefit plans or complying with requirements of law covering the Medicare program.

o. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning his or her entitlement to Medicare may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

p. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Retirement Act, or Social Security Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

q. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

r. (Standard Disclosure 7.).

s. Information may be disclosed to the Department of the Treasury for the purpose of investigating alleged forgery or theft of Medicare reimbursement checks.

t. Information may be disclosed to the U.S. Postal Service for investigating alleged forgery or theft of Medicare checks.

u. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

v. Identifying information about Medicare-entitled beneficiaries who may be working may be disclosed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the purposes of determining whether Medicare should be the secondary payer of benefits for such individuals.

w. Whether a qualified railroad retirement beneficiary is enrolled in Medicare Part A or Part B, and if so, the effective date(s) of such enrollment may be disclosed to a legitimate health care provider, in response to its request, when such information is needed to verify Medicare enrollment.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper, digital media, magnetic tape and microfilm.

Claim number, social security number, full name.

Records are maintained in areas not accessible by the public and are not permitted to be removed from headquarters without authorization

Paper: Computer printouts, including daily and monthly statistics, premium payment listings, state-buy-in listings and voucher listings are kept for 2 years, transferred to the Federal Records Center, and destroyed when 5 years old. Other copies of computer printouts are maintained for 1 year, then shredded. Applications material in individual claim folders with records of all actions pertaining to the payment or denial or claims are transferred to the Federal Record Center, Chicago, Illinois 5 years after the date of last payment or denial activity if all benefits have been paid, no future eligibility is apparent and no erroneous payments are outstanding. The claim folder is destroyed 25 years after the date it is received in the center.

Magnetic tape: Updated weekly. Obsolete tape is written over.

Microfilm and CD-ROM: Originals are kept for 3 years, transferred to the Federal Records Center and destroyed 3 years and 3 months after receipt at the center. One copy is kept 3 years then destroyed when 6 months old or no longer needed for administrative use, whichever is sooner.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's records should be in writing, including the full name, social security number and railroad retirement claim number (if any) of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity, or authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Such requests should be sent to the Office of Programs--Director of Operations, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Applicant (the qualified railroad beneficiary), his/her representative, Social Security Administration, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Palmetto Government Benefits Administrators, Federal, State or local agencies, their party premium payers, all other Railroad Retirement Board files, physicians.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board-Headquarters: 844 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611; Regional and District Offices: See Appendix I for addresses

None.

Applicants and claimants for unemployment and sickness (including maternity) benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Some railroad employees injured at work who did not apply for Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act benefits; all railroad employees paid separation allowances.

Information pertaining to payment or denial of an individual's claim for benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Name, address, sex, Social Security number, date of birth, total months of railroad service (including creditable military service), total creditable compensation for base year, last employer and date last worked before applying for benefits, last rate of pay in base year, reason not working, applications and claims filed, benefit information for each claim filed, disqualification periods and reasons for disqualification, entitlement to benefits under other laws, benefit recovery information about personal injury claims and pay for time not worked, medical reports, placement data, correspondence and telephone inquiries to and about the claimant, record of protest or appeal by claimant of adverse determinations made on his claims.

Section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).

The purpose of this system of records is to carry out the function of collecting and storing information in order to administer the benefit program under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

a. Beneficiary identifying information may be disclosed to third party contacts to determine if incapacity of the beneficiary or potential beneficiary to understand or use benefits exists, and to determine the suitability of a proposed representative payee.

b. In the event the Board has determined to designate a person to be the representative payee of an incompetent beneficiary, disclosure of information concerning the benefit amount and other similar information may be made to the representative payee from the record of the individual.

c. Beneficiary identifying information, address, check rate, date and number may be released to the Treasury Department to control for reclamation and return outstanding benefit payments, to issue benefit payments, respond to reports of non-delivery and to insure delivery of check to the correct address or account of the beneficiary or representative payee.

d. Beneficiary identifying information, address, payment rate, date and number, plus other necessary supporting evidence may be released to the U.S. Postal Service for investigation of alleged forgery or theft of railroad unemployment/sickness benefit payments.

e. A record from this system of records may be disclosed to a Federal agency, in response to its request, in connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an investigation of an employee, the letting of a contract, the issuance of a license, grant, or other benefit by the requesting agency, to the extent that the information is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision in the matter, provided that disclosure would be clearly in the furtherance of the interest of the subject individual.

f. Under Section 2(f), the Railroad Retirement Board has the right to recover benefits paid to an employee who later receives remuneration for the same period, therefore, the Railroad Retirement Board may notify the person or company paying the remuneration of the Board's right to recovery and the amount of benefits to be refunded.

g. Under Section 12(o), the Railroad Retirement Board is entitled to reimbursement of sickness benefits paid on account of the infirmity for which damages are paid, consequently, the Railroad Retirement Board may send a notice of lien to the liable party, and, upon request by the liable party, advise the amount of benefits subject to reimbursement.

h. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

i. Beneficiary identifying information, rate and entitlement data may be released to the Social Security Administration to correlate actions with the administration of the Social Security Act.

j. The last addresses and employer information may be released to Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Parent Locator Service.

k. Benefit rate, entitlement and periods paid may be disclosed to the Social Security Administration, Bureau of Supplemental Security Income to federal, state and local welfare or public aid agencies to assist them in processing applications for benefits under their respective programs.

l. Beneficiary identifying information, entitlement, rate and other pertinent data may be released to the Department of Labor in conjunction with payment of benefits under the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act.

m. [Reserved]

n. Records may be referred to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes and for collection of debts arising from overpayments under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

o. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization, of which the individual is a member, information from the record of the individual concerning his benefit or anticipated benefit and concerning the method of calculating that benefit may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

p. Pursuant to a request from an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, or from an organization under contract to an employer or employers, information regarding the Board's payment of unemployment or sickness benefits, the methods by which such benefits are calculated, entitlement data and present address may be released to the requesting employer or the organization under contract to an employer or employers for the purposes of determining entitlement to and rates of private supplemental pension, sickness or unemployment benefits and to calculate estimated benefits due.

q. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

r. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

s. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

t. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

u. Beneficiary identifying information, entitlement data, benefit rates and periods paid may be released to the Veterans Administration to verify continued entitlement to benefits.

v. Identifying information such as full name, social security number, employee identification number, date last worked, occupation, and location last worked may be released to any last employer to verify entitlement for benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

w. The amount of unemployment benefits paid, if 10 dollars or more in a calendar year, and claimant identifying information, may be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service for tax administration purposes.

x. The name and address of a claimant may be released to a Member of Congress when the Member requests it in order that he or she may communicate with the claimant about legislation which affects the railroad unemployment insurance system.

