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Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of
records.
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the Department of
Education (Department) publishes this
notice of a new system of records
entitled ‘‘IES Research Training Program
Surveys: Predoctoral Survey,
Postdoctoral Survey, Special Education
Postdoctoral Survey’’ (18–13–25).
The Institute of Education Sciences
(IES) Research Training Program
Surveys: Predoctoral Survey,
Postdoctoral Survey, Special Education
Postdoctoral Survey system will be
used: (1) To assess the satisfaction of
fellows who have participated in the
Education Research Training programs
funded by the IES’ National Center for
Education Research (IES/NCER) and
National Center for Special Education
Research (IES/NCSER) in order to
determine whether there are program
areas that need improvement; and (2) to
track the fellows’ professional
accomplishments both during and
following their fellowship years in order
to assess how well the individual
programs are fulfilling the mission of
the IES training programs, which is to
increase the supply of young researchers
trained and ready to do rigorous
research in education. The Pre- and
Postdoctoral Fellowship Customer
Satisfaction Survey system will contain
records containing information such as
IES-funded fellows’ names, e-mail
addresses, and citizenship status.
DATES: The Department seeks comment
on the new system of records described
in this notice, in accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act. We
must receive your comments about the
proposed routine uses for the system of
records referenced in this notice on or
before November 23, 2011.
The Department filed a report
describing the new system of records
covered by this notice with the Chair of
the Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, the
Chair of the House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, and
the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on October 4, 2011. This system
of records will become effective at the
later date of—(1) The expiration of the
40-day period for OMB review on
November 14, 2011; or (2) November 23,
2011, unless the system of records needs
to be changed as a result of public
comment or OMB review.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about
this new system of records to Dr.
Meredith Larson, Associate Research
Scientist, National Center for Education
Research, Institute of Education
Sciences, U.S. Department of Education,
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Room
618, Washington, DC 20208–5500. If
you prefer to send comments through
the Internet, use the following address:
comments@ed.gov.
You must include the term ‘‘IES
Research Training Program Surveys’’ in
the subject line of your electronic
message.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all comments about
this notice at the National Center for
Education Research, Institute of
Education Sciences, Department of
Education, 6th Floor, 555 New Jersey
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Eastern time, Monday through Friday of
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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On request, we will supply an
appropriate aid, such as a reader or
print magnifier, to an individual with a
disability who needs assistance to
review the comments or other
documents in the public rulemaking
record for this notice. If you want to
schedule an appointment for this type of
aid, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Dr.
Meredith Larson. Telephone number:
(202) 219–2025. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service
(FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.
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Dated: October 18, 2011.
John Q. Easton,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
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format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in
the preceding paragraph.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4))
requires the Department to publish in
the Federal Register this notice of a new
system of records maintained by the
Department. The Department’s
regulations implementing the Privacy
Act are contained in part 5b of title 34
of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR).
The Privacy Act applies to a record
about an individual that is maintained
in a system of records from which
individually identifying information is
retrieved by a unique identifier
associated with each individual, such as
a name or Social Security number. The
information about each individual is
called a ‘‘record,’’ and the system,
whether manual or computer-based, is
called a ‘‘system of records.’’
The Privacy Act requires each agency
to publish a system of records notice in
the Federal Register and to submit,
whenever the agency publishes a new
system of records or makes a significant
change to an established system of
records, a report to the Administrator of
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB. Each agency is also
required to send copies of the report to
the Chair of the House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform and
to the Chair of the Senate Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs. These reports are inc1uded to
permit an evaluation of the probable
effect of the proposal on the privacy
rights of individuals.
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For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Director of the Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education publishes a notice of a new
system of records, to read as follows:
System Number:
18–13–25
SYSTEM NAME:
IES Research Training Program
Surveys: Predoctoral Survey,
Postdoctoral Survey, Special Education
Postdoctoral Survey.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
None.
