Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, 13611-13615 [2021-04826]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Departmental Offices,
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of
the Treasury (‘‘Treasury’’ or the
‘‘Department’’), Departmental Offices
proposes to modify a current Treasury
system of records titled, ‘‘Department of
the Treasury, Departmental Offices
.214—D.C. Pensions Retirement
Records’’ System of Records. This
system of records is a collection of
information used by the Office of D.C.
Pensions to administer certain District
of Columbia (‘‘District’’) retirement
plans, and the modification of the
system of records notice is being
published in order to clarify and update
the description of the system of records.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
April 8, 2021. The modification of the
system of records notice will be
applicable on April 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on this
notice may be submitted electronically
through the Federal government
eRulemaking portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. Electronic
submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare
and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt, and enables the Treasury to
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make the comments available to the
public. Please note that comments
submitted through https://
www.regulations.gov will be public and
can be viewed by members of the
public. Due to COVID–19-related
restrictions, Treasury has temporarily
suspended its ability to receive public
comments by mail.
In general, Treasury will post all
comments to https://
www.regulations.gov without change,
including any business or personal
information provided, such as names,
addresses, email addresses, or telephone
numbers. All comments received,
including attachments and other
supporting material, will be part of the
public record and subject to public
disclosure. You should only submit
information that you wish to make
publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions, please contact:
Shalamar Barnes, 202–622–6173, the
Office of D.C. Pensions, Departmental
Offices, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20220. For privacy
issues, please contact: The Department
of the Treasury, Office of Privacy and
Civil Liberties via email at privacy@
treasury.gov.
In
accordance with the Privacy Act of
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of
the Treasury (‘‘Treasury’’), Departmental
Offices proposes to modify a current
Treasury system of records titled,
‘‘Department of the Treasury,
Departmental Offices .214—DC
Pensions Retirement Records System of
Records.’’
The proposed modification to the
system of records makes the following
substantive changes:
1. DO .214—DC Pensions Retirement
Records, System Location, is being
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updated to remove the District of
Columbia government offices as a
location of records in the system of
records. Paper and electronic records
(including records stored in the
District’s FileNet system) stored by the
District of Columbia government are not
federal records.
2. DO .214—DC Pensions Retirement
Records, System Purpose, is being
modified to add the following purposes:
Determining liability for benefit
payments to former judges; determining
whether someone committed fraud; and
determining the accuracy of financial
reports. Additionally, the purpose of
determining the impact of legislation is
being modified to clarify that it applies
to all benefit payments not just the
federal funds.
3. DO .214—DC Pensions Retirement
Records, Categories of Individuals
Covered by System, is being modified to
add non-annuitant debtors as a category
of covered individuals. Non-annuitant
debtors covered by the system include
people who received benefit payments,
by either fraud or mistake, despite not
being entitled to benefits.
4. DO .214—DC Pensions Retirement
Records, Categories of Records in the
System, is being modified to add
records provided by domestic partners,
clarify the description of tax
withholding forms, remove records
related to debt other than debt arising
from overpayments, change the
description of correspondence to
include correspondence from
individuals covered by the system, use
the term ‘‘disability’’ in lieu of
‘‘handicap,’’ use the term ‘‘death benefit
applications’’ in lieu of ‘‘death claim,’’
delete the category for records
submitted by a beneficiary in support of
claims to a benefit payment because it
was duplicative, and add financial
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records of debtors as a new category of
records in the system.
5. DO .214—DC Pensions Retirement
Records, Record Source Categories, is
being modified to remove individuals’
co-workers and supervisors as a source
of records in the system and to add
individuals’ representatives and the
Department of the Interior Payroll Office
as sources of records in the system.
6. DO .214—DC Pensions Retirement
Records, Routine Uses of Records
Maintained in the System, is being
modified to clarify the types of
disclosures made to various federal,
State, local, and foreign agencies and to
Congressional offices. Additionally, the
routine use regarding disclosure to an
individual’s spouse or dependent child
regarding health and life insurance
coverage, survivor benefit elections, and
elections to receive a lump sum is being
modified to include domestic partners
and to cover any change in health
insurance and to eliminate disclosure of
change to a survivor benefit election,
because survivor benefit elections
cannot be changed. Also, the routine use
regarding disclosure to state and local
governments for debt collection is being
modified to include disclosure to
federal agencies and collection of debt
that is not delinquent. Also, the routine
use regarding disclosure to people
possibly entitled to a benefit payment is
being modified to clarify that it includes
people possibly entitled to any type of
benefit.
7. DO .214—DC Pensions Retirement
Records, Policies and Practices for
Retention and Disposal of Records, is
being modified to remove District of
Columbia guidelines as one of the basis
for destroying records covered by the
system.
8. DO .214—DC Pensions Retirement
Records, Notification Procedures, are
being updated to reflect current
procedures.
The system of records is collecting
information under the Paperwork
Reduction Act using the following
forms:
• Health Benefits Registration Form (SF
2809) OMB No. 3206–0160
(expiration 04/30/2022)
• Life Insurance Election-FEGLI (SF
2817) OMB No. 3206–0230
(expiration 06/30/2021)
• Designation of Beneficiary Federal
Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program
(SF 2823) OMB No. 3206–0136
(expiration 10/31/2020)
• Withholding Certificate for Pension or
Annuity Payments (W–4P) OMB No.
1545–0074 (expiration 01/31/2021)
Treasury will include this modified
system in its inventory of record
systems.
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Below is the description of the
Treasury, Departmental Offices .214—
DC Pensions Retirement Records System
of Records.
