Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Systems of Record Notices, 28264-28275 [2010-12147]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28264-28275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12147]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Systems of Record Notices

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), HHS.

ACTION: Privacy Act: Notice to add a new routine use to all SAMHSA 
Systems of Record Notices (SORNs) and Retire 2 Outdated SORNs.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act SAMHSA 
proposes to add a new routine use to its inventory of SORNs subject to 
the Privacy Act of 1974 (Title 5 United States Code [U.S.C.] 552a) 
authorizing disclosure of individually identifiable information to 
assist in efforts to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of the 
security or confidentiality of information maintained in these systems 
of records. The new routine use will be prioritized in the next 
consecutive numbered order of routine uses in each system notice and 
will be included in the next published notice as part of SAMHSA's 
normal SORN review process.
    SAMHSA also deleted two outdated, obsolete SORNs.

Routine Uses of Records

    The following SORNs have been updated to include the routine use 
below:
    ``To appropriate Federal agencies and Department contractors that 
have a need to know the information for the purpose of assisting the 
Department's efforts to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of 
the security or confidentiality of information maintained in this 
system of records, and the information disclosed is relevant and 
necessary for that assistance.''

09-30-0023 Records of Contracts Awarded to Individuals, HHS/SAMHSA/OA; 
Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, Tuesday, January 
19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918).
09-30-0027 Grants and Cooperative Agreements: Research, Research 
Training, Research Scientist Development, Service, Education, 
Demonstration, Prevention, Fellowships, Clinical Training, Community 
Services Programs, HHS/SAMHSA/OA; Published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 64, No. 11, Tuesday, January 19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918).
09-30-0033 Correspondence Files, HHS/SAMHSA/OA; Published in the 
Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, Tuesday, January 19, 1999 (pages 
2909-2918).
09-30-0036 Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Epidemiologic Data, 
HHS/SAMHSA/OA; Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, 
Tuesday, January 19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918).
09-30-0049 Consultant Records Maintained by SAMHSA Contractors, HHS/
SAMHSA/OA; Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, Tuesday, 
January 19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918).
09-30-0051 SAMHSA Information Mailing System (SIMS), HHS/SAMHSA/OA; 
Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 62, Friday, March 30, 
2001 (p. 17434).
09-30-0052 SAMHSA Opioid Treatment Waiver Notification System (OTWNS); 
Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 80, Thursday, April 25, 
2002 (pages 20542-20544).

Retired Systems of Records Notices

    The following SORNs have been retired (e.g., deleted):

09-30-0029 Records of Guest Workers, HHS/SAMHSA/OPS; Published in the 
Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, Tuesday, January 19, 1999 (pages 
2909-2918).
09-30-0047 Patient Records of Chronic Mentally Ill Merchant Seaman 
Treated at Nursing Homes in Lexington, Kentucky (1942 to the Present), 
HHS/SAMHSA/CMHS; Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, 
Tuesday, January 19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918).

DATES: Effective Date: The new routine use and SORN deletions will be 
effective on April 12, 2010.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 22, 2007, the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) released Memoranda (M) 07-16, Safeguarding Against and 
Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information. HHS 
convened a leadership committee composed of members from the Office of 
the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), the office of Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs (ASPA), and the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in order to formulate a response 
plan for the newly established requirements. The final response plan 
was signed by the HHS Chief Information Officer (CIO), Mike Carleton, 
and submitted to OMB on September 19. As required by the memorandum, 
and to comply with the

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``Incident Reporting and Handling Requirements,'' all Operations and 
Staff Divisions are instructed to incorporate the suggested routine use 
language as a part of their normal SORN review process.

Contact Information

    The public should address comments to: Bill Reed, SAMHSA Chief 
Information Officer, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 3-1097, Rockville, MD, 
20857, Telephone: (240) 276-1134.
    Comments received will be available for review at this location, by 
appointment, during regular business hours (Monday through Friday 9 
a.m.--3 p.m., Eastern Time Zone).

    Dated: May 6, 2010.
Bill Reed,
SAMHSA Chief Information Officer, breed@samhsa.hhs.gov.
PRIVACY ACT SYSTEM NOTICE: 09-30-0023i

SYSTEM NAME:
    Records of Contracts Awarded to Individuals (HHS/SAMHSA/OPS).

