Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a New System of Records, 60710-60711 [E6-17069]
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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
These records are retained and
disposed of in accordance with General
Records Schedule 18, item 22, approved
by the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). Records are
destroyed by burning, pulping, or
shredding, as scheduled in the HB GSA
Records Maintenance and Disposition
System (OAD P 1820.2A).
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
The official responsible for personnel
security files in the system is the
Director, Personnel Security
Requirements Division (CPR), 1800 F
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Inquiries by individuals as to whether
the system contains a record pertaining
to themselves should be addressed to
the system manager.
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a New
System of Records
General Services
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM:
SUMMARY: The General Services
Administration (GSA) is providing
notice of a new record system, GSA/
PPFM–11 (Pegasys). Pegasys is a
commercial-off-the-shelf based financial
management system.
Effective Date: The system of records
will become effective without further
notice on November 27, 2006 unless
comments received on or before that
date result in a contrary determination.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call
or e-mail the GSA Privacy Act Officer:
telephone 202–501–1452; e-mail
gsa.privacyact@gsa.gov.
GSA Privacy Act Officer
(CIB), General Services Administration,
1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC
20405.
ADDRESSES:
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Requests from individuals for access
to records should be addressed to the
system manager and should include full
name (maiden name where appropriate),
address, and date and place of birth.
General inquiries may be made by
telephone.
PROCEDURES FOR CONTESTING RECORDS:
GSA rules for accessing records,
contesting their content, and appealing
initial decisions appear in 41 CFR part
105–64.
RECORD SOURCES:
Individuals, employees, informants,
law enforcement agencies, other
Government agencies, employees’
references, co-workers, neighbors,
educational institutions, and
intelligence sources. Security violation
information is obtained from a variety of
sources, such as security guard’s
reports, security inspections, witnesses,
supervisor’s reports, and audit reports.
Pegasys is
part of a shared-services financial
operation providing a commercial-offthe-shelf financial system (in a privatevendor hosted environment), financial
transaction processing, and financial
analysis for its main business lines of
Federal supplies and technology, public
buildings, and general management and
administration offices. GSA also utilizes
this shared-service operation to cross
service multiple external client
agencies. The system information will
be accessed and used by GSA
employees, training centers, and outside
agencies.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: September 28, 2006.
Cheryl Paige,
Acting Director, Office of Information
Management.
GSA/PPFM–11
SYSTEM NAME:
Pegasys.
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FILES EXEMPTED FROM PARTS OF THE ACT:
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), the
personnel security case files in the
system of records are exempt from
subsections (c)(3); (d); (e)(1); (e)(4)(G),
(H), and (I); and (f) of the act.
Information will be withheld to the
extent it identifies witnesses promised
confidentiality as a condition of
providing information during the course
of the background investigation.
Pegasys records and files are
maintained in the Phoenix Data Center
(PDC), with records also stored in the
Washington, DC Central Office, Ft.
Worth regional office, and Kansas City
regional office.
Individuals covered by the system:
Individuals covered by Pegasys include
GSA vendors and Federal employees.
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Pegasys contains records and files
pertaining to financial information;
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therefore, these files and records contain
the following privacy data:
• Social Security Number (SSN)
• Employee address
• Banking information
• Credit Card number
The Chief Financial Officers (CFO)
Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–576) as
amended.
PURPOSE:
Pegasys is the GSA core financial
management system of records to make
payments and record accounting
transactions. This includes funds
management (budget execution and
purchasing), credit cards, accounts
payable, disbursements, standard
general ledger, and reporting. It is part
of a shared-services financial operation
providing a commercial-off-the-shelf
(COTS) financial system (in a privatevendor hosted environment), financial
transaction processing, and financial
analysis for its main business lines of
Federal supplies and technology, public
buildings, and general management and
administration offices. GSA also utilizes
this shared-service operation to cross
service multiple external client
agencies.
ROUTINE USES OF THE SYSTEM RECORDS,
INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THEIR
PURPOSE FOR USING THE SYSTEM:
System information accessed by
Pegasys may be used by designated
finance center employees and their
supervisors, along with designated
analysts and managers. System
information also may be used:
a. In any legal proceeding, where
pertinent, to which GSA is a party
before a court or administrative body.
b. To conduct investigations, by
authorized officials, that are
investigating or settling a grievance,
complaint, or appeal filed by an
individual who is the subject of the
record.
c. To a Federal agency in connection
with the hiring or retention of an
employee; the issuance of a security
clearance; the reporting of an
investigation; the letting of a contract; or
the issuance of a grant, license, or other
benefit to the extent that the information
is relevant and necessary to a decision.
d. To the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM), the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), or the
Government Accountability Office
(GAO) when the information is required
for program evaluation purposes.
e. To an expert, consultant, or
contractor of GSA in the performance of
a Federal duty to which the information
is relevant.