Treasury has provided a report of this
system of records to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of
the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and
OMB Circular A–108, ‘‘Federal Agency
Responsibilities for Review, Reporting,
and Publication under the Privacy Act,’’
dated December 23, 2016.
Dated: December 22, 2020.
Ryan Law,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy,
Transparency, and Records.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Department of the Treasury, DO
.214—DC Pensions Retirement Records.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
The records are maintained at the
Office of D.C. Pensions, Department of
the Treasury, in Washington, DC and
the Bureau of the Fiscal Service in
Parkersburg, WV, Kansas City, MO, and
privately run secure storage facilities in
various states.
SYSTEM MANAGER
Director, Office of D.C. Pensions, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20220.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Title XI, subtitle A, chapters 1
through 9, and subtitle C, chapter 4,
subchapter B of the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33 (as
amended); 31 U.S.C 321; and 5 U.S.C.
30.
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
These records may provide
information on which to base
determinations of (1) eligibility for, and
computation of, benefit payments and
refund of contribution payments; (2)
direct deposit elections into a financial
institution; (3) eligibility and premiums
for health insurance and group life
insurance; (4) withholding of income
taxes; (5) under- or over-payments to
recipients of a benefit payment, and for
overpayments, the recipient’s ability to
repay the overpayment; (6) federal
payment made from the General Fund to
the District of Columbia Teachers,
Police Officers and Firefighters Federal
Pension Fund and the District of
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Columbia Judicial Retirement and
Survivors Annuity Fund; (7) impact on
benefit payments due to proposed
federal and/or District legislative
changes; (8) District or federal liability
for benefit payments to former District
police officers, firefighters, teachers, and
judges, including survivors, dependents,
and beneficiaries who are receiving a
federal and/or District benefit; (9)
whether someone committed fraud; and
(10) reliability of financial statements.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
(A) Current and former District of
Columbia police officers, firefighters,
teachers, and judges.
(B) Surviving spouses, domestic
partners, children, and/or dependent
parents of current and former District of
Columbia police officers, firefighters,
teachers, or judges, as applicable.
(C) Former spouses and domestic
partners of current and former District
of Columbia police officers, firefighters,
teachers, or judges, as applicable.
(D) Designated beneficiaries of items
A, B, and C.
(E) Non-annuitant debtors.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The categories of records include, but
are not limited to, identifying
information such as: Name(s); contact
information; Social Security number;
employee identification number; service
beginning and end dates; annuity
beginning and end dates; date of birth;
sex; retirement plan; base pay; average
base pay; final salary; type(s) of service
and dates used to compute length of
service; military base pay amount;
purchase of service calculation and
amount; and/or benefit payment
amount(s). The types of records in the
system may be:
(a) Documentation comprised of
service history/credit, personnel data,
retirement contributions, and/or a
refund claim upon which a benefit
payment(s) may be based.
(b) Medical records and supporting
evidence for disability retirement
applications and continued eligibility,
and documentation regarding the
acceptance or rejection of such
applications.
(c) Records submitted by a surviving
spouse, a domestic partner, a child(ren),
and/or a dependent parent(s) in support
of claims to a benefit payment(s).
(d) Records related to the withholding
of income tax from a benefit payment(s).
(e) Retirement applications, including
supporting documentation, and
acceptance or denial of such
applications.
(f) Death benefit applications,
including supporting documentation,
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submitted by a surviving spouse,
domestic partner, child(ren), former
spouse, and/or beneficiary, that is
required to determine eligibility for and
receipt of a benefit payment(s), or denial
of such claims.
(g) Documentation of enrollment and/
or change in enrollment for health and
life insurance benefits/eligibility.
(h) Designation(s) of a beneficiary(ies)
for a life insurance benefit and/or an
unpaid benefit payment.
(i) Court orders submitted by former
spouses or domestic partners in support
of claims to a benefit payment(s).
(j) Records relating to under- and/or
over-payments of benefit payments.
(k) Records relating to the refunds of
employee contributions.
(l) Records relating to child support
orders, bankruptcies, tax levies, and
garnishments.
(m) Records used to determine a total
benefit payment and/or if the benefit
payment is a District or federal liability.
(n) Correspondence received from
individuals covered by the system.
(o) Records relating to time served on
behalf of a recognized labor
organization.
(p) Records relating to benefit
payment enrollment and/or change to
enrollment for direct deposit to an
individual’s financial institution.
(q) Records relating to educational
program enrollments of age 18 and older
children of former police officers,
firefighters, teachers, and judges.
(r) Records relating to the mental or
physical disability condition of age 18
and older children of former police
officers, firefighters, teachers, and
judges.
(s) Records relating to a debtor’s
financial information, including
financial disclosure forms, credit
reports, tax filings, bank statements, and
financial obligations.
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RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
The information in this system is
obtained from:
a. The individual, or their
representative, to whom the information
pertains.
b. District pay, leave, and allowance
records.
c. Health benefits and life insurance
plan records maintained by the Office of
Personnel Management, the District, and
health and life insurance carriers.
d. Federal civilian retirement systems.
e. Military retired pay system records.
f. Social Security Old Age, Survivor,
and Disability Insurance and Medicare
Programs.
g. Official personnel folders.
h. Physicians who have examined or
treated the individual.
