[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45137-45142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18288]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974, New System of Records: Professional 
Standards Board Action and Proficiency Rating Folder (Title 38)--VA 
101VA05

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA) is proposing to issue a new system of records entitled 
Professional Standards Board Action and Proficiency Rating Folder 
(Title 38)--VA (101VA05). VA is simultaneously altering and reissuing 
the system of records entitled General Personnel Records (Title 38)--VA 
(76VA05). The alteration removes information from 76VA05 concerning 
competency assessments and related documents, proficiency reports, and 
employee statements regarding proficiency reports given and 
recommendations based on them. It also removes professional standards 
board actions and documents associated with those board actions that 
are not specifically covered under other systems of records. A new 
system of records is proposed because the purposes for which these 
records are maintained and used differ from other records currently in 
76VA05. For example, the employees covered, the types of records, 
purpose for the records, legal authority for maintenance of the 
systems, and routine uses associated with each of these systems of 
records are different. The physical location of these records may also 
differ from the records covered by 76VA05.

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments, 
suggestions, or objections regarding this system of records to the 
Director, Office of Regulations Management (02D), 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420. All written comments received will be 
available for public inspection in the Office of Regulations 
Management, Room 1154, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420 
only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except holidays. If no public comment is received during the 30-day 
review period allowed for public

