DOL/ETA-15

SYSTEM NAME:

DOL/ETA Evaluation, Research, Pilot or Demonstration Contractors' Project Files.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Individual contractors' and subcontractors' project worksites and the Office of Policy and Research (OPR), ETA.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

Participants in programs of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and other research, pilot or demonstration projects.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Records in the system may include characteristics of program participants, description of program activities, services received by participants, program outcomes and participant follow-up information obtained after the completion of the program.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Job Training Partnership Act, Title IV; Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Secs. 156, 171, and 172; Social Security Act, Secs. 441 and 908. (29 U.S.C. 1731-1735; 29 U.S.C. 2856, 2916, and 2917; and 42 U.S.C. 841 and 1108; respectively.

PURPOSE(S):

The purpose of this system is to provide necessary information for statutorily-required and other evaluations of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) programs, evaluations of ETA-sponsored pilot and demonstration programs, and other statistical and research studies of employment and training program and policy issues. These records are used solely for statistical research or evaluation and are not used in any way for making any determination about an identifiable individual.

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

Records may be disclosed to other Federal, State and local government agencies in order to facilitate the collection of additional data necessary for statistical and evaluation purposes.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:

None.

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

STORAGE:

Records are maintained on magnetic tape and disks by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and various contractors.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are retrieved by name or social security number, and by a variety of other unique identifiers that have been created for a specific study.

SAFEGUARDS:

Records are maintained on secure computer systems and can only be retrieved with the proper access code.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records which are individually identified are retained by the contractors for one to five years, then the identifiers are destroyed. After the conclusion of the studies the records are retired to the Federal Records Center and are destroyed after being retained by the Records Center for 20 years.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Administrator, Office of Policy and Research, Employment and Training Administration, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Address inquiries to the Administrator, Office of Policy and Research, Employment and Training Administration, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals wishing access to a record should contact the System Manager indicated in the notification procedures section above. Individuals requesting access to records must comply with the Department's Privacy Act regulations on verification of identity and access to records.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Individuals wishing to request amendment to records should contact the System Manager indicated in the notification procedures section.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Individual participants, and Federal, State, and local Government agencies.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

None.