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i. Surviving spouse, domestic
partners, child(ren), former spouse(s),
former domestic partner(s), and/or
dependent parent(s) of the individual to
whom the information pertains.
j. State courts or support enforcement
agencies.
k. Credit bureaus and financial
institutions.
l. Government Offices of the District
of Columbia, including the District of
Columbia Retirement Board.
m. The General Services
Administration National Payroll Center.
n. The Department of the Interior
Payroll Office.
o. Educational institutions.
p. Other components of the
Department of the Treasury.
q. The Department of Justice.
r. Death reporting sources.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
In addition to those disclosures
generally permitted under the Privacy
Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), records
and/or information or portions thereof
maintained as part of this system may
be disclosed outside Treasury as a
routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552a(b)(3) as follows:
(1) To the United States Department
of Justice (‘‘DOJ’’), for the purpose of
representing or providing legal advice to
the Department in a proceeding before
a court, adjudicative body, or other
administrative body before which the
Department is authorized to appear,
when such proceeding involves:
(a) The Department or any component
thereof;
(b) Any employee of the Department
in his or her official capacity;
(c) Any employee of the Department
in his or her individual capacity where
the Department of Justice or the
Department has agreed to represent the
employee; or
(d) The United States, when the
Department determines that litigation is
likely to affect the Department or any of
its components; and the use of such
records by the DOJ is deemed by the
DOJ or the Department to be relevant
and necessary to the litigation provided
that the disclosure is compatible with
the purpose for which records were
collected.
(2) To an appropriate federal, state,
local, tribal, foreign, or international
agency, if the information is relevant
and necessary to a requesting agency’s
decision concerning the hiring or
retention of an individual, or issuance
of a security clearance, background
investigation, license, contract, grant, or
other benefit, or if the information is
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relevant and necessary to a DC Pension
decision concerning 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 and
when disclosure is appropriate to the
proper performance of the official duties
of the person making the request.
(3) To a Congressional office in
response to an inquiry made at the
request of the individual to whom the
record pertains;
(4) To the National Archives and
Records Administration Archivist (or
Archivist’s designee) pursuant to
records management inspections being
conducted under the authority of 44
U.S.C. 2904 and 2906;
(5) To appropriate agencies, entities,
and persons when (1) the Department of
the Treasury suspects or has confirmed
that there has been a breach of the
system of records; (2) the Department of
the Treasury has determined that as a
result of the suspected or confirmed
breach there is a risk of harm to
individuals, the Department of the
Treasury (including its information
systems, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national
security; and (3) the disclosure made to
such agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with the Department of the
Treasury’s efforts to respond to the
suspected or confirmed breach or to
prevent, minimize, or remedy such
harm;
(6) To another Federal agency or
Federal entity, when the Department of
the Treasury determines that
information from this system of records
is reasonably necessary to assist the
recipient agency or entity in (1)
responding to a suspected or confirmed
breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or
remedying the risk of harm to
individuals, the recipient agency or
entity (including its information
systems, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national
security, resulting from a suspected or
confirmed breach;
(7) To disclose information 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 conducting
of a suitability or security investigation
of an individual, the classifying of jobs,
the letting of a contract, or the issuance
of a license, grant, or other benefit by
the requesting agency, to the extent that
the information is relevant and
necessary to the requesting agency’s
decision on the matter;
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(8) To disclose information to another
federal agency, to a court, or to a party
in litigation before a court or in an
administrative proceeding being
conducted by a federal agency, when
the federal government is a party to the
judicial or administrative proceeding. In
those cases where the federal
government is not a party to the
proceeding, records may not be
disclosed unless the party complies
with the requirements of 31 CFR 1.11;
(9) To disclose information to
contractors, subcontractors, financial
agents, grantees, auditors, actuaries,
interns, or volunteers performing or
working on a contract, service, grant,
cooperative agreement, or job for the
Department, or the District;
(10) To disclose information needed
to adjudicate a claim for benefit
payments or information needed to
conduct an analytical study of benefits
being paid under such programs as:
Social Security Administration’s Old
Age, Survivor, and Disability Insurance
and Medical Programs; military retired
pay programs; and federal civilian
employee retirement programs (Civil
Service Retirement System, Federal
Employees Retirement System, and
other federal retirement systems);
(11) To disclose to the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) and to
the District, information necessary to
verify the election, declination, or
waiver of regular and/or optional life
insurance coverage, or coordinate with
contract carriers the benefit provisions
of such coverage;
(12) To disclose to health insurance
carriers contracting with OPM to
provide a health benefits plan under the
Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program or health insurance carriers
contracting with the District to provide
a health benefits plan under the health
benefits program for District employees,
Social Security numbers and other
information necessary to identify
enrollment in a plan, to verify eligibility
for payment of a claim for health
benefits, or to carry out the coordination
for benefits provisions of such contracts;
(13) To disclose health insurance
enrollment information to OPM. OPM
provides this enrollment information to
their health care carriers who provide a
health benefits plan under the Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program, or
health insurance carriers contracting
with the District to provide a health
benefits plan under the health benefits
program for District employees, Social
Security numbers and other information
necessary to identify enrollment in a
plan, to verify eligibility for payment of
a claim for health benefits, or to carry
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out the coordination for benefits
provisions of such contracts;
(14) To disclose to certain people
possibly entitled to a benefit payment
information that is contained in the
record of a deceased current or former
police officer, firefighter, teacher, or
judge to assist in properly determining
the eligibility and amount of a benefit
payment to a surviving recipient, or
information that results from such
determination;
(15) To disclose to any person who is
legally responsible for the care of an
individual to whom a record pertains, or
who otherwise has an existing, faciallyvalid power of attorney, including care
of an individual who is mentally
incompetent or under other legal
disability, information necessary to
