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and regulations to become a bank
holding company and/or to acquire the
assets or the ownership of, control of, or
the power to vote shares of a bank or
bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies
owned by the bank holding company,
including the companies listed below.
The applications listed below, as well
as other related filings required by the
Board, are available for immediate
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank
indicated. The application also will be
available for inspection at the offices of
the Board of Governors. Interested
persons may express their views in
writing on the standards enumerated in
the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the
proposal also involves the acquisition of
a nonbanking company, the review also
includes whether the acquisition of the
nonbanking company complies with the
standards in section 4 of the BHC Act
(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise
noted, nonbanking activities will be
conducted throughout the United States.
Additional information on all bank
holding companies may be obtained
from the National Information Center
website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
Unless otherwise noted, comments
regarding each of these applications
must be received at the Reserve Bank
indicated or the offices of the Board of
Governors not later than March 5, 2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000
Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30309:
1. Encore Bancshares, Inc., Houston,
Texas; to become a bank holding
company by acquiring 100 percent of
voting shares of Encore Bank, Naples,
Florida, upon Encore Bank’s conversion
from a federal savings bank to a national
bank.
2. First NBC Bank Holding Company,
to become a bank holding company by
acquiring 100 percent of the voting
shares of First NBC Bank, both of New
Orleans, Louisiana.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198-0001:
1. First Colorado Financial Corp.,
Paonia, Colorado; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring of 100
percent of the voting shares of First
National Bank of Paonia, Paonia,
Colorado.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, February 2, 2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[Docket No. OP–1276]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of
Amendment of System of Records
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Notice; amendment of one
system of records.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Privacy Act, the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (Board) is
publishing notice of the amendment of
one system of records entitled Office of
Inspector General (OIG) Investigative
Records (BGFRS/OIG–1). A new routine
use is being added in order for the OIG
to be able to participate in qualitative
assessment reviews (also known as peer
reviews) of investigative operations. We
invite public comment on this amended
system of records.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before March 9, 2007. This system of
records will become effective March 19,
2007, without further notice, unless
comments dictate otherwise.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. OP–1276, by
any of the following methods:
• Agency Web site: https://
www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/
generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail:
regs.comments@federalreserve.gov.
Include docket number in the subject
line of the message.
• Fax: 202/452–3819 or 202/452–
3102.
• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary,
Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, 20th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20551.
All public comments are available
from the Board’s Web site at https://
www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/
foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted,
except as necessary for technical
reasons. Accordingly, your comments
will not be edited to remove any
identifying or contact information.
Public comments may also be viewed
electronically or in paper in Room MP–
500 of the Board’s Martin Building (20th
and C Streets, NW.) between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. on weekdays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurence A. Froehlich, Assistant
Inspector General for Legal Services,
Office of the Inspector General, Board of
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Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 20th and C Streets, NW., Mail
Stop 300, Washington, DC 20551, or
(202) 973–5019, or
larry.froehlich@frb.gov.
This
publication satisfies the Privacy Act
requirement that agencies publish an
amended system of records notice in the
Federal Register when there is a
revision, change, or addition to the
system of records. The Board’s OIG has
decided to amend BGFRS/OIG–1 to
permit disclosure of records for the
purpose of qualitative assessment
reviews. The Homeland Security Act of
2002 (Pub. L. 107–296, Nov. 25, 2002)
requires certain Inspectors General to
‘‘establish an external review process for
ensuring that adequate internal
safeguards and management procedures
continue to exist within each Office
* * *.’’
The Executive Council on Integrity
and Efficiency (ECIE) and the
President’s Council on Integrity and
Efficiency (PCIE) have established peer
review processes that are designed to
provide qualitative measurement against
Inspector General community standards
to ensure that adequate internal
safeguards and management procedures
are maintained, to foster high-quality
investigations and investigative
processes, to ensure that the highest
level of professionalism is maintained,
and to promote consistency in
investigative standards and practices
within the Inspector General
community. The Board’s OIG has
committed to undergoing qualitative
assessment reviews of its investigations
program. Proposed routine use (7) will
allow disclosure of information to
authorized officials within the ECIE, the
PCIE, the Department of Justice, and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, as
necessary, for the purpose of conducting
qualitative assessment reviews of the
OIG’s investigative operations.
In addition, the Board has made a
technical change under ‘‘System
Manager and Address’’ to accurately
reflect system management changes.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), a
report of this amended system of
records is being filed with the Chair of
the House Committee on Homeland
Security and Government Reform and
Oversight, the Chair of the Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs,
and the Office of Management and
Budget.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SYSTEM NAME:
OIG Investigative Records.
