[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66165-66166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31889]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Privacy Act of 1974; New System of Records

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of existence and character of new system of records.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (``Commission'' or 
``FERC''), under the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 
552a, is publishing a description of a new system of records.

DATES: Comments may be filed on or before February 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to the following address: Julia 
A. Lake, Privacy Act Officer, Office of the General Counsel, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Room 91-21, 
Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Julia A. Lake, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Room 91-21, Washington, DC 20426; 
202-208-0457.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, 
requires that each agency publish a notice of the existence and 
character of each new or altered ``system of records.'' 5 U.S.C. 
552a(a)(5). This Notice identifies and describes the Commission's new 
system of records. There are no altered systems to report. A copy of 
this Notice identifies and describes the Commission's new system of 
records. There are no altered systems to report. A copy of this report 
has been distributed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
the President of the Senate, as the Act requires.
    The new system of records does not duplicate any existing agency 
systems. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4), the Commission lists 
below the following information about this system: name; location; 
categories of individuals on whom the records are maintained; 
categories of records in the system; authority for maintenance of the 
system; each routine use; the policies and practices governing storage, 
retrievability, access controls, retention, and disposal; the title and 
business address of the agency official responsible for the system of 
records; procedures for notification, access and contesting the records 
of each system; and the sources of the records in the system.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
FERC/36

SYSTEM NAME:
    Management, Administrative, and Payroll System ``MAPS'' FERC/36.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Hard copy of personnel and timekeeping data is located at the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington, D.C. 20426. 
Hard copy of payroll transactions and reports are located at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, Shared Services Center (SSC), Topeka, 
Kansas 66604 and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Financial Services 
Center (FSC), Austin, Texas 78772, respectively. Computerized data is 
located at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center 
(AAC), Austin, Texas 78772.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    All employees (Senior Executive Service and non-Senior Executive 
Service, bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit) employed by the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    All official personnel action and/or payroll transaction 
information on Commission employees.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    5 U.S.C. 301, 2302(b)(20)(B), 2302(b)(10), 7311, 7313; Executive 
Order 10450; 5 CFR 731.103.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:
     To the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of 
Special Counsel, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, in connection with functions vested 
in those agencies.
     To a Congressional office in response to an inquiry made 
at the request of that individual.
     To the Office of Management and Budget in connection with 
private relief legislation.
     In litigation before a court or in an administrative 
proceeding being conducted by a Federal agency.
     To the National Archives and Records Administration for 
records management inspections.
     To Federal agencies as a data source for management 
information through the production of summary descriptive statistics 
and analytical studies in support of the functions for which the 
records are maintained for related studies.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    On paper in Official Folders located at the FERC, SSC, and FSC. 
Computerized on a DEC Alpha Server which resides at the AAC.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    Data can be retrieved by employee's name, employee identification 
number, or social security number.

SAFEGUARDS:
    The Austin Automation Center is located in a secured Federal 
complex. Within this secured building, the Computer Operations Center 
is located in a controlled access room. Specific employees have been 
identified as system and database administrators having specific 
responsibilities allowing access to FERC personnel and payroll data. 
Security is embedded within the software, in both the operating system 
and at the application level. Individuals not granted access rights 
cannot view or change data. The database is monitored by software 
applications that provide audits of log-ins, both successful and 
failed.
    Output documents from the system are maintained as hard copy 
documents by FERC's Human Resources Division and the VA's Payroll 
Operations and Finance Offices and are safeguarded in secured cabinets 
located within secured rooms.

SYSTEM MANAGERS(S) AND ADDRESS:
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs share responsibility for system management. The first 
point of contact is the Director, Division of Management, 
Administrative and

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Payroll Support, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    Director, Division of Management, Administrative, and Payroll 
Support.

RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Same as notification procedures.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Same as notification procedures. Involvement by the Office of 
Personnel Management may be necessary, as provided in the Federal 
Personnel Manual, Chapter 731.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Department of Energy's Corporate Human Resource Information System 
(CHRIS); FERC's Payroll Utilization Reporting System (PURS); the 
employee's supervisors; and the employee.

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