assure application or payment of
benefits to which the individual may be
entitled;
(16) To disclose to the Parent Locator
Service of the Department of Health and
Human Services, upon its request, the
present address of an individual
covered by the system needed for
enforcing child support obligations of
such individual;
(17) In connection with an
examination ordered by the District or
the Department under:
(a) Medical examination procedures;
or
(b) Involuntary disability retirement
procedures to disclose to the
representative of an employee, notices,
decisions, other written
communications, or any other pertinent
medical evidence other than medical
evidence about which a prudent
physician would hesitate to inform the
individual; such medical evidence will
be disclosed only to a licensed
physician, designated in writing for that
purpose by the individual or his or her
representative. The physician must be
capable of explaining the contents of the
medical record(s) to the individual and
be willing to provide the entire record(s)
to the individual;
(18) To disclose information to any
source from which the Department
seeks additional information that is
relevant to a determination of an
individual’s eligibility for, or
entitlement to, coverage under the
applicable retirement, life insurance,
and health benefits program, to the
extent necessary to obtain the
information requested;
(19) To disclose information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) at any stage of the legislative
coordination and clearance process in
connection with private relief
legislation as set forth in OMB Circular
No. A–19;
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(20) To disclose to federal, state, and
local government agencies responsible
for the collection of income taxes the
information required to implement
voluntary income tax withholdings from
benefit payments;
(21) To disclose to the Social Security
Administration the names and Social
Security numbers of individuals
covered by the system when necessary
to determine (1) their vital status as
shown in the Social Security Master
Records and (2) whether retirees
receiving benefit payments under the
District’s retirement plan for police
officers and firefighters with post-1956
military service credit are eligible for or
are receiving old age or survivors
benefits under section 202 of the Social
Security Act based upon their wages
and self-employment income;
(22) To disclose to federal, state, and
local government agencies information
to help eliminate fraud and abuse in a
benefits program administered by a
requesting federal, state, or local
government agency; to ensure
compliance with federal, state, and local
government tax obligations by persons
receiving benefits payments; and/or to
collect debts and overpayments owed to
the requesting federal, state, or local
government agency;
(23) To disclose to a federal agency,
or a person or an organization under
contract with a federal agency to render
collection services for a federal agency
as permitted by law, in response to a
written request from the head of the
agency or his designee, or from the debt
collection contractor, data concerning
an individual owing a debt to the
federal government;
(24) To disclose, as permitted by law,
information to a state court or
administrative agency in connection
with a garnishment, attachment, or
similar proceeding to enforce alimony
or a child support obligation;
(25) To disclose information
necessary to locate individuals who are
owed money or property by a federal,
state, or local government agency, or by
a financial institution or similar
institution, to the government agency
owing or otherwise responsible for the
money or property (or its agent);
(26) To disclose information
necessary in connection with the review
of a disputed claim for health benefits
to a health plan provider participating
in the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program or the health benefits
program for District employees, and to
a program enrollee or covered family
member or an enrollee or covered family
member’s authorized representative;
(27) To disclose information to
another federal agency for the purpose
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of effecting administrative or salary
offset against a person employed by that
agency, or who is receiving or eligible
to receive benefit payments from the
agency when the Department as a
creditor has a claim against that person
relating to benefit payments;
(28) To disclose information
concerning delinquent debts relating to
benefit payments to other federal
agencies for the purpose of barring
delinquent debtors from obtaining
federal loans or loan insurance
guarantees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3720B;
(29) To disclose to federal, state, and
local government agencies information
used for collecting debts relating to
benefit payments;
(30) To disclose to appropriate
agencies, entities, and persons when:
(a) The Department suspects or has
confirmed that the security or
confidentiality of information in the
system of records has been
compromised; or
(b) The Department has determined
that as a result of the suspected or
confirmed compromise there is a risk of
harm to economic or property interests,
identity theft or fraud, or harm to the
security or integrity of this system or
other systems or programs (whether
maintained by the Department or
another agency or entity) that rely upon
the compromised information; and
(c) The disclosure made to such
agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with the Department’s
efforts to respond to the suspected or
confirmed compromise and prevent,
minimize, or remedy such harm;
(31) To disclose to a former spouse
information necessary to explain how
his/her former spouse’s benefit was
computed;
(32) To disclose to a surviving spouse,
domestic partner, surviving child,
dependent parent, and/or legal guardian
information necessary to explain how
his/her survivor benefit was computed;
and
(33) To disclose to a spouse, domestic
partner, or dependent child (or courtappointed guardian thereof) of an
individual covered by the system, upon
request, whether the individual:
(a) Changed his/her health insurance
coverage and/or changed life insurance
benefit enrollment, or
(b) received a lump-sum refund of
his/her retirement contributions.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:
Paper records in this system are
stored in secure facilities in a locked
drawer, behind a locked door.
Electronic records are stored on
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magnetic disc, tape, digital media, and
CD–ROM in secure facilities.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
HISTORY:
Records may be retrieved by various
combinations of name; date of birth;
Social Security number; and/or an
automatically assigned, systemgenerated number of the individual to
whom they pertain.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
In accordance with National Archives
and Records Administration (NARA)
retention schedule, N1–056–09–001,
certain records will be destroyed after
115 years from the date of the former
police officer’s, firefighter’s, teacher’s or
judge’s birth; or 30 years after the date
of his/her death, if no application for
benefits is received. Under that
retention schedule, if a survivor or
former spouse receives a benefit
payment, such record will be destroyed
after his/her death. All other records
covered by this system will be destroyed
in accordance with approved federal
and Department guidelines. Paper
records will be destroyed by shredding
or burning. Records in electronic media
will be electronically erased using
NARA guidelines.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:
Records in this system are
safeguarded in accordance with
applicable rules and policies, including
all applicable Treasury automated
systems security and access policies.