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SYSTEM LOCATION:
Office of Inspector General, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 1709 New York Avenue NW.,
Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20006.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Individuals covered consist of:
(1) Officers or employees of the Board
or other persons involved in the Board’s
programs or operations who are or have
been under investigation by the Board’s
Office of Inspector General in order to
determine whether such officers,
employees or other persons have been
or are engaging in fraud and abuse with
respect to the Board’s programs or
operations; and
(2) Complainants and witnesses
where necessary for future retrieval.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The system contains files on
individual investigations, including
investigative reports and related
documents generated during the course
of or subsequent to an investigation. It
includes electronic and hard-copy casetracking systems, databases containing
investigatory information, ‘‘Hotline’’
telephone logs, and investigator work
papers and memoranda and letter
referrals to management or others.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
5 U.S.C. App. 4(a)(1) and 6(a)(2).
PURPOSES:
These records are collected,
maintained and used by the OIG in its
inquiries and investigations and reports
relating to the administration of the
Board’s programs and operations and to
manage the investigatory program.
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ROUTINE USES:
Under normal circumstances, no
individually identifiable records will be
provided. However, under those
unusual circumstances when release of
information contained in an
individually identifiable record is
required, proper safeguards will be
maintained to protect the information
collected from unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy. Subject to this general
limitation, the routine uses are as
follows:
1. In the event the information in the
system of records indicates a violation
or potential violation of a criminal or
civil law, rule, or regulation, the
relevant records may be disclosed to the
appropriate federal, state, or local
agency or authority responsible for
investigating or prosecuting such a
violation or for enforcing or
implementing a statute, rule, or
regulation.
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2. The information in the system of
records may be disclosed to a court,
magistrate, or administrative tribunal in
the course of presenting evidence,
including disclosures to counsel or
witnesses in the course of civil
discovery, litigation, or settlement
negotiations or in connection with
criminal proceedings.
3. The information may be disclosed
to a congressional office in response to
an inquiry made by that office at the
request of the individual who is the
subject of the records.
4. The information may be disclosed
to any source, including a federal, state,
or local agency maintaining civil,
criminal, or other relevant enforcement
information or other pertinent
information, but only to the extent
necessary for the OIG to obtain
information relevant to an OIG
investigation.
5. The information maybe disclosed
in order to respond to a federal agency’s
request made in connection with the
hiring or retention of an individual, the
issuance of a security clearance, the
reporting of an investigation of an
individual, the letting of a contract or
issuance of a grant, license, or other
benefit by the requesting agency, but
only to the extent that the information
disclosed is necessary and relevant to
the requesting agency’s decision on the
matter.
6. The information may be disclosed
to other federal entities, such as other
federal Offices of Inspector General or
the General Accounting Office, or to a
private party with which the OIG or the
Board has contracted for the purpose of
auditing or reviewing the performance
or internal management of the OIG’s
investigatory program, provided the
record will not be transferred in a form
that is individually identifiable, and
provided further that the entity
acknowledges in writing that it is
required to maintain Privacy Act
safeguards for the information.
7. The information may be disclosed
to officials charged with the
responsibility to conduct qualitative
assessment reviews of internal
safeguards and management procedures
employed in investigative operations.
This disclosure category consists of
members of the Executive Council on
Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE), the
President’s Council on Integrity and
Efficiency (PCIE), and officials and
administrative staff within their
investigative chain of command
authorized by the ECIE or PCIE to
conduct or participate in such
qualitative assessment reviews.
In addition to the foregoing routine
uses, a record which is contained in this
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system and derived from another Board
system of records may be disclosed as
a routine use as specified in the Federal
Register notice of the system of records
from which the records derived.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
These records are maintained in file
folders, computer disks, electronic
media, and reports on each
investigation.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records are generally indexed by
name of person under investigation,
investigation number, referral number,
or investigative subject matter.
SAFEGUARDS:
File folders are maintained in
lockable metal file cabinets stored in
offices that are locked when not in use.
Computer disks and electronic media
are locked in the lockable metal file
cabinets with their related file folders,
and information not so lockable is kept
in individual offices in locked or
passworded computer hardware. Access
to the information in the cabinets and
individual offices is permitted only by
and to specifically authorized
personnel.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Records in file folders are retained as
long as needed and then destroyed by
shredding. Computer disks are cleared,
retired, or destroyed when no longer
useful. Entries on electronic media are
deleted or erased when no longer
needed.
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
Inspector General, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and
C Streets, NW., Mail Stop 300,
Washington, DC 20551.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
A person requesting notice as to
whether this system of records contains
information pertaining to him or her
should write to the Office of Inspector
General, Mail Stop 300, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551.