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comment, or unless otherwise published in the Federal Register by VA, 
the reissued system of records is effective August 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brian McVeigh, Department of 
Veterans Affairs (051A), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, 
(202) 273-9821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    VA issued a system of records entitled General Personnel Records 
(Title 38)--VA (76VA05) in the Federal Register 53 FR 27258 (7/19/88) 
and amended that system in 55 FR 42534 (10/19/90), 58 FR 40852 (7/30/
93) and 61 FR 14853 (4/3/96). This system included all personnel 
records other than medical records for most Veterans Health 
Administration employees appointed under Title 38, United States Code.
    This system of records would include information removed from 
76VA05 concerning proficiency reports, employee statements regarding 
proficiency reports given and recommendations based on them, and 
competency assessments and documents associated with those assessments. 
It also includes professional standards board actions and documents 
associated with those board actions that are not specifically covered 
under the system of records entitled Agency-Initiated Personnel Actions 
(Title 38)--VA (102VA05).
    A new system of records is being proposed because the 
characteristics of the records in this system differ from those in 
76VA05. The employees covered, the types of records, purposes of the 
systems, legal authority for maintenance of the systems, and routine 
uses associated with these systems of records are different. The 
physical location of these records may also differ from the records 
covered by 76VA05.
    Further, 76VA05 had 40 routine uses. Only 26 routine uses were 
determined to be appropriate for records in this new system. The 
changes to the routine uses formerly in 76VA05 are as follows:
    a. Routine use 1 relating to disclosures to the Office of Personnel 
Management has been deleted. Such disclosures are only made from the 
system of records entitled Personnel and Accounting Pay System-VA 
(27VA047).
    b. Routine uses 3 through 7 were deleted. This information would be 
disclosed from another system of records (76VA05).
    c. Routine uses 8 and 9 (now 2 and 3) relating to awards, honors 
and other types of employee recognition have been modified to more 
clearly indicate what disclosures are made, to whom the disclosures are 
made and the purposes of such disclosures.
    d. Routine use 10 (now 4) is being modified to clarify the 
conditions under which data is disclosed to officials of labor 
organizations recognized under 5 U.S.C., chapter 71. The clarification 
ties such disclosures to the law authorizing the disclosures, i.e., 5 
U.S.C. 7114(b)(4). The former version authorized disclosures to 
officials of labor organizations ``when relevant and necessary to their 
duties of exclusive representation concerning personnel policies, 
practices, and matters affecting working conditions.''
    e. Routine use 11 is modified. VA is prohibited from promulgating 
routine uses that would permit disclosures in response to requests for 
information for civil or law enforcement purposes or in response to 
court orders. Such requests must be submitted under the provisions of 5 
U.S.C. 552a(b)(7) or (b)(11), as applicable. See Doe v. DiGenova, 779 
F. 2d 74 (D.C. Cir. 1985) and Doe v. Stephens, 851 F. 2d 1457 (D.C. 
Cir. 1988), and an August 28, 1989, opinion from the Office of Legal 
Counsel, Department of Justice. Routine use 11 (now 5) no longer 
includes such disclosures; however, it has been modified to permit VA 
to disclose, on its own initiative, relevant information if there is 
reason to believe that a violation of statute, rule or regulation has 
occurred.
    f. Routine use 14 (now 8) no longer permits disclosures at the 
request of agencies in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch 
of the Federal government or to the government of the District of 
Columbia for investigative purposes. Such requests must be submitted 
under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7). That portion of the 
routine use has been deleted.
    g. Routine use 15 (now 9) has been modified to limit the reason for 
such disclosures to obtaining accreditation or other approval ratings. 
It also now permits disclosures to other Federal agencies for this 
purpose. The former version of this routine use was overly broad.
    h. Routine use 18 (now 12) has been modified so that it no longer 
permits disclosures in response to subpoenas or court orders. 
Applicable case law (see paragraph e above) prohibits disclosures in 
response to subpoenas. Court orders directing the production of 
information must also meet the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(11). 
The revised routine use would permit VA to disclose relevant 
information on its own initiative in certain legal proceedings if VA is 
party to those proceedings and disclosure is necessary to protect its 
interests.
    i. Routine use 19, relating to requests for discovery or for the 
appearance of witnesses, has been deleted, since it is no longer 
consistent with applicable case law (see paragraph f above).
    j. Routine use 24 related to disclosures to VA-appointed 
representatives concerning fitness for duty examinations and disability 
retirement procedures has been deleted. The information is being 
removed from this system of records and placed in a new system entitled 
Agency-Initiated Personnel Actions (Title 38)--VA (102VA05),
    k. Routine use 25, concerning disclosures because an individual may 
have contracted an illness, been exposed to, or suffered from a health 
hazard while employed by the Federal government, is being deleted. This 
subject is addressed in 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(8).
    l. Routine uses 26 and 27 have been deleted. These disclosures 
would be made from another system of records (76VA05).
    m. Routine use 29 (now 18), is being changed to delete the language 
concerning disclosures to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
to ensure compliance with the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection 
Procedures, since VA has not chosen to adopt the Uniform Guidelines for 
use in its Title 38 employment procedures.
    n. Routine use 30 (now 19) is being clarified to indicate that 
disclosures to the Federal Labor Relations Authority and Federal 
Service Impasses Panel may only be made after appropriate jurisdiction 
has been established. Matters or questions concerning or arising out of 
(1) professional conduct or competence, (2) peer review, and (3) the 
establishment, determination or adjustment of compensation shall be 
decided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and is not itself subject 
to collective bargaining and may not be reviewed by another agency. See 
38 U.S.C. 7422.
    o. Routine use 31 has been deleted. These disclosures would be made 
from another system of records.
    p. Routine use 32 (now 20) has been modified to permit disclosures 
to Federal agencies for the purposes outlined in the routine use. For 
example, such disclosures will be made to the Department of Health and 
Human Services Exclusionary Database to comply with the requirements of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub.L. 105-53.
    q. Routine use 33 regarding disclosures of information in response 
to requests from agencies responsible for the issuance, retention, or 
revocation of

