[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6043-6048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3142]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Privacy Act of 1974; Altered System of Records

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS.

ACTION: Notification of altered system of records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act, the 
National Institutes of Health is publishing a notice of a proposal to 
alter the system of records 09-25-0165, ``National Institutes of Health 
Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship (OLRS) Records System, HHS/
NIH/OD.'' The main purposes of the major alteration include: (1) 
Addition of three new programs, (2) addition of the National Center on 
Minority Health and Health Disparities to ``System Location,'' (3) 
addition of grant numbers to ``Categories of Records in the System,'' 
and (4) two modified routine uses and one new routine use.

DATES: The NIH invites interested parties to submit comments on the 
proposed uses on or before March 11, 2002. The NIH will send a Report 
of the Altered System to the Congress and to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). The alteration of this system of records will be 
effective 40 days from the date submitted to the OMB, unless NIH 
receives comments that would result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Please address comments to: NIH Privacy Act Officer, 6011 
Executive Boulevard, Room 601, MSC 7669, Rockville, Maryland 20892, 
(301) 496-2832 (This is not a toll-free number).
    Comments received will be available for inspection at this same 
address from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc S. Horowitz, J.D., Director, 
Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship, National Institutes of 
Health, 2 Center Drive, Room 2E30, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0230, (800) 
528-7689 (toll-free number).
    For the loan repayment program administered by the National Center 
on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), the contact is: John 
Ruffin, Ph.D., Director, National Center on Minority Health and Health 
Disparities, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 800, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892-5465, (301) 402-1366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 487A-C, E and F of the Public 
Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 288-1, 2, 3, 5, 5a, and 6), Section 
103 of the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and 
Education Act (Pub. L. 106-525) as amended, and section 223 of Public 
Law 106-554 (114 Stat. 2763A-30) authorizes the Secretary or the 
Director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities to 
implement and establish programs of entering into agreements with 
appropriately qualified health professionals under which such health 
professionals agree to conduct research, as employees or extramural 
grantees of the NIH or to conduct research with respect to 
contraception or infertility as employees or affiliates of the National 
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Intramural 
Laboratories and NICHD Extramural sites, in consideration of the 
Federal Government agreeing to repay, for each year of service, not 
more than $35,000 of the principal and interest of the educational 
loans of such health professionals. These programs include the 
following: (1) The NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program, (2) the 
NIH General Research Loan Repayment Program, (3) the NIH Clinical 
Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged 
Backgrounds, (4) the NIH Contraceptive and Infertility Research Loan 
Repayment Program, (5) the NIH Loan Repayment Program Regarding 
Clinical Researchers, (6) the NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment 
Program, and (7) the NIH Loan Repayment Program for Minority Health 
Disparities Research.
    Section 487D of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C 288-4) authorizes a 
scholarship program for individuals who agree to pursue, as 
undergraduates, academic programs appropriate for careers in 
professions needed by the NIH and who agree to serve as NIH employees 
in exchange for receipt of the scholarship. This program is known as 
the NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP) for Individuals from 
Disadvantaged Backgrounds.
    The NIH is recommending this proposed major alteration to expand 
system coverage for three new programs: (1) The Loan Repayment Program 
Regarding Clinical Researchers, (2) the Pediatric Research Loan 
Repayment Program, and (3) the Loan Repayment Program for Minority 
Health Disparities Research.
    NIH is proposing to include grant numbers in the ``Categories of 
Records in the System.'' In addition, two modified routine uses and one 
new routine use are proposed: (a) Modified Routine Use No. 4--the 
disclosure of records to HHS contractors and subcontractors for the 
purposes of collecting, compiling, aggregating, analyzing, or refining 
records in the system, and for the purposes of evaluating NIH programs; 
Modified

