[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59472-59473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29845]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Privacy Act; Systems of Records

AGENCY: Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.

ACTION: Annual Notice of Systems of Records.

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SUMMARY: Each Federal agency is required by Privacy Act of 1974, 5 
U.S.C. 552a, to publish annually a description of the systems of 
records it maintains containing personal information. In this notice 
the Board provides the required information on two systems of records.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Carroll, Director of Administration, Nuclear Waste Technical 
Review Board, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 910, Arlington, VA 22209, 
(703) 235-4473.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board currently maintains two systems of 
records under the Privacy Act. Each system is described below.
NWTRB-1

System name:
    Administrative and Travel Files

Security classification:
    Unclassified.

System location:
    Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 
910, Arlington, VA 22209.

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Employees and applicants for employment with the Board, including 
NWTRB contractors and consultants.

Categories of records in the system:
    Records containing the following information:
    (1) Time and attendance;
    (2) Payroll actions and deduction information requests;
    (3) Authorizations for overtime and night differential;
    (4) Credit cards and telephone calling cards issued to individuals;
    (5) Destination, itinerary, mode and purpose of travel;
    (6) Date(s) of travel and all expenses;
    (7) Passport number;
    (8) Request for advance of funds and voucher with receipts;
    (9) Travel authorizations;
    (10) Name, address, social security number, and birth date; and,
    (11) Employee public transit subsidy applications and vouchers.

Authority for maintenance of the system:
    Pub. L. 100-203, Part E.

Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
    Information is used ``in house.'' Notwithstanding the above, access 
may also be gained under the following conditions:
    (a) In the event that a system of records maintained by this agency 
to carry out its functions indicates a violation or potential violation 
of law, whether civil, criminal or regulatory in nature, and whether 
arising by general statute or particular program statute, or by 
regulation, rule or order issued pursuant thereto, the relevant records 
in the system of records may be referred, as a routine use, to the 
appropriate agency, whether Federal, State, local or foreign, charged 
with the responsibility of investigating or prosecuting such violation 
or charged with enforcing or implementing the statutes, or rule, 
regulation or order issued pursuant thereto.
    (b) A record from the system of records may be disclosed as a 
``routine use'' to a Federal, State or local agency maintaining civil, 
criminal or other relevant enforcement information or other pertinent 
information, such as current licenses, if necessary to obtain 
information relevant to an agency decision concerning the hiring or 
retention of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the 
letting of a contract, or the issuance of a license, grant or other 
benefit.
    (c) A record from this system of records may be disclosed to a 
Federal agency, in response to this 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 
benefits by the requesting agency, to the extent that the information 
is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the 
matter.

Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
    Paper records and computer disk.

Retrievability:
    By type of document, then name.

Safeguards:
    Access is limited to employees having a need to know. Records are 
stored in locked file cabinets in a controlled access area in 
accordance with Federal guidelines or in password protected electronic 
databases.

Retention and disposal:
    Records retention and disposal authorities are contained in the 
``General Records Schedules'' published by national Archives and 
Records Administration, Washington, DC. Records within NWTRB are 
destroyed by shredding or purging.

System manager and address:
    Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 
910, Arlington, VA 22209, Attention: Director of Administration.

Notification procedure:
    Requests by an individual to determine if NWTRB-1 contains 
information about him/her should be directed to the system Manager 
listed above. Required identifying information: complete name, social 
security number, and date of birth.

Record access procedure:
    Same as notification procedures above, except individual must show 
official photo identification before viewing records.

Contesting record procedure:
    Same as notification procedure.

Record source categories:
    Subject individuals, timekeepers, travel officers, official 
personnel records, GSA for accounting and payroll, and travel agency 
contract.

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system exempted from certain parts of the act:
    None.
NWTRB-2

System Name:
    Mailing Lists.

System Classification:
    Unclassified.

System Location:
    Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 
910, Arlington, VA 22209.

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Those who receive reports in compliance with statutory authority 
and those individuals who have requested Board reports, newsletters, 
meeting transcripts and/or press releases.

Categories of records in the system:
    List of names, addresses and materials requested.

Authority for maintenance of the files:
    Pub. L. 100-203, Part E.

Routine uses of the records maintained in the system, including 
categories of users and the purposes of such use:
    Distribution of Board reports, newsletters, meeting transcripts, 
and press releases. Information is used ``in house.'' Notwithstanding 
the above, access may also be gained under the following condition.
    In the event that a system of records maintained by this agency to 
carry out its functions indicates a violation or potential violation of 
law, whether civil, criminal or regulatory in nature, and whether 
arising by general statute or particular program statute, or by 
regulation, rule or order issued pursuant thereto, the relevant records 
in the system of records may be referred, as a routine use, to the 
appropriate agency, whether Federal, State, local or foreign, charged 
with the responsibility of investigating or prosecuting such violation 
or charged with enforcing or implementing the statutes, or rule, 
regulation or order issued pursuant thereto.

Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
    Computer disk.

Retrievability:
    By name and type of information requested.

Safeguards:
    Access is limited to employees having a need to know. Lists are 
kept in password protected electronic databases.

Retention and disposal:
    Requesters are sent periodic requests to update their records and/
or remain on the mailing list. Nonrespondents and all asking to be 
deleted are purged from the list.

System manager(s) and address:
    Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 
910, Arlington, VA 22209, Attention: Office of Administration.

Notification procedures:
    Requests by an individual to determine if NWTRB-2 contains 
information about him/her should be directed to the System Manager 
(above). Required identifying information: complete name and address.

Record access procedure:
    Same as notification procedure above, except individual must show 
official photo identification before viewing records.

Contesting record procedure:
    Same as notification procedure.

Record source categories:
    Statutory reporting authority and requests from individuals to be 
placed on a distribution.

system exempted from certain provisions of the Act:
    None.

    Dated: November 12, 1996
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 96-29845 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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