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DOL/BLS-9

SYSTEM NAMES:

Routine Administrative Files.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20212.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

BLS employees, BLS contractors, and visitors for longer than 30 days.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Several groups of records exist: records containing tuition information, contractor ID card records, cardkey security records, Polaroid ID card records, DAS separations database records, imprest fund records, visitor control records, PSB Phone system records, facility service requests records, Sprint telephone card records transit subsidy records, government credit card records, and printing and duplications records.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301.

PURPOSE(S):

To record and track routine administrative data, to maintain security, to manage the facility, to plan expenditures, to maintain an employee locator system, and to process fund reimbursement vouchers.

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:

Stored on file server with tape backup capabilities and on personal computer hard drives with floppy disk backup. Manual files are stored in a secured area in locked file cabinets.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By individual's name and Social Security Number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Authorized personnel only. File servers and personal computers are located in secured rooms. Passwords are necessary to access records. Access levels are created within automated systems to restrict unauthorized access to system utilities.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

All records are temporary, usually one to four years, and disposal is based on BLS records disposition schedule N1-257-88-1 and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) General Records Schedule (GRS) Numbers 1-4, 6, 11-13, and 18.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Chief, Branch of Records Management and General Services, Division of Administrative Services, Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20212.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

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

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

As in notification procedure.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

As in notification procedure.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

BLS Form OA-189, OA-193, DL 1-101, DL 1-107, OAM-165, OA-185, SO-68, and from individuals concerned.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

None.



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