[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39152-39153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18689]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Privacy Act of 1974; Announcement of System of Records

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of system of records.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is publishing notice of 
a system of records, CPSC-11, for the records generated by our digital 
access security system.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Secretary, Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph F. Rosenthal, Office of the 
General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 
20207. Telephone: (301) 504-0980.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission uses centrally managed 
electronic locks and elevator controls to control access to various 
parts of its facilities at different times of the day or different days 
of the week. The locks

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can be opened, or elevator call buttons enabled, by passing an 
appropriate card through a card reader, or by passing a so-called 
``fob'' past an adjacent reader. The cards and fobs, generically 
referred to as tokens, have internal codes which identify the person to 
whom they are issued. We issue a token to each employee or contractor 
who requires access to areas controlled by the locks or elevator call 
buttons. When the card or fob is used, a central computer grants or 
denies access based on the privileges associated with the user. The 
computer also keeps a record of the time and location each time a card 
or fob is used.
    The system of records will become effective September 25, 2001 
unless comments are received which justify a contrary determination. 
The Congress and the Office of Management and Budget have been notified 
of this system.

    Dated: July 23, 2001.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
CPSC-11

System Name:
    CPSC-11, Physical Security Records.

System Location:
    Directorate for Administration, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Categories of Individuals Covered by the System:
    Employees, contractors, and other who have received uniquely coded 
tokens (key cards, key fobs, etc.) to gain access to various parts of 
Commission facilities.

Categories of Records in the System:
    Records which show the time a token has been used; the identity of 
the token and, therefore, of the person to whom it is assigned; the 
location at which it has been used; and the access privileges of the 
person to whom it is assigned.

Authority for Maintenance of the System:
    5 U.S.C. 301.

Purpose(s):
    These records may be used to investigate breaches of security, 
theft, vandalism, other property losses, criminal offenses, and 
employee misconduct.

Routine Uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
    These records may be disclosed:
    1. To a law enforcement agency when the Commission becomes aware of 
an indication of a violation of civil or criminal law or regulation to 
which these records may be pertinent.
    2. To the Department of Justice, a court or other tribunal 
(including an adjudicative or administrative body), or other third-
party before such tribunal when the Commission determines that the use 
of these records by the entity is relevant and necessary to litigation 
involving the Commission or a Commission employee or former employee.
    3. To an employee, an employee's attorney or other representative 
designated by the employee, when the Commission questions the 
employee's conduct based at least in part on information from this 
system of records.

Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
    These records are stored in a central computer managed by security 
services contractor. Printouts are stored in locked file cabinets.

Retrievability:
    These records can be retrieved by time period, location(s), the 
unique identifier of a person's token, or a combination of these.

Safeguards:
    These records are kept in a secure computer facility and can be 
retrieved only by the Commission's Physical Security Manager or 
designee upon request of a senior Commission official or a law 
enforcement officer. Printouts are stored in locked file cabinets.

Retention and Disposal:
    These records are kept one year from the date of creation.

System Manager(s) and Address:
    Physical Security Manager, Directorate for Administration, Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

Notification Procedure:
    Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer, Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

Record Access Procedures:
    Same as notification.

Contesting Record Procedures
    Same as notification

Record Source Categories:
    These records are automatically generated when a token is passed 
through or across an electronic reading device.

[FR Doc. 01-18689 Filed 7-26-01; 8:45 am]
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