y. Beneficiary identifying and claim period information may be furnished to states for the purposes of their notifying the RRB whether claimants were paid state unemployment or sickness benefits and also whether wages were reported for them. For claimants that a state identifies as having received state unemployment or sickness benefits, RRB benefit information may be furnished to the state for the purpose of recovery of the amount of the duplicate payments which is made.

z. The amount of each sickness benefit that is subject to a tier 1 railroad retirement tax and the amount of the tier 1 tax withheld may be disclosed to the claimant's last railroad employer to enable that employer to compute its tax liability under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act.

aa. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

bb. The amount of sickness benefits paid and claimant identifying information, except for sickness benefits paid for an on-the-job injury, may be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service for tax administration purposes.

cc. Entitlement data and benefit rates may be released to any court, state agency, or interested party, or to the representative of such court, state agency, or interested party in connection with contemplated or actual legal or administrative proceedings concerning domestic relations and support matters.

dd. Identifying information and information about a claim for benefits filed may be disclosed to an employee's base-year railroad employer and the employee's most recent railroad employer, if different, in order to afford that employer or those employers the opportunity to submit information concerning the claim. In addition, after the claim has been paid, if the base-year railroad employer appeals the decision awarding benefits, all information regarding the claim may be disclosed to such base-year railroad employer that is necessary and appropriate for it to fully exercise its rights of appeal.

ee. Non-medical information relating to the determination of sickness benefits may be disclosed to an insurance company administering a medical insurance program for railroad workers for purposes of determining entitlement to benefits under that program.

ff. Scrambled Social Security number and complete home address information of unemployment claimants may be furnished to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for use in its Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper and electronic records, magnetic and optical media, and microforms.

Social Security number (claim number) and name.

Paper and microforms: Maintained in areas not accessible to the public; offices are locked during non-business hours. Magnetic tape and magnetic disk; computer and computer storage rooms are restricted to authorized personnel; on-line query safeguards include a lock/unlock password system, a terminal oriented transaction matrix and an audit trail; for computerized records electronically transmitted between headquarters and field office locations, systems securities are established in accordance with National Bureau of Standards guidelines. In addition to the online query safeguards, they include encryption of all data transmitted and exclusive use of leased telephone lines.

Paper: Destroyed by shredding 6 years and 3 months after the end of the benefit year in which the file was closed.

Magnetic tape and microform: destroyed by shredding 6 years and 3 months after the end of the benefit year.

Optical media and electronic media: destroyed by shredding, pulverizing, disintegrating, or incineration 6 years and 3 months after the end of the benefit year.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing, including the full name, Social Security number and railroad retirement claim number (if any) of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity, or authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Requests should be sent to the Office of Programs--Director of Operations, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Applicant, claimant or his or her representative, physicians, employers, labor organizations, federal, state, and local government agencies, all Railroad Retirement Board files, insurance companies, attorneys, Congressmen, liable parties (in personal injury cases), funeral homes and survivors (for payment of death benefits).

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board-Headquarters: 844 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611; Regional and District Offices: See Appendix I for addresses

None.

Applicants for retirement and survivor benefits, their dependents (spouses, divorced spouses, children, parents, grandchildren), individuals who filed for lump-sum death benefits and/or residual payments.

Information pertaining to the payment or denial of an individual's claim for benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act: Name, address, Social Security number, claim number, proofs of age, marriage, relationship, military service, creditable earnings and service months (including military service), entitlement to benefits under the Social Security Act, programs administered by the Veterans Administration, or other benefit systems, rates, effective dates, medical reports, correspondence and telephone inquiries to and about the beneficiary, suspension and termination dates, health insurance effective date, option, premium rate and deduction, direct deposit data, employer pension information, citizenship status and legal residency status (for annuitants living outside the United States), and tax withholding information (instructions of annuitants regarding number of exemptions claimed and additional amounts to be withheld, as well as actual amounts withheld for tax purposes).

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)).

Records in this system of records are maintained to administer the benefit provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act, sections of the Internal Revenue Code related to the taxation of railroad retirement benefits, and Title XVIII of the Social Security Act as it pertains to Medicare coverage for railroad retirement beneficiaries.

a. Beneficiary identifying information may be disclosed to third party contacts to determine if incapacity of the beneficiary or potential beneficiary to understand or use benefits exists, and to determine the suitability of a proposed representative payee.

b. In the event the Board has determined to designate a person to be the representative payee of an incompetent beneficiary, disclosure of information concerning the benefit amount and other similar information may be made to the representative payee from the record of the individual.

c. Entitlement and benefit rates may be released to primary beneficiaries regarding secondary beneficiaries (or vice versa) when the addition of such beneficiary affects either the entitlement or benefit payment.

d. Identifying information such as full name, address, date of birth, social security number, employee identification number, and date last worked, may be released to any last employer to verify entitlement for benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act.

e. Beneficiary identifying information, address, check rates, number and date may be released to the Department of the Treasury to control for reclamation and return of outstanding benefit payments, to issue benefit payments, act on report of non-receipt, to insure delivery of payments to the correct address of the beneficiary or representative payee or to the proper financial organization, and to investigate alleged forgery, theft or unlawful negotiation of railroad retirement benefit checks or improper diversion of payments directed to a financial organization.

f. Beneficiary identifying information, address, check rate, date, number and other supporting evidence may be released to the U.S. Postal Service for investigation of alleged forgery or theft of railroad retirement or social security benefit checks.

g. Beneficiary identifying information, entitlement data, medical evidence and related evaluatory data and benefit rate may be released to the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to correlate actions with the administration of Title II and Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as amended.

h. Beneficiary identifying information, including social security account number, and supplemental annuity amounts may be released to the Internal Revenue Service, State and local taxing authorities for tax purposes (Form G-1099, for those annuitants receiving supplemental annuities).

i. Beneficiary identifying information, entitlement, benefit rates, medical evidence and related evaluatory data, and months paid may be furnished to the Veterans Administration for the purpose of assisting that agency in determining eligibility for benefits or verifying continued entitlement to and the correct amount of benefits payable under programs which it administers.

j. Beneficiary identifying information, entitlement data and benefit rates may be released to the Department of State and embassy and consular officials, the American Institute on Taiwan, and to the Veterans Administration Regional Office, Philippines, to aid in the development of applications, supporting evidence, and the continued eligibility of beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries living abroad.

k. Beneficiary identifying information, entitlement, benefit rates and months paid may be released to the Social Security Administration (Bureau of Supplemental Security Income) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to federal, state and local welfare or public aid agencies to assist them in processing applications for benefits under their respective programs.

l. The last addresses and employer information may be released to the Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Parent Locator Service.

m. Beneficiary identifying information, entitlement, rate and other pertinent data may be released to the Department of Labor in conjunction with payment of benefits under the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act.

