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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED–2023–OPE–0164]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Office of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the U.S Department of
Education (Department) publishes this
notice of a modified system of records
entitled and numbered ‘‘FulbrightHays—Doctoral Dissertation Research
Abroad (DDRA), Faculty Research
Abroad (FRA), and Seminars Abroad
(SA)’’ (18–12–02), which was formerly
entitled and numbered ‘‘FulbrightHays—Doctoral Dissertation Research
Abroad (DDRA) and Seminars Abroad
(SA)’’ (18–12–02). The information
contained in this system is used to
determine applicants’ qualifications,
eligibility, suitability, and feasibility to
receive a fellowship under the DDRA,
FRA, and SA programs; to award
benefits for overseas research; to
monitor the progress of the projects
funded under these programs, including
their accomplishments; and, to
demonstrate the programs’ effectiveness.
This system of records notice is being
modified to cover the FRA program
records. In fiscal year 2011, funding for
the Department’s International and
Foreign Language Education (IFLE)
office, which administers the FulbrightHays programs, was cut significantly,
and the FRA program was discontinued
as a result. The Department therefore
removed the FRA program from this
system of records notice. Recently,
funding for IFLE has increased. As such,
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IFLE now wishes to reinstate the FRA
program, and it is therefore necessary
for the Department to modify this
system of records notice to again cover
FRA program records.
DATES: Submit your comments on this
modified system of records notice on or
before January 22, 2024.
This modified system of records
notice will become applicable upon
publication in the Federal Register on
December 22, 2023, except for new and
modified routine uses (3), (11), and (15)
that are outlined in the section entitled
‘‘ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS
MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM,
INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS
AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES,’’
which will be applicable on January 22,
2024, unless they need to be changed as
a result of public comment. The
Department will publish any changes to
the modified system of records notice
resulting from public comment.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
submitted via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at regulations.gov. However, if
you require an accommodation or
cannot otherwise submit your
comments via regulations.gov, please
contact the program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. The Department will not
accept comments after the comment
period closes. To ensure that the
Department does not receive duplicate
copies, please submit your comments
only once. In addition, please include
the Docket ID at the top of your
comments.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov to submit your
comments electronically. Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing agency
documents, submitting comments, and
viewing the docket, is available on the
site under the ‘‘FAQ’’ tab.
Privacy Note: The Department’s
policy is to make all comments received
from members of the public available for
public viewing in their entirety on the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
commenters should be careful to
include in their comments only
information that they wish to make
publicly available.
Assistance to Individuals with
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record: On request, we will
provide an appropriate accommodation
or auxiliary aid 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
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accommodation or auxiliary aid, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Marrion, International and Foreign
Language Education, Office of
Postsecondary Education. Telephone:
(202) 987–1083. Email: Amy.Marrion@
ed.gov.
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability and wish to
access telecommunications relay
services, please dial 7–1–1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Privacy Act, the
Department is modifying the system of
records entitled and numbered
‘‘Fulbright-Hays—Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad (DDRA), Faculty
Research Abroad (FRA), and Seminars
Abroad (SA)’’ (18–12–02), which was
formerly entitled and numbered
‘‘Fulbright-Hays—Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad (DDRA) and Seminars
Abroad (SA)’’ (18–12–02) when the
system of records notice was last
published in full in the Federal Register
on August 13, 2019 (84 FR 40033).
The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘SYSTEM NAME AND
NUMBER’’ to include ‘‘Faculty Research
Abroad (FRA)’’ in the system name.
The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘SYSTEM LOCATION’’
to remove the name and location of
AppNet.
The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘SYSTEM
MANAGER(S)’’ to replace the name of
the system manager with the title of the
system manager and to make minor
updates to the contact information of
the system manager within the Office of
Postsecondary Education.
The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘CATEGORIES OF
RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM’’ to cover
FRA, including information about
individual fellowship applications,
performance reports, overseas travel
requests, and grant activation requests.