Individuals requesting their own
records must provide their name and
address and a notarized statement
attesting to the individual’s identity.
Requests submitted on behalf of other
persons must include their written,
notarized authorization. Such requests
in the form prescribed may also be
presented in person at the Office of the
Inspector General, 1709 New York
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20006.
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Simultaneously with requesting
notification of inclusion in this system
of records, the individual may request
record access as described in the
following section, ‘‘Record access
procedures.’’
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Specific materials in this system have
been exempted from Privacy Act
provisions at 5 U.S.C. 552a(d), regarding
access to records. The section of this
notice titled ‘‘Exemptions claimed for
the system’’ indicates the kinds of
material exempted and the reasons for
exempting them from access.
Individuals wishing to request access to
non-exempt records should follow the
procedures described in the
‘‘Notification procedure’’ section.
Requests submitted on behalf of other
persons must include their written,
notarized authorization. If access to
such information by a subject individual
is deemed consistent with the purposes
for which this system of records has
been established, then the individual
will be notified by the OIG as to the time
and place for access to the records. The
OIG will also notify individuals when
access is denied.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:
Individuals requesting amendment or
contesting records in this system of
records should contact the OIG at the
address given above, reasonably identify
the records, specify the information
being contested, the rationale for the
challenge, and supply the information
requested to be substituted. Such
individuals must also comply with the
Board’s Privacy Act regulations on
‘‘Request for correction or amendment
of record’’ (12 CFR 261a.7).
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
The OIG collects information from
many sources including the subject
individuals, employees of the Board and
the Federal Reserve System, other
government employees, witnesses and
informants, and nongovernmental
sources.
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SYSTEM(S) EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE ACT:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), this
system of records is exempted from 5
U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d)(1), (d)(2), (e)(1),
(e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) to the
extent the system of records consists of
investigatory material compiled for law
enforcement purposes. Pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), this system of records
is exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(1) to
the extent that it consists of
investigatory material compiled for the
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civilian employment or federal
contracts, the release of which would
reveal the identity of a source who
furnished confidential information to
the Government under an express
promise that the identity of the source
would be held in confidence. Pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), this system of
records is exempted from 5 U.S.C.
552a(c)(3), (d)(1), (d)(2), (e)(1), (e)(2),
and (e)(3) to the extent that it consists
of information compiled for the purpose
of criminal investigations.
By order of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, February 1, 2007.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
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Office of the Secretary
Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue
Debts
Section 30.13 of the Department of
Health and Human Services’ claims
collection regulations (45 CFR Part 30)
provides that the Secretary shall charge
an annual rate of interest as fixed by the
Secretary of the Treasury after taking
into consideration private consumer
rates of interest prevailing on the date
that HHS becomes entitled to recovery.
The rate generally cannot be lower than
the Department of Treasury’s current
value of funds rate or the applicable rate
determined from the ‘‘Schedule of
Certified Interest Rates with Range of
Maturities.’’ This rate may be revised
quarterly by the Secretary of the
Treasury and shall be published
quarterly by the Department of Health
and Human Services in the Federal
Register.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
certified a rate of 121⁄2% for the quarter
ended December 31, 2006. This interest
rate will remain in effect until such time
as the Secretary of the Treasury notifies
HHS of any change.
Dated: January 30, 2007.
Jean Augustine,
Director, Office of Financial Policy and
Reporting.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology;
American Health Information
Community Consumer Empowerment
Workgroup Meeting
ACTION:
Announcement of meeting.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
14th meeting of the American Health
Information Community Consumer
Empowerment Workgroup in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5
U.S.C., App.)
DATES: February 16, 2007, from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building
(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC
20201), Conference Room 4090 (please
bring photo ID for entry to a Federal
building).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
https://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/
consumer/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Workgroup will discuss outcomes from
the recent AHIC recommendations
process, and continue discussion on a
personal health record. For additional
information, go to https://www.hhs.gov/
healthit/ahic/consumer/
celinstruct.html.
Dated: January 29, 2007.
Judith Sparrow,
Director, American Health Information
Community, Office of Programs and
Coordination, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology;
American Health Information
Community Confidentiality, Privacy,
and Security Workgroup Meeting
ACTION:
Announcement of meeting
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
seventh meeting of the American Health
Information Community Confidentiality,
Privacy, and Security Workgroup in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5
U.S.C., App.)
