[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78381-78384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30289]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: United States Agency for International Development.
ACTION: Altered system of records.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) is issuing public notice
for an altered system of records entitled, ``USAID-19 Travel and
Transportation Records'' last published at [42 FR 47382 (Sept. 20,
1977)]. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 522a(e)(4), to publish in the Federal Register
notice of the existence and character of record systems maintained by
the agency.
DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 522a(e)(4) and (11), the public is
given a 30-day period in which to comment. Therefore, any comments must
be received on or before January 29, 2015. Unless comments are received
that would require a revision, this altered system of records will
become effective on January 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments:
Electronic
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions on the Web site for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Paper
Fax: (703) 666-5670.
Mail: Chief Privacy Officer, United States Agency for
International Development, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20523.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The USAID Privacy Office at United
States Agency for International Development, Bureau for Management,
Office of the Chief Information Officer, Information Assurance
Division, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20523; or via
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USAID has recently conducted a review of
system of records notices and has determined that the notice for the
system of records USAID-19 Travel and Transportation Records must be
altered in order to reflect the current status of the system of
records. USAID-19 is republished in full with all alterations, below.
Dated: November 20, 2014.
William Morgan,
Chief Privacy Officer, United States Agency for International
Development.
USAID-19
SYSTEM NAME:
Travel and Transportation Records.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20523; Carlson Wagonlit
facilities at several locations across the United States including
Plymouth, NJ, Tulsa, OK, Chicago, IL, Phoenix, AZ, Omaha, NE, and
Dallas, TX, and Austin, TX; U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street
NW., Washington, DC 20520; Global Financial Service Center (GFSC-DoS)
1969 Dyess Avenue, Building A, computer Room 2A228, Charleston, SC
29405; U.S. Department of State COOP Beltsville (BIMC), 8101 Odell
Road, Floor/Room--173, Beltsville, MD 20705; and other USAID offices in
the United States and throughout the world.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SYSTEM:
This system encompasses all individuals 1) whose travel is paid for
by USAID; 2) whose the transportation of effects is paid for by USAID;
and 3) who are USAID personnel and who travel on USAID business with
United States diplomatic passports.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
This system consists of records created for the purposes of
providing travel and the transportation of household goods for
employees of USAID and its Missions around the world, as well as travel
to interviews for certain applicants for employment with USAID. Records
include name; social security number; advance amount, date issued, and
amount outstanding; travel
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authorizations and related payment vouchers; correspondence;
itineraries; passport numbers; government bills of lading; government
transportation requests; card files pertaining to passports, travel and
shipment of effects; export/import permits; baggage declarations;
customs declarations; passports and records of applications for visas;
travel advance requests; arrival and departure notices; record of
clearances prior to departure from the United States or posts abroad;
packing lists and information on meetings abroad.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEM OF RECORDS:
5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations; 5 U.S.C. Ch. 57, Travel,
Transportation, and Subsistence; 22 U.S.C. Ch. 32, Foreign Assistance,
Subchapter I, International Development; 22 U.S.C. 4081, Travel and
Related Expenses.
PURPOSE(S):
Records in this system may be used: (1) To manage the centralized
USAID relocation and travel of USAID employees and their dependents;
(2) To facilitate move requests of USAID employees and their
dependents; (3) To manage worldwide logistics services and integrated
support for the transportation of the effects of USAID employees and
their dependents; (4) To ensure fiscal accountability in transporting
the effects of USAID employees and their dependents; (5) To facilitate
passport issuance and compliance; and (6) To assist in substantiating a
claim for missing or damaged household effects.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USE:
In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.
552a(b), all or a portion of the records contained in this system of
records may be disclosed outside USAID as a routine use pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
(1) To the U.S. Department of the Treasury for the purposes of
payment of claims.
(2) To commercial travel, transportation and shipping companies and
agents for the purposes of making travel and transportation
arrangements.
(3) To U.S. Dispatch Agents for the purposes of arranging shipment
and clearance of effects.
(4) To the General Services Administration and the Office of
Management and Budget for the purposes of periodic reporting required
by statute regulations, and/or Executive order. Information provided is
in the form of listings, reports, and records of all transportation and
travel related transactions, including refunds and adjustments, by the
contractor, to enable audits of transportation and travel related
charges to the Government.