SYSTEM LOCATIONS:
National Center for Education
Research, Program Officer Staff,
Institute of Education Sciences (IES),
U.S. Department of Education
(Department), 555 New Jersey Avenue,
NW., Suite 618, Washington, DC 20208–
5530.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
The system contains records on preand postdoctoral fellows who have been
funded through the IES Pre- and
Postdoctoral Education Research
Training Grants and the IES
Postdoctoral Special Education
Research Training Grants.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The system contains records regarding
fellows’: (1) Names; (2) e-mail
addresses; (3) personal characteristics,
such as gender, race/ethnicity, and
citizenship status; (4) information on
the training program attended including
the average GRE scores of program
participants and fellows per program;
(5) responses to survey items regarding
the quality of the training program they
attended; (6) academic information
including past field of study, Ph.D.
completion and year of Ph.D.,
completion of fellowship program,
research conducted during and after
attending the training program
including the number and type of
publications and presentations made;
and (7) information on positions held
and type of research done after
completing the training program
including plans to or submission of a
grant proposal.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The evaluation is authorized under
sections 131 through 134 and section
189 of the Education Sciences Reform
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Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20 U.S.C. 9531–34
and 9579).
PURPOSE(S):
The information contained in the
records maintained in this system is
used for the following purposes: (1) To
assess the satisfaction of the fellows
with their IES training programs in
order to determine whether there are
program areas that need improvement;
and (2) to track the fellows’ professional
accomplishments both during and
following their fellowship years in order
to assess how well the individual
programs are fulfilling the mission of
the IES training programs, which is to
increase the supply of young researchers
trained and ready to do rigorous
research in education.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
The Department may disclose
information contained in a record in
this system of records without the
consent of the individual if the
disclosure is compatible with the
purposes for which the record was
collected. The Department may make
these disclosures on a case-by-case
basis, or, if the Department has
complied with the computer matching
requirements of the Computer Matching
and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as
amended, under a computer matching
agreement. Any disclosure of
individually identifiable information
from a record in this system must also
comply with the requirements of section
183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573)
providing for confidentiality standards
that apply to all collections, reporting,
and publication of data by IES.
Contract Disclosure. If the Department
contracts with an entity for the purposes
of performing any function that requires
disclosure of records in this system to
employees of the contractor, the
Department may disclose the records to
those employees. Before entering into
such a contract, the Department shall
require the contractor to maintain
Privacy Act safeguards as required
under 5 U.S.C. 552a(m) with respect to
the records in the system.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:
None.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Records are maintained in a database
on the Department’s secure servers. No
paper records will be kept as part of this
system.
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RETRIEVABILITY:
Records are retrieved by the fellows’
names.
the system manager. Your request must
meet the requirements of regulations in
34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.
SAFEGUARDS:
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:
Access to the records is limited to
authorized personnel only. All physical
access to the Department’s site where
this system of records is maintained, is
controlled and monitored by security
personnel who check each individual
entering the buildings for his or her
employee or visitor badge.
The computer system employed by
the Department offers a high degree of
resistance to tampering and
circumvention. This security system
limits data access to Department and
contract staff on a ‘‘need-to-know’’
basis, and controls an individual user’s
ability to access and alter records within
the system. All users of this system of
records are given a unique user
identification. The Department’s
Information Security Privacy Policy
requires the enforcement of a complex
password policy. In addition, users are
required to change their password at
least every 60 to 90 days in accordance
with the Department’s information
technology standards.
If you wish to contest the content of
a record regarding you in the system of
records, contact the system manager.
Your request must meet the
requirements of the regulations in 34
CFR 5b.7, including proof of identity.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information maintained in this system
of records is obtained from both the
fellows and their training programs.
Fellows provide information on their
individual characteristics, e-mail
addresses, views on the quality of the
training program, and information on
their dissertation, papers, positions, and
follow-on research. The training
programs provide information on the
programs themselves and the fellows’
status within the programs, initial
student e-mail addresses at the
university (students then provide their
preferred e-mail addresses), and
information on student dissertations
and paper.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THIS SYSTEM:
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
None.
The records associated with
predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows’
progress will be maintained as long as
they are professionally active in
education research. Records will be
maintained and disposed of in
accordance with the Department’s
Records Disposition Schedules. These
records are currently unscheduled. A
records retention schedule will be
developed and submitted to the
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) for approval.
No records will be destroyed until a
NARA-approved records retention
schedule is in place.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Dr. Meredith Larson is the Program
Officer for the IES Research Training
Program Surveys, and her address is
Institute of Education Sciences,
Department of Education, 555 New
Jersey Avenue, NW., Suite 618,
Washington, DC 20208–5530.
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NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
If you wish to determine whether a
record exists regarding you in the
system of records, contact the system
manager. Your request must meet the
requirements of regulations in 34 CFR
5b.5, including proof of identity.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:
If you wish to gain access to your
record in the system of records, contact
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ACTION:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Environmental
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The Federal Advisory Committee Act
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 8:30 a.m.–
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SC 29801.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Affairs, Department of Energy,
Savannah River Operations Office, P.O.