The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘ROUTINE USES OF
RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH
USES’’ as follows:
(i) Routine use (3) is being modified
to clarify that it applies to ‘‘judicial or
administrative’’ litigation, rather than
just ‘‘litigation,’’ in order to make the
routine use more specific and clearer;
(ii) Routine use (11) is being modified
to clarify that the Department may
disclose the records of an individual to
a Member of Congress or their staff
when necessary to respond to an inquiry
from the Member and that the Member’s
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request must be made not only at the
written request of, but also on behalf of,
the individual whose records are being
disclosed; and
(iii) Newly numbered routine use (15)
entitled ‘‘Disclosure to the National
Archives and Records Administration
(NARA)’’ is being added to permit
disclosures to NARA for the purpose of
records management inspections
conducted under the authority of 44
U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘POLICIES AND
PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS’’ to remove the reference to
hard copy records, and to identify the
electronic system that houses IFLE
fellow award records.
The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘POLICIES AND
PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS’’ to delete and replace
‘‘[h]ardcopy and electronic files’’ with
‘‘records.’’
The Department is modifying the
section entitled ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE,
TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS’’ to remove all references
to AppNet and hard copy files, and
replace with language referencing
electronic program files in the G5 and
the International Resource Information
System (IRIS) systems; and include the
Federal Information Security
Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), as
amended by the Federal Information
Security Modernization Act of 2014,
requirements of a signed Authorization
to Operate (ATO) and its assessment of
security controls.
Accessible Format: On request to the
program contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
individuals with disabilities can obtain
this document in an accessible format.
The Department will provide the
requestor with an accessible format that
may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or
text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3
file, braille, large print, audiotape, or
compact disc, or other accessible format.
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Nasser Paydar,
Assistant Secretary, Office for Postsecondary
Education.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education of the U.S.
Department of Education (Department),
publishes a notice of a modified system
of records to read as follows:
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Fulbright-Hays-Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad (DDRA), Faculty
Research Abroad (FRA), and Seminars
Abroad (SA) (18–12–02).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
International and Foreign Language
Education (IFLE), Office of
Postsecondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202–
6110.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Program Officer, Fulbright-Hays
Programs, International and Foreign
Language Education (IFLE), Office of
Postsecondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202–
6110.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22
U.S.C. 2451–2458).
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
The information contained in this
system is used for the following
purposes: (1) to determine an
applicant’s qualifications, eligibility,
suitability, and feasibility to receive a
fellowship under the DDRA, FRA, and
SA programs; (2) to award benefits for
overseas research; (3) to monitor the
progress of the projects funded under
these programs, including their
accomplishments; and (4) to
demonstrate these programs’
effectiveness.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
This system contains records on
teachers, prospective teachers, or
doctoral candidates who apply for or are
selected to be recipients for FulbrightHays awards to enable them to engage
in foreign language and area studies
projects overseas.
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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The system of records consists of a
variety of records relating to an
individual’s application for, and
participation in, the Fulbright-Hays
DDRA, FRA, or SA programs. In
addition to the individual’s name, the
system contains the individual’s
address, telephone number, email
address, educational institution, date
and place of birth, citizenship, veteran
status, accompanying dependents’
names, previous overseas travel,
educational and employment
background, student loan default status,
health statement, transcripts, references,
project description and project cost
based on either the cost of living in the
host country or the annualized salary of
a faculty member, field reader and U.S.
Embassy comments, award documents,
individual fellowship applications,
overseas travel requests, grant activation
requests and final individual fellowship
project reports.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information is obtained from the
individual on approved application
forms and from field readers and may be
secured from the U.S. Department of
State, U.S. embassies, binational
commissions, the J. William Fulbright
Foreign Scholarship Board, and foreign
educators and officials. Information in
this system also may be obtained from
other persons or entities from which
data is obtained under routine uses set
forth below.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
The Department may disclose
information contained in a record in
this system of records under the routine
uses listed 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. These disclosures may be
made on a case-by-case basis or, if the
Department has complied with the
computer matching requirements of the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act) (5 U.S.C. 552a), under a
computer matching agreement (CMA).
(1) Program Disclosure. The
Department may disclose information to
field readers, the U.S. Department of
State, U.S. embassies, binational
commissions, the J. William Fulbright
Foreign Scholarship Board, or to foreign
educators or officials so that the
information can be used to determine
the qualifications, eligibility, suitability,
feasibility, and award benefits for
overseas research.
