[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63837-63839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25020]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Privacy Act of 1974: New System of Records

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of a New System of Records.

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SUMMARY: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) proposes to add a new 
system of records notice to its inventory of records systems subject to 
the Privacy Act of 1974. This action is necessary to meet the 
requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register 
notice of the existence and character of records systems maintained by 
the agency. The Integrated Management Administrative Resources Tool 
(iMART) will serve as a comprehensive personnel management system to 
manage and store all personnel and career data, along with 
organizational and historical data, in one central and integrated 
system.

DATES: This notice will be effective without further notice January 21, 
2020 unless comments are received that would result in a contrary 
determination. Written or electronic comments must be received by the 
contact person listed below on or before January 21, 2020 to be assured 
consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for sending comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the Federal Register 
Document Number in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: USDA/FAS/OFSO/PGRS, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20250, Stop 1080.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and document 
number for this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Darden, Director, 202-720-1346, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Integrated Management Administrative 
Resources Tool (iMART) provides FAS and the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) a 
system that integrates and reconciles multiple financial data sources 
to support the administrative control of funds, including the 
reconciliation of financial transactions, and the financial reporting 
needs to report on global operations.
    At the end of FY 2012, FAS/Office of Foreign Service Operations 
(OFSO) identified the need for an integrated management system that 
links agency business processes with workforce management, financial 
and budget planning, execution, and reconciliation. Without a system 
that links business processes with workforce and financial management, 
the agency was left with an operational gap and forced to operate in an 
inefficient environment. The management of resources and personnel data 
required duplicative entries into multiple systems, thereby increasing 
the risk of error and led to untimely recording of operational data. As 
a result, FAS had been unable to optimally align performance management 
goals and objectives to USDA and FAS strategic plans.
    The initial iMART project focused entirely on the OFSO requirement 
to automate and streamline its business processes. At the end of FY 
2013, FAS expanded the project to include agency-wide overseas 
operations. During the past five years, significant portions of agency 
workforce management and overseas financial execution of funds have 
been completed.
    In FY 2018, FAS and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS)/International Services (IS) entered into a Memorandum of 
Understanding to collaborate on the iMART project as it provides a 
variety of benefits for both agencies. FAS and APHIS/IS support USDA's 
global initiatives and are a part of the Foreign Service community, 
making these agencies unique in their organizational structure, 
staffing, and relationship to the State Department through the Foreign 
Service Act of 1890.
    APHIS/IS' primary goal in adopting iMART as a management tool is to 
address a variety of challenges in their human capital management. The 
system will provide a complete and consolidated profile of their 
personnel that will allow them to make informed strategic decisions 
that influence their resource management.
    There are many functionalities within iMART that will give APHIS/IS 
an advantage in the management of their operations. APHIS/IS will see 
immediate results in the tracking of Foreign Service Officer 
assignments and entitlements, which will give them the ability to make 
sound resource projections based on confirmed data. iMART allows APHIS/
IS to be more analytical and forward thinking in financial planning and 
offers the ability to develop concise reports expediently to guide 
future decision making. This collaboration also creates efficiencies at 
both agencies by providing a shared platform for data required in 
working with the State Department and managing a vast overseas 
operation.

    Dated: August 28, 2019.
Ken Isley,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Integrated Management Administrative Resources Tool System (iMART). 
USDA/FAS-9.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    The system owner is USDA/FAS, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20250. The electronic record systems are maintained on 
servers that are physically located at the National Information 
Technology Center (NITC), 8930 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 
64114.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    Director, Karen Darden, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 1080, 
Washington, DC 20250.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    5 U.S.C. 301 and 7 U.S.C. 5692.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    The iMART system will be developed as a platform that enables the

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automation and integration of workforce, expense, and performance 
management capabilities. In addition, iMART will comprise of interfaces 
that synchronize internal and external data sources allowing for 
reliable metrics, analytics, and reporting that aligns with the 
agency's enterprise architecture.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    FAS employees and family members. Other USDA employees working in 
support of overseas operations.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    This system consists of records relating to the following:
     Personnel data: Includes name, block/vendor number, 
address, sex, citizenship, date and place of birth, marital status, and 
the names and birth dates of eligible family members;
     Career data: Includes education level, college(s) 
attended, major subjects, skill codes, foreign language training and 
examination scores, time in class, and time in service;
     Job history data: Includes both current and previous 
position titles, pay plans, grades, assignment dates, locations, and 
pending assignment information; and
     Organizational data: Includes organizational hierarchies, 
accounting information, awards, disciplinary actions, space 
requirements, etc.
     Budget & Financial Data: Includes Payroll and operational 
expenditures.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Information in this system of record is obtained from multiple 
systems including but not limited to National Finance Center (NFC), 
Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI), Position 
Organization Listing (POL), Department of State/Executive Agency 
Personnel System (EAPS) and Department of State/Consolidated Overseas 
Accountability Support Toolbox (COAST).

