[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37314-37315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12140]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans 
Affairs (VA).

ACTION: Rescindment of a system of records notice.

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SUMMARY: VA is rescinding a system of records entitled, ``All Employee 
Survey-VA'' (160VA10A2) as set forth in the Federal Register. This 
system was used for applied managerial as well as scientific 
statistical analysis of employee satisfaction on quality and quantity 
of work, personal safety, promotion and training opportunity, fair and 
equitable treatment, and work/family balance.

DATES: The system was discontinued on September 1, 2012. Comments on 
this rescinded system of records must be received no later than 30 days 
after date of publication in the Federal Register. If no public comment 
is received during the period allowed for comment or unless otherwise 
published in the Federal Register by VA, the rescindment will become 
effective a minimum of 30 days after date of publication in the Federal 
Register. If VA receives public comments, VA shall review the comments 
to determine whether any changes to the notice are necessary.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through www.Regulations.gov or 
mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, (005X6F), 
Washington, DC 20420. Comments should indicate that they are submitted 
in response to ``All Employee Survey-VA'' (160VA10A2). Comments 
received will be available at regulations.gov for public viewing, 
inspection or copies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephania Griffin, Veterans Health 
Administration (VHA) Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420; 
[email protected], telephone (704) 245-2492 (Note: this is not a 
toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Categories of individuals covered by the 
system were all VA employees. Records were maintained on the server 
with a backup copy on compact disk in the VHA National Center for 
Organization Development (NCOD) Program Office, 11500 Northlake Drive, 
Suite 260, Cincinnati, OH 45249.
    This system of records notice is being rescinded since the All 
Employee

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Survey (AES) system does not use personal identifiers that can be 
connected to individuals. The de-identified, completely anonymized 
version of the older AES data is retained on the NCOD server behind the 
VA firewall. These versions will be retained indefinitely given their 
archival value as sources of establishing historical trends of VA 
employee perceptions, if needed or requested by VA leadership. 
Currently, the new vendor and system for AES does not use individual 
identifiers. Both the older AES system as well as the newer AES system 
do not use identifiers for individuals. Survey responses can not be 
used to identify specific individuals; therefore, a system of records 
is not required. Since there is no records retention schedule for any 
AES records, AES records will continue to be maintained indefinitely 
until scheduled.

Signing Authority

    The Senior Agency Official for Privacy, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Kurt D. 
DelBene, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief 
Information Officer, approved this document on May 31, 2023 for 
publication.

    Dated: June 2, 2023.
Amy L. Rose,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Information Security, 
Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    ``All Employee Survey-VA'' 160VA10A2.

HISTORY:
    75 FR 3787 (January 22, 2010) and 78 FR 36035 (June 14, 2013).

[FR Doc. 2023-12140 Filed 6-6-23; 8:45 am]
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