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(2) Enforcement Disclosure. If
information in this system of records,
either alone or in connection with other
information, indicates a violation or
potential violation of any applicable
statutory, regulatory, or legally binding
requirement, the Department may
disclose records to an entity charged
with investigating or prosecuting those
violations or potential violations.
(3) Litigation and Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR) Disclosure.
(a) Introduction. In the event that one
of the parties listed below is involved in
judicial or administrative litigation or
ADR, or has an interest in such
litigation or ADR, the Department may
disclose certain records to the parties
described in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d)
of this routine use under the conditions
specified in those paragraphs:
(i) The Department, or any of its
components;
(ii) Any Department employee in their
official capacity;
(iii) Any Department employee in
their individual capacity where the
Department of Justice (DOJ) agrees to or
has been requested to provide or arrange
for representation for the employee;
(iv) Any Department employee in
their individual capacity where the
agency has agreed to represent the
employee;
(v) The United States, where the
Department determines that the
litigation is likely to affect the
Department or any of its components.
(b) Disclosure to the DOJ. If the
Department determines that disclosure
of certain records to the DOJ is relevant
and necessary to the judicial or
administrative litigation or ADR, the
Department may disclose those records
as a routine use to the DOJ.
(c) Adjudicative Disclosure. If the
Department determines that disclosure
of certain records to an adjudicative
body before which the Department is
authorized to appear, or to a person or
entity designated by the Department or
otherwise empowered to resolve or
mediate disputes, is relevant and
necessary to the judicial or
administrative litigation or ADR, the
Department may disclose those records
as a routine use to the adjudicative
body, individual, or entity.
(d) Disclosure to Parties, Counsels,
Representatives, and Witnesses. If the
Department determines that disclosure
of certain records is relevant and
necessary to the judicial or
administrative litigation or ADR, the
Department may disclose those records
as a routine use to the party, counsel,
representative, or witness.
(4) Employment, Benefit, and
Contracting Disclosure.
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(a) For Decisions by the Department.
The Department may disclose a record
to a Federal, State, or local agency
maintaining civil, criminal, or other
relevant enforcement or other pertinent
records, or to another public authority
or professional organization, if
necessary to obtain information relevant
to a Department decision concerning the
hiring or retention of an employee or
other personnel action, the issuance of
a security clearance, the letting of a
contract, or the issuance of a license,
grant, or other benefit.
(b) For Decisions by Other Public
Agencies and Professional
Organizations. The Department may
disclose a record to a Federal, State,
local, or foreign agency, or other public
authority or professional organization,
in connection with the hiring or
retention of an employee or other
personnel action, 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, to the
extent that the record is relevant and
necessary to the receiving entity’s
decision on the matter.
(5) Employee Grievance, Complaint or
Conduct Disclosure. If a record is
relevant and necessary to an employee
grievance, complaint, or disciplinary
action involving a present or former
employee of the Department, the
Department may disclose a record in
this system of records in the course of
investigation, fact-finding, or
adjudication, to any party to the
grievance, complaint, or action; to the
party’s counsel or representative; to a
witness; or, to a designated fact-finder,
mediator, or other person designated to
resolve issues or decide the matter.
(6) Labor Organization Disclosure.
The Department may disclose a record
from this system of records to an
arbitrator to resolve disputes under a
negotiated grievance procedure or to
officials of a labor organization
recognized under 5 U.S.C. chapter 71
when relevant and necessary to their
duties of exclusive representation.
(7) Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) or Privacy Act Advice
Disclosure. The Department may
disclose records to the DOJ or to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) if the Department determines
that disclosure is desirable or necessary
in determining whether particular
records are required to be disclosed
under the FOIA or the Privacy Act.
(8) Disclosure to the DOJ. The
Department may disclose records to the
DOJ to the extent necessary for
obtaining DOJ advice on any matter
relevant to an audit, inspection, or other
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inquiry related to the programs covered
by this system.
(9) 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. As part
of such a contract, the Department will
require the contractor to agree to
establish and maintain safeguards to
protect the security and confidentiality
of the disclosed records.