Strict controls have been imposed to
minimize the risk of compromising the
information that is being stored. Access
to the computer system containing the
records in this system is limited to those
individuals who have a need to know
the information for the performance of
their official duties and who have
appropriate clearances or permissions.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
See ‘‘Notification Procedures’’ below.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
See ‘‘Notification Procedures’’ below.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking notification and
access to any record contained in this
system of records, or seeking to contest
its content, may inquire in writing in
accordance with instructions appearing
at 31 CFR part 1, subpart C, appendix
A. Written inquiries should be
addressed to the Office of Chief
Counsel, Disclosure Branch, Treasury
Inspector General for Tax
Administration, 1401 H Street NW,
Room 469, Washington, DC 20005.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of
the Treasury (``Treasury'' or the ``Department''), Departmental Offices
proposes to modify a current Treasury system of records titled,
``Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices .214--D.C. Pensions
Retirement Records'' System of Records. This system of records is a
collection of information used by the Office of D.C. Pensions to
administer certain District of Columbia (``District'') retirement
plans, and the modification of the system of records notice is being
published in order to clarify and update the description of the system
of records.
DATES: Submit comments on or before April 8, 2021. The modification of
the system of records notice will be applicable on April 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on this notice may be submitted
electronically through the Federal government eRulemaking portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. Electronic submission of comments allows
the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures
timely receipt, and enables the Treasury to make the comments available
to the public. Please note that comments submitted through https://www.regulations.gov will be public and can be viewed by members of the
public. Due to COVID-19-related restrictions, Treasury has temporarily
suspended its ability to receive public comments by mail.
In general, Treasury will post all comments to https://www.regulations.gov without change, including any business or personal
information provided, such as names, addresses, email addresses, or
telephone numbers. All comments received, including attachments and
other supporting material, will be part of the public record and
subject to public disclosure. You should only submit information that
you wish to make publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions, please contact:
Shalamar Barnes, 202-622-6173, the Office of D.C. Pensions,
Departmental Offices, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20220. For privacy issues, please contact: The Department of the
Treasury, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties via email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974,
5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of the Treasury (``Treasury''),
Departmental Offices proposes to modify a current Treasury system of
records titled, ``Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices
.214--DC Pensions Retirement Records System of Records.''
The proposed modification to the system of records makes the
following substantive changes:
1. DO .214--DC Pensions Retirement Records, System Location, is
being updated to remove the District of Columbia government offices as
a location of records in the system of records. Paper and electronic
records (including records stored in the District's FileNet system)
stored by the District of Columbia government are not federal records.
2. DO .214--DC Pensions Retirement Records, System Purpose, is
being modified to add the following purposes: Determining liability for
benefit payments to former judges; determining whether someone
committed fraud; and determining the accuracy of financial reports.
Additionally, the purpose of determining the impact of legislation is
being modified to clarify that it applies to all benefit payments not
just the federal funds.
3. DO .214--DC Pensions Retirement Records, Categories of
Individuals Covered by System, is being modified to add non-annuitant
debtors as a category of covered individuals. Non-annuitant debtors
covered by the system include people who received benefit payments, by
either fraud or mistake, despite not being entitled to benefits.
4. DO .214--DC Pensions Retirement Records, Categories of Records
in the System, is being modified to add records provided by domestic
partners, clarify the description of tax withholding forms, remove
records related to debt other than debt arising from overpayments,
change the description of correspondence to include correspondence from
individuals covered by the system, use the term ``disability'' in lieu
of ``handicap,'' use the term ``death benefit applications'' in lieu of
``death claim,'' delete the category for records submitted by a
beneficiary in support of claims to a benefit payment because it was
duplicative, and add financial
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records of debtors as a new category of records in the system.
5. DO .214--DC Pensions Retirement Records, Record Source
Categories, is being modified to remove individuals' co-workers and
supervisors as a source of records in the system and to add
individuals' representatives and the Department of the Interior Payroll
Office as sources of records in the system.
6. DO .214--DC Pensions Retirement Records, Routine Uses of Records
Maintained in the System, is being modified to clarify the types of
disclosures made to various federal, State, local, and foreign agencies
and to Congressional offices. Additionally, the routine use regarding
disclosure to an individual's spouse or dependent child regarding
health and life insurance coverage, survivor benefit elections, and
elections to receive a lump sum is being modified to include domestic
partners and to cover any change in health insurance and to eliminate
disclosure of change to a survivor benefit election, because survivor
benefit elections cannot be changed. Also, the routine use regarding
disclosure to state and local governments for debt collection is being
modified to include disclosure to federal agencies and collection of
debt that is not delinquent. Also, the routine use regarding disclosure
to people possibly entitled to a benefit payment is being modified to
clarify that it includes people possibly entitled to any type of
benefit.
7. DO .214--DC Pensions Retirement Records, Policies and Practices
for Retention and Disposal of Records, is being modified to remove
District of Columbia guidelines as one of the basis for destroying
records covered by the system.
8. DO .214--DC Pensions Retirement Records, Notification
Procedures, are being updated to reflect current procedures.
The system of records is collecting information under the Paperwork
Reduction Act using the following forms:
Health Benefits Registration Form (SF 2809) OMB No. 3206-0160
(expiration 04/30/2022)
Life Insurance Election-FEGLI (SF 2817) OMB No. 3206-0230
(expiration 06/30/2021)
Designation of Beneficiary Federal Group Life Insurance
(FEGLI) Program (SF 2823) OMB No. 3206-0136 (expiration 10/31/2020)
Withholding Certificate for Pension or Annuity Payments (W-4P)
OMB No. 1545-0074 (expiration 01/31/2021)
Treasury will include this modified system in its inventory of
record systems.
