[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58575-58576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25032]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Privacy Act; Revisions to Existing System of Records; Revised 
System

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of revision to system of records.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), the 
National Science Foundation provides notice of revisions to an existing 
system of records, NSF-53, ``Public Transportation Subsidy Program,'' 
as a result of changes expanding program participation to all eligible 
NSF employees (rather than GS-10 and below), and increasing benefits 
from a flat rate to actual commuting costs up to the authorized maximum 
benefit amount. No revisions are made to existing routine uses. The 
entire system notice is nonetheless included to make it easier to read.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 2000.
NSF-53

System name:
    Public Transportation Subsidy Program.

System location:
    National Science Foundation, Office of Information and Resource 
Management, Division of Administrative Services, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 
Arlington, VA 22230.

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    National Science Foundation employees who apply for or participate 
in the transit subsidy program.

Categories of records in the system:
    May include name, modes of transportation used for commuting, and 
commuting costs.

Authority for maintenance of the system:
    42 U.S.C. 1870; Pub. L. 101-509; E.O. 13150; and the Federal 
Employees Clean Air Incentives Act, (section 2(a) of Pub. L. 103-172), 
5 U.S.C. 7905.

Purpose(s):
    To administer the public transportation subsidy program providing 
fringe benefits to employees who use mass transportation and van pools 
to commute to and from work.

Routine use of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
    Information from this system may be disclosed to:
    1. Other Federal agencies for use in evaluating the overall 
effectiveness of public transportation programs.
    2. Another Federal agency, a court, or a party in litigation before 
a court or in an administrative proceeding being conducted by a Federal 
agency when the Government is a party to the judicial or administrative 
proceeding.
    3. The Department of Justice, to the extent disclosure is 
compatible with the purpose for which the record was collected, and is 
relevant and necessary to litigation or anticipated litigation, in 
which one of the following is a party or has an interest: (a) NSF or 
any of its components; (b) an NSF employee in his/her official 
capacity; (c) an NSF employee in his/her individual capacity when the 
Department of Justice is representing or considering representing the 
employee; or (d) the United States, when NSF determines that litigation 
is likely to affect the Agency.
    4. Contractors, grantees, volunteers, experts, advisors, and other 
individuals who perform a service to or work on or under a contract, 
grant, cooperative agreement, or other arrangement with or for the 
Federal government, as necessary to carry out their duties.
    5. Representatives of the General Services Administration and the 
National Archives and Records Administration who are conducting records 
management inspections under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.

Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in system:
Storage:
    Records are maintained in file folders and in a computer system at 
NSF.

Retrievability:
    Records are retrieved alphabetically by last name.

Safeguards:
    NSF employs security guards. Building is locked during non-business 
hours when the guard is not on duty. Rooms in which records are kept 
are locked during non-business hours. Passwords are needed to access 
information in computer system.

Retention and disposal:
    Current applications are maintained as long as the applicant is an 
eligible participant in the subsidy program. System records are 
maintained and disposed of in accordance with records maintenance and 
disposition schedules and the requirements of the National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA).

System manager(s) and address:
    Director, Division of Administrative Services, National Science 
Foundation,

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4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

Notification procedures:
    The NSF Privacy Act Officer should be contacted in accordance with 
procedures found at 45 CFR part 613.

Record access procedures:
    See ``Notification Procedures'' above.

Contesting record procedures:
    See ``Notification Procedures'' above.

Record source categories:
    Information is gathered from the individual and from the NSF 
Personnel Data Base System.

System exempted from certain provisions of the Act:
    None.

    Dated: September 18, 2000.
D. Matthew Powell,
Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-25032 Filed 9-28-00; 8:45 am]
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