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supervisors of those individuals, and
existing agency systems.
f. To the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA) for
records management purposes.
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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF SYSTEM RECORDS:
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STORAGE:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
All records and files in Pegasys are
stored electronically in a passwordprotected database format.
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
RETRIEVAL:
Information on individuals contained
in Pegasys records and files are
retrievable by name or vendor number.
SAFEGUARDS:
Pegasys records and files are
safeguarded in accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act. Access
is limited to authorized individuals
with passwords, and the database is
maintained behind a certified firewall.
Information on individuals is released
only to authorized persons on a need-toknow basis and in accordance with the
provisions of routine use. This system
undergoes frequent testing and is
certified and accredited for operation.
Periodic Privacy Act Impact
Assessments are performed as well to
ensure the adequacy of security controls
to protect personally identifiable
information.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Pegasys records and files are retained
and disposed of according to GSA
records maintenance and disposition
schedules and the requirements of the
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
Director, Financial Systems
Development Division (BDD), General
Services Administration, 1800 F Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20405.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Individuals wishing to inquire if the
system contains information about them
should contact the Pegasys system
manager.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:
Requests for access may be directed to
the Pegasys system manager.
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RECORD CONTESTING PROCEDURE:
GSA rules for accessing records, for
contesting the contents, and appealing
initial decisions are in 41 CFR part 105–
64, published in the Federal Register.
RECORD SOURCES:
The sources for information in
Pegasys are the individuals for whom
the records are maintained, the
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Request for Measures of Consumers’
Assessment of Cultural Competency
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for measures.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) is
soliciting the submission of instruments
or items that measure patient
perspectives on the cultural awareness
of the healthcare professionals
providing care to those patients. This
initiative is in response to the need to
develop a new CAHPS cultural
competency survey. AHRQ is interested
in incorporating this survey into an
integrated set of carefully tested,
standardized survey questionnaires and
accompanying reports. The addition of
the CAHPS cultural competency
component to the set is intended to
empower consumers with quality of
care information while also encouraging
healthcare professionals to provide
culturally competent care. The survey
will be designed to assess the quality of
care and services provided by
healthcare professional in the context of
cultural competency.
Based on prior work, there are several
functional areas that the planned
instrument could assess such as: (1)
Patient-provider communication (e.g.,
providers give clear explanations,
patients feel that they get all the
information they need,), (2) respect for
patient preferences/shared decisionmaking (e.g., providers discuss pros and
cons of treatment options, providers
understand and takes into account
patient’s environment, family members
are appropriately included in
decisions), (3) experiences leading to
trust or distrust (e.g., providers treat
patients in a culturally sensitive or
insensitive manner that led to trust or
distrust), (4) experiences of
discrimination (e.g., providers or staff
treat patients with disrespect because of
a patients’ racial/ethnic backgrounds,
insurance type/status, lack of
proficiency in English), (5) language
access (e.g., availability of interpreter
services and translated materials), and
(6) alternative treatment (e.g., providers
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are open to discussion about traditional
healers and remedies).
DATES: Please submit instruments or
individual items and supporting
information on or before November 15,
2006. AHRQ will not respond
individually to submitters, but will
consider all submitted instruments and
publicly report the results of the review
of the submissions in aggregate.
ADDRESSES: Submissions should include
a brief cover letter, copy of the
instrument or items for consideration
and supporting information as specified
under the Submission Criteria below.
Submissions may be in the form of a
letter or e-mail, preferably with an
electronic file as an e-mail attachment.
Responses to this request should be
submitted to: Anna Caponiti, Center for
Quality Improvement and Patient
Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, 540 Gaither Road,
Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: (301) 427–
1402, Fax: (301) 427–1341, E-mail:
anna.caponiti@ahrq.hhs.gov.
To facilitate handling of submissions,
please include full information about
the instrument developer or contact: (a)
Name, (b) title, (c) organization, (d)
mailing address, (e) telephone number,
(f) fax number, and (g) e-mail address.
Also please submit a copy of the
instrument or items for consideration
along with evidence that they meet the
criteria below. It would be appreciated
if each citation of a peer-reviewed
journal article pertaining to the
instrument includes the title of the
article, author(s), publication year,
journal name, volume, issue, and page
numbers where article appears, but all
of these details are not required.
Submitters must also provide a
statement of willingness to grant to
AHRQ the right to use and authorize
others to use submitted measures and
their documentation as part of a
CCAHPS-trademarked instrument.