Below is the description of the Treasury, Departmental Offices
.214--DC Pensions Retirement Records System of Records.
Treasury has provided a report of this system of records to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and OMB Circular A-108, ``Federal Agency
Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication under the
Privacy Act,'' dated December 23, 2016.
Dated: December 22, 2020.
Ryan Law,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, Transparency, and Records.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Department of the Treasury, DO .214--DC Pensions Retirement
Records.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
The records are maintained at the Office of D.C. Pensions,
Department of the Treasury, in Washington, DC and the Bureau of the
Fiscal Service in Parkersburg, WV, Kansas City, MO, and privately run
secure storage facilities in various states.
SYSTEM MANAGER
Director, Office of D.C. Pensions, U.S. Department of the Treasury,
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Title XI, subtitle A, chapters 1 through 9, and subtitle C, chapter
4, subchapter B of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105-33
(as amended); 31 U.S.C 321; and 5 U.S.C. 30.
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
These records may provide information on which to base
determinations of (1) eligibility for, and computation of, benefit
payments and refund of contribution payments; (2) direct deposit
elections into a financial institution; (3) eligibility and premiums
for health insurance and group life insurance; (4) withholding of
income taxes; (5) under- or over-payments to recipients of a benefit
payment, and for overpayments, the recipient's ability to repay the
overpayment; (6) federal payment made from the General Fund to the
District of Columbia Teachers, Police Officers and Firefighters Federal
Pension Fund and the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and
Survivors Annuity Fund; (7) impact on benefit payments due to proposed
federal and/or District legislative changes; (8) District or federal
liability for benefit payments to former District police officers,
firefighters, teachers, and judges, including survivors, dependents,
and beneficiaries who are receiving a federal and/or District benefit;
(9) whether someone committed fraud; and (10) reliability of financial
statements.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
(A) Current and former District of Columbia police officers,
firefighters, teachers, and judges.
(B) Surviving spouses, domestic partners, children, and/or
dependent parents of current and former District of Columbia police
officers, firefighters, teachers, or judges, as applicable.
(C) Former spouses and domestic partners of current and former
District of Columbia police officers, firefighters, teachers, or
judges, as applicable.
(D) Designated beneficiaries of items A, B, and C.
(E) Non-annuitant debtors.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The categories of records include, but are not limited to,
identifying information such as: Name(s); contact information; Social
Security number; employee identification number; service beginning and
end dates; annuity beginning and end dates; date of birth; sex;
retirement plan; base pay; average base pay; final salary; type(s) of
service and dates used to compute length of service; military base pay
amount; purchase of service calculation and amount; and/or benefit
payment amount(s). The types of records in the system may be:
(a) Documentation comprised of service history/credit, personnel
data, retirement contributions, and/or a refund claim upon which a
benefit payment(s) may be based.
(b) Medical records and supporting evidence for disability
retirement applications and continued eligibility, and documentation
regarding the acceptance or rejection of such applications.
(c) Records submitted by a surviving spouse, a domestic partner, a
child(ren), and/or a dependent parent(s) in support of claims to a
benefit payment(s).
(d) Records related to the withholding of income tax from a benefit
payment(s).
(e) Retirement applications, including supporting documentation,
and acceptance or denial of such applications.
(f) Death benefit applications, including supporting documentation,
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submitted by a surviving spouse, domestic partner, child(ren), former
spouse, and/or beneficiary, that is required to determine eligibility
for and receipt of a benefit payment(s), or denial of such claims.
(g) Documentation of enrollment and/or change in enrollment for
health and life insurance benefits/eligibility.
(h) Designation(s) of a beneficiary(ies) for a life insurance
benefit and/or an unpaid benefit payment.
(i) Court orders submitted by former spouses or domestic partners
in support of claims to a benefit payment(s).
(j) Records relating to under- and/or over-payments of benefit
payments.
(k) Records relating to the refunds of employee contributions.
(l) Records relating to child support orders, bankruptcies, tax
levies, and garnishments.
(m) Records used to determine a total benefit payment and/or if the
benefit payment is a District or federal liability.
(n) Correspondence received from individuals covered by the system.
(o) Records relating to time served on behalf of a recognized labor
organization.
(p) Records relating to benefit payment enrollment and/or change to
enrollment for direct deposit to an individual's financial institution.
(q) Records relating to educational program enrollments of age 18
and older children of former police officers, firefighters, teachers,
and judges.
(r) Records relating to the mental or physical disability condition
of age 18 and older children of former police officers, firefighters,
teachers, and judges.