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Director, Division of Contracts Management, Office of Program 
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 
Choke Cherry Road, Rm., 7-1053, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    An individual who receives a contract as well as individuals who 
apply or compete for an award but do not receive the award and their 
consultants.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Curriculum vitae, salary information, evaluations of proposals by 
contract review committees.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    SAMHSA: Public Health Service Act, sections 301 (42 U.S.C. 241), 
322 (42 U.S.C. 249(c)), and 501-05 (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.). CSAT: 
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Section 507-12 (42 U.S.C. 290bb 
et seq.). CSAP: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Section 515-8 
(42 U.S.C. 290bb-21 et seq.). CMHS: Center for Mental Health Services, 
Section 520-35 (42 U.S.C. 290bb-31 et seq.). Protection and Advocacy 
for Individuals with Mental Health Illness Act of 1986 as amended (42 
U.S.C. 10801 et seq.); Refugee Education Assistance Act 1980, section 
501(c) (8 U.S.C. 1522 note). Public Law 96-422; Executive Order 12341; 
and Disaster Relief Act of 1974, section 413. Public Law 93-288, as 
amended by section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act. Public Law 100-107.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    To document the history of each contract procurement action and 
award made within SAMHSA to an individual. The records are also used by 
contract review committee members when evaluating a proposal submitted 
by an individual.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    1. Disclosure may be made to a congressional office from the record 
of an individual in response to a verified inquiry from the 
congressional office made at the written request of that individual.
    2. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may disclose 
information from this system of records to the Department of Justice, 
or to a court or other tribunal, when (a) HHS, or any component 
thereof; or (b) any HHS employee in his or her official capacity; or 
(c) any HHS employee in his or her individual capacity where the 
Department of Justice (or HHS, where it is authorized to do so) has 
agreed to represent the employee; or (d) the United States or any 
agency thereof where HHS determines that the litigation is likely to 
affect HHS or any of its components, is a party to litigation or has an 
interest in such litigation, and HHS determines that the use of such 
records by the Department of Justice, the court or other tribunal is 
relevant and necessary to the litigation and would help in the 
effective representation of the governmental party, provided however, 
that in each case, HHS determines that such disclosure is compatible 
with the purpose for which the records were collected.
    3. A record from this system may be disclosed to the following 
entities in order to help collect a debt owed the United States:
    (a) To another Federal agency so that agency can effect a salary 
offset;
    (b) to another Federal agency so that agency can effect an 
administrative offset under common law or under 31 U.S.C. 3716 
(withholding from money payable to, or held on behalf of, the 
individual);
    (c) to the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to 
request his/her mailing address to locate him/her or in order to have a 
credit report prepared;
    (d) to agents of the Department and to other third parties to help 
locate him/her in order to help collect or compromise a debt;
    (e) to debt collection agents under 31 U.S.C. 3718 or under common 
law to help collect a debt; and
    (f) to the Justice Department for litigation or further 
administrative action.
    Disclosure under part (d) of this routine use is limited to the 
individual's name, address, Social Security number, and other 
information necessary to identify him/her. Disclosure under parts (a)-
(c) and (e) is limited to those items; the amount, status, and history 
of the claim; and the agency or program under which the claim arose. An 
address obtained from IRS may be disclosed to a credit reporting agency 
under part (d) only for purposes of preparing a commercial credit 
report on the individual. Part (a) applies to claims or debts arising 
or payable under the Social Security Act if and only if the employee 
consents in writing to the offset.
    4. SAMHSA may disclose information from its records in this system 
to consumer reporting agencies in order to obtain credit reports to 
verify credit worthiness of contract applicants. Permissible 
disclosures include name, address, Social Security number or other 
information necessary to identify the individual; the funding being 
sought; and the program for which the information is being obtained.
    5. When a debt becomes partly or wholly uncollectible, either 
because the time period for collection under the statute of limitations 
has expired or because the Government agrees with the individual to 
forgive or compromise the debt, a record from this system of records 
may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service to report the written-
off amount as taxable income to the individual.
    6. A record from this system may be disclosed to another Federal 
agency that has asked the Department to effect an administrative offset 
under common law or under 31 U.S.C. 3716 to help collect a debt owed 
the United States.
    Disclosure under this routine use is limited to: name, address, 
Social Security number, and other information necessary to identify the 
individual, information about the money payable to or held for the 
individual, and other information concerning the administrative offset.
    7. SAMHSA may disclose from this system of records to the 
Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS): (1) A 
delinquent debtor's name, address, Social Security number, and

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other information necessary to identify the debtor; (2) the amount of 
the debt; and (3) the program under which the debt arose, so that IRS 
can offset against the debt any income tax refunds which may be due to 
the debtor.
    8. To appropriate Federal agencies and Department contractors that 
have a need to know the information for the purpose of assisting the 
Department's efforts to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of 
the security or confidentiality of information maintained in this 
system of records, and the information disclosed is relevant and 
necessary for that assistance.

DISCLOSURES TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
    Disclosures may be made from this system to ``consumer reporting 
agencies'' as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 
(F)) or the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 
3701(a)(3)). The purpose of such disclosures is to provide an incentive 
for debtors to repay delinquent Federal Government debts by making 
these debts part of their credit records. Information disclosed will be 
limited to name, Social Security number, address, other information 
necessary to establish the identity of the individual, and amount, 
status, and history of the claim, and the agency or program under which 
the claim arose. Such disclosures will be made only after the 
procedural requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3711(f) have been met.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Documents are filed in manual files in enclosed and/or locked file 
cabinets.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    Records are retrieved by contract number and cross indexed by 
individual's name.

SAFEGUARDS:
    1. Authorized Users: Federal contract and support personnel, 
Federal contract review staff and outside consultants acting as peer 
reviewers of the project.
    2. Physical Safeguards: All folders are in file cabinets in a room 
that is locked after business hours in a building with controlled entry 
(picture identification). Files are withdrawn from cabinet for Federal 
staff who have a need to know by a sign in and out procedure.
    3. Procedural Safeguards: Access to records is strictly limited to 
those staff members trained in accordance with the Privacy Act.
    4. Implementation Guidelines: DHHS Chapter 45-13 of the General 
Administration Manual.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    a. Procurement or purchase copy, and related papers:
    (1) Transactions of more than $25,000 are destroyed 6 years and 3 
months after final payment.
    (2) Transactions of $25,000 or less are destroyed 3 years after 
final payment.
    b. Other copies of records used by the Division of Contracts 
Management for administrative purposes are destroyed upon termination 
or completion.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    Director, Division of Contracts Management, Office of Program 
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 
Choke Cherry Road, Rm. 7-1053, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    To determine if a record exists, write to the appropriate System 
Manager at the address above or appear in person to the Division of 
Contracts Management. An individual may learn if a record exists about 
himself/herself upon written request with notarized signature. The 
request should include, if known, contractor's name, contract number, 
and approximate date contract was awarded. An individual who is the 
subject of records maintained in this records system may also request 
an accounting of all disclosures that have been made from that 
individual's records, if any.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Same as notification procedures. Requesters should reasonably 
specify the record contents being sought. An individual may also 
request an accounting of disclosures of his/her record, if any.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Contact the official at the address specified under notification 
procedures above and reasonably identify the record, specify the 
information being contested, the corrective action sought, along with 
supporting information to show how the record is inaccurate, 
incomplete, untimely, or irrelevant.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Contract proposals and supporting contract documents, contract 
review committees, site visitors.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
    None.

