DOL/BLS-8

SYSTEM NAMES:

BLS Employee ADP Training History.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Office.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

BLS employees who take training under BLS's ADP training contract.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Employee name, employee Social Security Number, employee organization, course taken, course start date, course end date, total hours for course, indication whether or not the course was completed, and cost of the course for this student to the student's organization.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301

PURPOSE(S):

The records are maintained to enable BLS to allocate costs of training to appropriate organization within BLS and to enable employees' managers and employees to determine what courses employees have taken.

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

The paper records are stored in file folders in metal cabinets. Machine-readable versions of the records are kept in a microcomputer database.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Filed and retrieved by course title or other identifying codes such as course number. Also, filed and retrieved by the name or Social Security Number of employee attending course.

SAFEGUARDS:

The files are maintained in locked file cabinets with access only to those with a need to know the information to perform their duties. Access to machine readable data will be limited to those with a need to know.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Destroy when 5 years old or when superseded or obsolete, whichever is sooner.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Chief, Division of Technology Measurement and Strategic Initiatives, Room 5110, Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Ave. N.E., Washington, DC 20212.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Inquiries should be mailed or presented to the system manager noted at the address noted above.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

As noted in notification procedure.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

As noted in notification procedure.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Application for Training forms such as DL-101 or other application forms BLS may designate. Certificates of course completion and BLS management information system records.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

None.