DATES: February 20, 2007, from 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building
(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[Docket No. OP-1276]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of Amendment of System of Records
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Notice; amendment of one system of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act, the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (Board) is publishing notice of the
amendment of one system of records entitled Office of Inspector General
(OIG) Investigative Records (BGFRS/OIG-1). A new routine use is being
added in order for the OIG to be able to participate in qualitative
assessment reviews (also known as peer reviews) of investigative
operations. We invite public comment on this amended system of records.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 9, 2007. This
system of records will become effective March 19, 2007, without further
notice, unless comments dictate otherwise.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. OP-1276,
by any of the following methods:
Agency Web site: https://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. https://www.federalreserve.gov/
generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. Include docket
number in the subject line of the message.
Fax: 202/452-3819 or 202/452-3102.
Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20551.
All public comments are available from the Board's Web site at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as
submitted, except as necessary for technical reasons. Accordingly, your
comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact
information. Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in
paper in Room MP-500 of the Board's Martin Building (20th and C
Streets, NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurence A. Froehlich, Assistant
Inspector General for Legal Services, Office of the Inspector General,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets,
NW., Mail Stop 300, Washington, DC 20551, or (202) 973-5019, or
larry.froehlich@frb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This publication satisfies the Privacy Act
requirement that agencies publish an amended system of records notice
in the Federal Register when there is a revision, change, or addition
to the system of records. The Board's OIG has decided to amend BGFRS/
OIG-1 to permit disclosure of records for the purpose of qualitative
assessment reviews. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-296,
Nov. 25, 2002) requires certain Inspectors General to ``establish an
external review process for ensuring that adequate internal safeguards
and management procedures continue to exist within each Office * * *.''
The Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE) and the
President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) have established
peer review processes that are designed to provide qualitative
measurement against Inspector General community standards to ensure
that adequate internal safeguards and management procedures are
maintained, to foster high-quality investigations and investigative
processes, to ensure that the highest level of professionalism is
maintained, and to promote consistency in investigative standards and
practices within the Inspector General community. The Board's OIG has
committed to undergoing qualitative assessment reviews of its
investigations program. Proposed routine use (7) will allow disclosure
of information to authorized officials within the ECIE, the PCIE, the
Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as
necessary, for the purpose of conducting qualitative assessment reviews
of the OIG's investigative operations.
In addition, the Board has made a technical change under ``System
Manager and Address'' to accurately reflect system management changes.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), a report of this amended
system of records is being filed with the Chair of the House Committee
on Homeland Security and Government Reform and Oversight, the Chair of
the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Office of
Management and Budget.
SYSTEM NAME:
OIG Investigative Records.
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SYSTEM LOCATION:
Office of Inspector General, Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, 1709 New York Avenue NW., Suite 3000, Washington, DC
20006.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Individuals covered consist of:
(1) Officers or employees of the Board or other persons involved in
the Board's programs or operations who are or have been under
investigation by the Board's Office of Inspector General in order to
determine whether such officers, employees or other persons have been
or are engaging in fraud and abuse with respect to the Board's programs
or operations; and
(2) Complainants and witnesses where necessary for future
retrieval.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The system contains files on individual investigations, including
investigative reports and related documents generated during the course
of or subsequent to an investigation. It includes electronic and hard-
copy case-tracking systems, databases containing investigatory
information, ``Hotline'' telephone logs, and investigator work papers
and memoranda and letter referrals to management or others.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
5 U.S.C. App. 4(a)(1) and 6(a)(2).
PURPOSES:
These records are collected, maintained and used by the OIG in its
inquiries and investigations and reports relating to the administration
of the Board's programs and operations and to manage the investigatory
program.
ROUTINE USES:
Under normal circumstances, no individually identifiable records
will be provided. However, under those unusual circumstances when
release of information contained in an individually identifiable record
is required, proper safeguards will be maintained to protect the
information collected from unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Subject to this general limitation, the routine uses are as follows:
1. In the event the information in the system of records indicates
a violation or potential violation of a criminal or civil law, rule, or
regulation, the relevant records may be disclosed to the appropriate
federal, state, or local agency or authority responsible for
investigating or prosecuting such a violation or for enforcing or
implementing a statute, rule, or regulation.
2. The information in the system of records may be disclosed to a
court, magistrate, or administrative tribunal in the course of
presenting evidence, including disclosures to counsel or witnesses in
the course of civil discovery, litigation, or settlement negotiations
or in connection with criminal proceedings.
3. The information may be disclosed to a congressional office in
response to an inquiry made by that office at the request of the
individual who is the subject of the records.
4. The information may be disclosed to any source, including a
federal, state, or local agency maintaining civil, criminal, or other
relevant enforcement information or other pertinent information, but
only to the extent necessary for the OIG to obtain information relevant
to an OIG investigation.