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Routine Use No. 6--the disclosure of information from this system of 
records to consumer reporting agencies to obtain an applicant or 
participant's commercial credit report, and the disclosure of 
information from this system of records to the National Student 
Clearinghouse using the Loan Locator Internet System or similar system 
to assist in the verification of loan data submitted by LRP applicants. 
New Routine Use No. 16--the disclosure of identifying information to 
officials or representatives of the grantee institutions in connection 
with the review of LRP applications or the administration of LRP 
contracts. Only authorized users will have access to the records 
contained in the system. Authorized users include the following: system 
managers and their staffs, financial, fiscal and records management 
personnel, legal personnel, computer personnel, and NIH contractors and 
subcontractors, all of whom are responsible for administering or 
monitoring the LRSPs. Access is limited to those individuals trained in 
accordance with Privacy Act procedures. Contractors will be required to 
maintain, and will also be required to ensure that subcontractors 
maintain confidentiality safeguards with respect to the records covered 
by this system.
    The 09-25-0165 system notice was last published in the Federal 
Register on January 25, 2000. We are republishing the system notice in 
its entirety below to incorporate the proposed changes.
    The following notice is written in the present tense, rather than 
the future tense, in order to avoid the unnecessary expenditure of 
public funds to republish the notice after the system has become 
effective.

    Dated: January 24, 2002.
Charles E. Leasure, Jr.,
Deputy Director for Management, National Institutes of Health.
09-25-0165

SYSTEM NAME:
    National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Loan Repayment and 
Scholarship (OLRS) Records System, HHS/NIH/OD.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship (OLRS), National 
Institutes of Health, 2 Center Drive, 2E30, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-
0230.
    Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship (OLRS), National 
Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 206, Rockville, 
Maryland 20892.
    National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National 
Institutes of Health, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 800, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892-5465.
    See Appendix I for a listing of NIH offices responsible for 
administration of the NIH LRSPs. Write to the System Manager at the 
address below for the address of any Federal Records Center where 
records from this system may be stored.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Individuals who have applied for, who have been approved to 
receive, who are receiving, or who have received funds under the NIH 
LRSPs; and individuals who are interested in participation in the NIH 
LRSPs.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Name, address, Social Security number (SSN), grant number, program 
application and associated forms, service pay-back obligations, 
employment data, professional performance and credentialing history of 
licensed health professionals; personal, professional, and demographic 
background information; academic and research progress reports (which 
include related data, correspondence, and professional performance 
information consisting of continuing education, performance awards, and 
adverse or disciplinary actions); standard school budgets; financial 
data including loan balances, deferment, forbearance, and repayment/
delinquent/default status information; commercial credit reports; 
educational data including tuition and other related educational 
expenses; educational data including academic program and status; 
employment status verification (which includes certifications and 
verifications of continuing participation in qualified research); 
Federal, State and county tax related information, including copies of 
tax returns.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    Sections 487A-F (42 U.S.C. 288-1, 288-2, 288-3, 288-4, 288-5, 288-
5a, 288-6) of the PHS Act, as amended; Section 103 of the Minority 
Health and Health Disparities Research Education Act (Pub. L. 106-525), 
as amended; and section 223 of Pub. L. 106-554 (114 Stat. 2763A-30) 
authorize the NIH to establish and implement (a) multiple programs of 
educational loan repayment for qualified health professionals who agree 
to conduct research, subject to each program's specific statutory 
requirements; and (b) a scholarship program for undergraduates who 
agree to pursue academic programs appropriate for careers in 
professions needed by the NIH and who agree to serve as NIH employees. 
The provisions of subpart III of part D of title III of the PHS Act (42 
U.S.C. 2541 et seq.), as amended, governing the National Health Service 
Corps (NHSC) loan repayment and scholarship programs, are incorporated 
in these authorities, except as inconsistent with sections 487A-F, 
sections 103 of Pub. L. 106-525, and section 223 of Pub. L. 106-554. 
The Internal Revenue Code at 26 U.S.C. 6109 requires the provision of 
the SSN for the receipt of loan repayment and scholarship funds under 
the NIH LRSPs. The Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990, 
Public Law 101-647 (28 U.S.C. 3201) requires that an individual who has 
a judgement lien against his/her property for a debt to the United 
States shall not be eligible to receive funds directly from the Federal 
Government in any program, except funds to which the debtor is entitled 
as a beneficiary, until the judgement is paid in full or otherwise 
satisfied. Thus, individuals applying to the LRSPs are required to 
disclose in their applications whether they have a judgement lien 
against them arising from a debt to the United States.

