[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18207-18209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9141]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Privacy Act of 1974; Republication of a System of Records Notice

AGENCY: General Services Administration.

ACTION: Notice of an updated system of records subject to the Privacy 
Act of 1974.

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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) is updating and 
republishing a notice for the existing system of records, Personnel 
Information Resources System (PIRS), GSA/PPFM-8, which is being renamed 
the Comprehensive Human Resources Integrated System (CHRIS) and updated 
to reflect organizational and address changes and upgraded automated 
processes. The revisions are minor in nature and do not meet the 
criteria of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a revised 
system of records requiring an advance period for public comment as 
described in OMB Circular A-130, Appendix 1.

DATES: The notice is effective April 15, 2003.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The GSA Privacy Act Officer. 
Telephone: (202) 501-1452. Address: Office of the Chief People Officer 
(C), General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington DC 
20405.

    Dated: April 2, 2003.
Daniel K. Cooper,
Director, Information, Management Division.
GSA/PPFM-8

System name:
     Comprehensive Human Resources Integrated System (CHRIS).

System location:
     The record system is located on a web-based application used by 
GSA Services and Staff Offices, commissions, and small agencies 
serviced by GSA, at the addresses below:
    [sbull] GSA Central Office, 1800 F Street NW, Washington DC 20405.
    [sbull] National Capital Region, 7th & D Streets SW, Washington, DC 
20407.
    [sbull] New England Region, 10 Causeway Street, Boston MA 02222.
    [sbull] Northeast and Caribbean Region, 26 Federal Plaza, New York 
NY 10278.
    [sbull] Mid-Atlantic Region, 20 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia PA 
19107.
    [sbull] Southeast Sunbelt Region, 401 West Peachtree Street, 
Atlanta GA 30365.
    [sbull] Great Lakes Region, 230 South Dearborn Street, Chicago IL 
60604.
    [sbull] The Heartland Region, 1500 East Bannister Road, Kansas City 
MO 64131. [sbull] Greater Southwest Region, 819 Taylor Street, Fort 
Worth TX 76102.
    [sbull] Pacific Rim Region, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco 
CA 95102.

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Current and former employees of GSA and of commissions, committees, 
and small agencies serviced by GSA, including persons in intern, youth 
employment, and work-study programs.

Categories of records in the system:
    The system contains personnel records. The records include 
information collected by operating officials and personnel officials 
administering programs for or about employees. The system has data 
needed to update the Central Personnel Data File (CPDF) at the Office 
of Personnel Management (OPM) and to process and document personnel 
actions. It may include, but is not limited to, the data maintained in 
each employee's Official Personnel Folder, including:
    a. Employee's name, Social Security Number, date of birth, gender, 
work schedule, type of appointment, education, veteran's preference, 
military service, and race or national origin.
    b. Employee's service computation date for leave, date probationary 
period began, and date of performance rating.
    c. Pay data such as pay plan, occupational series, grade, step, 
salary, and organizational location.
    d. Performance rating and types and amounts of awards.
    e. Position description number, special employment program, and 
target occupational series and grade.

Authority for maintaining the system:
    5 U.S.C., pt. III, is the authority for maintaining personnel 
information. Authorities for recording Social Security Numbers are E.O. 
9397, 26 CFR 31.6011(b)2, and 26 CFR 31.6109-1.

Purpose(s):
    To maintain a computer-based information system supporting the day-
to-day operating needs of human resources operations and management. 
The system is designed to meet information and statistical needs of all 
types of Government organizations and provides a number of outputs.
    For the Office of the Chief People Officer, the system produces 
personnel actions, organization rosters, retention registers, 
retirement calculations, reports of Federal civilian employment, 
employee master record printouts, length-of-service lists, award lists, 
etc. It also provides reports for monitoring personnel actions to 
determine the impact of GSA policies and practices on minorities, 
women, and disabled persons and analyzing their status in the work 
force; and for establishing affirmative action goals and timetables.
    The system also provides management data for administrative and 
staff offices.

Routine uses of the records maintained in the system, including 
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
    The information in the system is used by GSA associates in the 
performance of their official duties as authorized by law and 
regulation and for the following routine uses:
    a. To disclose information to the Office of Personnel Management 
(OPM) for the Central Personnel Data File (CPDF).
    b. To disclose information to sources outside GSA including other 
agencies and persons for employees seeking employment elsewhere; and 
for documenting adverse actions, conducting counseling sessions, and 
preparing biographical sketches on employees for release to other 
agencies and persons.
    c. To disclose information in the personnel file to GSA's Office of 
the Chief People Officer.
    d. To disclose information to agency staff and administrative 
offices who may restructure the data for management purposes.
    e. To disclose information to a Federal, State, local, or foreign 
agency responsible for investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 
carrying out a statute, rule, regulation, or order, where GSA becomes 
aware of a violation or potential violation of civil or criminal law or 
regulation.
    f. To disclose information to a requesting Federal agency in 
connection with hiring or retaining an employee, issuing a security 
clearance, reporting an employee investigation, clarifying a job, 
letting a contract, or issuing a license, grant, or other benefit by 
the requesting agency where the information is needed for a decision.
    g. To disclose information to a congressional office in response to 
a request from the person who is the subject of the record.
    h. To disclose information to the Office of Management and Budget 
for reviewing private relief legislation during the clearance process.
    i. To disclose information to OPM under the agency's responsibility 
for evaluating Federal personnel management.
    j. To disclose information under the routine uses listed in the OPM 
record system OPM/GOVT-1. When official personnel records in the 
custody of GSA are covered in a system of records published by OPM as 
Governmentwide records, they are considered part of that system. Other 
official personnel records covered by notices published by GSA are 
considered separate systems of records and may be transferred to OPM 
under official personnel programs and activities as a routine use.

Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, reviewing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
    Computer records are stored in a secure server and accessed over 
the web using encryption software. Paper records, when created, are 
kept in file folders and cabinets in secure rooms.

Retrievability:
    Records are retrieved by name or by Social Security Number.

Safeguards:
    Computer records are protected by a password system. Paper output 
is stored in locked metal containers or in secured rooms when not in 
use. Information is released to authorized officials based on their 
need to know.

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Retention and disposal:
    Records are disposed of by shredding or burning as scheduled in the 
handbook, GSA Records Maintenance and Disposition System (OAD P 
1820.2).

System manager(s) and address:
    CHRIS Program Manager (CID), Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Office of the Chief People Officer, General Services 
Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington DC 20405.

Notification procedure:
    Address inquiries to: Director of Human Resources (CP), Office of 
the Chief People Officer, General Services Administration, 1800 F 
Street NW., Washington DC 20405; or, for regional personnel records, to 
the regional Human Resources Officer at the addresses listed above 
under System Location.

Records access procedures:
    Address requests to view or copy a record to one of the officials 
listed in the notification procedure above. For written requests, 
provide full name, Social Security Number, address, telephone number, 
and approximate date and place of employment.

Contesting record procedures:
    Rules for contesting the content of a record and appealing a 
decision are contained in 41 CFR 105-64.

Record source categories:
    The sources for the system information are the individuals 
themselves, other employees, supervisors, management officials, 
officials of other agencies, and record systems GSA/HRO-37, OPM/GOVT-1, 
and EEOC/GOVT-1.

[FR Doc. 03-9141 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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