(5) To a court, magistrate, or other administrative body in the
course of presenting evidence, including disclosures to counsel or
witnesses in the course of civil discovery, litigation, or settlement
negotiations or in connection with criminal proceedings, when USAID is
a party to the proceeding or has a significant interest in the
proceeding, to the extent that the information is determined to be
relevant and necessary.
(6) To the Department of Justice or other appropriate United States
Government Agency when the records are arguably relevant to a
proceeding in a court or other tribunal in which USAID or a USAID
official in his or her official capacity is a party or has an interest,
or when the litigation is likely to affect USAID.
(7) In the event of an indication of a violation or potential
violation of law, whether civil, criminal or regulatory in nature, and
whether arising by statute or particular program pursuant thereto, to
the appropriate agency, whether federal, state, local or foreign,
charged with the responsibility of investigating or prosecuting such
violation or charged with enforcing or implementing the statute, or
rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant thereto.
(8) To the Department of State and its posts abroad for the purpose
of transmission of information between organizational units of USAID,
or for purposes related to the responsibilities of the Department of
State in conducting United States foreign policy or protecting United
States citizens, such as the assignment of employees to positions
abroad, the reporting of accidents abroad, ensuring fiscal
accountability in transporting the effects personnel stationed at
embassies, evacuation of employees and dependents, and other purposes
for which officers and employees of the Department of State have a need
for the records in the performance of their duties.
(9) To a foreign government or international agency in response to
its request for information to facilitate the conduct of U.S. relations
with that government or agency through the issuance of such documents
as visas, country clearances, identification cards, drivers' licenses,
diplomatic lists, licenses to import or export personal effects, and
other official documents and permits routinely required in connection
with the official service or travel abroad of the individual and his or
her dependents.
(10) To Shipping Contractors limited information is provided, such
as delivery address and telephone number, for the purposes of providing
shipping services.
(11) To Federal agencies with which USAID has entered into an
agreement to provide services to assist USAID in carrying out its
functions under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. Such
disclosures would be for the purpose of transmission of information
between organizational units of USAID; of providing to the original
employing agency information concerning the services of its employee
while under the supervision of USAID, including performance
evaluations, reports of conduct, awards and commendations, and
information normally obtained in the course of personnel administration
and employee supervision; or of providing other information directly
related to the purposes of the inter-agency agreement as set forth
therein, and necessary and relevant to its implementation.
(12) To appropriate officials and employees of a federal agency or
entity when the information is relevant to a decision concerning the
hiring, appointment, or retention of an employee; the assignment,
detail or deployment of an employee; the issuance, renewal, suspension,
or revocation of a security clearance; the execution of a security or
suitability investigation; the letting of a contract; or the issuance
of a grant or benefit.
(13) To the National Archives and Records Administration for the
purposes of records management inspections conducted under the
authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
(14) To a former employee of USAID for purposes of responding to an
official inquiry by a federal, state, or local government entity or
professional licensing authority, in accordance with applicable agency
regulations; or facilitating communications with a former employee that
may be necessary for personnel-related or other official purposes where
the agency requires information and/or consultation assistance from the
former employee regarding a matter within that person's former area of
responsibility.
(15) To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) USAID
suspects or has confirmed that the security or confidentiality of
information in the system of records has been compromised; (2) USAID
has determined that as a result of the
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suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic
or property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security
or integrity of this system or other systems or programs (whether
maintained by the USAID or another Agency or entity) that rely upon the
compromised information; and (3) the disclosure made to such agencies,
entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection
with USAID's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed
compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING,
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Records in this system are stored on paper and/or electronic form;
and are maintained in locked cabinets and/or user-authenticated,
password-protected systems. Records that contain national security
information and are classified are stored in accordance with applicable
executive orders, statutes, and agency implementing regulations.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records are retrieved by the names of the individuals about whom
they are maintained.
SAFEGUARDS:
Information in this system is safeguarded in accordance with
applicable laws, rules and policies, including the agency's automated
directive system. In general, records are maintained in buildings with
restricted access. The required use of password protection
identification features and other system protection methods also
restrict access. Paper records and Sensitive But Unclassified records
are kept in an approved security container at the USAID Washington
headquarters, and at the relevant locations where USAID has a program.