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licenses, certification, or registrations required to practice a health 
care profession has been deleted. Such requests must conform to the 
requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7).
    r. Routine uses 35 and 36 were deleted. Such disclosures would be 
made from another system of records.
    s. Routine use 39 (now 24) concerning disclosures to license 
monitoring agencies is being modified to exclude language concerning 
computer matching. Such disclosures are not made from this system of 
records.
    t. Routine use 40 concerning disclosures to a garnishing party was 
not included in this system of records. Such information would be 
disclosed from 76VA05.
    u. A new routine use (25) permits disclosures to contractors, 
subcontractors, grantees, or volunteers performing or working on a 
contract, service, grant, cooperative agreement, or job for the Federal 
government. However, such disclosures must be in the interest of VA and 
compatible with the intended purposes for which the record was created.
    v. A new routine use (26) permits disclosing information concerning 
information to the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare 
Integrity and Protection Data Base pursuant to section 221(a), Pub. L. 
104-191, and the associated Department of Health and Human Services 
regulations, 45 CFR part 61.
    Notices concerning the alteration of 76VA05 and another related new 
system of records entitled Agency-Initiated Personnel Actions (Title 
38)--VA (102VA05) are being released simultaneously.
Approved: July 6, 2000.
Togo D. West, Jr.,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
101VA05

System Name:
    Professional Standards Board Action and Proficiency Rating Folder 
(Title 38)--VA.

System Location:
    Active records are maintained at the Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA) Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420 and 
VA field facilities. Inactive records are retired to the National 
Personnel Records Center, 111 Winnebago Street, St. Louis, MO 63118. 
When VA determines that all or a portion of these records need to be 
maintained in a different location, e.g., VA Central Office, such 
records are covered by this system.

Categories of Individuals Covered by the SYstem:
    Current and former employees appointed under 38 U.S.C. 7306, 
7401(1), 7401(3), and 7405, except students, trainees, medical support 
personnel, and those appointed on a fee or without compensation basis. 
This includes employees such as physicians, dentists, podiatrists, 
optometrists, nurses, nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, 
expanded-function dental auxiliaries, certified respiratory therapy 
technicians, registered respiratory therapists, licensed physical 
therapists, licensed practical or vocational nurses, occupational 
therapists, and pharmacists. This system of records does not cover 
applicants for positions covered by this system of records. Such 
individuals are covered by the system of records entitled Applicants 
for Employment Under Title 38, USC-VA (02VA135). It also does not cover 
the performance appraisals of Title 38 employees appointed under 38 
U.S.C. 7306, facility Directors appointed under 38 U.S.C. 7401(1), or 
``hybrid'' title 38 employees appointed under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) or 
7405(a)(1)(B). The performance appraisals of these employees are 
covered under the Employee Performance File System of Records (OPM/
GOVT-2).

Categories of Records in the System:
    All categories of records may include identifying information, such 
as name, date of birth, Social Security number, service computation 
date, facility number, current position title, and the employee's 
current grade, level, and step rate. Records in this system include:
    a. Copies of the employee's employment application, curriculum 
vitae, and transcripts of higher education. The original documents are 
maintained in the General Personnel Records (Title 38)--VA (76VA05).
    b. Board Actions (VA Form 2543) and recommendations/documentation 
associated with those actions. The Title 38 personnel system utilizes a 
peer review process for making recommendations concerning appointments, 
advancements, awards, promotion reconsideration, conversions from one 
type of Title 38 appointment to another, and other personnel actions. 
After receiving input from an employee's supervisor, the appropriate 
Professional Standards Board (the employee's peers) makes 
recommendations for consideration by appropriate management officials. 
The recommendations and management action taken are recorded on the VA 
Form 2543. The VA Form 2543 documenting recommendations and management 
actions taken because of a probationary review, separation based on 
pre-employment suitability, or separation based on failure to meet 
required physical standards are also included in this system of 
records. However, all supporting documents associated with the actions 
in the preceding sentence are to be included in the records system 
102VA05. This includes notices of proposed action, materials relied on 
by VA to support the reason(s) for the action, replies by employees, 
statements of witnesses, hearing notices, and other reports related to 
these actions.
    c. Proficiency reports documenting the proficiency ratings of 
employees and any comments associated with those proficiency reports.
    d. On-going, periodic assessments of an employee's education, 
experience, and training to ensure they can effectively meet the 
requirements of their position (i.e., competency assessments and 
associated documents).