n. [Reserved]

o. Medical evidence may be released to Board-appointed medical examiners to carry out their functions.

p. Information obtained in the administration of Title XVIII (Medicare) which may indicate unethical or unprofessional conduct of a physician or practitioner providing services to beneficiaries may be released to Professional Standards Review Organizations and State Licensing Boards.

q. Information necessary to study the relationship between benefits paid by the Railroad Retirement Board and civil service annuities may be released to the Office of Personnel Management.

r. Records may be disclosed to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes and for collection of debts arising from overpayments under Title II and Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as amended, or the Railroad Retirement Act.

s. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

t. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

u. Pursuant to a request from an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, or from an organization under contract to an employer or employers, information regarding the Board's payment of retirement benefits, the methods by which such benefits are calculated, entitlement data and present address may be released to the requesting employer or the organization under contract to an employer or employers for the purposes of determining entitlement to and rates of private supplemental pension, sickness or unemployment benefits and to calculate estimated benefits due.

v. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning his benefit or anticipated benefit and concerning the method of calculating that benefit may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

w. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Retirement Act, and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

x. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

y. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

z. The amount of a residual lump-sum payment and the identity of the payee may be released to the Internal Revenue Service for tax audit purposes.

aa. The amount of any death benefit or annuities accrued but unpaid at death and the identity of such payee may be released to the appropriate state taxing authorities for tax assessment and auditing purposes.

bb. Beneficiary identifying information, including but not limited to name, address, social security account number, payroll number and occupation, the fact of entitlement and benefit rate may be released to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to enable that agency to determine and pay supplemental pensions to qualified railroad retirees.

cc. Medical records may be disclosed to vocational consultants in administrative proceedings.

dd. Date employee filed application for annuity to the last employer under the Railroad Retirement Act for use in determining entitlement to continued major medical benefits under insurance programs negotiated with labor organizations.

ee. Information regarding the determination and recovery of an overpayment made to an individual may be released to any other individual from whom any portion of the overpayment is being recovered.

ff. The name and address of an annuitant may be released to a Member of Congress when the Member requests it in order that he or she may communicate with the annuitant about legislation which affects the railroad retirement system.

gg. Certain identifying information about annuitants, such as name, social security number, RRB claim number, and date of birth, as well as address, year and month last worked for a railroad, last railroad occupation, application filing date, annuity beginning date, identity of last railroad employer, total months of railroad service, sex, disability onset date, disability freeze onset date, and cause and effective date of annuity termination may be furnished to insurance companies for administering group life and medical insurance plans negotiated between certain participating railroad employers and railway labor organizations.

hh. For payments made after December 31, 1983, beneficiary identifying information, address, amounts of benefits paid and repaid, beneficiary withholding instructions, and amounts withheld by the RRB for tax purposes may be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service for tax administration purposes.

ii. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

jj. Last address and beneficiary identifying information may be furnished to railroad employers for the purpose of mailing railroad passes to retired employees and their families.

kk. Entitlement data and benefits rates may be released to any court, state agency, or interested party, or to the representative of such court, state agency, or interested party, in connection with contemplated or actual legal or administrative proceedings concerning domestic relations and support matters.

ll. Identifying information about annuitants and applicants may be furnished to agencies and/or companies from which such annuitants and applicants are receiving or may receive worker's compensation, public pension, or public disability benefits in order to verify the amount by which Railroad Retirement Act benefits must be reduced, where applicable.

mm. Disability annuitant identifying information may be furnished to state employment agencies for the purpose of determining whether such annuitants were employed during times they receive disability benefits.

nn. Identifying information about Medicare-entitled beneficiaries who may be working may be disclosed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the purposes of determining whether Medicare should be the secondary payer of benefits for such individuals.

oo. Disclosure of information in claim folders is authorized for bonafide researchers doing epidemiological/mortality studies approved by the RRB who agree to record only information pertaining to deceased beneficiaries.

pp. Identifying information for beneficiaries, such as name, SSN, and date of birth, may be furnished to the Social Security Administration and to any State for the purpose of enabling the Social Security Administration or State through a computer or manual matching program to assist the RRB in identifying surviving spouse beneficiaries who remarried but who may not have notified the RRB of their remarriage.

qq. An employee's date last worked, annuity filing date, annuity beginning date, and the month and year of death may be furnished to AMTRAK when such information is needed by AMTRAK to make a determination whether to award a travel pass to either the employee or the employee's widow.

rr. The employee's Social Security number may be disclosed to an individual eligible for railroad retirement benefits on the employee's earnings record when the employee's Social Security number would be contained in the railroad retirement claim number.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper, microforms, magnetic tape and magnetic disk.

Claim number, Social Security number and full name.

Papers and microforms: Maintained in areas not accessible to the public, offices are locked during non-business hours. Magnetic tape and magnetic disk: Computer and computer storage rooms are restricted to authorized personnel; on-line query safeguards include a lock/unlock password system, a terminal oriented transaction matrix and an audit trail; for computerized records electronically transmitted between headquarters and field office locations, system securities are established in accordance with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines. In addition to the on-line query safeguards, they include encryption of all data transmitted and exclusive use of leased telephone lines.

Paper: Individual claim folders with records of all actions pertaining to the payment of claims are transferred to the Federal Records Center, Chicago, Illinois 5 years after the date of last payment or denial activity if all benefits have been paid, no future eligibility is apparent and no erroneous payments are outstanding. The claim folder is destroyed 25 years after the date it is received in the center. Account receivable listings and checkwriting operations daily activity listings are transferred to the Federal Records Center 1 year after the date of issue and are destroyed 6 years and 3 months after receipt at the center. Other paper listings are destroyed 1 year after the date of issue. Change of address source documents are destroyed after 1 year.

Microforms--Originals are kept for 3 years, transferred to the Federal Records Center, and destroyed when 8 years old. One duplicate copy is kept 2 years and destroyed by shredding. All other duplicate copies are kept 1 year and destroyed by shredding.

Magnetic tape: Magnetic tape records are used to daily update the disk file, are retained for 90 days and then written over. For disaster recovery purposes certain tapes are stored 12-18 months.

Magnetic disk: Continually updated and permanently retained.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's records should be in writing, including the full name, Social Security number and railroad retirement claim number(if any) of the individual. Before information about any records will be released, the individual may be required to provide proof of identity, or authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Requests should be sent to the Office of Programs--Director of Operations, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Individual applicants or their representatives, railroad employers, other employers, physicians, labor organizations, federal, state and local government agencies, attorneys, funeral homes, congressmen, schools, foreign government.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Individuals who have received or are receiving benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act or the Social Security Act, including retired and disabled railroad employees, their qualified spouses, dependents, and survivors, and recipients of other, non-recurring benefits.

