Veterans' Preference Complaint File under the Veterans Equal
Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA)
None.
Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS') State Offices,
Regional Offices, and National Office.
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces who believe that they have been
denied veterans preference or other special considerations provided by law(s).
The system of records contains materials related to civil
investigations which include: initial investigative complaint form, background,
investigators' fact finding records, witness statements, supporting documents
provided by claimants and employers, other information relevant to a
determination of veterans preference consideration related to employment with
Federal agencies.
5 U.S.C. 3330a
Records are maintained for investigation of possible violations of
federal laws pertaining to veterans' preference and other special consideration
related to employment with Federal agencies.
In addition to those universal routine uses listed in the General
Prefatory Statement, records and information may be disclosed to the Federal
employing agency against whom a complaint has been made so that the complaint
can proceed to a conclusion. Disclosure of information that is relevant and
necessary may also be made to the Office of Personnel Management and to the
Merit Systems Protection Board.
Electronic and manual records.
By name of complainant or name of Federal agency.
Secured room, or locked cabinets, and passwords for electronic system.
Cutoff and removed from active file in fiscal year when litigation is
completed. Transferred to Federal Records Center five (5) years after cutoff.
Destroy when ten (10) years old.
Chief of Investigations and Compliance, United States Department of
Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20210.
Inquiries should be mailed or presented to the system manager noted at
the address listed above.
A request for access shall be addressed to the systems manager at the
address listed above. Individuals must furnish the following information for
their records to be located and identified:
a. Name.
b. Approximate date of separation.
A petition for amendment shall be addressed to the System Manager and
must meet the requirements of 29 CFR 71.9.
Veterans, Federal employment applicants or employing Federal agencies,
former agency employees, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs,
Office of Personnel Management, union officers and members of the public.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), investigatory material in this
system of records compiled for law enforcement purposes is exempt from
subsections (c)(3); (d); (e)(1); (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I); and (f) of 5 U.S.C.
552a, provided however, that if any individual is denied any right, privilege,
or benefit that he or she would otherwise be entitled to by Federal law, or for
which he or she would otherwise be eligible, as a result of the maintenance of
these records, such material shall be provided to the individual, except to the
extent that the disclosure of such material would reveal the identity of a
source who furnished information to the Government under an express promise
that the identity of the source would be held in confidence, or prior to
January 1, 1975, under an implied promise that the identity of the source would
be held in confidence.
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