(10) Research Disclosure. The
Department may disclose records to a
researcher if the Department determines
that the individual or organization to
which the disclosure would be made is
qualified to carry out specific research
related to functions or purposes of this
system of records. The Department may
disclose records from this system of
records to that researcher solely for the
purpose of carrying out that research
related to the functions or purposes of
this system of records. The researcher
shall be required to agree to establish
and maintain safeguards to protect the
security and confidentiality of the
disclosed records.
(11) Congressional Member
Disclosure. The Department may
disclose the records of an individual to
a Member of Congress or the Member’s
staff when necessary to respond to an
inquiry from the Member made at the
written request of that individual and
on behalf of that individual. The
Member’s right to the information is no
greater than the right of the individual
who requested it.
(12) Disclosure to OMB and the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for
Federal Credit Reform Act (CRA)
Support. The Department may disclose
records to OMB and CBO as necessary
to fulfill CRA requirements in
accordance with 2 U.S.C. 661b.
(13) Disclosure in the Course of
Responding to Breach of Data. The
Department may disclose records from
this system to appropriate agencies,
entities, and persons when (a) the
Department suspects or has confirmed
that there has been a breach of the
system of records; (b) the Department
has determined that as a result of the
suspected or confirmed breach there is
a risk of harm to individuals, the
Department (including its information
systems, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national
security; 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
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confirmed breach or to prevent,
minimize, or remedy such harm.
(14) Disclosure in Assisting another
Agency in Responding to a Breach of
Data. The Department may disclose
records from this system to another
Federal agency or Federal entity, when
the Department determines that
information from this system of records
is reasonably necessary to assist the
recipient agency or entity in (a)
responding to a suspected or confirmed
breach or (b) 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.
(15) Disclosure to the National
Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). The Department may disclose
records from this system of records to
NARA for the purpose of records
management inspections conducted
under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and
2906.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:
The performance reporting records are
stored in IRIS, IFLE’s online annual
performance reporting system, and are
accessible to individual participants,
participants’ institutions, and
Department personnel.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
Records are retrieved by individual
names, award number, and name of
educational institution.
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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
‘‘Education’s Central Automated
Processing System (EDCAPS)’’ (18–04–
04) that was last modified and
published in full in the Federal Register
on December 24, 2015 (80 FR 80331–
80339). All individual fellow
performance report files are stored in
IFLE’s IRIS system. In IRIS, fellowship
files are accessible to grantee
institutions that distribute funds to the
fellows, fellows, and IFLE program staff
through the use of usernames and
passwords. In accordance with the
Federal Information Security
Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), as
amended by the Federal Information
Security Modernization Act of 2014,
every Department system must receive a
signed Authorization to Operate (ATO)
from a designated Department official.
The ATO process includes a rigorous
assessment of security and privacy
controls, a plan of actions and
milestones to remediate any identified
deficiencies, and a continuous
monitoring program.
FISMA controls implemented are
comprised of a combination of
management, operational, and technical
controls, and include the following
control families: access control,
awareness and training, audit and
accountability, security assessment and
authorization, configuration
management, contingency planning,
identification and authentication,
incident response, maintenance, media
protection, physical and environmental
protection, planning, personnel
security, privacy, risk assessment,
system and services acquisition, system
and communications protection, system
and information integrity, and program
management.
All records are retained and disposed
of in accordance with General Records
Schedule 1.2: Grant and Cooperative
Agreement Records (GRS 1.2), Items 020
and 021. Records of successful
applications are destroyed, in
accordance with GRS 1.2, Item 020, 10
years after final action is taken on the
applicant’s case file, but longer
retention is authorized if required for
business use. Records of unsuccessful
applications are destroyed, in
accordance with GRS 1.2, Item 021, 3
years after final action is taken on the
applicant’s case file, but longer
retention is authorized if required for
business use.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
Grantee applications and financial
records are stored in the Department’s
G5 system, which is covered by the
system of records notice entitled
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If you wish to contest the content of
a record regarding you in this system of
records, contact the system manager at
the address listed above. Requests
should contain your full name, date of
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birth, the year of the award, the name
of the grantee institution, major country
in which you conducted your
educational activity, and any other
identifying information requested by the
Department while processing the
request in order to distinguish between
individuals with the same name. Your
request must meet the requirements of
the regulations at 34 CFR 5b.7.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
If you wish to determine whether a
record exists regarding you in the
system of records, contact the system
manager at the address listed above.