(s) Records relating to a debtor's financial information, including
financial disclosure forms, credit reports, tax filings, bank
statements, and financial obligations.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
The information in this system is obtained from:
a. The individual, or their representative, to whom the information
pertains.
b. District pay, leave, and allowance records.
c. Health benefits and life insurance plan records maintained by
the Office of Personnel Management, the District, and health and life
insurance carriers.
d. Federal civilian retirement systems.
e. Military retired pay system records.
f. Social Security Old Age, Survivor, and Disability Insurance and
Medicare Programs.
g. Official personnel folders.
h. Physicians who have examined or treated the individual.
i. Surviving spouse, domestic partners, child(ren), former
spouse(s), former domestic partner(s), and/or dependent parent(s) of
the individual to whom the information pertains.
j. State courts or support enforcement agencies.
k. Credit bureaus and financial institutions.
l. Government Offices of the District of Columbia, including the
District of Columbia Retirement Board.
m. The General Services Administration National Payroll Center.
n. The Department of the Interior Payroll Office.
o. Educational institutions.
p. Other components of the Department of the Treasury.
q. The Department of Justice.
r. Death reporting sources.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under the
Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), records and/or information or
portions thereof maintained as part of this system may be disclosed
outside Treasury as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as
follows:
(1) To the United States Department of Justice (``DOJ''), for the
purpose of representing or providing legal advice to the Department in
a proceeding before a court, adjudicative body, or other administrative
body before which the Department is authorized to appear, when such
proceeding involves:
(a) The Department or any component thereof;
(b) Any employee of the Department in his or her official capacity;
(c) Any employee of the Department in his or her individual
capacity where the Department of Justice or the Department has agreed
to represent the employee; or
(d) The United States, when the Department determines that
litigation is likely to affect the Department or any of its components;
and the use of such records by the DOJ is deemed by the DOJ or the
Department to be relevant and necessary to the litigation provided that
the disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which records were
collected.
(2) To an appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, foreign, or
international agency, if the information is relevant and necessary to a
requesting agency's decision concerning the hiring or retention of an
individual, or issuance of a security clearance, background
investigation, license, contract, grant, or other benefit, or if the
information is relevant and necessary to a DC Pension decision
concerning 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 and when disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of
the official duties of the person making the request.
(3) To a Congressional office in response to an inquiry made at the
request of the individual to whom the record pertains;
(4) To the National Archives and Records Administration Archivist
(or Archivist's designee) pursuant to records management inspections
being conducted under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906;
(5) To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) the
Department of the Treasury suspects or has confirmed that there has
been a breach of the system of records; (2) the Department of the
Treasury has determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed
breach there is a risk of harm to individuals, the Department of the
Treasury (including its information systems, programs, and operations),
the Federal Government, or national security; and (3) the disclosure
made to such agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to
assist in connection with the Department of the Treasury's efforts to
respond to the suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize,
or remedy such harm;
(6) To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when the
Department of the Treasury determines that information from this system
of records is reasonably necessary to assist the recipient agency or
entity in (1) responding to a suspected or confirmed breach or (2)
preventing, minimizing, or remedying the risk of harm to individuals,
the recipient agency or entity (including its information systems,
programs, and operations), the Federal Government, or national
security, resulting from a suspected or confirmed breach;
(7) To disclose information 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 conducting of a suitability or
security investigation of an individual, the classifying of jobs, the
letting of a contract, or the issuance of a license, grant, or other
benefit by the requesting agency, to the extent that the information is
relevant and necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the
matter;
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(8) To disclose information to another federal agency, to a court,
or to a party in litigation before a court or in an administrative
proceeding being conducted by a federal agency, when the federal
government is a party to the judicial or administrative proceeding. In
those cases where the federal government is not a party to the
proceeding, records may not be disclosed unless the party complies with
the requirements of 31 CFR 1.11;
(9) To disclose information to contractors, subcontractors,
financial agents, grantees, auditors, actuaries, interns, or volunteers
performing or working on a contract, service, grant, cooperative
agreement, or job for the Department, or the District;
(10) To disclose information needed to adjudicate a claim for
benefit payments or information needed to conduct an analytical study
of benefits being paid under such programs as: Social Security
Administration's Old Age, Survivor, and Disability Insurance and
Medical Programs; military retired pay programs; and federal civilian
employee retirement programs (Civil Service Retirement System, Federal
Employees Retirement System, and other federal retirement systems);
(11) To disclose to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
and to the District, information necessary to verify the election,
declination, or waiver of regular and/or optional life insurance
coverage, or coordinate with contract carriers the benefit provisions
of such coverage;
(12) To disclose to health insurance carriers contracting with OPM
to provide a health benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program or health insurance carriers contracting with the
District to provide a health benefits plan under the health benefits
program for District employees, Social Security numbers and other
information necessary to identify enrollment in a plan, to verify
eligibility for payment of a claim for health benefits, or to carry out
the coordination for benefits provisions of such contracts;
(13) To disclose health insurance enrollment information to OPM.
