[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3623]


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[Federal Register: February 17, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 

Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment of the Systems of Records Notice; 
Flexiplace Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

ACTION: Amendment of Privacy Act systems of records notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor hereby amends its current Privacy Act 
systems of records notice to give notice of the creation of flexible 
workplace pilot projects. These projects will mean that, for short 
periods of time, participating employees will take copies of agency 
records to alternative worksites, including their homes or satellite 
offices, because they will be working at these locations. However, all 
appropriate safeguards will be taken by these employees so that the 
records will be safe. This amendment will occur by adding a new 
category to the General Prefatory Statement within the notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 17, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Miriam McD. Miller, Co-Counsel for Administrative Law, Office of the 
Solicitor, telephone (202) 219-8188.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1993 the Secretary of Labor authorized 
flexible workplace pilot projects for Department of Labor employees. 
Flexiplace is a voluntary program which allows employees to work at 
home or at geographically convenient satellite offices for part of the 
workweek with equipment provided by the Department.

    Section (e)(4)(A) of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(A)) 
requires, in part, that each agency publish in the Federal Register the 
location for each of its systems of records. Since employees in the 
Flexiplace Pilot Programs will be taking copies of Departmental records 
to these additional locations, the category for SYSTEM LOCATION, for 
every system, must be amended to reflect the additional locations made 
possible by the flexiplace pilot programs. The Department's current 
Privacy Act Systems of Records Notice was published on September 23, 
1993 at 58 FR 49548. This amendment will be accomplished by adding a 
new paragraph to the existing General Prefatory Statement which appears 
in that notice. The General Prefatory Statement contains provisions 
that apply to and are incorporated by reference into all the 
Department's systems of records under the Privacy Act.

Amendment to Privacy Act Systems of Records Notice

    The Department hereby amends its September 23, 1993 Privacy Act 
Systems of Records Notice, 58 FR 49548, by adding the following text to 
the current General Prefatory Statement which Statement begins at page 
49554 of Volume 58 of the Federal Register.

System Location--Flexiplace Pilot Programs

    This paragraph applies to and is incorporated by reference into all 
of the Department's systems of records under the Privacy Act, within 
the category entitled, SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Pursuant to the Department of Labor's Flexiplace Pilot Programs, 
copies of records may be temporarily located at alternative worksites, 
including employees' homes or at geographically convenient satellite 
offices for part of the workweek. All appropriate safeguards will be 
taken at these sites.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 10th day of February 1994.
Robert B. Reich,
Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 94-3623 Filed 2-16-94; 8:45 am]
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