Data supporting the benefits and historical data recording the benefits paid to the above categories of individuals under the Railroad Retirement and Social Security Acts. Includes name, address, social security number, claim number, date of birth, dates of military service, creditable service months, amounts of benefits received under the Social Security Act, components of and final rates payable under the Railroad Retirement Act, health insurance premium deduction, direct deposit data, employer pension information and tax withholding information (actual amounts withheld for tax purposes).

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)).

The purpose of this system is to record in one file all data concerning payment, rate, and entitlement history for recipients of Railroad Retirement benefits.

a. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

b. Records may be released to the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of their checking amounts shown on individual tax returns as pensions and annuities received under the Railroad Retirement Act.

c. Benefit data regarding persons who, it is determined, are both RRB and VA beneficiaries may be furnished to the Veterans Administration for the purpose of assisting the VA in the administration of its income dependent benefit programs.

d. Disability annuitant identifying information may be furnished to state employment agencies for the purpose of determining whether such annuitants were employed during times they receive disability benefits.

e. Identifying information about Medicare-entitled beneficiaries who may be working may be disclosed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the purposes of determining whether Medicare should be the secondary payer of benefits for such individuals.

f. Benefit information may be furnished to state agencies for the purposes of determining entitlement or continued entitlement to state income-dependent benefits and, if entitled, to adjusting such benefits to the amount to which the individual is entitled under state law, provided the state agency furnishes identifying information for the individuals for whom it wants the RRB benefit information.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Magnetic tape and magnetic disk.

By claim number or beneficiary's Social Security number.

Access is limited to authorized personnel only.

Magnetic tapes are retained for 2 years then written over; magnetic disk files are retained permanently.

Supervisory Data Manager, Bureau of Information Services, Information Resources Management Center, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Transmissions from the following computerized systems: Railroad Retirement Act benefit payment; Social Security benefit payment; disability rating decisions; and primary insurance amount calculations.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

One-percent sample of former railroad employees and members of their families who would have been eligible for social security benefits if railroad employment had been covered by the social security system.

Claim number, social security number, date of birth, and administrative cost and payment data on imputed and actual social security benefits.

Section 7(c)(2) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(c)(2))

The purpose of this system is to calculate benefit amounts required to determine the financial interchange transfer amounts each year.

a. Findings, including individual records, may be released to the Social Security Administration, determining amounts which, if added to or subtracted from the OASDI Trust Funds, would place the Social Security Administration in the position it would have been if employment covered by the Railroad Retirement Act had been covered by the Social Security and Federal Insurance Contributions Acts.

b. Information may be released to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes.

c. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Magnetic media, paper and computer hard disk.

Claim and social security account numbers.

Records are maintained in areas not accessible to the public and are not permitted to be removed.

Retained indefinitely, except that periodically, inactive materials are sent to the Federal Records Center to be retained for ten years, then destroyed by the General Services Administration.

Chief of Financial Interchange, Bureau of the Actuary, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security account number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

The Social Security Administration and other Railroad Retirement Board files.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Railroad workers whose Social Security account number ends in "30".

Gross earnings by individual by month, quarter or year.

Section 7(c)(2) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(c)(2)).

The purpose of this system is to maintain gross earnings reports for Financial Interchange sample employees for use in the calculation of payroll tax amounts used in the financial interchange determinations.

None.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Magnetic media, paper, and computer hard disk.

Social Security account number.

Records are maintained in areas not accessible to the public and are not permitted to be removed; secured building.

Original reports are kept for 6 years. Final summarized file is kept for 5 years.

Chief of Benefit and Employment Analysis, Bureau of the Actuary, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security account number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Railroad employers.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Railroad Retirement Board employees who have submitted suggestions or have been nominated for awards.

Employee suggestions, special achievement awards, quality increase awards, public service awards, government-sponsored awards, performance awards, and time off awards.

Chapter 45, Title 5, U.S. Code.

Past suggestion and award nominations and awards presented are maintained to provide historical and statistical records.

a. Information may be released to the public media for public relations purposes.

b. Records may be disclosed to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper.

System indexed by number assigned when suggestion or nomination is received. Suggestions are cross-referenced by name of suggester and subject of suggestion.

Only authorized staff has access to the files.

Denied suggestions are purged and destroyed five years after denial date. Adopted suggestions are retained permanently as are all special achievement awards, quality increase and public service awards, RRB Award for Excellence, and government-sponsored awards.

Director of Human Resources, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Suggestion or award submitted by suggester or nominator. Suggestions submitted by employees; recommendations for award submitted by supervisory personnel.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Current employees of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.

Name, address and phone number of the person to notify in case of emergency and personal physician; copies of SF-52, Request for Personnel Action, SF-50, Personnel Action, service computation date form, performance ratings, other awards and nominations for recognition, supervisory informal and formal written notes, memorandums, etc., relative to admonishment, caution, warnings, reprimand or similar notices, within-grade increase materials, SF-171, Employment Application, official position descriptions, task lists and performance plans, information concerning training received and seminars attended, and miscellaneous correspondence.

Section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(9)) and 5 U.S.C. Part III.

The system is maintained to provide information to managers and supervisors to assist in their work, and meet OPM regulations.

a. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

b. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

c. A record from this system of records may be disclosed to a federal agency, in response to its request, in connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an investigation of an employee, the letter of a contract, or the issuance of a license, grant, or other benefit by the requesting agency, to the extent that the information is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the matter.

d. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

e. Information in this system of records may be released to the attorney representing such individual, upon receipt of a written letter or declaration stating the fact of representation, subject to the same procedures and regulatory prohibitions as the subject individual.

f. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper and magnetic disk.

Name of employee.

Kept in lockable file cabinets or lockable desks in secured building, access limited to authorized personnel, limited access to automated system.

The paper folder is maintained for the period of the employee's service in the agency and is then transferred to the National Personnel Records Center for storage or, to the next employing Federal agency. Other records are either retained at the agency for various lengths of time in accordance with the National Archives and Records Administration records schedules or destroyed when they have served their purpose or when the employee leaves the agency.

Director of Human Resources, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Employee, agency officials and management personnel.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Railroad Retirement Board employees who are the subjects of disciplinary or adverse actions or who have filed a complaint or grievance.

Information relating to proposals and decisions in cases of discipline and adverse actions; including supporting documents; information relating to grievances filed under the agency and negotiated grievance procedures, including the grievance, final decision and any evidence submitted by the employee and/or the agency in support of or contesting the grievance.

Title 5 U.S.C. sections 7503(c), 7513(e), 7543(e).