PURPOSE(S):
    These records are used to: (1) Identify and select applicants for 
the NIH LRSPs; (2) monitor loan repayment and scholarship activities, 
such as payment tracking, academic status and performance, research and 
related services, deferment of service obligation, and default; and (3) 
assist NIH officials in the collection of overdue debts owed under the 
NIH LRSPs. Records may be transferred to System No. 09-15-0045, 
``Health Resources and Services Administration Loan Repayment/Debt 
Management Records System, HHS/HRSA/OA,'' for debt collection purposes 
when NIH officials are unable to collect overdue debts owed under the 
NIH LRSPs.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USE:
    1. Disclosure may be made to a Member of Congress or to a 
Congressional staff member in response to an inquiry of the 
Congressional office made at the written request of the constituent 
about whom the record is maintained.
    2. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may disclose 
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to the Department of Justice, or to a court or other tribunal when: (a) 
HHS or any component thereof; or (b) any HHS employee in his or her 
official capacity; or (c) any HHS employee in his or her individual 
capacity where the Department of Justice (or HHS, where it is 
authorized to do so) has agreed to represent the employee; or (d) the 
United States Government, is a party to litigation or has an interest 
in such litigation, and by careful review, HHS determines that the 
records are both relevant and necessary to the litigation and the use 
of such records by the Department of Justice is therefore deemed by HHS 
to be for a purpose that is compatible with the purpose for which the 
records were collected.
    3. When a record on its face, or in conjunction with other records, 
indicates a violation or potential violation of law, whether civil, 
criminal or regulatory in nature, and whether arising by general 
statute or particular program statute, or by regulation, rule, or order 
issued pursuant thereto, disclosure may be made to the appropriate 
agency, whether Federal, foreign, State, local, or tribal, or other 
public authority responsible for enforcing, investigating or 
prosecuting such violation or charged with enforcing or implementing 
the statute, or rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant thereto, if 
the information disclosed is relevant to any enforcement, regulatory, 
investigative or prosecutive responsibility of the receiving entity.
    4. The NIH may disclose records to HHS contractors and 
subcontractors for the purpose of collecting, compiling, aggregating, 
analyzing, or refining records in the system, and/or for the purpose of 
evaluating the programs covered by the system. Contractors maintain, 
and are also required to ensure that subcontractors maintain, Privacy 
Act safeguards with respect to such records.
    5. The NIH may disclose information from this system of records to 
private parties such as present and former employers, references listed 
on applications and associated forms, other references and educational 
institutions. The purpose of such disclosures is to evaluate an 
individual's professional and or academic accomplishments and plans, 
performance, credentials, and educational background, and to determine 
if an applicant is suitable for participation in the NIH LRSPs.
    6. The NIH will disclose information from this system of records to 
a consumer reporting agency (credit bureau) to obtain an applicant or 
participant's commercial credit report for the following purposes: (1) 
To establish his/her creditworthiness; (2) To assess and verify his/her 
ability to repay debts owed to the Federal Government; and (3) To 
determine and verify the eligibility of loans submitted for repayment. 
The NIH will also disclose information from this system of records to 
the National Student Clearinghouse using the Loan Locator Internet 
System or similar system to assist in the verification of loan data 
submitted by LRP applicants. Disclosures are limited to the 
individual's name, address, Social Security number and other 
information necessary to identify him/her; locate all student loans and 
verify payment addresses; identify the funding being sought or amount 
and status of the debt; and the program under which the applicant or 
claim is being processed.
    7. The NIH may disclose from this system of records a delinquent 
debtor's or a defaulting participant's name, address, Social Security 
number, and other information necessary to identify him/her; the 
amount, status, and history of the claim, and the agency or program 
under which the claim arose, as follows:
    a. To another Federal agency so that agency can effect a salary 
offset for debts owed by Federal employees; if the claim arose under 
the Social Security Act, the employee must have agreed in writing to 
the salary offset.
    b. To another Federal agency so that agency can effect an 
authorized administrative offset; i.e., withhold money, other than 
Federal salaries, payable to or held on behalf of the individual.
    c. To the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to 
request an individual's current mailing address to locate him/her for 
purposes of either collecting or compromising a debt, or to have a 
commercial credit report prepared.
    8. The NIH may disclose information from this system of records to 
another agency that has asked the HHS to effect a salary or 
administrative offset to help collect a debt owed to the United States. 
Disclosure is limited to the individual's name, address, Social 
Security number, and other information necessary to identify the 
individual, information about the money payable to or held for the 
individual, and other information concerning the offset.
    9. The NIH may disclose to the IRS information about an individual 
applying for any NIH loan repayment or scholarship program authorized 
by the Public Health Service Act to find out whether the applicant has 
a delinquent tax account. This disclosure is for the sole purpose of 
determining the applicant's creditworthiness and is limited to the 
individual's name, address, Social Security number, other information 
necessary to identify him/her, and the program for which the 
information is being obtained.
    10. The NIH may report to the IRS, as taxable income, the written-
off amount of a debt owed by an individual to the Federal Government 
when a debt becomes partly or wholly uncollectible, either because the 
time period for collection under statute or regulations has expired, or 
because the Government agrees with the individual to forgive or 
compromise the debt.
    11. The NIH may disclose to debt collection agents, other Federal 
agencies, and other third parties who are authorized to collect a 
Federal debt, information necessary to identify a delinquent debtor or 
a defaulting participant. Disclosure will be limited to the 
individual's name, address, Social Security number, and other 
information necessary to identify him/her; the amount, status, and 
history of the claim, and the agency or program under which the claim 
arose.
    12. The NIH may disclose information from this system of records to 
any third party that may have information about a delinquent debtor's 
or a defaulting participant's current address, such as a U.S. post 
office, a State motor vehicle administration, a university's office of 
the registrar or dean's office, a professional organization, an alumni 
association, etc., for the purpose of obtaining the individual's 
current address. This disclosure will be strictly limited to 
information necessary to identify the individual, without any reference 
to the reason for the agency's need for obtaining the current address.
    13. The NIH may disclose information from this system of records to 
other Federal agencies that also provide loan repayment or scholarship 
at the request of these Federal agencies in conjunction with a matching 
program conducted by these Federal agencies to detect or curtail fraud 
and abuse in Federal loan repayment or scholarship programs, and to 
collect delinquent loans or benefit payments owed to the Federal 
Government.
    14. The NIH will disclose from this system of records to the 
Department of Treasury, IRS: (1) A delinquent debtor's or a defaulting 
participant's name, address, Social Security number, and other 
information necessary to identify the individual; (2) the amount of the 
debt; and (3) the program under which the debt arose, so that the IRS 
can offset against the debt any income tax refunds which may be due to 
the individual.
    15. The NIH may disclose information provided by a lender or 
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institution to other Federal agencies, debt collection agents, and 
other third parties who are authorized to collect a Federal debt. The 
purpose of this disclosure is to identify an individual who is 
delinquent in loan or benefit payments owed to the Federal Government 
and the nature of the debt.
    16. The NIH may disclose information from this system of records to 
officials or representatives of grantee institutions in connection with 
the review of an LRP application or performance or administration under 
the terms and conditions of the LRP award, or in connection with 
problems that might arise in performance or administration of the LRP 
contract.
    17. The NIH will disclose records consisting of names, disciplines, 
current mailing addresses, and dates of scholarship support and dates 
of graduation of scholarship recipients to: (a) Designated coordinators 
at each school participating in the scholarship program for the purpose 
of determining educational expenses and resulting levels of scholarship 
support, and for the purpose of guiding and informing these recipients 
about the nature of their service obligations to the NIH; and (b) 
undergraduate, graduate and medical schools, attended by UGSP scholars 
who have elected to defer their service obligation, for the purpose of 
determining their academic status and verifying the validity of the NIH 
UGSP service deferment.
    18. The NIH may disclose records to HHS contractors and 
subcontractors for the purpose of recruiting, screening, and matching 
health professionals for NIH employment in qualified research positions 
under the NIH LRSPs. In addition, HHS contractors and subcontractors: 
(1) May disclose biographic data and information supplied by potential 
applicants (a) to references listed on application and associated forms 
for the purpose of evaluating the applicant's professional 
qualifications, experience, and suitability, and (b) to a State or 
local government medical licensing board and/or to the Federation of 
State Medical Boards or a similar nongovernment entity for the purpose 
of verifying that all claimed background and employment data are valid 
and all claimed credentials are current and in good standing; (2) may 
disclose biographic data and information supplied by references listed 
on application and associated forms to other references for the purpose 
of inquiring into the applicant's professional qualifications and 
suitability; and (3) may disclose professional suitability evaluation 
information to NIH officials for the purpose of appraising the 
applicant's professional qualifications and suitability for 
participation in the NIH LRSPs. Contractors maintain, and are also 
required to ensure that subcontractors maintain, Privacy Act safeguards 
with respect to such records.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
    Disclosures pursuant to 5 USC 552a(b)(12): Disclosures may be made 
from this system to ``consumer reporting agencies'' as defined in the 
Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966, as amended (31 USC 3701(a)(3)). 
The purposes of these disclosures are: (1) To provide an incentive for 
debtors to repay delinquent debts to the Federal Government by making 
these debts part of their credit records, and (2) to enable NIH to 
improve the quality of loan repayment and scholarship decisions by 
taking into account the financial reliability of applicants, including 
obtaining a commercial credit report to assess and verify the ability 
of an individual to repay debts owed to the Federal Government. 
Disclosure of records will be limited to the individual's name, Social 
Security number, and other information necessary to establish the 
identity of the individual, the amount, status, and history of the 
claim, and the agency or program under which the claim arose.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Records are maintained in file folders, file cards, microfiche and 
electronic media, including computer tape, discs, servers connected to 
local area networks, and Internet servers.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    Records are retrieved by name, NIH Institutes and Centers, grantee 
institutions, Social Security number, grant number, or other 
identifying numbers or characteristics.