5. The information maybe disclosed in order to respond to a federal
agency's request made in connection with the hiring or retention of an
individual, the issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an
investigation of an individual, the letting of a contract or issuance
of a grant, license, or other benefit by the requesting agency, but
only to the extent that the information disclosed is necessary and
relevant to the requesting agency's decision on the matter.
6. The information may be disclosed to other federal entities, such
as other federal Offices of Inspector General or the General Accounting
Office, or to a private party with which the OIG or the Board has
contracted for the purpose of auditing or reviewing the performance or
internal management of the OIG's investigatory program, provided the
record will not be transferred in a form that is individually
identifiable, and provided further that the entity acknowledges in
writing that it is required to maintain Privacy Act safeguards for the
information.
7. The information may be disclosed to officials charged with the
responsibility to conduct qualitative assessment reviews of internal
safeguards and management procedures employed in investigative
operations. This disclosure category consists of members of the
Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE), the President's
Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE), and officials and
administrative staff within their investigative chain of command
authorized by the ECIE or PCIE to conduct or participate in such
qualitative assessment reviews.
In addition to the foregoing routine uses, a record which is
contained in this system and derived from another Board system of
records may be disclosed as a routine use as specified in the Federal
Register notice of the system of records from which the records
derived.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING,
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
These records are maintained in file folders, computer disks,
electronic media, and reports on each investigation.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records are generally indexed by name of person under
investigation, investigation number, referral number, or investigative
subject matter.
SAFEGUARDS:
File folders are maintained in lockable metal file cabinets stored
in offices that are locked when not in use. Computer disks and
electronic media are locked in the lockable metal file cabinets with
their related file folders, and information not so lockable is kept in
individual offices in locked or passworded computer hardware. Access to
the information in the cabinets and individual offices is permitted
only by and to specifically authorized personnel.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Records in file folders are retained as long as needed and then
destroyed by shredding. Computer disks are cleared, retired, or
destroyed when no longer useful. Entries on electronic media are
deleted or erased when no longer needed.
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
Inspector General, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 20th and C Streets, NW., Mail Stop 300, Washington, DC 20551.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
A person requesting notice as to whether this system of records
contains information pertaining to him or her should write to the
Office of Inspector General, Mail Stop 300, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551. Individuals requesting
their own records must provide their name and address and a notarized
statement attesting to the individual's identity. Requests submitted on
behalf of other persons must include their written, notarized
authorization. Such requests in the form prescribed may also be
presented in person at the Office of the Inspector General, 1709 New
York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20006.
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Simultaneously with requesting notification of inclusion in this system
of records, the individual may request record access as described in
the following section, ``Record access procedures.''
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Specific materials in this system have been exempted from Privacy
Act provisions at 5 U.S.C. 552a(d), regarding access to records. The
section of this notice titled ``Exemptions claimed for the system''
indicates the kinds of material exempted and the reasons for exempting
them from access. Individuals wishing to request access to non-exempt
records should follow the procedures described in the ``Notification
procedure'' section. Requests submitted on behalf of other persons must
include their written, notarized authorization. If access to such
information by a subject individual is deemed consistent with the
purposes for which this system of records has been established, then
the individual will be notified by the OIG as to the time and place for
access to the records. The OIG will also notify individuals when access
is denied.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:
Individuals requesting amendment or contesting records in this
system of records should contact the OIG at the address given above,
reasonably identify the records, specify the information being
contested, the rationale for the challenge, and supply the information
requested to be substituted. Such individuals must also comply with the
Board's Privacy Act regulations on ``Request for correction or
amendment of record'' (12 CFR 261a.7).
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
The OIG collects information from many sources including the
subject individuals, employees of the Board and the Federal Reserve
System, other government employees, witnesses and informants, and
nongovernmental sources.
SYSTEM(S) EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), this system of records is exempted
from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d)(1), (d)(2), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and
(I), and (f) to the extent the system of records consists of
investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes. Pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), this system of records is exempted from 5
U.S.C. 552a(d)(1) to the extent that it consists of investigatory
material compiled for the purpose of determining suitability,
eligibility, or qualifications for federal civilian employment or
federal contracts, the release of which would reveal the identity of a
source who furnished confidential information to the Government under
an express promise that the identity of the source would be held in
confidence. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), this system of records is
exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d)(1), (d)(2), (e)(1), (e)(2), and
(e)(3) to the extent that it consists of information compiled for the
purpose of criminal investigations.
By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, February 1, 2007.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-1902 Filed 2-6-07; 8:45 am]
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