Authority for Maintenance of the System:
    38 U.S.C. 501(a), 7304 and 7406(c)(1).

Purpose(s):
    This system is a repository for Professional Standards Board 
recommendations and the information needed to make those 
recommendations (e.g., employment applications, transcripts of higher 
education, and proficiency reports). It also contains a record of 
management actions taken with respect to Professional Standards Board 
recommendations. The actions taken give legal force and effect to 
personnel transactions and establish employee rights and benefits under 
pertinent laws and regulations governing Federal employment. They also 
provide a basic source of factual data about a person's VA employment. 
Records in this system assist Professional Standards Boards and others 
to determine whether a variety of personnel actions are appropriate. 
They are also used to obtain information needed to provide other 
personnel services.

Routine Uses of Records Maintained in The System, Including Categories 
of Users and The Purposes of Such Uses:
    1. To disclose information to government training facilities 
(Federal, State and local) and to non-government training facilities 
(private vendors of training course or programs, private schools, etc.) 
for training purposes.
    2. To disclose relevant information to third parties considering VA 
employees for awards or recognition and to

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publicize information about such awards or recognition. This may 
include disclosures to public and private organizations, including news 
media, which grant or publicize employee awards or honors.
    3. To disclose information about incentive awards and other awards 
or honors granted by VA. This may include disclosure to public and 
private organizations, including news media, which publicize such 
recognition.
    4. To disclose the information listed in 5 U.S.C. 7114(b)(4) to 
officials of labor organizations recognized under 5 U.S.C. Chapter 71 
when relevant and necessary to their duties of exclusive representation 
concerning personnel policies, practices, and matters affecting working 
conditions.
    5. VA may, on its own initiative, disclose relevant information to 
a Federal agency (including Offices of the Inspector General), State, 
or local agency responsible for investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, 
or implementing a statute, rule, or regulation if there is reason to 
believe that a violation may have occurred. This routine use does not 
authorize disclosures in response to requests for information for civil 
or criminal law enforcement activity purposes, nor does it authorize 
disclosure of information in response to court orders. Such requests 
must meet the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7) or (b)(11), as 
applicable.
    6. To disclose pertinent information to any source when necessary 
to obtain information relevant to a conflict-of-interest investigation 
or determination.
    7. To disclose information to any source from which additional 
information is requested (to the extent necessary to identify the 
individual, inform the source of the purposes(s) of the request, and to 
identify the type of information requested), when necessary to obtain 
information relevant to an agency decision concerning the hiring or 
retention of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the 
conducting of a security or suitability investigation of an individual, 
the letting of a contract, or the issuance of a license, grant, or 
other benefit.
    8. To disclose to an agency in the executive, legislative, or 
judicial branch, or the District of Columbia's Government in response 
to its request, or at the initiation of VA, information in connection 
with the hiring of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance, 
the conducting of a security or suitability investigation of an 
individual, the letting of a contract, the issuance of a license, grant 
or other benefit by the requesting agency, or the lawful statutory or 
administrative purpose of the agency to the extent that the information 
is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision.
    9. To disclose relevant information to non-Federal agencies (i.e., 
State or local governments), and private sector organizations, boards, 
bureaus, or commissions (e.g., the Joint Commission on Accreditation of 
Healthcare Organizations) when such disclosures are required to obtain 
accreditation or other approval ratings.
    10. To disclose information to the Office of Management and Budget 
at any stage in the legislative coordination and clearance process in 
connection with private relief legislation as set forth in OMB Circular 
No. A-19.
    11. To provide information to a congressional office from the 
records of an individual in response to an inquiry from the 
congressional office made at the request of the individual.
    12. VA may, on its own initiative, disclose information to another 
Federal agency, court, or party in litigation before a court or other 
administrative proceeding conducted by a Federal agency, if VA is a 
party to the proceeding and VA needs to disclose such information to 
protect its interests.
    13. To disclose information to the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA) for records management inspections conducted 
under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
    14. To disclose to persons engaged in research and survey projects 
information necessary to locate individuals for personnel research or 
survey response, and to produce summary descriptive statistics and 
analytical studies in support of the function for which the records are 
collected and maintained, or for related workforce studies. While 
published statistics and studies do not contain individual identifiers, 
in some instances, the selection of elements of data included in the 
study may be structured in such a way as to make the date individually 
identifiable by inference.
    15. To provide an official of another Federal agency information 
needed in the performance of official duties related to reconciling or 
reconstructing data files in support of the functions for which the 
records were collected and maintained.
    16. When an individual to whom records pertain is mentally 
incompetent or under other legal disability, information in the 
individual's records may be disclosed to any person or entity 
responsible for managing the individual finances to the extent 
necessary to ensure payment of benefits to which the individual is 
entitled.
    17. To disclose information to officials of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board or the Office of the Special Counsel, when requested 
in connection with appeals, special studies of the civil service and 
other merit systems, review of rules and regulations, investigation of 
alleged or possible prohibited personnel practices, and such other 
functions, promulgated in 5 U.S.C. 1205 and 1206, or as may be 
authorized by law.
    18. To disclose information to the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission when requested in connection with investigations of alleged 
or possible discriminatory practices, examination of Federal 
affirmative employment programs, or for other functions of the 
Commission as authorized by law.
    19. To disclose to the Federal Labor Relations Authority (including 
its General Counsel) information related to the establishment of 
jurisdiction, the investigation and resolution of allegations of unfair 
labor practices, or information in connection with the resolution of 
exceptions to arbitration awards when a question of material fact is 
raised; to disclose information in matters properly before the Federal 
Services Impasses Panel.
    20. Records from this system of records may be disclosed to a 
Federal, State, or local government agency or licensing board and/or to 
the Federation of State Medical Boards or a similar non-government 
entity. These entities maintain records concerning individuals' 
employment or practice histories or concerning the issuance, retention, 
or revocation of licenses or registration necessary to practice an 
occupation, profession, or specialty. Disclosures would be made for the 
Agency to obtain information determined relevant to an Agency decision 
concerning the hiring, retention, or termination of an employee. 
Disclosures may also be made to inform licensing boards or the 
appropriate non-governmental entities about the health care practices 
of a terminated, resigned or retired health care employee whose 
professional health care activity so significantly failed to conform to 
generally accepted standards of professional practice as to raise 
reasonable concern for the health and safety of patients.
    21. To disclose relevant information to the Department of Justice 
and United States Attorneys in defense or prosecution of litigation 
involving the United States and to Federal agencies upon their request 
in connection with review of administrative tort claims

