[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13884-13885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7370]



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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

ACTION: Notice of amended system name and routine uses for NLRB system 
of records NLRB-20. Agency Disciplinary Case Files.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the system name and the language of four 
routine uses in the NLRB Privacy Act system of records NLRB-20, Agency 
Disciplinary Case Files.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These amendments shall become effective without further 
notice 30 days from the date of this publication, April 29, 1996, 
unless comments are received on or before that date which results in a 
contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the amendments may be submitted to the 
Executive Secretary, National Labor Relations Board, 1099 Fourteenth 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20570-0001. Copies of comments received will 
be available for inspection between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 11600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John J. Toner, Executive Secretary, National Labor Relations Board, 
1099 Fourteenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20570-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (e)(11) of the 
Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the NLRB is publishing a notice 
amending the name of its system of records NLRB-20, Agency Disciplinary 
Case Files and revising existing routine uses Nos. 2, 5, 6, and 9. The 
system notice of NLRB-20 was last published in its entirety in 58 FR 
57633, along with a proposed rule exempting the system from certain 
provisions of the Privacy Act, on October 26, 1993.
    The name of the system is changed by placing the word 
``Nonemployees'' at the end in parenthesis after the existing system 
name: NLRB-20, Agency Disciplinary Case Files (Nonemployees). This is 
being done in order to make clear that the system is only applicable to 
attorneys and other individuals who are not current NLRB employees. The 
four amended routine uses Nos. 2, 5, 6, and 9 respectively narrow the 
existing routine uses to specify more exactly the information that may 
be disclosed to a bar association or similar Federal, state, or local 
licensing authority; an inquiring Federal, state, or local government 
authority for hiring or retention of an employee; a court or other 
adjudicatory body in the course of presenting evidence or argument, 
including disclosure to opposing counsel or witnesses in the course of 
civil discovery; and an inquiring congressional office about the 
subject individual who must be the constituent about whom the records 
are maintained.
    A report of this notice to amend the name of the system and the 
four routine uses in NLRB-20, Agency Disciplinary Case Files was filed 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) with the Office of Management and Budget 
and with Congress. The specific changes to the notice being amended (58 
FR 57633, October 26, 1993) are set forth below.

    Dated: Washington, DC., March 14, 1996.

    By direction of the Board.
John J. Toner,
Executive Secretary.
NLRB-20
System name:
    Agency Disciplinary Case Files (Nonemployees).
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
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    2. A bar association or similar Federal, State, or local licensing 
authority, where the record or information, by itself or in connection 
with other records or information, indicates a violation or potential 
violation of the standards of professional conduct established or 
adopted by the licensing authority.
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    5. A Federal, State, or local government authority, in response to 
its request, that this system of records contains information relevant 
to the hiring or retention of an employee, the issuance or retention of 
a security clearance, the letting of a contract, or the issuance or 
retention of a license, grant, or other benefit. The other agency

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or licensing organization may then make a request supported by the 
written consent of the individual for the entire record if it so 
chooses. No disclosure will be made unless the information has been 
determined to be sufficiently reliable to support a referral to another 
office within the NLRB or to another Federal agency for criminal, 
civil, administrative, personnel, or regulatory action.
    6. A court, magistrate, administrative tribunal, or other 
adjudicatory body in the course of presenting evidence or argument, 
including disclosure to opposing counsel or witnesses in the course of 
civil discovery, litigation, or settlement negotiations, or in 
connection with criminal law proceedings, when: (a) The NLRB or any 
component thereof, or (b) any employee of the NLRB in his or her 
official capacity; or (c) any employee of the NLRB in his individual 
capacity where the NLRB has agreed to represent the employee; or (d) 
the United States Government, is a party to litigation or has interest 
in such litigation, and determines that such disclosure is relevant and 
necessary to the litigation and that the use of such records is 
therefore deemed by the NLRB to be for a purpose that is compatible 
with the purpose for which the records were collected.
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    9. A Member of Congress or a Congressional staff member in response 
to an inquiry of the Congressional office made at the written request 
of the constituent about whom the records are maintained.

[FR Doc. 96-7370 Filed 3-27-96; 8:45 am]
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