OPM provides this enrollment information to their health care carriers
who provide a health benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program, or health insurance carriers contracting with the
District to provide a health benefits plan under the health benefits
program for District employees, Social Security numbers and other
information necessary to identify enrollment in a plan, to verify
eligibility for payment of a claim for health benefits, or to carry out
the coordination for benefits provisions of such contracts;
(14) To disclose to certain people possibly entitled to a benefit
payment information that is contained in the record of a deceased
current or former police officer, firefighter, teacher, or judge to
assist in properly determining the eligibility and amount of a benefit
payment to a surviving recipient, or information that results from such
determination;
(15) To disclose to any person who is legally responsible for the
care of an individual to whom a record pertains, or who otherwise has
an existing, facially-valid power of attorney, including care of an
individual who is mentally incompetent or under other legal disability,
information necessary to assure application or payment of benefits to
which the individual may be entitled;
(16) To disclose to the Parent Locator Service of the Department of
Health and Human Services, upon its request, the present address of an
individual covered by the system needed for enforcing child support
obligations of such individual;
(17) In connection with an examination ordered by the District or
the Department under:
(a) Medical examination procedures; or
(b) Involuntary disability retirement procedures to disclose to the
representative of an employee, notices, decisions, other written
communications, or any other pertinent medical evidence other than
medical evidence about which a prudent physician would hesitate to
inform the individual; such medical evidence will be disclosed only to
a licensed physician, designated in writing for that purpose by the
individual or his or her representative. The physician must be capable
of explaining the contents of the medical record(s) to the individual
and be willing to provide the entire record(s) to the individual;
(18) To disclose information to any source from which the
Department seeks additional information that is relevant to a
determination of an individual's eligibility for, or entitlement to,
coverage under the applicable retirement, life insurance, and health
benefits program, to the extent necessary to obtain the information
requested;
(19) To disclose information to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) at any stage of the legislative coordination and clearance
process in connection with private relief legislation as set forth in
OMB Circular No. A-19;
(20) To disclose to federal, state, and local government agencies
responsible for the collection of income taxes the information required
to implement voluntary income tax withholdings from benefit payments;
(21) To disclose to the Social Security Administration the names
and Social Security numbers of individuals covered by the system when
necessary to determine (1) their vital status as shown in the Social
Security Master Records and (2) whether retirees receiving benefit
payments under the District's retirement plan for police officers and
firefighters with post-1956 military service credit are eligible for or
are receiving old age or survivors benefits under section 202 of the
Social Security Act based upon their wages and self-employment income;
(22) To disclose to federal, state, and local government agencies
information to help eliminate fraud and abuse in a benefits program
administered by a requesting federal, state, or local government
agency; to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local government
tax obligations by persons receiving benefits payments; and/or to
collect debts and overpayments owed to the requesting federal, state,
or local government agency;
(23) To disclose to a federal agency, or a person or an
organization under contract with a federal agency to render collection
services for a federal agency as permitted by law, in response to a
written request from the head of the agency or his designee, or from
the debt collection contractor, data concerning an individual owing a
debt to the federal government;
(24) To disclose, as permitted by law, information to a state court
or administrative agency in connection with a garnishment, attachment,
or similar proceeding to enforce alimony or a child support obligation;
(25) To disclose information necessary to locate individuals who
are owed money or property by a federal, state, or local government
agency, or by a financial institution or similar institution, to the
government agency owing or otherwise responsible for the money or
property (or its agent);
(26) To disclose information necessary in connection with the
review of a disputed claim for health benefits to a health plan
provider participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
or the health benefits program for District employees, and to a program
enrollee or covered family member or an enrollee or covered family
member's authorized representative;
(27) To disclose information to another federal agency for the
purpose
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of effecting administrative or salary offset against a person employed
by that agency, or who is receiving or eligible to receive benefit
payments from the agency when the Department as a creditor has a claim
against that person relating to benefit payments;
(28) To disclose information concerning delinquent debts relating
to benefit payments to other federal agencies for the purpose of
barring delinquent debtors from obtaining federal loans or loan
insurance guarantees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3720B;
(29) To disclose to federal, state, and local government agencies
information used for collecting debts relating to benefit payments;
(30) To disclose to appropriate agencies, entities, and persons
when:
(a) The Department suspects or has confirmed that the security or
confidentiality of information in the system of records has been
compromised; or
(b) The Department has determined that as a result of the suspected
or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property
interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or
integrity of this system or other systems or programs (whether
maintained by the Department or another agency or entity) that rely
upon the compromised information; and
(c) The disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the Department's
efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and
prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm;
(31) To disclose to a former spouse information necessary to
explain how his/her former spouse's benefit was computed;
(32) To disclose to a surviving spouse, domestic partner, surviving
child, dependent parent, and/or legal guardian information necessary to
explain how his/her survivor benefit was computed; and
(33) To disclose to a spouse, domestic partner, or dependent child
(or court-appointed guardian thereof) of an individual covered by the
system, upon request, whether the individual:
(a) Changed his/her health insurance coverage and/or changed life
insurance benefit enrollment, or
(b) received a lump-sum refund of his/her retirement contributions.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
Paper records in this system are stored in secure facilities in a
locked drawer, behind a locked door. Electronic records are stored on
magnetic disc, tape, digital media, and CD-ROM in secure facilities.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
Records may be retrieved by various combinations of name; date of
birth; Social Security number; and/or an automatically assigned,
system-generated number of the individual to whom they pertain.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
In accordance with National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) retention schedule, N1-056-09-001, certain records will be
destroyed after 115 years from the date of the former police officer's,
firefighter's, teacher's or judge's birth; or 30 years after the date
of his/her death, if no application for benefits is received. Under
that retention schedule, if a survivor or former spouse receives a
benefit payment, such record will be destroyed after his/her death. All
other records covered by this system will be destroyed in accordance
with approved federal and Department guidelines. Paper records will be
destroyed by shredding or burning. Records in electronic media will be
electronically erased using NARA guidelines.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
Records in this system are safeguarded in accordance with
applicable rules and policies, including all applicable Treasury
automated systems security and access policies. Strict controls have
been imposed to minimize the risk of compromising the information that
is being stored. Access to the computer system containing the records
in this system is limited to those individuals who have a need to know
the information for the performance of their official duties and who
have appropriate clearances or permissions.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
See ``Notification Procedures'' below.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
See ``Notification Procedures'' below.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking notification and access to any record contained
in this system of records, or seeking to contest its content, may
inquire in writing in accordance with instructions appearing at 31 CFR
part 1, subpart C, appendix A. Written inquiries should be addressed to
the Office of Chief Counsel, Disclosure Branch, Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration, 1401 H Street NW, Room 469, Washington,
DC 20005.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
Notice of this system of records was last published in full in the
Federal Register on November 7, 2016 as the Department of the Treasury,
Departmental Offices .214--DC Pensions Retirement Records.
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