DOL/BLS-20

SYSTEM NAME:

Fellowship Applicants and Recipients Files.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Offices in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Office.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

Applicants and recipients of fellowship awards (e.g., Fellows in the American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation/BLS Fellowship Program), who are not Federal employees but are assigned to work with BLS staff and/or BLS non-public data files.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Records include the individual's name, Social Security

Number, school transcripts, work address and telephone number, home address and telephone number, and biographical information; applications, research proposals, and related papers; test results, and other documents such as correspondence with the individual.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301.

PURPOSE(S):

To assure that the appropriate records on fellowship awards are maintained and are available for official use.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:

None, except for those universal routine uses listed in the General Prefatory Statement to this document.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:

None.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Files are stored electronically and on paper.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By name.

SAFEGUARDS:

Access by authorized personnel only. Computer security safeguards are used for electronically stored data, and locked locations for paper files.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

These records are permanent. Records are transferred to the Federal Records Center when five (5) years old. They are offered to NARA in ten (10) year blocks, when the most recent record is twenty (20) years old.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Associate Commissioner for Survey Methods Research, Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20212.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Mail, or present in writing, all inquiries to the System Manager at the above address.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

As in notification procedure.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

As in notification procedure.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Individuals concerned; from references, the Education Testing Service, educational institutions supplying transcripts, review records; and administrative data developed during the selection process and/or award tenure.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

None.