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 
552a(b) of the Privacy Act, records maintained in the system may be 
disclosed outside USDA as a routine use under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3), as 
follows, to the extent that such disclosures are compatible with the 
purposes for which the information is collected: USDA may disclose 
information contained in a record in this system of records under the 
routine uses listed without the consent of the individual if the 
disclosure is compatible with a purpose for which the record was 
collected.
    A. To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (a) USDA 
suspects or has confirmed that the security or confidentiality of 
information in the system of records has been compromised; (b) USDA has 
determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed breach there 
is a risk of harm to individuals, USDA (including its information 
systems, programs, and operations), the Federal Government, or national 
security; and (c) the disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and 
persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with USDA's 
efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and 
prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm;
    B. To a court or adjudicative body in a proceeding when: (a) USDA 
or any component thereof; or (b) any employee of USDA in his or her 
official capacity; or (c) any employee of USDA in his or her individual 
capacity where USDA 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, USDA determines that the 
records are both relevant and necessary to the litigation and the use 
of such records is therefore deemed by USDA to be for a purpose that is 
compatible with the purposes for which USDA collected the records.
    C. Federal Law Enforcement personnel (DoJ, DHS or DoD) who may 
assist when a breach involves the violation or suspected violation of 
law or when a breach is the subject of a law enforcement investigation.
    D. To the Department of Justice when: (a) USDA or any component 
thereof; or (b) any employee of USDA in his or her official capacity 
where the Department of Justice has agreed to represent the employee; 
or (c) the United States Government, is a party to litigation or has an 
interest in such litigation, and by careful review, USDA 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 USDA to be for a purpose that is compatible with the purpose 
for which USDA collected the records.
    E. To the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) or to 
other Federal Government agencies pursuant to records management 
inspections being conducted under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 
2906.
    F. Information may be disclosed to a court or adjudicative body in 
a proceeding when: (a) USDA or any component thereof; or (b) any 
employee of USDA in his or her official capacity; or (c) any employee 
of USDA in his or her individual capacity where USDA 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, USDA determines that the records are both relevant and 
necessary to the litigation and the use of such records is therefore 
deemed by USDA to be for a purpose that is compatible with the purpose 
for which USDA collected the records.
    G. 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 prosecutorial responsibility of the receiving entity. 
Referral to the appropriate agency, whether Federal, State, local, or 
foreign, charged with the responsibility of investigating or 
prosecuting violation of law, or of enforcing or implementing a 
statute, rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant thereto, of any 
record within the system when information available indicates a 
violation or potential violation of law, whether civil, criminal, or 
regulatory in nature.
    H. To contractors and their agents, grantees, experts, consultants, 
or volunteers who have been engaged by the agency in working on a 
contract, service, grant, cooperative agreement, or other assignment 
for the agency, who need to have access to the records in order to 
perform the activity. Individuals provided information under this 
routine use shall be required to comply with the requirements of the 
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
    I. To a Federal, State, tribal, local, international, or foreign 
government agency or entity for the purpose of consulting with that 
agency or entity: (1) To assist in making a determination regarding 
redress for an individual in connection with the operations of a USDA 
component or program; (2) for the purpose of verifying the identity of 
an individual seeking redress in connection with the operations of a

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USDA component or program; or (3) for the purpose of verifying the 
accuracy of information submitted by an individual who has requested 
such redress on behalf of another individual. USDA payroll and 
operational expenditures are in aggregate.
    J. To a Congressional office in response to an inquiry made at the 
written request of the individual to whom the record pertains;
    K. To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when information 
from this system of records is reasonably necessary to assist the 
recipient agency or entity in (1) responding to a suspected or 
confirmed breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or remedying the risk 
of harm to individuals, (including its information systems, programs, 
and operations), the Federal Government, or national security;

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
    FAS is responsible for maintaining its program. These records are 
electronically stored at NITC and are under the custodial care of FAS.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
    iMART does not interface or connect directly with NITC for 
personnel data. Select personnel information from NITC in an Excel 
report is loaded into iMART on a periodic basis. iMART internal 
personal records can be searched and retrieved by authorized and 
authenticated users with access by role, responsibility, and privilege. 
These records are indexed by the Microsoft database using Global Unique 
Identifier (GUID) and automatically generated integers. The software 
allows users to search indexed records by first and last name personal 
identifiers. Users can only conduct searches electronically from iMART 
web pages and web reports. Some of the search results are displayed on 
the screen and many are presented in reports. Electronic records are 
retrieved from NITC.
    Currently, the only automated form stored in iMART is the AD-287-2 
(Recommendation and Approval Form) which collects name of employee, pay 
plans and award types. This form will be for internal use for USDA 
employees only. FAS do not require collecting an individual's SSN on 
this form. FAS plans to continue to automate its business processes 
along with forms associated with FAS human resources and budgetary 
requirements to comply with mandatory OMB and department mandates.
    iMART access and authentication are built to meet USDA policies and 
practices including identification cards, network access, and 
electronic authentication methods. All iMART user access is built on a 
role, responsibility, and privilege matrix based on user need to know. 
The administration console, policies, and procedures are documented in 
a User Guide. The user access console is managed by the System Owner.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
    Records are retained and disposed of in accordance with the NARA's 
General Record Schedule (GRS) 2.3 (1.3 is for Budget Records, 2.2 is 
for Employee Management Records, and 2.3 is for Employee Relations 
Records) but may be retained for a longer period as required by 
litigation, investigation, and/or audit. Electronic and/or paper 
records are retained with USDA employees at USDA offices.

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
    Electronic records are stored securely at NITC. FAS employee access 
to and use of these records are limited to those persons whose official 
duties require such access. All users are given security awareness 
training which covers procedures for handling sensitive information, 
including personally identifiable information (PII). Annual refresher 
training is mandatory. All USDA employees and contractors with 
authorized access have undergone a thorough background security 
investigation.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    The long-term plan is to allow users to access their own data; 
however, at this time that security/role base permission is not 
available.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    The long-term plan is to allow users to access their own data; 
however, at this time that security/role base permission is not 
available. Contacting the program area point of contact (POC) is the 
method used to correct data discrepancies.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    Same as Record Access Procedures.

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    None.

HISTORY:
    None (this is a new SORN).

[FR Doc. 2019-25020 Filed 11-18-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-10-P