    1 Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, 
Tuesday, January 19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918).
PRIVACY ACT SYSTEM NOTICE: 09-30-0027 ii

SYSTEM NAME:
    Grants and Cooperative Agreements: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental 
Health Services Evaluation, Service, Demonstration, Education, 
Fellowship, Training, Clinical Training, and Community Services 
Programs (HHS/SAMHSA/OA)

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 4-
1057, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 5-
1015, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 6-
1057, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Principal investigators, program directors, trainees, fellows, and 
other employees of applicant or grantee institutions.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Grant and cooperative agreement applications and review history, 
including curriculum vitae, salary information, summary of review 
committee deliberations and supporting documents, progress reports, 
financial records, and payback records of clinical training awardees.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    SAMHSA: Public Health Service Act, Sections 301 (42 U.S.C. 241), 
303 (42 U.S.C. 242(a), 322 (42 U.S.C. 249(c), 501 (42 U.S.C. 290aa), 
503 (42 U.S.C. 290aa-2), and 505 (42 U.S.C. 290aa-4). CSAP: Center for 
Substance Abuse Prevention, Section 515-18 (42 U.S.C. 290bb-21 et 
seq.). CSAT: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Section 507-12 (42 
U.S.C. 290bb et seq.). CMHS: Center for Mental Health Services, 
Sections 506 (42 U.S.C. 290aa-5) and 520-35 (42 U.S.C. 290bb-31 et 
seq.). Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act 
of 1986 as amended (42 U.S.C. 10801 et seq.); Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980, Section 501 (c) (8 U.S.C. 1522

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note), Public Law 96-422; Executive Order 12341; and Disaster Relief 
Act of 1974, Section 413, Public Law 93-288, as amended by Section of 
416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act, Public Law 100-107.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    Records are maintained as official documentation relevant to the 
review, award, and administration of grant programs. Specifically, 
records are: (1) Used by staff program and management specialists for 
purpose of awarding and monitoring grant funds; and (2) used to 
maintain communication with former trainees/fellows who have incurred 
an obligation for clinical training under Public Health Service Act, 
Section 303 (42 U.S.C. 242a).

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    1. Disclosure may be made to qualified experts not within the 
definition of Department employees for opinion during the application 
review process.
    2. Disclosure may be made to SAMHSA contractors for the purpose of 
providing services related to the grant review or for carrying out 
quality assessment, program evaluation, and management reviews. 
Contractors are required to maintain Privacy Act safeguards with 
respect to the records.
    3. In the event that a system of records maintained by this agency 
to carry out its functions indicates a violation or potential violation 
of law, whether civil, criminal or regulatory in nature, and whether 
arising by statute, or by regulation, rule or order issued pursuant 
thereto, the relevant records in the system of records may be referred, 
as a routine use, to the appropriate agency, whether Federal (e.g., the 
Department of Justice) or State (e.g., the State's Attorney's Office), 
charged with the responsibility of investigating or prosecuting such 
violation or charged with enforcing or implementing the statute, or 
rule, regulation or order issued pursuant thereto for litigation.
    4. Disclosure may be made to a Federal agency, in response to its 
request, in connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, the 
issuance of a security clearance, the reporting of an investigation of 
an employee, the letting of a contract, or the issuance of a license, 
grant, or other benefit by the requesting agency, to the extent that 
the record is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's 
decision on the matter.
    5. Where Federal agencies having the power to subpoena other 
Federal agencies' records, such as the Internal Revenue Service or the 
Civil Rights Commission, issue a subpoena to the Department for records 
in this system of records, the Department will make such records 
available.
    6. Disclosure may be made to a congressional office from the record 
of an individual in response to a verified inquiry from the 
congressional office made at the written request of that individual.
    7. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may disclose 
information from this system of records to the Department of Justice, 
or to a court or other tribunal, when (a) HHS, or any component 
thereof; or (b) any HHS employee in his or her official capacity; or 
(c) any HHS employee in his or her individual capacity where the 
Department of Justice (or HHS, where it is authorized to do so) has 
agreed to represent the employee; or (d) the United States or any 
agency thereof where HHS determines that the litigation is likely to 
affect HHS or any of its components, is a party to litigation or has an 
interest in such litigation, and HHS determines that the use of such 
records by the Department of Justice, the court or other tribunal is 
relevant and necessary to the litigation and would help in the 
effective representation of the governmental party, provided that in 
each case, HHS determines that such disclosure is compatible with the 
purpose for which the records were collected.
    8. A record from this system may be disclosed to the following 
entities in order to help collect a debt owed the United States:
    (a) To another Federal agency so that agency can effect a salary 
offset;
    (b) to another Federal agency so that agency can effect an 
administrative offset under common law or under 31 U.S.C. 3716 
(withholding from money payable to, or held on behalf of, the 
individual);
    (c) to the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to 
request his/her mailing address to locate him/her or in order to have a 
credit report prepared;
    (d) to agents of the Department and to other third parties to help 
locate him/her in order to help collect or compromise a debt;
    (e) to debt collection agents under 31 U.S.C. 3718 or under common 
law to help collect a debt; and
    (f) to the Justice Department for litigation or further 
administrative action.
    Disclosure under part (d) of this routine use is limited to the 
individual's name, address, social security number and other 
information necessary to identify him/her. Disclosure under parts (a)-
(c) and (e) is limited to those items; the amount, status, and history 
of the claim; and the agency or program under which the claim arose. An 
address obtained from IRS may be disclosed to a credit reporting agency 
under part (d) only for the purpose of preparing a commercial credit 
report on the individual. Part (a) applies to any claims or debts 
arising or payable under the Social Security Act if and only if the 
employee consents in writing to the offset.
    9. SAMHSA may disclose information from its records in this system 
to consumer reporting agencies in order to obtain credit reports to 
verify credit worthiness of grant/cooperative agreement applicants. 
Permissible disclosures include name, address, Social Security number 
or other information necessary to identify the individual; the funding 
being sought; and the program for which the information is being 
obtained.
    10. When a debt becomes partly or wholly uncollectible, either 
because the time period for collection under the statute of limitations 
has expired or because the Government agrees with the individual to 
forgive or compromise the debt, a record from this system of records 
may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service to report the written-
off amount as taxable income to the individual.
    11. A record from this system may be disclosed to another Federal 
agency that has asked the Department to effect an administrative offset 
under common law or under 31 U.S.C. 3716 to help collect a debt owed 
the United States.
    Disclosure under this routine use is limited to: name, address, 
Social Security number, and other information necessary to identify the 
individual, information about the money payable to or held for the 
individual, and other information concerning the administrative offset.
    12. SAMHSA may disclose from this system of records to the 
Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS): (1) A 
delinquent debtor's name, address, Social Security number, and other 
information necessary to identify the debtor; (2) the amount of the 
debt; and (3) the program under which the debt arose, so that IRS can 
offset against the debt any income tax refunds which may be due to the 
debtor.
    13. To appropriate Federal agencies and Department contractors that 
have a need to know the information for the purpose of assisting the 
Department's efforts to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of 
the security or