Box A, Aiken, SC 29802; Phone: (803)
952–7886.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this
notice of a new system of records entitled ``IES Research Training
Program Surveys: Predoctoral Survey, Postdoctoral Survey, Special
Education Postdoctoral Survey'' (18-13-25).
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Research Training Program
Surveys: Predoctoral Survey, Postdoctoral Survey, Special Education
Postdoctoral Survey system will be used: (1) To assess the satisfaction
of fellows who have participated in the Education Research Training
programs funded by the IES' National Center for Education Research
(IES/NCER) and National Center for Special Education Research (IES/
NCSER) in order to determine whether there are program areas that need
improvement; and (2) to track the fellows' professional accomplishments
both during and following their fellowship years in order to assess how
well the individual programs are fulfilling the mission of the IES
training programs, which is to increase the supply of young researchers
trained and ready to do rigorous research in education. The Pre- and
Postdoctoral Fellowship Customer Satisfaction Survey system will
contain records containing information such as IES-funded fellows'
names, e-mail addresses, and citizenship status.
DATES: The Department seeks comment on the new system of records
described in this notice, in accordance with the requirements of the
Privacy Act. We must receive your comments about the proposed routine
uses for the system of records referenced in this notice on or before
November 23, 2011.
The Department filed a report describing the new system of records
covered by this notice with the Chair of the Senate Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Chair of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Administrator of
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) on October 4, 2011. This system of records will become
effective at the later date of--(1) The expiration of the 40-day period
for OMB review on November 14, 2011; or (2) November 23, 2011, unless
the system of records needs to be changed as a result of public comment
or OMB review.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about this new system of records to Dr.
Meredith Larson, Associate Research Scientist, National Center for
Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Room 618, Washington, DC 20208-
5500. If you prefer to send comments through the Internet, use the
following address: comments@ed.gov.
You must include the term ``IES Research Training Program Surveys''
in the subject line of your electronic message.
During and after the comment period, you may inspect all comments
about this notice at the National Center for Education Research,
Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education, 6th Floor,
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday of each week
except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities in Reviewing the Rulemaking
Record
On request, we will supply an appropriate aid, such as a reader or
print magnifier, to an individual with a disability who needs
assistance to review the comments or other documents in the public
rulemaking record for this notice. If you want to schedule an
appointment for this type of aid, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Meredith Larson. Telephone number:
(202) 219-2025. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-
8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative
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format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)) requires the Department to
publish in the Federal Register this notice of a new system of records
maintained by the Department. The Department's regulations implementing
the Privacy Act are contained in part 5b of title 34 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR).
The Privacy Act applies to a record about an individual that is
maintained in a system of records from which individually identifying
information is retrieved by a unique identifier associated with each
individual, such as a name or Social Security number. The information
about each individual is called a ``record,'' and the system, whether
manual or computer-based, is called a ``system of records.''
The Privacy Act requires each agency to publish a system of records
notice in the Federal Register and to submit, whenever the agency
publishes a new system of records or makes a significant change to an
established system of records, a report to the Administrator of the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Each agency is also
required to send copies of the report to the Chair of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and to the Chair of the
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. These
reports are inc1uded to permit an evaluation of the probable effect of
the proposal on the privacy rights of individuals.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free
Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System
at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can view this document,
as well as all other documents of this Department published in the
Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: https://www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Dated: October 18, 2011.
John Q. Easton,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Director of the
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education publishes
a notice of a new system of records, to read as follows:
System Number:
18-13-25
System Name:
IES Research Training Program Surveys: Predoctoral Survey,
Postdoctoral Survey, Special Education Postdoctoral Survey.
Security Classification:
None.
System Locations:
National Center for Education Research, Program Officer Staff,
Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education
(Department), 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Suite 618, Washington, DC
20208-5530.
Categories of Individuals Covered by the System:
The system contains records on pre- and postdoctoral fellows who
have been funded through the IES Pre- and Postdoctoral Education
Research Training Grants and the IES Postdoctoral Special Education
Research Training Grants.