SAFEGUARDS:
    1. Authorized Users: Access to information is limited to authorized 
personnel in the performance of their duties. Authorized personnel 
include system managers and their staffs, financial, fiscal and records 
management personnel, legal personnel, computer personnel, and NIH 
contractors and subcontractors--all of whom are responsible for 
administering the NIH LRSPs.
    2. Physical Safeguards: Rooms where records are stored are locked 
when not in use. During regular business hours rooms are unlocked but 
are controlled by on-site personnel. Security guards perform random 
checks on the physical security of the storage locations after duty 
hours, including weekends and holidays.
    3. Procedural and Technical Safeguards: A password is required to 
access the terminal and a data set name controls the release of data to 
only authorized users. All users of personal information in connection 
with the performance of their jobs (see Authorized Users, above) 
protect information from public view and from unauthorized personnel 
entering an unsupervised office. Data on local area network computer 
files is accessed by keyword known only to authorized personnel. Codes 
by which automated files may be accessed are changed periodically. This 
procedure also includes deletion of access codes when employees or 
contractors leave. New employees and contractors are briefed and the 
security department is notified of all staff members and contractors 
authorized to be in secured areas during working and nonworking hours. 
This list is revised as necessary. Individuals remotely accessing the 
secured areas of the OLRS Internet sites have separate accounts and 
passwords. Passwords are assigned by project staff and may include both 
alphabetic and non-alphabetic characters. These practices are in 
compliance with the standards of Chapter 45-13 of the HHS General 
Administration Manual, ``Safeguarding Records Contained in Systems of 
Records,'' supplementary Chapter PHS hf: 45-13, and the Department's 
Automated Information System Security Handbook.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Records are retained and disposed of under the authority of the NIH 
Records Control Schedule contained in NIH Manual Chapter 1743, Appendix 
1-- ``Keeping and Destroying Records'' (HHS Records Management Manual, 
Appendix B-361), item 2300-537-1. Participant case files are 
transferred to a Federal Records Center one year after closeout and 
destroyed five years later. Closeout is the process by which it is 
determined that all applicable administrative actions and disbursements 
of benefits have been completed by the OLRS and service obligations 
have been completed by the participant. Applicant case files are 
destroyed three years after disapproval or withdrawal of their 
application. Appeal and litigation case files are destroyed six years 
after the calendar year in which the case is closed. Other