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confidentiality of information maintained in this system of records, 
and the information disclosed is relevant and necessary for that 
assistance.

DISCLOSURES TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
    Disclosures may be made from this system to ``consumer reporting 
agencies'' as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 
(f)) or the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 
3701(a)(3)). The purpose of such disclosures is to provide an incentive 
for debtors to repay delinquent Federal Government debts by making 
these debts part of their credit records. Information disclosed will be 
limited to name, Social Security number, address, other information 
necessary to establish the identity of the individual, the amount, 
status, and history of the claim, and the agency or program under which 
the claim arose. Such disclosures will be made only after the 
procedural requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3711(f) have been met.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Non-computerized documents are filed in folders in enclosed file 
cabinets and open shelves. Computerized records exist in tape and disk 
form.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    By grant numbers and cross-indexed by name.

SAFEGUARDS:
    1. Authorized Users: Access is limited to the Director, Division of 
Grants Management, SAMHSA, and staff authorized by him/her: grants 
specialists, grants technicians, program officials, assigned computer 
personnel, and possibly contractor staff including the project director 
and research associates.
    2. Physical Safeguards: Records are maintained in a secured area. 
During normal work hours, area is staffed by authorized personnel who 
must show identification for entry. At other times, the computer area 
is locked. Hard copy files are stored in rooms which are locked at 
night. A 24-hour security guard patrols building.
    3. Procedural Safeguards: Computer records are password protected; 
passwords are changed periodically. Contractors working on computerized 
records are given passwords to access data only on a need-to-know 
basis.
    4. Implementation Guidelines: DHHS Chapter 45-13 of the General 
Administration Manual and Part 6, ``Automated Information Systems 
Security'' of the Information Resources Management Manual.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    a. Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Evaluation, 
Services and Demonstration Grants: A copy of the final report is 
offered to the National Archives and Records Administration when 10 
years old. Other records are held two years after termination of 
support Suitland Road, Suitland, MD, 20409. Records are destroyed when 
6 years and 3 months old.
    b. Education Grants: Records are held 2 years after completion of 
grants activities and final audit and then transferred to the 
Washington National Records Center located at 4205 Suitland Road, 
Suitland, MD 20409. Records are destroyed when 13 years old.
    c. Training Program Grants: Records are held 1 year after 
termination of support and final audit and then retired transferred to 
the Washington National Records Center located at 4205 Suitland Road, 
Suitland, MD 20409. Records are destroyed when 3 years old.
    d. Fellowships, Community Services Program Grants and Other Related 
Grants: Records are held 2 years after termination of support and final 
audit and then retired to the Washington National Records Center 
located at 4205 Suitland Road, Suitland, MD 20409. Records are 
destroyed when 5 years old.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    Same as System Location.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    To determine if a record exists, write to the appropriate System 
Manager at the above address. Verifiable proof of identity is required.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Same as notification procedure. Requesters should also reasonably 
specify the record contents being sought, and should provide the 
official grant number when possible. An individual may also request an 
accounting of disclosures of his/her record, if any.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Contact the appropriate System Manager at the address specified 
above and reasonably identify the record, specify the information being 
contested, the corrective action sought, along with supporting 
information to show how the record is inaccurate, incomplete, untimely, 
or irrelevant.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Applicants, grantees, fellows, trainees, personnel at grantee 
institution on whom the record is maintained, Federal advisory 
committees, site visitors, consultants, references.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
    None.

    \1\ Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, Tuesday, 
January 19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918)
PRIVACY ACT SYSTEM NOTICE: 09-30-0033 \iii\

SYSTEM NAME:
    Correspondence Files (HHS/SAMHSA/OA).

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Office of the Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room, 8-1065, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857.
    Office of the Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke 
Cherry Road, Room, 4-1057, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Office of the Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke 
Cherry Road, Room, 5-1015, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Office of the Director, Center for Mental Health Services, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke 
Cherry Road, Room, 4-1057, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Individuals who request information on SAMHSA programs.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Correspondence.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    SAMHSA: Public Health Service Act, Sections 301 (42 U.S.C. 241), 
322 (42 U.S.C. 249(c)), and 501-05 (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.). CSAP: 
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Section 515-8 (42 U.S.C. 290bb-
21 et seq.). CSAT: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Section 507-12 
(42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq.). CMHS: Center for Mental Health Services, 
Sections 506 (42 U.S.C. 290aa-5) and 520-35 (42 U.S.C. 290bb-31 et 
seq.). Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act 
of 1986 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980, Section 501(c) (8 U.S.C. 1522