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filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. 2672.
    22. To disclose relevant and necessary hiring, performance, or 
other personnel-related information to any facility with which there 
is, or there is proposed to be, an affiliation, sharing agreement, 
contract, or similar arrangement, for purposes of establishing, 
maintaining, or expanding any such relationship.
    23. Identifying information in this system, including name, Social 
Security number, and other information as is reasonably necessary to 
identify such an individual, may be disclosed to the National 
Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) at the time of hiring and/or clinical 
privileging/reprivileging of health care practitioners, and other times 
as deemed necessary by VA, in order for VA to obtain information 
relevant to a Department decision concerning the hiring, privileging/
reprivileging, retention, or termination of the applicant or employee.
    24. Relevant information from this system of records may be 
disclosed to the NPDB or to a State or local government licensing board 
which maintains records concerning the issuance, retention, or 
revocation of licenses, certifications, or registrations necessary to 
practice an occupation, profession, or specialty when under the 
following circumstances, through peer review process that is undertaken 
pursuant to VA policy, negligence, professional incompetence, 
responsibility for improper care, and/or professional misconduct has 
been assigned to a physician or licensed or certified health care 
practitioner: (1) On any payment in settlement of (or partial 
settlement of, or in satisfaction of) a judgement in a medical 
malpractice action or claim; or, (2) on any final decision that 
adversely affects the clinical privileges of a physician or 
practitioner for a period of more than 30 days.
    25. To disclose information to contractors, subcontractors, 
grantees, or others performing or working on a contract, grant, or 
cooperative agreement for the Federal government, provided disclosure 
is in the interest of the Government and the information to be 
disclosed is relevant and necessary for accomplishing the intended uses 
of the information and necessary to perform services under the 
contract, grant, or cooperative agreement.
    26. Information from this system of records will be disclosed to 
the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Base as required by 
section 1122E of the Social Security Act (as added by Sec. 221(a) of 
Pub. L. 104-191) and the associated implementing regulations issued by 
the Department of Health and Human Services, 45 CFR Part 61. For 
example, VA is required to report adjudicated adverse personnel actions 
based on acts or omissions that either affected or could have affected 
the delivery of health care services.

Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining, 
and Disposing of Records in the System:
STORAGE:
    These records may be maintained in file folders, on lists and 
forms, on microfilm or microfiche, and in computer processable storage 
media.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    These records may be retrieved using various combinations of name, 
birth date, Social Security number, or identification number of the 
individual on whom they are maintained.

SAFEGUARDS:
    Access to areas where these records are maintained is restricted to 
VA employees, contractors, or subcontractors on a ``need to know'' 
basis; strict control measures are enforced to ensure that disclosure 
to these individuals is also based on this same principle. File areas 
are locked after normal duty hours and are protected from outside 
access by VA police officers or other types of alarm systems.

Retention and Disposal:
    The Professional Standards Board Action and Proficiency Rating 
Folder is maintained for the period of the employee's service in VA and 
is then transferred with the Merged Records Personnel Folder to the 
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) for storage, or, as 
appropriate, to the next employing Federal agency.
    a. VA maintains the Professional Standards Board Action and 
Proficiency Rating Folder as long as VA employs the individual. Within 
90 days after the individual separates from Federal employment, the 
record is sent with the Merged Records Personnel Folder to the NPRC for 
long-term storage. The records of retired employees or employees who 
die in service are sent to the Records Center within 120 days of the 
retirement or death.
    b. Records in this system must be maintained and disposed of in 
accordance with General Records Schedule 1, VA Records Control Schedule 
10-1, the Office of Personnel Management Guide to Federal 
Recordkeeping, and the Memorandum of Understanding concerning this 
subject between VA, the Office of Personnel Management, and National 
Archives and Records Administration.

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System Manager(s) and Address:
    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management (05), 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20420.

Notification Procedure:
    Individuals wishing to inquire whether this system of records 
contains information about them should contact the appropriate office 
as follows:
    a. Non-VA Federal employees should contact the responsible office 
(as designated by their agency) regarding records in this system. VA 
employees should contact the office responsible for human resources 
management at their installation.
    b. Former Federal employees should contact the National Personnel 
Records Center (Civilian), 111 Winnebago Street, St. Louis, Missouri 
63118, regarding the records in this system. Individuals must furnish 
the following information so their records may be located and 
identified: full name(s), date of birth, Social Security number, last 
employing agency (including duty station), approximate dates of 
employment, and signature.

Record Access Procedures:
    (See Notification Procedure).

Contesting Record Procedures:
    Current employees wishing to request amendment of their records 
should contact the office responsible for human resources management at 
their current installation. Former employees should contact the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management. (See System Manager 
and Address.) Individuals must furnish the following information for 
their records to be located and identified: Full name(s); date of 
birth; Social Security number; and signature. To facilitate 
identification of records, former employees must also provide the name 
of their last Department of Veterans Affairs facility and approximate 
dates of employment.

Record Source Categories:
    Employees, supervisors, managers, members of Professional Standards 
Boards, and other VA officials provide the information in this system 
of records. Individuals or other entities outside of VA may also 
provide relevant and necessary information. For example, organizations 
where the subject previously worked may provide information.

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