Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records, 30548 [E7-10578]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 105 (Friday, June 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 30548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10578]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket No. 060616172-6172-01]


Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records

ACTION: Notice of Amendment of Privacy Act System of Records: COMMERCE/
NIST-7, NIST Emergency Locator System.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), the Department of Commerce is issuing 
notice of intent to amend the system of records under COMMERCE/NIST-7, 
NIST Emergency Locator System to include the name change of the 
National Bureau of Standards (NBS) to the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST); update internal organizational unit 
names, contacts, locations; and reflect more current system 
descriptions.

DATES: To be considered, written comments must be submitted on or 
before July 2, 2007. Unless comments are received, the amendments to 
the system of records will become effective as proposed on the date of 
publication of a subsequent notice in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin Overbey, Emergency Services 
Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, 
MD 20899-3590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1989 the name of the National Bureau of 
Standards (NBS) was changed to the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST). This system is updated to reflect that name change, 
along with updating internal organizational unit names; contacts; 
locations; and system descriptions.
COMMERCE/NIST-7

System Name:
    NIST Emergency Locator System.

Security Classification:
    None.

System Location:
    Emergency Services Division, Director for Administration and Chief 
Financial Officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3590, Police Services Group, Fire Protection 
Services Group, Health Physics Group; National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, Boulder, Colorado.

Categories of Individuals Covered by the System:
    NIST employees and other authorized individuals using NIST 
facilities.

Categories of Records in the System:
    Names and home telephone numbers.

Authority for Maintenance of the System:
    5 U.S.C. 301 and 15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.

Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories 
of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses:
    1. Home telephone numbers will be used by management officials to 
contact NIST employees or authorized individuals using NIST facilities 
in case of an emergency (e.g., fire, explosion, power outage, heavy 
snow). Those contacted will typically be scientists or engineers whose 
experiments might be affected by such as emergency or other employees 
who will be required to deal with the emergency.
    2. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to a Member 
of Congress submitting a request involving an individual when the 
individual has requested assistance from the Member with respect to the 
subject matter of the record.
    3. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the 
Department of Justice in connection with determining whether disclosure 
thereof is required by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
    4. A record in this system of records may disclosed to a contractor 
of the Department having need for the information in the performance of 
the contract, but not operating a system or records within the meaning 
of 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
    5. A record in this system may be transferred to the Office of 
Personnel Management: for personnel research purposes; as a data source 
for management information; for the production of summary descriptive 
statistics and analytical studies in support of the function for which 
the records are collected and maintained; or for related manpower 
studies.
    6. A record from this system of records may be disclosed to the 
Administrator, General Services, or designee, during an inspection of 
records conducted by GSA as part of that agency's responsibility to 
recommend improvements in records management practices and programs 
under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall be 
made in accordance with the GSA regulations governing inspection of 
records for this purpose, and any other relevant (i.e., GSA or 
Commerce) directive. Such disclosure shall not be used to make 
determinations about individuals.

Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining, 
and Disposing of Records in the System:
Storage:
    Paper and electronic.

Retrievability:
    Building, room number, and organizational unit number.

Safeguards:
    Paper records will be kept in locked file cabinets with limited 
access; machine-readable records will be limited access with security 
key required.

Retention and Disposal:
    Records will be updated every six months or more frequently.

System Manager(s) and Address:
    Chief, Emergency Services Division, Office of the Director for 
Administration and Chief Financial Officer, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3590.

Notification Procedure:
    Information may be obtained from: Chief, Management and 
Organization Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3220. Requester should provide name and 
additional factual data, as appropriate, pursuant to the inquiry 
provisions of the Department's rules, which appear in 15 CFR part 4.

Records Access Procedures:
    Requests from individuals should be addressed to same address as 
stated in the Notification Section above.

Contesting Records Procedures:
    The Department's rules for access, for contesting contents, and 
appealing initial determinations by the individual concerned appear in 
15 CFR part 4. Use above address.

Records Source Categories:
    Subject individual and those authorized by the individual to 
furnish information.

Exemptions Claimed for the System:
    None.

    Dated: May 24, 2007.
Brenda Dolan,
Department of Commerce, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-10578 Filed 5-31-07; 8:45 am]
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