[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19380-19381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9826]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Privacy Act of 1974; As Amended; Revisions to an Existing System 
of Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Proposed revisions to an existing system of records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended(5 
U.S.C. 552a), the Office of the Secretary (OS) is issuing public notice 
of its intent to modify an existing Privacy Act system of records 
notice, OS-72, ``FECA Chargeback Case File.'' The revisions will update 
the number of the system, the retrievability statement, and the address 
of the system locations and system managers.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These actions will be effective April 20, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of Personnel Policy, 
U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, MS-5221 MIB, 
Washington, DC 20240.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Interior is proposing 
to amend the system notice for OS-72, ``FECA Chargeback Case File,'' to 
update the number of the system to more accurately reflect its 
Department-wide scope, the retrievability statement and the addresses 
of the system locations and system managers to reflect changes that 
have occurred since the notice was last published. Accordingly, the 
Department of the Interior proposes to amend the ``FECA Chargeback Case 
File,'' OS-72, system notice in its entirety to read as follows:
Sue Ellen Sloca,
Office of the Secretary, Privacy Act Officer, National Business Center.
INTERIOR/DOI-72

SYSTEM NAME:
    FECA Chargeback Case Files--Interior, DOI-72.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    (1) Employee and Labor Relations Group, Office of Personnel Policy, 
U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, MS-5221 MIB, 
Washington, DC 20240.
    (2) Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Personnel Management, 
1951 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20245.
    (3) U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley 
Drive, Reston, VA 22092.
    (4) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Personnel 
Management and Organization, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.
    (5) Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 25001, Denver, CO 80225.
    (6) Bureau of Land Management, Division of Personnel (530), 1849 C 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.
    (7) National Park Service, Division of Personnel, Branch of Labor 
Management Relations, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.
    (8) Minerals Management Service, Personnel Division, 1110 Herndon 
Parkway, Herndon, VA 22070.
    (9) Office of Surface Mining, Division of Personnel, 1951 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20245.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Current and former Departmental employees and dependents receiving 
compensation payments through the Federal Employees' Compensation Act 
(FECA) which are being charged back to the Department of the Interior.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Name and Social Security account number of individual being 
compensated, date of injury and/or death, last payment date, type of 
payment (whether medical bills or compensation), occupation code at 
time of injury, grand total of amount paid. Records appear on lists 
which result from a computer match of the Department of the Interior's 
``Safety Management Information System,'' DOI-60, files with the 
Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Program's 
``Federal Employees Compensation Act Chargeback File,'' DOL/ESA-15, 
files.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    5 U.S.C. 301, 5 U.S.C. 8147, 31 U.S.C. 66a, and E.O. 11807.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    The primary purpose of the system is to determine the validity of 
Federal Employees Compensation Act chargebacks to the Department of the 
Interior.

    Note: Records are generated in a computer matching process. When 
no match occurs, records are furnished to bureaus to determine why 
no match occurred. Resolution of the investigation of why no match 
occurred may include a request to the Department of Labor, Office of 
Workers' Compensation Programs, that future charges be referred to 
another agency or that the Department of Labor discontinue payments 
and possibly initiate civil or criminal prosecution proceedings 
against the claimant.

    Disclosures outside the Department of the Interior may be made:
    (1) To the U.S. Department of Justice or in a proceeding before a 
court or adjudicative body with jurisdiction when (a) the United 
States, the Department of the Interior, a component of the Department, 
or, when represented by the government, an employee of the Department 
is a party to litigation or anticipated litigation or has an interest 
in such litigation, and (b) the

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Department of the Interior determines that the disclosure is relevant 
or necessary to the litigation and is compatible with the purpose for 
which the records were compiled.
    (2) To appropriate Federal, State, local or foreign agencies 
responsible for investigating or prosecuting the violation of or for 
enforcing or implementing a statute, rule, regulation, order or 
license, when the disclosing agency becomes aware of a violation or 
potential violation of a statute, rule, regulation, order or license.
    (3) To a congressional office in response to an inquiry an 
individual has made to the congressional office.
    (4) To another Federal, State or local agency for the purpose of 
obtaining information regarding payments being made to claimants.
    (5) To the Department of Labor, as necessary, to transmit 
information on results of investigations.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Quarterly, computer-generated, lists are stored in file folders.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    Records are retrieved by name of individual and bureau of 
employment.

SAFEGUARDS:
    Access to records is limited to authorized personnel. Records are 
maintained in locked metal filing cabinets.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Records are destroyed 5 years after close of investigations.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    (1) Team Leader, Employee and Labor Relations Group, Office of 
Personnel Policy, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, 
MS-5221 MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
    (2) Personnel Officer, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of 
Personnel Management, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20245.
    (3) Personnel Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, 
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 22092.
    (4) Personnel Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of 
Personnel Management and Organization, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 
20240.
    (5) Labor Relations Officer, Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 25001, 
Denver, CO 80225.
    (6) Personnel Officer, Bureau of Land Management, Division of 
Personnel (530), 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.
    (7) Personnel Officer, National Park Service, Division of 
Personnel, Branch of Labor Management Relations, 1849 C Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20240.
    (8) Personnel Officer, Minerals Management Service, Personnel 
Division, 1110 Herndon Parkway, Herndon, VA 22070.
    (9) Personnel Officer, Office of Surface Mining, Division of 
Personnel, 1951 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20245.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    An individual requesting notification of the existence of records 
on him or her should address his/her request to the appropriate System 
Manager. The request must be in writing, signed by the requestor, 
include the current and all former names by which the individual has 
been known, and comply with the content requirements of 43 CFR 2.60.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    An individual requesting access to records maintained on him or her 
should address his/her request to the appropriate System Manager. The 
request must be in writing, signed by the requester, include the 
current and all former names by which the individual has been known, 
along with the Social Security account number of the individual, and 
comply with the requirements of 43 CFR 2.63.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    An individual requesting amendment of a record maintained on him or 
her should address his/her request to the appropriate System Manager. 
The request must be in writing, signed by the requestor, include the 
current and all former names by which the individual has been known, 
along with the Social Security account number of the individual, and 
comply with the content requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Records in this system are generated whenever a case listed in the 
Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Program's 
``Federal Employees'' Compensation Act Chargeback File,'' DOL/ESA-15, 
files does not match a case in the Department of the Interior's 
``Safety Management Information System, `` DOI-60, files.

[FR Doc. 99-9826 Filed 4-19-99; 8:45 am]
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