Requests must contain the necessary
particulars, such as your full name, date
of birth, the year of the award, the name
of the grantee institution, major country
in which you conducted your
educational activity, and any other
identifying information requested by the
Department while processing the
request in order to distinguish between
individuals with the same name. Your
request must meet the requirements of
the regulations at 34 CFR 5b.5.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
The system of records entitled
‘‘Fulbright-Hays—Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad (DDRA), Faculty
Research Abroad (FRA), and Seminars
Abroad (SA)’’ (18–12–02), was last
modified and published in full in the
Federal Register on August 13, 2019 (84
FR 40033–40037).
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
If you wish to gain access to records
regarding you in this system of records,
contact the system manager at the
address listed above. Requests must
contain the necessary particulars, such
as your full name, date of birth, the year
of the award, the name of the grantee
institution, major country in which you
conducted your educational activity,
and any other identifying information
requested by the Department while
processing the request in order to
distinguish between individuals with
the same name. Your request must meet
the requirements of the regulations at 34
CFR 5b.5.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Charter Online Management and
Performance System (COMPS) Charter
School Programs (CSP) Credit
Enhancement Annual Performance
Report (APR)
Office of the Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
new information collection request
(ICR).
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED-2023-OPE-0164]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the U.S Department of Education (Department) publishes
this notice of a modified system of records entitled and numbered
``Fulbright-Hays--Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA), Faculty
Research Abroad (FRA), and Seminars Abroad (SA)'' (18-12-02), which was
formerly entitled and numbered ``Fulbright-Hays--Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad (DDRA) and Seminars Abroad (SA)'' (18-12-02). The
information contained in this system is used to determine applicants'
qualifications, eligibility, suitability, and feasibility to receive a
fellowship under the DDRA, FRA, and SA programs; to award benefits for
overseas research; to monitor the progress of the projects funded under
these programs, including their accomplishments; and, to demonstrate
the programs' effectiveness. This system of records notice is being
modified to cover the FRA program records. In fiscal year 2011, funding
for the Department's International and Foreign Language Education
(IFLE) office, which administers the Fulbright-Hays programs, was cut
significantly, and the FRA program was discontinued as a result. The
Department therefore removed the FRA program from this system of
records notice. Recently, funding for IFLE has increased. As such, IFLE
now wishes to reinstate the FRA program, and it is therefore necessary
for the Department to modify this system of records notice to again
cover FRA program records.
DATES: Submit your comments on this modified system of records notice
on or before January 22, 2024.
This modified system of records notice will become applicable upon
publication in the Federal Register on December 22, 2023, except for
new and modified routine uses (3), (11), and (15) that are outlined in
the section entitled ``ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES,''
which will be applicable on January 22, 2024, unless they need to be
changed as a result of public comment. The Department will publish any
changes to the modified system of records notice resulting from public
comment.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at regulations.gov. However, if you require an accommodation or
cannot otherwise submit your comments via regulations.gov, please
contact the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. The Department will not accept comments after the comment
period closes. To ensure that the Department does not receive duplicate
copies, please submit your comments only once. In addition, please
include the Docket ID at the top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to
submit your comments electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site
under the ``FAQ'' tab.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments
received from members of the public available for public viewing in
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly
available.
Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record: On request, we will provide an appropriate
accommodation or auxiliary aid 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 accommodation or auxiliary aid, please
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Marrion, International and Foreign
Language Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Telephone: (202)
987-1083. Email: [email protected].
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Privacy Act, the
Department is modifying the system of records entitled and numbered
``Fulbright-Hays--Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA), Faculty
Research Abroad (FRA), and Seminars Abroad (SA)'' (18-12-02), which was
formerly entitled and numbered ``Fulbright-Hays--Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad (DDRA) and Seminars Abroad (SA)'' (18-12-02) when the
system of records notice was last published in full in the Federal
Register on August 13, 2019 (84 FR 40033).
The Department is modifying the section entitled ``SYSTEM NAME AND
NUMBER'' to include ``Faculty Research Abroad (FRA)'' in the system
name.
