Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records, 30549-30550 [E7-10579]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 105 (Friday, June 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30549-30550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10579]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket No. 060616171-6171-01]


Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records

AGENCY: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment of Privacy Act System of Records; COMMERCE/
NIST-6, Participants in Experiments, Studies, and Surveys.

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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 (Department) is 
issuing notice of the intent to amend the system of records entitled 
COMMERCE/NIST-6, Participants in Experiments, Studies, and Surveys 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, legal authorities, and research 
directions.

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.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Catherine Fletcher, Privacy Act 
Officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Mail Stop 1710, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Fletcher at (301) 975-4074 
or by e-mail at catherine.fletcher@nist.gov.

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-6

System Name:
    Participants in Experiments, Studies, and Surveys.

Security Classification:
    None.

System Location:
    Portions of the system may be located in any one of the following 
locations:
    (a) Office of the Director, Room A1000, Building 101, NIST, 100 
Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1000;
    (b) Technology Services, Room B311, 820 West Diamond Avenue, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2000;
    (c) Director for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Room 
A1105, Building 101, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
3200;
    (d) Advanced Technology Program, Room A407, Building 101, NIST, 100 
Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4701;
    (e) Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, Room C100, 
Building 301, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4800;
    (f) Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, Room B358, 
Building 220, NIST 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8100;
    (g) Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, Room B322, Building 220, 
NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200;
    (h) Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, Room A311, Building 
227, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8300;
    (i) Physics Laboratory, Room B160, Building 221, NIST 100 Bureau 
Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8400;
    (j) Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Room B310, 
Building 223, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8500;
    (k) Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Room B216, Building 226, 
100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8600;
    (l) Information Technology Laboratory, Room B264, 820 West Diamond 
Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900.
    (m) For those portions located with contractors, a complete list of 
contractors and addresses is available from the Chief, Acquisition and 
Logistics Division, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 3570, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3570.

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Individuals who have voluntarily agreed to serve or who have served 
as participants in socio-economic, technical, or psychological 
experiments, studies and surveys undertaken in furtherance of 
authorized research or investigation activities.

Categories of records in the system:
    Name, age, social security number (voluntary), birth date, place of 
birth, sex, race, home address and telephone number, business address 
and telephone number, education, income, occupation, family size and 
composition, patterns of product use, drug sensitivity data, medical, 
dental and physical history information, and such other information as 
is necessary, to be determined by the subject matter and purpose of the 
experiment, study or survey, including data derived from participants' 
responses during the course of the authorized research.

Authority for maintenance of the system:
    15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 290; 15 U.S.C. 3710a; 15 U.S.C. 
7301 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 15441-15453.

Purpose(s):
    This information will allow NIST to retain appropriate records of 
participants in its research projects and investigation.

Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
    (1) Information in the system may be disclosed to Federal agencies 
and other outside organizations which have sponsored the research in 
connection with which the data were obtained. In addition, information 
in the system may be shared with National Construction Safety Team 
members, Federal agencies, other outside organizations, guest 
researchers, contractors, and others with whom NIST has established a 
duty of confidentiality, when necessary to accomplish the research or 
investigation for which the data were obtained.
    (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 be disclosed to a 
contractor of the Department having need for the information in the 
performance of the contract, but not operating a system of records 
within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
    (5) A record from this system of records may be disclosed to the 
Administrator, General Services, or his designee, during an inspection 
of records conducted by GSA as part of that agency's responsibility to 
recommend improvements in records

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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 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 records in file folders, digital storage material and other 
electronic storage material, and microform.

Retrievability:
    Filed alphabetically by name, or control number, or other code 
identifier.

Safeguards:
    Records are located in locked metal file cabinets in secured rooms 
with limited access or secured premises or secured computers with 
access limited to those whose official duties require access. Computers 
on which records are stored are password protected. Any records 
maintained by contractors will be maintained in similar fashion in 
accordance with contractual specifications.

Retention and disposal:
    Retained in accord with NIST's records control schedule.

System manager(s) and addresses:
    (a) NIST Deputy Director, Office of the Director, Room A1000, 
Building 101, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1000;
    (b) Director, Technology Services, Room B311, 820 West Diamond 
Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2000;
    (c) Director for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Room 
A1105, Building 101, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
3200;
    (d) Director, Advanced Technology Program, Room A407, Building 101, 
NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4701;
    (e) Director, Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, Room 
C100, Building 301, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
4800;
    (f) Director, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, 
Room B358, Building 220, NIST 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
8100;
    (g) Director, Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, Room B322, 
Building 220, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200;
    (h) Director, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, Room 
A311, Building 227, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
8300;
    (i) Director, Physics Laboratory, Room B160, Building 221, NIST 100 
Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8400;
    (j) Director, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Room 
B310, Building 223, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8500;
    (k) Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Room B216, 
Building 226, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8600;
    (l) Director, Information Technology Laboratory, Room B264, 820 
West Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900.
    (m) For those portions located with contractors, a complete list of 
contractors and addresses is available from the Chief, Acquisition and 
Logistics Division, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 3570, 
Gaithersburg, MD 29899-3570.

Notification procedure:
    Information may be obtained from: Privacy Act Officer, NIST, 100 
Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1710, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1710. Requester 
should provide name, approximate date, and title of experiment, study, 
or survey pursuant to the inquiry provisions of the Department's rules 
which appear in 15 CFR part 4.

Record access procedures:
    Requests from individuals should be addressed to: Same address as 
stated in the notification section above.

Contesting record procedures:
    The Department's rules for access, for contesting contents, and for 
appealing initial determinations by the individual concerned appear in 
15 CFR part 4. Use same address as stated in the notification section 
above.

Record source categories:
    Subject individuals 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. E7-10579 Filed 5-31-07; 8:45 am]
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