[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 105 (Friday, June 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30549-30550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10579]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 060616171-6171-01]
Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records
AGENCY: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and
Technology.
ACTION: Notice of Amendment of Privacy Act System of Records; COMMERCE/
NIST-6, Participants in Experiments, Studies, and Surveys.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5
U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), the Department of Commerce (Department) is
issuing notice of the intent to amend the system of records entitled
COMMERCE/NIST-6, Participants in Experiments, Studies, and Surveys to
include the name change of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) to
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); update
internal organizational unit names, legal authorities, and research
directions.
DATES: To be considered, written comments must be submitted on or
before July 2, 2007. Unless comments are received, the amendments to
the system of records will become effective as proposed on the date of
publication of a subsequent notice in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Catherine Fletcher, Privacy Act
Officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau
Drive, Mail Stop 1710, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1710.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Fletcher at (301) 975-4074
or by e-mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1989 the name of the National Bureau of
Standards (NBS) was changed to the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST). This system is updated to reflect that name change,
along with updating internal organizational unit names; contacts;
locations; and system descriptions.
COMMERCE/NIST-6
System Name:
Participants in Experiments, Studies, and Surveys.
Security Classification:
None.
System Location:
Portions of the system may be located in any one of the following
locations:
(a) Office of the Director, Room A1000, Building 101, NIST, 100
Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1000;
(b) Technology Services, Room B311, 820 West Diamond Avenue,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2000;
(c) Director for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Room
A1105, Building 101, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
3200;
(d) Advanced Technology Program, Room A407, Building 101, NIST, 100
Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4701;
(e) Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, Room C100,
Building 301, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4800;
(f) Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, Room B358,
Building 220, NIST 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8100;
(g) Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, Room B322, Building 220,
NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200;
(h) Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, Room A311, Building
227, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8300;
(i) Physics Laboratory, Room B160, Building 221, NIST 100 Bureau
Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8400;
(j) Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Room B310,
Building 223, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8500;
(k) Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Room B216, Building 226,
100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8600;
(l) Information Technology Laboratory, Room B264, 820 West Diamond
Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900.
(m) For those portions located with contractors, a complete list of
contractors and addresses is available from the Chief, Acquisition and
Logistics Division, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 3570,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3570.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Individuals who have voluntarily agreed to serve or who have served
as participants in socio-economic, technical, or psychological
experiments, studies and surveys undertaken in furtherance of
authorized research or investigation activities.
Categories of records in the system:
Name, age, social security number (voluntary), birth date, place of
birth, sex, race, home address and telephone number, business address
and telephone number, education, income, occupation, family size and
composition, patterns of product use, drug sensitivity data, medical,
dental and physical history information, and such other information as
is necessary, to be determined by the subject matter and purpose of the
experiment, study or survey, including data derived from participants'
responses during the course of the authorized research.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 290; 15 U.S.C. 3710a; 15 U.S.C.
7301 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 15441-15453.
Purpose(s):
This information will allow NIST to retain appropriate records of
participants in its research projects and investigation.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
(1) Information in the system may be disclosed to Federal agencies
and other outside organizations which have sponsored the research in
connection with which the data were obtained. In addition, information
in the system may be shared with National Construction Safety Team
members, Federal agencies, other outside organizations, guest
researchers, contractors, and others with whom NIST has established a
duty of confidentiality, when necessary to accomplish the research or
investigation for which the data were obtained.
(2) A record in this system of records may be disclosed to a Member
of Congress submitting a request involving an individual when the
individual has requested assistance from the Member with respect to the
subject matter of the record.
(3) A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the
Department of Justice in connection with determining whether disclosure
thereof is required by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
(4) A record in this system of records may be disclosed to a
contractor of the Department having need for the information in the
performance of the contract, but not operating a system of records
within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
(5) A record from this system of records may be disclosed to the
Administrator, General Services, or his designee, during an inspection
of records conducted by GSA as part of that agency's responsibility to
recommend improvements in records
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management practices and programs, under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904
and 2906. Such disclosure shall be made in accordance with the GSA
regulations governing inspection of records for this purpose and any
other relevant directive. Such disclosure shall not be used to make
determinations about individuals.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining,
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Paper records in file folders, digital storage material and other
electronic storage material, and microform.
Retrievability:
Filed alphabetically by name, or control number, or other code
identifier.
Safeguards:
Records are located in locked metal file cabinets in secured rooms
with limited access or secured premises or secured computers with
access limited to those whose official duties require access. Computers
on which records are stored are password protected. Any records
maintained by contractors will be maintained in similar fashion in
accordance with contractual specifications.
Retention and disposal:
Retained in accord with NIST's records control schedule.
System manager(s) and addresses:
(a) NIST Deputy Director, Office of the Director, Room A1000,
Building 101, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1000;
(b) Director, Technology Services, Room B311, 820 West Diamond
Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2000;
(c) Director for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Room
A1105, Building 101, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
3200;
(d) Director, Advanced Technology Program, Room A407, Building 101,
NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4701;
(e) Director, Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, Room
C100, Building 301, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
4800;
(f) Director, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory,
Room B358, Building 220, NIST 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
8100;
(g) Director, Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, Room B322,
Building 220, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200;
(h) Director, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, Room
A311, Building 227, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
8300;
(i) Director, Physics Laboratory, Room B160, Building 221, NIST 100
Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8400;
(j) Director, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Room
B310, Building 223, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8500;
(k) Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Room B216,
Building 226, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8600;
(l) Director, Information Technology Laboratory, Room B264, 820
West Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900.
(m) For those portions located with contractors, a complete list of
contractors and addresses is available from the Chief, Acquisition and
Logistics Division, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 3570,
Gaithersburg, MD 29899-3570.
Notification procedure:
Information may be obtained from: Privacy Act Officer, NIST, 100
Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1710, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1710. Requester
should provide name, approximate date, and title of experiment, study,
or survey pursuant to the inquiry provisions of the Department's rules
which appear in 15 CFR part 4.
Record access procedures:
Requests from individuals should be addressed to: Same address as
stated in the notification section above.
Contesting record procedures:
The Department's rules for access, for contesting contents, and for
appealing initial determinations by the individual concerned appear in
15 CFR part 4. Use same address as stated in the notification section
above.
Record source categories:
Subject individuals and those authorized by the individual to
furnish information.
Exemptions Claimed for the System:
None.
Dated: May 24, 2007.
Brenda Dolan,
Department of Commerce, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-10579 Filed 5-31-07; 8:45 am]
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