The electronic records are stored in the End to End Travel Solutions
(E2E) system, the Integrated Logistics Management System (ILMS), and
the Phoenix Financial Management System, which are safeguarded in
accordance with applicable laws, rules, and policies, including USAID's
automated systems security and access policies. Access to the records
is restricted to the individual for their own information and to those
authorized USAID personnel and authorized contractors who have an
official need to access the records in the performance of their
official duties.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Records are retained and disposed of in accordance with disposition
schedules approved by USAID and the National Archives and Records
Administration.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Chief, Travel and Transportation Division, Management Services
Office, Bureau for Management, United States Agency for International
Development, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20523-2120.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Same as Record Access Procedures.
RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Under the Privacy Act, individuals may request access to records
about themselves. If an agency or a person, who is not the individual
who is the subject of the records, requests access to records about an
individual, the written consent of the individual who is the subject of
the records is required.
Requesters may submit requests for records under the Privacy Act:
1) by mail to the USAID FOIA Office, Bureau for Management, Office of
Management Services, Information and Records Division, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2.07C--RRB, Washington, DC 20523-2701; 2)
via Facsimile to 202-216-3070; 3) via email to [email protected]; 4) on
the USAID Web site at www.usaid.gov/foia-requests; or 5) in person
during regular business hours at USAID, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20523-2701, or at USAID overseas missions.
Requesters using 1 through 4 may provide a written statement or may
complete and submit USAID Form 507-1, Freedom of Information/Privacy
Act Record Request Form, which can be obtained: a) On the USAID Web
site at www.usaid.gov/foia -requests; b) by email request to
[email protected]; or c) by writing to the USAID FOIA Office, Bureau for
Management, Office of Management Services, Information and Records
Division, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2.07C--RRB, Washington, DC
20523-2701, and provide information that is necessary to identify the
records, including the following: Requester's full name; present
mailing address; home telephone; work telephone; name of subject, if
other than requester; requester relationship to subject; description of
type of information or specific records; and purpose of requesting
information. Requesters should provide the system of record
identification name and number, if known; and, to facilitate the
retrieval of records contained in those systems of records which are
retrieved by Social Security Numbers, the Social Security Number of the
individual to whom the record pertains.
In addition, requesters using 1 through 4 must include proof of
identity information by providing copies of two (2) source documents
that must be notarized by a valid (un-expired) notary public.
Acceptable proof-of-identity source documents include: an unexpired
United States passport; Social Security Card (both sides); unexpired
United States Government employee identity card; unexpired driver's
license or identification card issued by a state or United States
possession, provided that it contain a photograph; certificate of
United States citizenship; certificate of naturalization; card showing
permanent residence in the United States; United States alien
registration receipt card with photograph; United States military card
or draft record; or United States military dependent's identification
card.
Requesters using 1 through 4 must also provide a signed and
notarized statement that they are the person named in the request; that
they understand that any falsification of their statement is punishable
under the provision of 18 U.S.C. 1001 by a fine, or by imprisonment of
not more than five years or, if the offense involves international or
domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisonment of not
more than eight years, or both; and that requesting or obtaining
records under false pretenses is punishable under the provisions of 5
U.S.C. 552a(i)(3) as a misdemeanor and by a fine of not more than
$5,000.
Requesters using 5 must provide such personal identification as is
reasonable under the circumstances to verify the requester's identity,
including the following: an unexpired United States passport; Social
Security Card; unexpired United States Government employee identity
card; unexpired driver's license or identification card issued by a
state or United States possession, provided that it contain a
photograph; certificate of United States citizenship; certificate of
naturalization; card showing permanent residence in the United States;
United States alien registration receipt card with photograph; United
States military card or draft record; or United States military
dependent's identification card.
CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking to contest or amend records maintained on
himself or herself must clearly and concisely state that information is
being contested, and
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the proposed amendment to the information sought. Requests to amend a
record must follow the Record Access Procedures above.
RECORDS SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Sources of records include individuals whose travel and
transportation of effects are paid by USAID and its Missions; and USAID
officials and employees involved in the travel and transportation of
household goods.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
[FR Doc. 2014-30289 Filed 12-29-14; 8:45 am]
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