The purpose of this system of records is to maintain information related to grievances, disciplinary actions, and adverse actions in order to furnish information to arbitrators, EEO investigators, the Merit Systems protection Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and the Courts, as necessary. The information is also used for statistical purposes, as needed.

a. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

b. Information in this system of records may be released to the attorney representing such individual, upon receipt of a written letter or declaration stating the fact of representation, subject to the same procedures and regulatory prohibitions as the subject individual.

c. Records may be disclosed to officials of the Merit Systems Protection Board, including the Office of Special Counsel; the Federal Labor Relations Authority and its General Counse; or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when requested in the performance of their authorized duties.

d. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper.

Name of employee.

Maintained in locked file cabinets in an area not accessible to the public.

Maintained for four years, then destroyed by shredding.

Director of Human Resources, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be addressed to the System Manager identified above and should include the name and social security number of the individual involved. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

The Railroad Retirement Board employee, the employee's supervisor, bureau or regional director, the executive director, or the employee's representative.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Individuals or businesses who were overpaid in the salaries or benefits they received from the Railroad Retirement Board. Benefits overpaid are further delineated in the following two categories.

--Individuals or businesses overpaid the following types of annuities or benefits payable under the Railroad Retirement Act: retirement, disability, supplemental, and survivor.

--Individuals overpaid unemployment or sickness insurance benefits payable under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

Name, address, Social Security number, Railroad Retirement claim number, whether salary or benefit and if benefit type of benefit previously paid, amount of overpayment, debt identification number, cause of overpayment, source of overpayment, original debt amount, current balance of debt, installment repayment history, recurring accounts receivable administrative offset history, waiver, reconsideration and debt appeal status, general billing, dunning, referral, collection, and payment history, amount of interest and penalties assessed and collected, name of Federal agency to which account is referred for collection, date of such referral and amount collected.

Sec. 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)); sec. 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)); Pub. L. 97-92, Joint Resolution; Pub. L. 97-365 (Debt Collection Act of 1982); Federal Claims Collection Act (31 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.); Pub. L. 104-134 (Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996), 5 U.S.C. section 5514 and 20 CFR part 361.

The records in this system are created, monitored and maintained to enable the Railroad Retirement Board to fulfill regulatory and statutory fiduciary responsibilities to its trust funds, the individuals to whom it pays salaries or benefits and the Federal Government as directed under the Railroad Retirement Act, Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, Debt Collection Act of 1982, Federal Claims Collection Improvement Act of 1998. These responsibilities include: Accurate and timely determination of debt; sending timely, accurate notice of the debt with correct repayment and rights options; taking correct and timely action when rights/appeals have been requested; assessing appropriate charges; using all appropriate collection tools, releasing required, accurate reminder notices; and correctly and timely entering all recovery, write-off and waiver offsets to debts.

a. Benefit overpayment amounts, history of collectible, history of collection efforts and identification information (name, address, Social Security number, Railroad Retirement claim number) whether salary or benefit overpayment, if benefit, type of benefit, may be disclosed to agencies of the Federal government for the purpose of recovering overpayments.

b. Records may be disclosed to the General Accountability Office for auditing purposes.

c. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

d. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

e. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning his overpayment may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

f. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

g. Debtors' names, Social Security Numbers, Railroad Retirement claim numbers, and the amounts of debts owed may be disclosed to the Defense Manpower Data Center of the Department of Defense, to the Office of Personnel Management, and to the Postal Service to conduct computer matching programs for the purpose of identifying and locating individuals who are receiving Federal salaries or benefit payments and delinquent in their repayment of debts owed to the U.S. Government under certain programs administered by the Railroad Retirement Board in order to collect the debts under the provisions of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365) by voluntary repayment, or by administrative or salary offset procedures.

h. Debtors' names, Social Security Numbers, the amounts of debts owed, and the history of the debts, may be released to any Federal agency for the purpose of enabling such agency to collect debts on RRB's behalf by administrative or salary offset under the provisions of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365).

i. Debtors' names, Social Security Numbers, Railroad Retirement claims numbers, accounts of debts, history of the debts, and other relevant and necessary information may be disclosed to the Financial Management Service, Department of the Treasury, for the purpose of recovery of debts under the provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper, magnetic tape, and magnetic disk.

Salary overpayments retrievable by Social Security number and name. Benefit overpayments retrievable by Social Security number, Railroad Retirement claim number, and name.

Salary overpayment records are maintained at the General Services Administration under safeguards equal to those of the Railroad Retirement Board (see GSA-PPFM-9). All benefit overpayment records are maintained in a secured building in areas not accessible to the public and are restricted to personnel whose official duties require access. Paper: Records are stored in locked file cabinets. Magnetic tape and magnetic disk: Computer and computer storage rooms are restricted to authorized personnel; on-line query safeguards include a lock/unlock password system, terminal oriented transaction matrix, and an audit trail.

Salary overpayments are maintained at the General Services Administration and follow that agency's retention and disposal guidelines.

Benefit overpayments are initially maintained in an on-line database. Overpayments are removed five years after balances reach 0.00. These records are identified and removed annually. Overpayments declared uncollectible and written off are removed ten years after being so declared. Removed records are written to tape and disk. The information written is general case history, which includes cause and type of overpayment, regular recovery actions, account adjustments resulting from posting interest, charges and cash receipts. Other activity, such as reconsideration, waiver and appeal actions, and delinquent recovery actions are also included. The tapes are retained for five years and, then, made available for overwrite. There is no retention schedule for records written to disk. Paper documents, with benefit overpayment data, are shredded three years after receipt. These records are identified and destroyed annually.

Salary overpayments: Director, General Services Administration National Payroll Center, Attention: 6BCY, 1500 Bannister Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131-3088;

Benefit overpayments: Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's salary overpayment record should be in writing addressed to the Director, General Services Administration National Payroll Center at the address above.

Requests for information regarding an individual's or business' benefit overpayment record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name, claim number, and social security number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Salary overpayments: General Services Administration Records salary records, Railroad Retirement Board employee overpaid.

Benefit overpayments: Railroad Retirement Board beneficiaries' claim folders, the overpaid individuals, other Board systems of records, and debt collection agencies.

None.

Office of Inspector General, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 N. Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611

None.

Any of the following categories of individuals on whom a complaint is made alleging a violation of law, regulation, or rule pertinent to the administration of programs by the RRB, or, with respect to RRB employees, alleging misconduct or conflict of interest in the discharge of their official duties: Current and former employees of the Retirement Railroad Board; contractors; subcontractors; consultants, applicants for, and current and former recipients of, benefits under the programs administered by the Railroad Retirement Board; officials and agents of railroad employers; members of the public who are alleged to have stolen or unlawfully received RRB benefit or salary or assisted in such activity; and others who furnish information, products, or services to the RRB.