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copies of these files are destroyed two years after the calendar year 
in which the case is closed.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    Director, Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship, National 
Institutes of Health, 2 Center Drive, Suite 2E30, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892-0230.
    Director, Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship, National 
Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 206, Rockville, 
Maryland 20892.
    Director, National Center on Minority Health and Health 
Disparities, National Institutes of Health, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, 
Suite 800, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-5465.
    Director, Contraceptive and Infertility Research Loan Repayment 
Program, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 
National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 8B01A, 
Rockville, Maryland 20892.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    To determine if a record exists, write to the appropriate System 
Manager listed above. A written request must contain the name and 
address of the requester, Social Security number, and his/her signature 
which is either notarized to verify his/her identity or includes a 
written certification that the requester is the person he/she claims to 
be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request or 
acquisition of records pertaining to an individual under false 
pretenses is a criminal offense subject to a $5,000 fine. In addition, 
the following information is needed: dates of enrollment in the NIH 
LRSPs and current enrollment status, such as pending application 
approval or approved for participation.
    An individual who appears in person at a specific location seeking 
access to or disclosure of records relating to him/her shall provide 
his/her name, current address, Social Security number, dates of 
enrollment in an NIH loan repayment or scholarship program, and at 
least one piece of tangible identification, such as driver's license, 
passport, or voter registration card. Identification papers with 
current photographs are preferred but not required. If an individual 
has no identification papers but is personally known to an agency 
employee, such employees shall make a written record verifying the 
individual's identity. Where the individual has no identification 
papers, the responsible agency official shall require that the 
individual certify in writing that he/she is the individual who he/she 
claims to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful 
request or acquisition of a record concerning an individual under false 
pretenses is a criminal offense subject to a $5,000 fine. Since 
positive identification of the caller or sender cannot be established, 
telephone and electronic mail requests are not honored.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Write to the appropriate System Manager specified above to attain 
access to records and provide the same information as is required under 
the Notification Procedures. Requesters should also reasonably specify 
the record contents being sought. Individuals may also request an 
accounting of disclosures of their records, if any.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Contact the appropriate System Manager specified above and 
reasonably identify the record, specify the information to be 
contested, the corrective action sought, and your reasons for 
requesting the correction, along with supporting information to show 
how the record is inaccurate, incomplete, untimely or irrelevant. The 
right to contest records is limited to information that is incomplete, 
irrelevant, incorrect, or untimely (obsolete).