Categories of Records in the System:
The system contains records regarding fellows': (1) Names; (2) e-
mail addresses; (3) personal characteristics, such as gender, race/
ethnicity, and citizenship status; (4) information on the training
program attended including the average GRE scores of program
participants and fellows per program; (5) responses to survey items
regarding the quality of the training program they attended; (6)
academic information including past field of study, Ph.D. completion
and year of Ph.D., completion of fellowship program, research conducted
during and after attending the training program including the number
and type of publications and presentations made; and (7) information on
positions held and type of research done after completing the training
program including plans to or submission of a grant proposal.
Authority for Maintenance of the System:
The evaluation is authorized under sections 131 through 134 and
section 189 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20
U.S.C. 9531-34 and 9579).
Purpose(s):
The information contained in the records maintained in this system
is used for the following purposes: (1) To assess the satisfaction of
the fellows with their IES training programs in order to determine
whether there are program areas that need improvement; and (2) to track
the fellows' professional accomplishments both during and following
their fellowship years in order to assess how well the individual
programs are fulfilling the mission of the IES training programs, which
is to increase the supply of young researchers trained and ready to do
rigorous research in education.
Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories
of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses:
The Department may disclose information contained in a record in
this system of records without the consent of the individual if the
disclosure is compatible with the purposes for which the record was
collected. The Department may make these disclosures on a case-by-case
basis, or, if the Department has complied with the computer matching
requirements of the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of
1988, as amended, under a computer matching agreement. Any disclosure
of individually identifiable information from a record in this system
must also comply with the requirements of section 183 of the ESRA (20
U.S.C. 9573) providing for confidentiality standards that apply to all
collections, reporting, and publication of data by IES.
Contract Disclosure. If the Department contracts with an entity for
the purposes of performing any function that requires disclosure of
records in this system to employees of the contractor, the Department
may disclose the records to those employees. Before entering into such
a contract, the Department shall require the contractor to maintain
Privacy Act safeguards as required under 5 U.S.C. 552a(m) with respect
to the records in the system.
Disclosure to Consumer Reporting Agencies:
None.
Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining,
and Disposing of Records in the System:
Storage:
Records are maintained in a database on the Department's secure
servers. No paper records will be kept as part of this system.
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Retrievability:
Records are retrieved by the fellows' names.
Safeguards:
Access to the records is limited to authorized personnel only. All
physical access to the Department's site where this system of records
is maintained, is controlled and monitored by security personnel who
check each individual entering the buildings for his or her employee or
visitor badge.
The computer system employed by the Department offers a high degree
of resistance to tampering and circumvention. This security system
limits data access to Department and contract staff on a ``need-to-
know'' basis, and controls an individual user's ability to access and
alter records within the system. All users of this system of records
are given a unique user identification. The Department's Information
Security Privacy Policy requires the enforcement of a complex password
policy. In addition, users are required to change their password at
least every 60 to 90 days in accordance with the Department's
information technology standards.
Retention and Disposal:
The records associated with predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows'
progress will be maintained as long as they are professionally active
in education research. Records will be maintained and disposed of in
accordance with the Department's Records Disposition Schedules. These
records are currently unscheduled. A records retention schedule will be
developed and submitted to the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) for approval. No records will be destroyed until
a NARA-approved records retention schedule is in place.
System Manager(s) and Address:
Dr. Meredith Larson is the Program Officer for the IES Research
Training Program Surveys, and her address is Institute of Education
Sciences, Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Suite
618, Washington, DC 20208-5530.
Notification Procedure:
If you wish to determine whether a record exists regarding you in
the system of records, contact the system manager. Your request must
meet the requirements of regulations in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of
identity.
Record Access Procedure:
If you wish to gain access to your record in the system of records,
contact the system manager. Your request must meet the requirements of
regulations in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.
Contesting Record Procedure:
If you wish to contest the content of a record regarding you in the
system of records, contact the system manager. Your request must meet
the requirements of the regulations in 34 CFR 5b.7, including proof of
identity.
Record Source Categories:
Information maintained in this system of records is obtained from
both the fellows and their training programs. Fellows provide
information on their individual characteristics, e-mail addresses,
views on the quality of the training program, and information on their
dissertation, papers, positions, and follow-on research. The training
programs provide information on the programs themselves and the
fellows' status within the programs, initial student e-mail addresses
at the university (students then provide their preferred e-mail
addresses), and information on student dissertations and paper.
Exemptions Claimed for This System:
None.
[FR Doc. 2011-27337 Filed 10-21-11; 8:45 am]
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