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A.I.D. 2 – Civil Service Employee Office Personnel Records

Systems of Records Notice


AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A.I.D.--2

System name: Civil Service Employee Office Personnel Records.

System location: Washington offices and, when a Civil Service employee is assigned overseas, at offices of assignment abroad as listed in appendix A.

Categories of individuals covered by the system: Present and former A.I.D. Civil Service employees, consultants, experts; persons under contract to A.I.D.; other U.S. Government Agency personnel employed by A.I.D.; advisers to A.I.D.

Categories of records in the system: In addition to central records in the custody of A.I.D. but officially ``maintained'' by the Civil Service Commission the Agency maintains personnel records which may be comprised of any of the following categories of documents: Biographic data; assignments and reassignment orders; notification of personnel actions; travel arrival and departure notices; time and attendance cards; requests for security clearances and building passes; nominations and host country clearances; position descriptions; contracts when individuals are employed under a contract; staffing and workload information; home, family, and emergency location information; records of language proficiency; performance evaluations; earning statements; compensation awards, and leave information; copies of power of attorney granted by individual; education and training information; delegations of authority; reports of accomplishments; commendations; accident or incident reports; reprimands and disciplinary actions; complaints and grievances; documents pertaining to fiscal, property, and transportation matters; correspondence pertaining to the individual; and health and life insurance plans.

Authority for maintenance of the system: Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 as amended, sec. 621, 625, 626, 627, 628 and 636(d); Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, sec. 911; 5 U.S.C. 301, 1301, 1302. Authority to establish and maintain files.

Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses:

To foreign Governments and U.S. and foreign firms for employment purposes.

To Financial and Credit Institutions for loan and credit reference purposes solely to verify the employee's name, employment with A.I.D., dates of employment and pay grade.

To other Federal Agencies and private firms for placement under exchange programs.

To officials of the Department of State serving as the employee's supervisor for performance evaluation and service.

To representatives of the Office of Personnel Management on matters relating to the inspection, survey, audit or evaluation of A.I.D. personnel management programs, of personnel actions, or such other matters under the jurisdiction of the Commission.

To representatives of the Office of Personnel Management of the maintenance of their Central Personnel Data File, Federal Automated Career System, and Executive Inventory File.

To the Attorney General of the United States or his authorized representative in connection with litigation, law enforcement, or other matters under the direct jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, or carried out as the legal representative of the executive agencies.

To a duly appointed hearing examiner or arbitrator (an employee of another federal agency) for the purpose of conducting a hearing in connection with an employee's appeal involving disclosures of records of A.I.D.'s personnel management system.

To an arbitrator who is given a contract pursuant to a negotiated labor agreement to hear an employee's grievance involving disclosure of records of the personnel management system.

To officials of labor organizations recognized under Executive Orders 11636 and 11491, as amended, when relevant and necessary to their duties of exclusive representation under the Orders, and to include data such as veteran preference status, tenure, salaries, grades, position titles, duty stations, agency-sponsored training and awards received, notices of reduction in force, job-related injury, and personnel actions, when such information is relevant to personnel policies and practices affecting employment conditions and necessary for exclusive representation by the labor organization. Wherever feasible and consistent with responsibilities under the orders, such information shall be furnished in depersonalized form, i.e., without personal identifiers.

To state employment security agencies and to the U.S. Department of Labor, upon request, employment, wage and seperation data of former AID employees, to determine eligibility for unemployment compensation.

To law enforcement agencies, U.S. Government agencies, courts, the Department of State, foreign governments and international agencies, and Members of Congress, for the purposes set forth in the Statement of General Routine Uses immediately preceding these specific notices of systems of records.

Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system:

Storage: Paper copy in file folder.

Retrievability: By name of employee, consultant, expert, contractor, and adviser.

Safeguards: Located in metal file cabinets with three-way combination lock in secured premises with access limited to those whose official duties require access.

Retention and disposal: Retention of these records varies from 1 to 75 years, depending upon the specific kind of record involved. They are retired or destroyed in accordance with General Records Schedules issued by the National Archives and Records Service and approved records control schedules of the Agency for International Development.

System manager(s) and address: Chief, Civil Service Personnel, Office of Personnel and Manpower, Agency for International Development, 515 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20523.

Administrative Officer or Executive Officer of the employing office or Mission as listed in Appendix A.

Notification procedure: Requests by individuals concerning the existence of a record may be addressed to:

Director
Office of Personnel and Manpower (SER/PM)
Attn: Privacy Liaison Officer
Agency for International Development
320 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20523
or presented in person at State, Annex 2, 515 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20523.

For offices abroad, to the Privacy Liaison Officer at the applicable address in appendix A.

Information required: Individual's name, place and date of birth. The determination as to the existence of a record will be facilitated by the provision of the individual's Social Security number and dates and places of service.

Record access procedures: Requests for individuals should be addressed or presented in person to the same addresses as stated in the Notification Section above.

Requests should be accompanied by information sufficient to identify the individual pursuant to Sec. 215.4 (c) or (d) of the Agency's regulations as published in this issue of the Federal Register.

Contesting record procedures: Written requests from individuals to amend their record should be mailed or presented in person to the same addresses as stated in the Notification Section above.

Requests for review of a refusal to amend a record should be made in writing and mailed or delivered to:

Administrator
Agency for International Development
320 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20523
ATTENTION: Executive Secretary--Privacy Review Request.
Both the envelope and the letter should be clearly marked
Attention: Executive Secretary--Privacy Review Request.

Record source categories: Provided by the individual, by officers and employees of A.I.D. in the performance of their official duties, by United States and foreign civil authorities, by educational institutions, private persons and companies and produced in the course of normal personnel administration operations of the Agency.

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