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Subject individual; participating lending and loan servicing 
institutions; educational and grantee institutions; other Federal 
agencies; consumer reporting agencies/credit bureaus; National Student 
Clearinghouse; and third parties that provide references concerning the 
subject individual.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
    None.

Appendix I: System Locations

Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship, National Institutes of 
Health, 2 Center Drive, 2E30, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0230.
Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship, National Institutes of 
Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 206, Rockville, Maryland 
20892.
Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, 
Building 12A, Room 1011, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892.
Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive 
Boulevard, Room 3E01, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7509.
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 
31, Room 11A19, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2590.
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National 
Institutes of Health, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 800, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892-5465.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of 
Health, Building 10, Room 7N220, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892-1670.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National 
Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 2C23, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2290.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 
National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 9N222, 9000 
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1818.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National 
Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 5N220, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4152.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National 
Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 7A05, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2520.
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 
Building 10, Room 4N222, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Pharmacological 
Sciences Program, National Institutes of Health, Building 45, Room 
2AS-43, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6200.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National 
Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 2A25, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National 
Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 8B01A, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, 
Room 10N202, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1858.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National 
Institutes of Health, South Campus, Building 101, Room A-210, 111 
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
National Institute on Aging, Gerontology Research Center, National 
Institutes of Health, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 
21224.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 
Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 45, Room 5AN40, 
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders, National 
Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 3C02, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2320.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, 
Parklawn Building, Room 9A30, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857.
National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of 
Health, One Rockledge Center, Room 6070, 6705 Rockledge Drive, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7965.
National Institute for Nursing Research, National Institutes of 
Health, Building 31, Room 5B25, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892-2178.

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National 
Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 1B58, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2088.
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of 
Health, 49 Covent Drive, Building 49, Room 4A06, 9000 Rockville 
Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4470.
Office of Financial Management, National Institutes of Health, 
Building 31, Room B1B47, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892.

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