The Department is modifying the section entitled ``SYSTEM
LOCATION'' to remove the name and location of AppNet.
The Department is modifying the section entitled ``SYSTEM
MANAGER(S)'' to replace the name of the system manager with the title
of the system manager and to make minor updates to the contact
information of the system manager within the Office of Postsecondary
Education.
The Department is modifying the section entitled ``CATEGORIES OF
RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM'' to cover FRA, including information about
individual fellowship applications, performance reports, overseas
travel requests, and grant activation requests.
The Department is modifying the section entitled ``ROUTINE USES OF
RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES'' as follows:
(i) Routine use (3) is being modified to clarify that it applies to
``judicial or administrative'' litigation, rather than just
``litigation,'' in order to make the routine use more specific and
clearer;
(ii) Routine use (11) is being modified to clarify that the
Department may disclose the records of an individual to a Member of
Congress or their staff when necessary to respond to an inquiry from
the Member and that the Member's
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request must be made not only at the written request of, but also on
behalf of, the individual whose records are being disclosed; and
(iii) Newly numbered routine use (15) entitled ``Disclosure to the
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)'' is being added to
permit disclosures to NARA for the purpose of records management
inspections conducted under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
The Department is modifying the section entitled ``POLICIES AND
PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS'' to remove the reference to hard copy
records, and to identify the electronic system that houses IFLE fellow
award records.
The Department is modifying the section entitled ``POLICIES AND
PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS'' to delete and replace ``[h]ardcopy
and electronic files'' with ``records.''
The Department is modifying the section entitled ``ADMINISTRATIVE,
TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS'' to remove all references to AppNet
and hard copy files, and replace with language referencing electronic
program files in the G5 and the International Resource Information
System (IRIS) systems; and include the Federal Information Security
Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), as amended by the Federal Information
Security Modernization Act of 2014, requirements of a signed
Authorization to Operate (ATO) and its assessment of security controls.
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities
can obtain this document in an accessible format. The Department will
provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich
Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file,
braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible
format.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. 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 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
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Nasser Paydar,
Assistant Secretary, Office for Postsecondary Education.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Assistant Secretary
for Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education
(Department), publishes a notice of a modified system of records to
read as follows:
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Fulbright-Hays-Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA),
Faculty Research Abroad (FRA), and Seminars Abroad (SA) (18-12-02).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE), Office of
Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202-6110.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Program Officer, Fulbright-Hays Programs, International and Foreign
Language Education (IFLE), Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202-
6110.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 2451-2458).
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
The information contained in this system is used for the following
purposes: (1) to determine an applicant's qualifications, eligibility,
suitability, and feasibility to receive a fellowship under the DDRA,
FRA, and SA programs; (2) to award benefits for overseas research; (3)
to monitor the progress of the projects funded under these programs,
including their accomplishments; and (4) to demonstrate these programs'
effectiveness.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
This system contains records on teachers, prospective teachers, or
doctoral candidates who apply for or are selected to be recipients for
Fulbright-Hays awards to enable them to engage in foreign language and
area studies projects overseas.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The system of records consists of a variety of records relating to
an individual's application for, and participation in, the Fulbright-
Hays DDRA, FRA, or SA programs. In addition to the individual's name,
the system contains the individual's address, telephone number, email
address, educational institution, date and place of birth, citizenship,
veteran status, accompanying dependents' names, previous overseas
travel, educational and employment background, student loan default
status, health statement, transcripts, references, project description
and project cost based on either the cost of living in the host country
or the annualized salary of a faculty member, field reader and U.S.
Embassy comments, award documents, individual fellowship applications,
overseas travel requests, grant activation requests and final
individual fellowship project reports.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information is obtained from the individual on approved application
forms and from field readers and may be secured from the U.S.
Department of State, U.S. embassies, binational commissions, the J.
William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and foreign educators and
officials. Information in this system also may be obtained from other
persons or entities from which data is obtained under routine uses set
forth below.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
The Department may disclose information contained in a record in
this system of records under the routine uses listed 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. These
disclosures may be made on a case-by-case basis or, if the Department
has complied with the computer matching requirements of the Privacy Act
of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act) (5 U.S.C. 552a), under a computer
matching agreement (CMA).