Letters, memoranda, and other documents alleging a violation of law, regulation or rule, or alleging misconduct, or conflict of interest; reports of investigations to resolve allegations with related exhibits, statements, affidavits or records obtained during the investigation; recommendations on actions to be taken; transcripts of, and documentation concerning requests and approval for, consensual monitoring of communications; photographs, video and audio recordings made as part of the investigation; reports from law enforcement agencies; prior criminal or noncriminal records as they relate to the investigation; reports of actions taken by management personnel regarding misconduct; reports of legal actions resulting from violations referred to the Department of Justice or other law enforcement agencies for prosecution.

Inspector General Act of 1978; Pub. L. 95-452, 5 U.S.C. App., as amended.

The Office of Inspector General maintains this system of records to carry out its statutory responsibilities under the Inspector General Act. These responsibilities include a mandate to investigate allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse related to the programs and operations of the RRB and to refer such matters to the Department of Justice for prosecution.

a. Records may be disclosed to the Department of Justice or other law enforcement authorities in connection with actual or potential criminal prosecution or civil litigation initiated by the RRB, or in connection with requests by RRB for legal advice.

b. Records may be disclosed to a Federal agency which has requested information relevant or necessary to its hiring or retention of an employee or the issuance of a security clearance, provided that the subject individual is not an individual on whom the RRB has obtained information in conjunction with its administration of the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad Unemployment Act, the Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act, or the Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act.

c. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

d. (Standard Disclosure 7.)

e. Records may be disclosed to members of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency for the preparation of reports to the President and Congress on the activities of the Inspector General.

f. Records may be disclosed to members of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency, or the Department of Justice, as necessary, for the purpose of conducting qualitative assessment reviews of the investigative operations of RRB-OIG to ensure that adequate internal safeguards and management procedures are maintained.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper and electronic media.

Name, SSN, RRB Claim Number, and assigned number, all of which are cross-referenced to the other information.

General access is restricted to the Inspector General and members of his staff; disclosure within the agency is on a limited need-to-know basis; files and paper documents are maintained in locked file cabinets located in areas not accessible to the public. Office is locked during non-business hours. Access to computers which store the electronic index is restricted to authorized personnel, and on-line query safeguards include a password unlock system.

Paper files are retained for 10 years after the investigation has been closed before they are destroyed by shredding. They are destroyed by shredding in the fiscal year following the expiration of the 10-year retention period. The electronic index records are retained until no longer required for any operational or administrative purposes.

Assistant Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name, claim number, and social security number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information. Many records in this system are exempt from the notification requirements under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k) listed under "Exemptions Claimed for the System." To the extent that records in this system of records are not subject to exemption, they are subject to notification. A determination whether an exemption applies shall be made at the time a request for notification is received.

Requests for access to the record of an individual and requests to contest such a record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name, claim number, and social security number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See notification section above.

The subject; the complainant; third parties, including but not limited to employers and financial institutions; local, state, and federal agencies; and other RRB record systems.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) records in this system of records which are compiled for the purposes of criminal investigations are exempted from the requirements under 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (4) (Accounting of Certain Disclosures), (d) (Access to Records), (e)(1), (2), (3), (4), (G), (H), and (I), (5) and (8) (Agency Requirements), (f) (Agency Rules), and (g) (Civil Remedies) of 5 U.S.C. 552a.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2) records in this system of records which consist of investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes are exempted from the notice, access and contest requirements under 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d) (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I) and (f); however, if any individual is denied any right, privilege, or benefit to which the individual would otherwise be eligible as a result of the maintenance of such material, such material shall be provided to such individual except to the extent that disclosure of such material would reveal the identity of a source who furnished information to the Government under an express promise that the identity of the source would be held in confidence.

The reasons why the head of the Railroad Retirement Board decided to exempt this system of records under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k) are given in 20 C.F.R. 200(g).

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Current and former Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) employees and individuals being considered for possible employment, or contractor work, by the RRB.

Completed and signed suitability investigation requests; information concerning identity source documents; results of applicable background checks; copies of relevant material used to validate applicant's identity, including photos and fingerprint impressions. Records of actions taken by the Railroad Retirement Board in a personnel security investigation. If the action is favorable, the information will include identifying information and the action taken; if the action is unfavorable, the information will include the basis of the action which may be a summary of, or a selection of, information contained in an OPM investigation report. Information in an OPM investigation report may include: date and place of birth, marital status, dates and places of employment, foreign countries visited, membership in organizations, birth date and place of birth of relatives, arrest records, prior employment reports, dates and levels of clearances, and names of agencies and dates when, and reasons why, they were provided clearance information on Board employees.

Note: This system of records does not include the OPM investigation report itself, even though it is in possession of the Railroad Retirement Board. The report is covered under the system of records OPM Central-9. Access to the report is governed by OPM.

Executive Order 10450, OMB Circular A-130 dated December 15, 1985, and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12.

The purpose of this system of records is to maintain files documenting the processing of investigations on RRB employees and applicants for employment or contract work used in making security/suitability determinations.

a. Records may be disclosed to the Office of Personnel Management in carrying out its functions.

b. Records may be disclosed to an agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch, or the District of Columbia Government, in response to its request, in connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the conducting of a security or suitability investigation of an individual, the classifying of jobs, the letting of a contract, or the issuance of a license, grant or other benefit by the requesting agency, to the extent that the information is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the matter.

c. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

d. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

e. In the event of litigation where one of the parties is (1) the Board, any component of the Board, or any employee of the Board in his or her official capacity; (2) the United States where the Board determines that the claim, if successful, is likely to directly affect the operations of the Board or any of its components; or (3) any Board employee in his or her individual capacity where the Justice Department has agreed to represent such employees, the Board may disclose such records as it deems desirable or necessary to the Department of Justice to enable that Department to effectively represent such party, provided such disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.

f. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

g. Disclosure may be made to the PIV card applicant's representative at the written request of the individual who is applying for a PIV card with the RRB.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper.

Name.

The records are kept in secure storage, in a locked room. Access to RRB personnel security files is limited to the Director of Human Resources (Personnel Security Officer) and the Chief of Human Services and Labor Relations. Access to contractor personnel security files is limited to the Director of Administration. Access to OIG personnel security files is limited to the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations.

GRS 18-22; Destroy upon notification of death or not later than 5 years after separation or transfer of employee, whichever is applicable.

RRB Employees: Human Resources Security Officer, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092; RRB OIG Employees: Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092; Contractors: Director of Administration, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

The individual to whom the information applies, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Office of Personnel Management, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, and other third parties.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

All Railroad Retirement Board employees, contractors, Federal agency tenant employees, and other persons assigned responsibilities that require the issuance of credentials for identification and/or access privileges to locations within federally controlled properties and information systems.

Records of completed credential requests; name, photograph, signature, ID badge serial number, date and time of requests for access, system record of access granted and/or allowed.

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12; Federal Information Processing Standards 201; Federal Property and Administrative Act of 1949, as amended.