This CAHPS instrument for patients’
perspectives on cultural competency of
healthcare professionals provision of
care will be made publicly available,
free of charge. Electronic submissions
are encouraged.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Caponiti, at the address above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background Information
The CAHPS program was initiated in
1995 to develop a survey and report on
consumers’ perspectives on the quality
of their health plans. Since that time,
the CAHPS program, in partnership
with the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) and others,
has expanded its scope and developed
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a New System of Records
AGENCY: General Services Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) is providing notice
of a new record system, GSA/PPFM-11 (Pegasys). Pegasys is a commercial-
off-the-shelf based financial management system.
Effective Date: The system of records will become effective without
further notice on November 27, 2006 unless comments received on or
before that date result in a contrary determination.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call or e-mail the GSA Privacy Act
Officer: telephone 202-501-1452; e-mail gsa.privacyact@gsa.gov.
ADDRESSES: GSA Privacy Act Officer (CIB), General Services
Administration, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pegasys is part of a shared-services
financial operation providing a commercial-off-the-shelf financial
system (in a private-vendor hosted environment), financial transaction
processing, and financial analysis for its main business lines of
Federal supplies and technology, public buildings, and general
management and administration offices. GSA also utilizes this shared-
service operation to cross service multiple external client agencies.
The system information will be accessed and used by GSA employees,
training centers, and outside agencies.
Dated: September 28, 2006.
Cheryl Paige,
Acting Director, Office of Information Management.
GSA/PPFM-11
System name:
Pegasys.
System location:
Pegasys records and files are maintained in the Phoenix Data Center
(PDC), with records also stored in the Washington, DC Central Office,
Ft. Worth regional office, and Kansas City regional office.
Individuals covered by the system: Individuals covered by Pegasys
include GSA vendors and Federal employees.
Records in the system:
Pegasys contains records and files pertaining to financial
information; therefore, these files and records contain the following
privacy data:
Social Security Number (SSN)
Employee address
Banking information
Credit Card number
Authority for maintaining the system:
The Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-576) as
amended.
Purpose:
Pegasys is the GSA core financial management system of records to
make payments and record accounting transactions. This includes funds
management (budget execution and purchasing), credit cards, accounts
payable, disbursements, standard general ledger, and reporting. It is
part of a shared-services financial operation providing a commercial-
off-the-shelf (COTS) financial system (in a private-vendor hosted
environment), financial transaction processing, and financial analysis
for its main business lines of Federal supplies and technology, public
buildings, and general management and administration offices. GSA also
utilizes this shared-service operation to cross service multiple
external client agencies.
Routine uses of the system records, including categories of users and
their purpose for using the system:
System information accessed by Pegasys may be used by designated
finance center employees and their supervisors, along with designated
analysts and managers. System information also may be used:
a. In any legal proceeding, where pertinent, to which GSA is a
party before a court or administrative body.
b. To conduct investigations, by authorized officials, that are
investigating or settling a grievance, complaint, or appeal filed by an
individual who is the subject of the record.
c. To a Federal agency in connection with the hiring or retention
of an employee; the issuance of a security clearance; the reporting of
an investigation; the letting of a contract; or the issuance of a
grant, license, or other benefit to the extent that the information is
relevant and necessary to a decision.
d. To the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), or the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) when the information is required for program evaluation purposes.
e. To an expert, consultant, or contractor of GSA in the
performance of a Federal duty to which the information is relevant.
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f. To the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for
records management purposes.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining,
and disposing of system records:
Storage:
All records and files in Pegasys are stored electronically in a
password-protected database format.
Retrieval:
Information on individuals contained in Pegasys records and files
are retrievable by name or vendor number.
Safeguards:
Pegasys records and files are safeguarded in accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act. Access is limited to authorized
individuals with passwords, and the database is maintained behind a
certified firewall. Information on individuals is released only to
authorized persons on a need-to-know basis and in accordance with the
provisions of routine use. This system undergoes frequent testing and
is certified and accredited for operation. Periodic Privacy Act Impact
Assessments are performed as well to ensure the adequacy of security
controls to protect personally identifiable information.
Retention and disposal:
Pegasys records and files are retained and disposed of according to
GSA records maintenance and disposition schedules and the requirements
of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
System manager and address:
Director, Financial Systems Development Division (BDD), General
Services Administration, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405.
Notification procedure:
Individuals wishing to inquire if the system contains information
about them should contact the Pegasys system manager.
Record access procedure:
Requests for access may be directed to the Pegasys system manager.
Record contesting procedure:
GSA rules for accessing records, for contesting the contents, and
appealing initial decisions are in 41 CFR part 105-64, published in the
Federal Register.
Record sources:
The sources for information in Pegasys are the individuals for whom
the records are maintained, the supervisors of those individuals, and
existing agency systems.
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