(1) Program Disclosure. The Department may disclose information to
field readers, the U.S. Department of State, U.S. embassies, binational
commissions, the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, or to
foreign educators or officials so that the information can be used to
determine the qualifications, eligibility, suitability, feasibility,
and award benefits for overseas research.
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(2) Enforcement Disclosure. If information in this system of
records, either alone or in connection with other information,
indicates a violation or potential violation of any applicable
statutory, regulatory, or legally binding requirement, the Department
may disclose records to an entity charged with investigating or
prosecuting those violations or potential violations.
(3) Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Disclosure.
(a) Introduction. In the event that one of the parties listed below
is involved in judicial or administrative litigation or ADR, or has an
interest in such litigation or ADR, the Department may disclose certain
records to the parties described in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this
routine use under the conditions specified in those paragraphs:
(i) The Department, or any of its components;
(ii) Any Department employee in their official capacity;
(iii) Any Department employee in their individual capacity where
the Department of Justice (DOJ) agrees to or has been requested to
provide or arrange for representation for the employee;
(iv) Any Department employee in their individual capacity where the
agency has agreed to represent the employee;
(v) The United States, where the Department determines that the
litigation is likely to affect the Department or any of its components.
(b) Disclosure to the DOJ. If the Department determines that
disclosure of certain records to the DOJ is relevant and necessary to
the judicial or administrative litigation or ADR, the Department may
disclose those records as a routine use to the DOJ.
(c) Adjudicative Disclosure. If the Department determines that
disclosure of certain records to an adjudicative body before which the
Department is authorized to appear, or to a person or entity designated
by the Department or otherwise empowered to resolve or mediate
disputes, is relevant and necessary to the judicial or administrative
litigation or ADR, the Department may disclose those records as a
routine use to the adjudicative body, individual, or entity.
(d) Disclosure to Parties, Counsels, Representatives, and
Witnesses. If the Department determines that disclosure of certain
records is relevant and necessary to the judicial or administrative
litigation or ADR, the Department may disclose those records as a
routine use to the party, counsel, representative, or witness.
(4) Employment, Benefit, and Contracting Disclosure.
(a) For Decisions by the Department. The Department may disclose a
record to a Federal, State, or local agency maintaining civil,
criminal, or other relevant enforcement or other pertinent records, or
to another public authority or professional organization, if necessary
to obtain information relevant to a Department decision concerning the
hiring or retention of an employee or other personnel action, the
issuance of a security clearance, the letting of a contract, or the
issuance of a license, grant, or other benefit.
(b) For Decisions by Other Public Agencies and Professional
Organizations. The Department may disclose a record to a Federal,
State, local, or foreign agency, or other public authority or
professional organization, in connection with the hiring or retention
of an employee or other personnel action, 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, to the extent that the record is relevant and necessary to the
receiving entity's decision on the matter.
(5) Employee Grievance, Complaint or Conduct Disclosure. If a
record is relevant and necessary to an employee grievance, complaint,
or disciplinary action involving a present or former employee of the
Department, the Department may disclose a record in this system of
records in the course of investigation, fact-finding, or adjudication,
to any party to the grievance, complaint, or action; to the party's
counsel or representative; to a witness; or, to a designated fact-
finder, mediator, or other person designated to resolve issues or
decide the matter.
(6) Labor Organization Disclosure. The Department may disclose a
record from this system of records to an arbitrator to resolve disputes
under a negotiated grievance procedure or to officials of a labor
organization recognized under 5 U.S.C. chapter 71 when relevant and
necessary to their duties of exclusive representation.
(7) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or Privacy Act Advice
Disclosure. The Department may disclose records to the DOJ or to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) if the Department determines that
disclosure is desirable or necessary in determining whether particular
records are required to be disclosed under the FOIA or the Privacy Act.
(8) Disclosure to the DOJ. The Department may disclose records to
the DOJ to the extent necessary for obtaining DOJ advice on any matter
relevant to an audit, inspection, or other inquiry related to the
programs covered by this system.
(9) 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. As part of such a
contract, the Department will require the contractor to agree to
establish and maintain safeguards to protect the security and
confidentiality of the disclosed records.