The purpose of this system of records is to validate individuals who have been given credentials to access federally controlled property, secured areas or information systems.

a. Records may be disclosed to another Federal agency or to a court when the government is party to a judicial proceeding before the court;

b. Records may be disclosed to a Federal agency, on request, in connection with the hiring and/or retention of an employee;

c. Records may be disclosed to officials of the Merit Systems Protection Board, including the Office of Special Counsel; the Federal Labor Relations Authority and its General Counsel; or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when requested in the performance of their authorized duties;

d. Records may be disclosed to an authorized appeal or grievance examiner, formal complaints examiner, equal employment opportunity investigator, arbitrator, or other duly authorized official engaged in investigation or settlement of a grievance, complaint, or appeal filed by an employee to whom the information pertains;

e. Records may be disclosed to the agency's Office of Inspector General for any official investigation or review related to the programs and operations of the RRB.

f. Records may be disclosed to agency officials for any official investigation or review related to the programs and operations of the RRB.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper and electronic records.

Name, badge serial number.

The records are secured in a locked room. Access to records is limited to the Assistant to the Director of Administration. Access to the electronic records is limited to RRB employees and officials designated as issuers; it is also controlled through a user id and password security process. The security mechanism also limits access to data based on a user's role needs for accessing the data.

GRS 18-17(a) applies to access control records--destroy 5 years after final entry or 5 years after date of document, as appropriate.

Assistant to the Director of Administration, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record(s) should be in writing to the System Manager identified above, and must include the full name. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requestor to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Individuals to whom credentials are issued.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Individuals (generally agency employees and contractor personnel) who make or receive telephone calls from agency owned telephones at the agency's 844 North Rush Street headquarters building.

Name of employee, telephone number, location of telephone, date and time phone call made or received, duration of call, telephone number called from agency telephone, city and state of telephone number called, cost of call made on agency phone.

31 U.S.C. 1348(b).

The purpose of this system of records are to verify the correctness of telephone service billing and to detect and deter possible improper use of agency telephones by agency employees and contractors.

a. [Reserved.]

b. Relevant records may be released to a telecommunications company providing support to permit servicing the account.

c. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

d. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

e. Relevant records may be disclosed to representatives of the General Services Administration or the National Archives and Records Administration who are conducting records management inspections under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.

f. Records may be disclosed in response to a request for discovery or for the appearance of a witness, to the extent that what is disclosed is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding.

g. Records may be disclosed in a proceeding before a court or adjudicative body to the extent that they are relevant and necessary to the proceeding.

h. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

i. Relevant records may be disclosed to respond to a Federal agency's request made in connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, the letting of a contract or issuance of a grant, license or other benefit by the requesting agency, but only to the extent that the information disclosed is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the matter.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper and computer hard disk, cartridge, and tape.

Name, telephone extension, number dialed.

Only designated personnel in the Bureau of Administration have access to the computerized records. Access to the PC database containing call detail information is password protected. An additional password is required for access to the personal computer on which the database is housed.

Computerized records are retained for approximately 180 days and then are written over by more current call detail information. Paper reports, when issued, are disposed of as provided in National Archives and Records Administration General Records Schedule 12.

Director of Administration, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the Systems Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Telephone assignment records; computer software that captures telephone call information and permits query and reports generation.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Current and former Railroad Retirement Board employees who voluntarily applied for child care tuition assistance, the employee's spouse, the employee's children and their child care providers.

Employee (parent) name, Social Security Number, pay grade, home and work numbers, addresses, total family income, spouse employment information, names of children on whose behalf the employee parent is applying for tuition assistance, each applicable child's date of birth, information on child care providers used (including name, address, provider license number and state where issued, tuition cost, and provided tax identification number), and copies of IRS Form 1040 and 1040A for verification purposes. Other records may include the child's social security number, weekly expense, pay statements, records relating to direct deposits, verification of qualification and administration for child care assistance.

Pub. L. 106-58, Section 643 and E.O. 9397.

The purpose of the system is to determine eligibility for, and the amount of, the child care tuition assistance for lower income RRB employees.

a. [Reserved.]

b. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

c. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

d. (Standard Disclosure 6.)

e. Records may be disclosed in response to a request for discovery or for the appearance or a witness, to the extent that what is disclosed is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding.

f. Records may be disclosed in a proceeding before a court or adjudicative body to the extent that they are relevant and necessary to the proceeding.

g. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

h. Relevant records may be disclosed to respond to a Federal agency's request made in connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, the letting of a contract or issuance of a grant, license or other benefit by the requesting agency, but only to the extent that the information disclosed is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the matter.

i. Relevant records may be disclosed to the Office of Personnel Management or the General Accountability Office when the information is required for evaluation of the subsidy program.

j. (Standard Disclosure 3.)

k. Relevant records may be disclosed to child care providers to verify a covered child's dates of attendance at the provider's facility.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper and computer hard disk, cartridge, and tape.

Name, Social Security Number.

When not in use by an authorized person, paper records are stored in lockable cabinets in a building with security cameras and 24-hour security guards. Access to electronic records require the use of restricted passwords.

These records will be maintained permanently until their official retention period is established.

Director of Human Resources, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the Systems Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Applications for child care tuition assistance submitted voluntarily by RRB employees; forms completed by child care providers.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

None.

All RRB customers (applicants, claimants, annuitants and other customers) who elect to conduct transactions with RRB in an electronic business environment that requires the PPW infrastructure, as well as those customers who elect to block PPW access to RRB electronic transactions by requesting RRB to disable their PPW capabilities.

The information includes identifying information such as the customer's name, Social Security number (which functions as the individual's personal identification number (PIN)) and mailing address. The system also maintains the customer's Password Request Code (PRC), the password itself, and the authorization level and associated data (e.g. effective date of authorization).

Sec. 2(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6); and the Government Paperwork Elimination Act.

The purpose of this system is to enable RRB customers who wish to conduct business with the RRB to do so in a secure environment.

a. [Reserved.]

b. (Standard Disclosure 1.)

c. (Standard Disclosure 2.)

d. (Standard Disclosure 6.)

e. Records may be disclosed in response to a request for discovery or for the appearance of a witness, to the extent that what is disclosed is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding and provided that the disclosure would be clearly in the furtherance of the interest of the subject individual.

f. Records may be disclosed in a proceeding before a court or adjudicative body to the extent that they are relevant and necessary to the proceeding and provided that the disclosure would be clearly in the furtherance of the interest of the subject individual.

g. (Standard Disclosure 4.)

Disclosure to Consumer Reporting Agencies:

None.

Storage:

Electronic and paper form.

Name and Social Security number (which acts as the individual's PIN).

When not in use by an authorized person, paper records are stored in lockable cabinets in a secure building. Access to electronic records requires the use of restricted passwords.

These records will be maintained permanently until their official retention period is established.