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note), Public Law 96-422; Executive Order 12341; and Disaster Relief 
Act of 1974, Section 413, Public Law 93-288, as amended by Section 416 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
Public Law 100-107.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    To provide reference retrieval and control to assure timely and 
appropriate attention.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    1. Disclosure may be made to a congressional office from the record 
of an individual in response to a verified inquiry from the 
congressional office made at the request of that individual.
    2. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may disclose 
information from this system of records to the Department of Justice, 
or to a court or other tribunal, when (a) HHS, or any component 
thereof; or (b) any HHS employee in his or her official capacity; or 
(c) any HHS employee in his or her individual capacity where the 
Department of Justice (or HHS, where it is authorized to do so) has 
agreed to represent the employee; or (d) the United States or any 
agency thereof where HHS determines that the litigation is likely to 
affect HHS or any of its components, is a party to litigation or has an 
interest in such litigation, and HHS determines that the use of such 
records by the Department of Justice, the court or other tribunal is 
relevant and necessary to the litigation and would help in the 
effective representation of the governmental party, provided however, 
that in each case, HHS determines that such disclosure is compatible 
with the purpose for which the records were collected.
    3. To appropriate Federal agencies and Department contractors that 
have a need to know the information for the purpose of assisting the 
Department's efforts to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of 
the security or confidentiality of information maintained in this 
system of records, and the information disclosed is relevant and 
necessary for that assistance.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Correspondence records maintained in hard copy; control records 
maintained on computer printout, tape, and disk.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    Hard copy records indexed alphabetically by name and date of 
outgoing correspondence, by subject, and/or by computerized numerical 
code. Records are cross-referenced in detail on computer.

SAFEGUARDS:
    1. Authorized Users: Authorized correspondence control staff in 
each location and managers and supervisors on a need-to-know basis.
    2. Physical Safeguards: Records are maintained in file cabinets in 
a locked, secure location; computer system records are secured through 
the use of passwords which are changed frequently.
    3. Procedural Safeguards: Only authorized personnel have access to 
files and passwords.
    4. Implementation Guidelines: DHHS Chapter 45-13 of the General 
Administration Manual and Part 6, ``Automated Information Systems 
Security'' in the HHS Information Resources Management Manual.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Records which are pertinent are held 5 years and then transferred 
to the Washington National Records Center (WNRC) located at 4205 
Suitland Road, Suitland, MD 20409. Records are destroyed when 10 years 
old. Other material is destroyed when 2 years old. Control forms are 
destroyed when 1 year old.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    Same as system location; each system manager maintains full 
responsibility for their specific correspondence system.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    An individual may learn if a record exists about himself or herself 
by contacting the appropriate System Manager as listed under system 
location above. Give name and approximate date of records requested. 
Individuals who request notification in person must supply one proof of 
identity containing individual's complete name and one other identifier 
with picture (e.g., driver's license, building pass). Individuals who 
request notification by mail must supply notarized signature as proof 
of identity.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Same as notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably 
specify the record contents being sought. An individual may also 
request an accounting of disclosures of his/her record, if any.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Contact the appropriate official at the address specified under 
Notification Procedures above and reasonably identify the record. 
Specify the information to be contested, and state the corrective 
action sought, with supporting information to show how the record is 
inaccurate, incomplete, untimely, or irrelevant.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Records are derived from incoming and outgoing correspondence.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
    None.

    \1\ Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, Tuesday, 
January 19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918).
PRIVACY ACT SYSTEM NOTICE: 09-30-0036 \iv\

SYSTEM NAME:
    Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Epidemiologic Data (HHS/
SAMHSA/OA).

