DOL/ODEP-1

SYSTEM NAME:

Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Files.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Job Accommodation Network, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6080, Morgantown, West Virginia, 26505-6080.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

Individuals with disabilities, employers and the general public who request information through the JAN system.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Caller's name, address, telephone number, type of disability, functional limitations caused by the disability, accommodations discussed, type of firm or organization for whom the caller works, and anecdotal information recorded by the human factors consultant.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301

PURPOSE(S):

This system provides technical assistance to businesses and to individuals for the purpose of making job accommodations for individuals with disabilities. It also makes possible the sharing of information about job accommodations. The JAN system compiles a comprehensive resource data bank for job accommodations currently available. Finally, the system provides technical assistance to employers on how to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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

In addition to those universal routine uses listed in the General Prefatory Statement to this document, relevant information may be disclosed to employers for the purpose of hiring individuals with disabilities and/or for enabling the employers to accommodate employees with disabilities.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:

None.

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

STORAGE:

Computer disks.

SAFEGUARDS:

The data is stored on computer disk, stored in a secure central file server.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are retrieved by caller's name, state, and job interest category.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Data is maintained permanently on the file server with access by program personnel only.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

The systems manager is the Project Director of the Job Accommodations Network, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6080, Morgantown, WV 26506-6080.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Mail all inquiries or present in writing to the Office of Disability Employment Policy, 1331 F Street, NW, DC 20004 or to the Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Coordinator, at U.S. Department of Labor/Office of Disability Employment Policy, 200 Constitution Avenue., NW, Washington, DC 20210.

RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals wishing to gain access shall write to Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy at the above addresses.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Individuals wishing to contest information in their files may write to the system manager at the specified address above, reasonably identify the records pertaining to them, the information which is being contested in those records, the corrective action(s) being sought, and the reasons for the correction(s).

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Individual participants in the JAN system.

SYSTEM EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

None.