Office of Programs--Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the Systems Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Data for the system are obtained primarily from the individuals to whom the record pertains.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

None.

Appellants for benefits under the Railroad Retirement or Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts.

Appellant name, social security number, railroad retirement board claim number, address, date of birth, sex, medical records, marriage or relationship records, military service, creditable earnings and service months, benefit payment history, work history, citizenship and legal residency status, correspondence and inquiries, and appeals of adverse determinations.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6); sec. 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)).

Record decisions of the Board in benefit appeals cases.

a. If a request for information pertaining to an individual is made by an official of a labor organization of which the individual is a member and the request is made on behalf of the individual, information from the record of the individual concerning his benefit or anticipated benefit and concerning the method of calculating that benefit may be disclosed to the labor organization official.

b. Records may be disclosed in a court proceeding relating to any claims for benefits by the beneficiary under the Railroad Retirement Act and may be disclosed during the course of an administrative appeal to individuals who need the records to prosecute or decide the appeal or to individuals who are requested to provide information relative to an issue involved in the appeal.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper and electronic records.

Name, railroad retirement claim number, social security account number, Board Order number, docket number.

Paper records kept in locked cabinet in locked room in a secure building. Electronic records are protected in a restricted private network with access controlled by password authentication.

No records from this system will be disposed of pending a record schedule determination.

Secretary of the Board, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section.

See Notification section.

Applications for benefits and appeal of decisions.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2092

None.

Any/all RRB employees that request reimbursement for the physical examination co-payment and eye examination.

RRB employee name and medical documentation including receipts for the physical exam co-pay and payment of the eye examination.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)) and Section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(1)). Negotiated Labor Management Agreement between the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board and the Council of A.F.G.E. Locals in the Board.

To provide reimbursement for and maintain the records of the RRB's physical and eye examination program.

For purposes of adjudicating the claim/reimbursement and authority for payment of fees related to RRB employee physical examination co-payment and eye examination fee.

Internal RRB use only.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper copy, hard disc removal storage kept in locked file cabinet. Individual digital files password protected.

Name and social security account number.

Paper and removable media kept in locked file cabinet in locked office. Electronic records are accessible after proper network authentication and also are password protected.

No records from this system will be disposed of pending a record schedule determination.

Employee Health Services, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North. Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number and claim number of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section.

See Notification section.

Employee reimbursement claim and proofs.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

RRB employees and contractors who are authorized to remotely access internal RRB information systems.

Name, home telephone number, work telephone number, login, password, group name, source IP address, remote computer name, home address, software serial numbers, access levels.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6)) and Section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 362(l)).

Control and secure employees and contractors remote access to internal RRB information systems for official business.

a. Records may be disclosed to officials of the Merit Systems Protection Board, including the Office of Special Counsel; the Federal Labor Relations Authority and its General Counsel; or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when requested in the performance of their authorized duties;

b. Records may be disclosed to an authorized appeal or grievance examiner, formal complaints examiner, equal employment opportunity investigator, arbitrator, or other duly authorized official engaged in investigation or settlement of a grievance, complaint, or appeal filed by an employee to whom the information pertains;

c. Records may be disclosed to the agency's Office of Inspector General for any official investigation or review related to the programs and operations of the RRB.

d. Records may be disclosed to agency officials for any official investigation or review related to the programs and operations of the RRB.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Paper and electronic records.

Name, e-mail address.

Paper records are kept in a locked cabinet, accessible only to authorized personnel. Electronic internal network records are accessible only after appropriate individual authentication. Electronic service provider (Sprint) records are secured and accessible after proper authentication only to authorized personnel.

No records from this system will be disposed of pending a record schedule determination.

Chief of Infrastructure Services, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Requests for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and enrolled e-mail address of the individual. Before information about any record will be released, the System Manager may require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification procedure above.

See Notification procedure above.

VPN access application Form G-68, and infrastructure profiles.

None.

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

None.

Annuitants, their representatives and other recipients of railroad retirement, survivor, disability, Medicare and supplemental annuities payable under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) and individuals receiving or applying for unemployment or sickness insurance benefits payable under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA).

The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) claim number, social security number of the annuitant/claimant, annuitant's name, contact name (if different from the annuitant), telephone number of the contact, name and office code of the RRB employee who submitted the contact, and the entered contact record.

Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(6); and Section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) (45 U.S.C. 362(1)).

The Contact Log records, maintains and displays RRA and RUIA activities associated with customer initiated contacts with the RRB. It is used by RRB customer service staff to ensure public inquiries are handled efficiently.

a. Beneficiary identifying information may be disclosed to third party contacts to determine whether the beneficiary or potential beneficiary is capable of understanding and managing their benefit payments in their own best interest and to determine the suitability of a proposed representative payee.

b. Disclosure of information concerning the annuitant/claimant may be made to the representative payee on the record for the annuitant.

c. Records may be disclosed in response to a request for discovery or for the appearance of a witness, to the extent that what is disclosed is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding and provided that the disclosure would be clearly in the furtherance of the interest of the subject individual.

d. Records may be disclosed in a proceeding before a court or adjudicative body to the extent that they are relevant and necessary to the proceeding and provided that the disclosure would be clearly in the furtherance of the interest of the subject individual.

e. Disclosure of records concerning the annuitant/claimant may be made to the attorney representing the annuitant/claimant, upon receipt of a written letter or declaration of representation.

f. Records may be disclosed to the annuitant/claimant's railroad union representative(s) to the extent that what is disclosed is relevant to the subject matter involved in the union issue or proceeding and provided that the disclosure would be clearly in the furtherance of the interest of the subject individual.

Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:

None.

Storage:

Electronic media.

Railroad retirement claim number, social security account number, or name.

Access to records in the contact log are controlled by: (1) NT authentication of all user logins; (2) encryption of data entered and transmitted by field service personnel; (3) maintained audit trail of user actions; (4) lock/unlock password system on network workstations; and, (5) role-based access.

Magnetic media: Computer system and computer storage rooms are restricted to authorized personnel; on-line query safeguards include a lock/unlock password system, a terminal oriented transaction matrix and an audit trail; for computerized records electronically transmitted between headquarters and field office locations, system securities are established in accordance with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines. In addition to the on-line query safeguards, they include encryption of all data transmitted and exclusive use of leased telephone lines.

No records from this system will be disposed of pending a record schedule determination.

Office of Programs-Director of Policy and Systems, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

Request for information regarding an individual's record should be in writing addressed to the System Manager identified above, including the full name and social security number. Before information about any record is released, the System Manager will require the individual to provide proof of identity or require the requester to furnish an authorization from the individual to permit release of information.

See Notification section above.

See Notification section above.

Contact Log information is obtained from members of the public who contacted the RRB and to whom the record pertains.

None.