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Records are located at facilities which collect or provide service 
evaluations for this system under contract to the agency. Contractors 
may include, but are not limited to, research centers, clinics, 
hospitals, universities, research foundations, national associations, 
and coordinating centers. Records may also be located at the Office of 
Applied Studies, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the Center 
for Substance Abuse Treatment, and the Center for Mental Health 
Services. A current list of sites is available by writing to the 
appropriate System Manager at the address below.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Individuals who are the subjects of epidemiologic, methodologic, 
services evaluations, and longitudinal studies and surveys of mental 
health and alcohol and drug use/abuse and mental, alcohol, and/or drug 
abuse disorders. These individuals are selected as representative of 
the general adult and/or child population or of special groups. Special 
groups include, but are not limited to, normal individuals serving as 
controls; clients referred for or receiving medical, mental health, and 
alcohol and/or drug abuse related treatment and prevention services; 
providers of services; demographic sub-groups as applicable, such as 
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ethnicity, race, occupation, geographic location; and groups exposed to 
hypothesized risks, such as relatives of individuals who have 
experienced mental health and/or alcohol, and/or drug abuse disorders, 
life stresses, or have previous history of mental, alcohol, and/or drug 
abuse related illness.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    The system contains data about the individual as relevant to a 
particular study. Examples include, but are not limited to, items about 
the health/mental health and/or alcohol or drug consumption patterns of 
the individual; demographic data; Social Security numbers (voluntary); 
past and present life experiences; personality characteristics; social 
functioning; utilization of health/mental health, alcohol, and/or drug 
abuse services; family history; physiological measures; and 
characteristics and activities of health/mental health, alcohol abuse, 
and/or drug abuse care providers.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    SAMHSA: Public Health Service Act, Section 301 (42 U.S.C. 241), 322 
(42 U.S.C. 249(c)), 501 (42 U.S.C. 290aa), 502 (42 U.S.C. 290aa-2), and 
505 (42 U.S.C. 290aa-4). CSAP: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, 
Section 515-18 (42 U.S.C. 290bb-21 et seq.). CSAT: Center for Substance 
Abuse Treatment, Section 507-12 (42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq.). CMHS: Center 
for Mental Health Services, Sections 506 (42 U.S.C. 290aa-5) and 520-35 
(42 U.S.C. 290bb-31 et seq.). Protection and Advocacy for Individuals 
with Mental Illness Act of 1980, Section 501(c) (8 U.S.C. 1522 note), 
Public Law 96-422; Executive Order 12341; and Disaster Relief Act of 
1974, Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 100-107.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    The purpose of the system of records is to collect and maintain a 
data base for health services evaluation activities of the Center for 
Substance Abuse Prevention, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 
and the Center for Mental Health Services. Analyses of these data 
involve groups of individuals with given characteristics and do not 
refer to special individuals. The generation of information and 
statistical analyses will ultimately lead to a better description and 
understanding of mental, alcohol, and/or drug abuse disorders, their 
diagnosis, treatment and prevention, and the promotion of good physical 
and mental health.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    1. A record may be disclosed for an evaluation purpose, when the 
Department:
    (a) Has determined that the use or disclosure does not violate 
legal or policy limitations under which the record was provided, 
collected, or obtained; e.g., disclosure of alcohol or drug abuse 
patient records will be made only in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 290(dd-
2).
    (b) has determined that the study purpose (1) cannot be reasonably 
accomplished unless the record is provided in individually identifiable 
form, and (2) warrants the risk to the privacy of the individual that 
additional exposure of the record might bring;
    (c) has required the recipient to--(1) establish reasonable 
administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to prevent 
unauthorized use or disclosure of the record, and (2) remove or destroy 
the information that identifies the individual at the earliest time at 
which removal or destruction can be accomplished consistent with the 
purpose of the health services evaluation project, unless the recipient 
has presented adequate justification of an analytical or health nature 
for retaining such information, and (3) make no further use or 
disclosure of the record except--(A) in emergency circumstances 
affecting the health or safety of any individual, (B) for use in 
another health services research or evaluation project, under these 
same conditions, and with written authorization of the Department, (C) 
for disclosure to a properly identified person for the purpose of an 
audit related to the evaluation project, if information that would 
enable study subjects to be identified is removed or destroyed at the 
earliest opportunity consistent with the purpose of the audit, or (D) 
when required by law; and
    (d) has secured a written statement attesting to the recipient's 
understanding of, and willingness to abide by, these provisions.
    2. Disclosure may be made to a congressional office from the record 
of an individual in response to a verified inquiry from a congressional 
office made at the written request of that individual.
    3. In the event of litigation, where the defendant is (a) the 
Department, any component of the Department, or any employee of the 
Department in his or her official capacity; (b) the United States where 
the Department determines that the claim, if successful, is likely to 
directly affect the operations of the Department or any of its 
components; or (c) any Department employee in his or her individual 
capacity where the Justice Department has agreed to represent such 
employee; the Department may disclose such records as it deems 
desirable or necessary to the Department of Justice to enable that 
Department to present an effective defense, provided such disclosure is 
compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected (e.g., 
disclosure may be made to the Department of Justice or other 
appropriate Federal agencies in defending claims against the United 
States when the claim is based upon an individual's mental or physical 
condition and is alleged to have arisen because of the individual's 
participation in activities of a Federal Government supported research 
project).
    4. The Department contemplates that it will contract with a private 
firm for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, aggregating, or 
otherwise refining records in this system. Relevant records will be 
disclosed to such contractor. The contractor shall be required to 
maintain Privacy Act safeguards with respect to such records.
    5. To appropriate Federal agencies and Department contractors that 
have a need to know the information for the purpose of assisting the 
Department's efforts to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of 
the security or confidentiality of information maintained in this 
system of records, and the information disclosed is relevant and 
necessary for that assistance.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Records may be stored on index cards, file folders, computer tapes 
and disks, microfiche, microfilm, and audio and video tapes. Normally, 
the factual data, with study code numbers, are stored on computer tape 
or disk, while the key to personal identifiers is stored separately, 
without factual data, in paper files.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    During data collection stages and follow up, if any, retrieval by 
personal identifier (e.g., name, social security number (in some 
studies), or medical record number), is necessary. During the data 
analysis stage, data are normally retrieved by the variables of 
interest (e.g., diagnosis, age, occupation).

SAFEGUARDS:
    1. Authorized Users: Access to identifiers and to link files is 
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limited to those authorized personnel whose duties require such access. 
Procedures for determining authorized access to identified data are 
established as appropriate for each location. Personnel, including 
contractor personnel, who may be so authorized include those directly 
involved in data collection and in the design of research studies, 
e.g., interviewers and interviewer supervisors; project managers; and 
statisticians involved in designing sampling plans.
    2. Physical Safeguards: Records are stored in locked rooms, locked 
file cabinets, and/or secured computer facilities. Personal identifiers 
and link files are separated as much as possible and stored in locked 
files. Computer data access is limited through the use of key words 
known only to authorized personnel.
    3. Procedural Safeguards: Collection and maintenance of data is 
consistent with legislation and regulations in the protection of human 
subjects, informed consent, confidentiality, and confidentiality 
specific to drug and alcohol abuse patients where these apply. When a 
SAMHSA component or a contractor provides anonymous data to research 
scientists for analysis, study numbers which can be matched to personal 
identifiers will be eliminated, scrambled, or replaced by the agency or 
contractor with random numbers which cannot be matched. Contractors who 
maintain records in this system are instructed to make no further 
disclosure of the records. Privacy Act requirements are specifically 
included in contracts for survey and research activities related to 
this system. The HHS project directors, contract officers, and project 
officers oversee compliance with these requirements.
    4. Implementation Guidelines: DHHS Chapter 45-13 of the General 
Administration Manual and Part 6, ``Automated Information Systems 
Security'' of the HHS Information Resources Management Manual.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Records may be retired to the Washington National Records Center 
located at 4205 Suitland Road, Suitland, MD 20409, and subsequently 
disposed of in accordance with the SAMHSA Records Control Schedule. The 
records control schedule and disposal standard for these records may be 
obtained by writing to the appropriate System Manager at the address 
below.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    Office of the Director, Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 7-
1047, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Office of the Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke 
Cherry Road, Room 4-1057, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Office of the Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke 
Cherry Road, Room 5-1015, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Office of the Director, Center for Mental Health Services, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke 
Cherry Road, Room 6-1057, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    To determine if a record exists, write to the appropriate System 
Manager at the address above. Provide individual's name; current 
address; date of birth; date, place and nature of participation in 
specific evaluation study; name of individual or organization 
administering the study (if known); name or description of the study 
(if known); address at the time of participation; and a notarized 
statement by two witnesses attesting to the individual's identity.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:
    Same as notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably 
specify the record contents being sought. An individual may also 
request an accounting of disclosures of his/her record, if any.
    An individual who requests notification of, or access to, a medical 
record shall, at the time the request is made, designate in writing a 
responsible representative who will be willing to review the record and 
inform the subject individual of its contents at the representative's 
discretion. A parent or guardian who requests notification of, or 
access to, a child's or incompetent person's medical record shall 
designate a family physician or other health professional (other than a 
family member) to whom the record, if any, will be sent. The parent or 
guardian must verify relationship to the child or incompetent person as 
well as his or her own identity.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:
    Contact the appropriate official at the address specified under 
System Manager(s) above and reasonably identify the record, specify the 
information being contested, and state corrective action sought, with 
supporting information to show how the record is inaccurate, 
incomplete, untimely, or irrelevant.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    The system contains information obtained directly from the subject 
individual by interview (face-to-face or telephone), by written 
questionnaire, or by other tests, recording devices or observations, 
consistent with legislation and regulation regarding informed consent 
and protection of human subjects. Information is also obtained from 
other sources, such as health, mental health, alcohol, and/or drug 
abuse care providers; relatives; guardians; and clinical medical 
research records.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
    None.

    \1\ Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 11, Tuesday, 
January 19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918).
PRIVACY ACT SYSTEM NOTICE: 09-30-0049 \v\

SYSTEM NAME:
    Consultant Records Maintained By SAMHSA Contractors (HHS/SAMHSA/
OPS).

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    A current list of contractor sites is available by writing to the 
System Manager at the address below.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Consultants who participate in Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration (SAMHSA) conferences, meetings, evaluation 
projects, or technical assistance at site locations arranged by 
contractors.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, qualifications, 
curricula vitae, travel records, and payment records for consultants.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    SAMHSA: Public Health Service Act, as amended, Section 301 (42 
U.S.C. 241), 322 (42 U.S.C. 249(c)), and 501-05 (42 U.S.C. 290aa et 
seq.). CSAP: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Section 515-8 (42 
U.S.C. 290bb-21 et seq.). CSAT: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 
Section 507-12 (42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq.). CMHS: Center for Mental 
Health Services, Section 506 (42 U.S.C. 290aa-5) and 520-35 (42 U.S.C. 
290bb-31 et seq.). Protection and Advocacy for

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Individuals with Mental Illness Act of 1986 as amended (42 U.S.C. 10801 
et seq.); Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, Section 501(c) (8 
U.S.C. 1522 note), Public Law 96-422; Executive Order 12341; and 
Disaster Relief Act of 1974, Section 413, Public Law 93-288, as amended 
by Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, Public Law 100-107.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    This umbrella system of records covers a varying number of separate 
sets of records used in different projects. These records are 
established by contractors to organize programs, obtain and pay 
consultants, and to provide necessary reports related to payment to the 
Internal Revenue Service for these programs for SAMHSA. SAMHSA 
personnel may use records when a technical assistance consultant is 
needed for a specialized area of research, review, advice, etc.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    1. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may disclose 
information from this system of records to the Department of Justice, 
or to a court or other tribunal, when (a) HHS, or any component 
thereof; or (b) any HHS employee in his or her individual capacity 
where the Department of Justice (or HHS, where it is authorized to do 
so) has agreed to represent the employee; or (d) the United States or 
any agency thereof where HHS determines that the litigation is likely 
to affect HHS or any of its components, is a party to litigation or has 
an interest in such litigation, and HHS determines that the use of such 
records by the Department of Justice, the court or other tribunal is 
relevant and necessary to the litigation and would help in the 
effective representation of the governmental party, provided, however, 
that in each case, HHS determines that such disclosure is compatible 
with the purpose for which the records were collected.
    2. Disclosure may be made to a congressional office from the record 
of an individual in response to a verified inquiry from the 
congressional office made at the written request of that individual.
    3. Disclosure may be made to private contractors for the purposes 
of handling logistics for conferences, reviews, development of training 
materials, and of obtaining the services of consultants. Relevant 
records will be disclosed to such a contractor or may be developed by 
the contractor for use in the project. The contractor shall be required 
to maintain Privacy Act safeguards with respect to such records.
    4. Disclosure may be made to the Department of Treasury, Internal 
Revenue Service, and applicable State and local governments those items 
to be included as income to an individual.
    5. To appropriate Federal agencies and Department contractors that 
have a need to know the information for the purpose of assisting the 
Department's efforts to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of 
the security or confidentiality of information maintained in this 
system of records, and the information disclosed is relevant and 
necessary for that assistance.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Records may be stored in file folders, on index cards, computer 
tapes and disks, microfiche, microfilm.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    Information will be retrieved by name.

SAFEGUARDS:
    Measures to prevent unauthorized disclosures are implemented as 
appropriate for each location. Each site implements personnel, 
physical, and procedural safeguards such as the following:
    1. Authorized Users: Only SAMHSA personnel working on these 
projects and personnel employed by SAMHSA contractors to work on these 
projects are authorized users as designated by the system managers.
    2. Physical Safeguards: Records are stored in locked rooms, locked 
file cabinets, and/or secured computer facilities.
    3. Procedural Safeguards: Contractors who maintain records in this 
system are instructed to make no further disclosure of the records 
except as authorized by the system manager and permitted by the Privacy 
Act. Privacy Act requirements are specifically included in contracts 
and in agreements with grantees or collaborators participating in 
research activities supported by this system. HHS project directors, 
contract officers, and project officers oversee compliance with these 
requirements.
    4. Implementation Guidelines: DHHS Chapter 45-13 of the General 
Administration Manual, and Part 6, ``Automated Information Systems 
Security'' in the HHS Information Resources Management Manual.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Records are destroyed 3 years after they are no longer used, or, if 
payment is involved, 3 years after closeout of the contract.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    Director, Division of Contracts Management, Office of Program 
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 
Choke Cherry Road, Room 7-1053, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    To determine if a record exists, write to the appropriate System 
Manager at the address above. Provide notarized signature as proof of 
identity. The request should include as much of the following 
information as possible: (a) Full name; (b) title of project individual 
participated in; (c) SAMHSA project officer, and (d) approximate 
date(s) of participation.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Same as notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably 
specify the record contents being sought.
    Individuals may also request an accounting of disclosures of their 
records, if any.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Contact the official at the address specified under Notification 
Procedures above and reasonably identify the record, specify the 
information being contested, and state the corrective action sought, 
with supporting information to show how the record is inaccurate, 
incomplete, untimely, or irrelevant.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Information gathered from individual consultants and from 
assignment or travel documents.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
    None.

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January 19, 1999 (pages 2909-2918)
PRIVACY ACT SYSTEM NOTICE: 09-30-0051 vi

SYSTEM NAME:
    SAMHSA Information Mailing System (SIMS).

SYSTEM CLASSIFICATION:
    None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    This system of records is maintained by the Office of 
Communications,

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1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, Maryland 20857. The system of records 
will also be maintained at the site of the contractor managing SAMHSA's 
National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Additional 
information about that contractor site is available by writing to the 
System Manager at the address below.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    The individuals listed in the system are individuals who 
voluntarily request publications and other information from the SAMHSA 
Web site.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Request forms for SAMHSA publications include categories for 
personal information, such as name, phone number (home phone number may 
be provided), address (home address may be provided), title, level of 
education, topics/areas of interest related to SAMHSA programs, 
occupation, type of organization in which employed, and ethnic group.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    Public Law 102-321 (``ADAMHA Reorganization Act''), Section 501 on 
July 10, 1992, as amended by Public Law 106-310.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    To establish a mailing list of States, political subdivisions, 
educational agencies and institutions, treatment providers, 
organizations, and individuals to provide SAMHSA publications and other 
print materials identified as of interest to them. In addition, it is 
used to provide them information about new and upcoming publications.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USE:
    1. Disclosure may be made to a Member of Congress or to a 
congressional staff member in response to a request for assistance from 
the Member by the individual of record.
    2. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may disclose 
information from this system of records to the Department of Justice, 
or to a court or other tribunal, when (a) HHS, or any component 
thereof; or (b) any HHS employee in his or her official capacity; or 
(c) any HHS employee in his or her individual capacity where the 
Department of Justice (or HHS, where it is authorized to do so) has 
agreed to represent the employee; or (d) the United States or any 
agency thereof where HHS determines that the litigation is likely to 
affect HHS or any of its components, is a party to litigation, and HHS 
determines that the use of such records by the Department of Justice, 
court or other tribunal is relevant and necessary to the litigation and 
would help in the effective representation of the governmental party, 
provided, however, that in each case HHS determines that such 
disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records were 
collected.
    3. SAMHSA intends to disclose information from this system to an 
expert, consultant, or contractor (including employees of the 
contractor) of SAMHSA only if necessary to further the implementation 
and operation of this program.
    4. To appropriate Federal agencies and Department contractors that 
have a need to know the information for the purpose of assisting the 
Department's efforts to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of 
the security or confidentiality of information maintained in this 
system of records, and the information disclosed is relevant and 
necessary for that assistance.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Information may be collected on paper or electronically and may be 
stored as paper forms or on computers.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    The records are retrieved by name; they may be sorted by topic of 
interest, State, organizational affiliation in order to direct 
information of relevance to them.

SAFEGUARDS:
    Authorized Users: Only SAMHSA personnel working on this project and 
personnel employed by SAMHSA contractors to work on this project are 
authorized users as designated by the system manager.
    Physical Safeguards: Physical paper records are stored in lockable 
metal file cabinets or security rooms.
    Procedural Safeguards: Contractors who maintain records in this 
system are instructed to make no further disclosure of the records, 
except as authorized by the system manager and permitted by the Privacy 
Act. Privacy Act requirements are specifically included in contracts.
    Technical Safeguards: Electronic records are protected by use of 
passwords.
    Implementation Guidelines: HHS Chapter 45-13 of the General 
Administration Manual, ``Safeguarding Records Contained in Systems of 
Records and the HHS Automated Information Systems Security Program 
Handbook, Information Resources Management Manual.''

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Disposition of records is according to the National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA) guidelines, as set forth in the SAMHSA 
Records Control Schedule, Appendix B-311 (NCI-90-76-5) Item 3.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS(ES):
    Director, Office of Communications, Office of the Administrator, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke 
Cherry Road, Room, 8-1033, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    Individuals may submit a request with a notarized signature on 
whether the system contains records about them to the above system 
manager.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Individuals have direct access to their personal record on the SIMS 
system, via the Internet, utilizing a discrete password of their own 
selection. Should this not be feasible or desired, and, in all other 
cases, requests from individuals for access to their records should be 
addressed to the system manager. Requesters should also reasonably 
specify the record contents being sought. Individuals may also request 
an accounting of disclosures of their records, if any.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Contact the official at the address specified under Notification 
Procedures above and reasonably identify the record, specify the 
information being contested, and state the cor