(10) Research Disclosure. The Department may disclose records to a
researcher if the Department determines that the individual or
organization to which the disclosure would be made is qualified to
carry out specific research related to functions or purposes of this
system of records. The Department may disclose records from this system
of records to that researcher solely for the purpose of carrying out
that research related to the functions or purposes of this system of
records. The researcher shall be required to agree to establish and
maintain safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of the
disclosed records.
(11) Congressional Member Disclosure. The Department may disclose
the records of an individual to a Member of Congress or the Member's
staff when necessary to respond to an inquiry from the Member made at
the written request of that individual and on behalf of that
individual. The Member's right to the information is no greater than
the right of the individual who requested it.
(12) Disclosure to OMB and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
for Federal Credit Reform Act (CRA) Support. The Department may
disclose records to OMB and CBO as necessary to fulfill CRA
requirements in accordance with 2 U.S.C. 661b.
(13) Disclosure in the Course of Responding to Breach of Data. The
Department may disclose records from this system to appropriate
agencies, entities, and persons when (a) the Department suspects or has
confirmed that there has been a breach of the system of records; (b)
the Department has determined that as a result of the suspected or
confirmed breach there is a risk of harm to individuals, the Department
(including its information systems, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national security; 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
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confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
(14) Disclosure in Assisting another Agency in Responding to a
Breach of Data. The Department may disclose records from this system to
another Federal agency or Federal entity, when the Department
determines that information from this system of records is reasonably
necessary to assist the recipient agency or entity in (a) responding to
a suspected or confirmed breach or (b) 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.
(15) Disclosure to the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). The Department may disclose records from this system of records
to NARA for the purpose of records management inspections conducted
under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
The performance reporting records are stored in IRIS, IFLE's online
annual performance reporting system, and are accessible to individual
participants, participants' institutions, and Department personnel.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
Records are retrieved by individual names, award number, and name
of educational institution.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
All records are retained and disposed of in accordance with General
Records Schedule 1.2: Grant and Cooperative Agreement Records (GRS
1.2), Items 020 and 021. Records of successful applications are
destroyed, in accordance with GRS 1.2, Item 020, 10 years after final
action is taken on the applicant's case file, but longer retention is
authorized if required for business use. Records of unsuccessful
applications are destroyed, in accordance with GRS 1.2, Item 021, 3
years after final action is taken on the applicant's case file, but
longer retention is authorized if required for business use.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
Grantee applications and financial records are stored in the
Department's G5 system, which is covered by the system of records
notice entitled ``Education's Central Automated Processing System
(EDCAPS)'' (18-04-04) that was last modified and published in full in
the Federal Register on December 24, 2015 (80 FR 80331-80339). All
individual fellow performance report files are stored in IFLE's IRIS
system. In IRIS, fellowship files are accessible to grantee
institutions that distribute funds to the fellows, fellows, and IFLE
program staff through the use of usernames and passwords. In accordance
with the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA),
as amended by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of
2014, every Department system must receive a signed Authorization to
Operate (ATO) from a designated Department official. The ATO process
includes a rigorous assessment of security and privacy controls, a plan
of actions and milestones to remediate any identified deficiencies, and
a continuous monitoring program.
FISMA controls implemented are comprised of a combination of
management, operational, and technical controls, and include the
following control families: access control, awareness and training,
audit and accountability, security assessment and authorization,
configuration management, contingency planning, identification and
authentication, incident response, maintenance, media protection,
physical and environmental protection, planning, personnel security,
privacy, risk assessment, system and services acquisition, system and
communications protection, system and information integrity, and
program management.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
If you wish to gain access to records regarding you in this system
of records, contact the system manager at the address listed above.
Requests must contain the necessary particulars, such as your full
name, date of birth, the year of the award, the name of the grantee
institution, major country in which you conducted your educational
activity, and any other identifying information requested by the
Department while processing the request in order to distinguish between
individuals with the same name. Your request must meet the requirements
of the regulations at 34 CFR 5b.5.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
If you wish to contest the content of a record regarding you in
this system of records, contact the system manager at the address
listed above. Requests should contain your full name, date of birth,
the year of the award, the name of the grantee institution, major
country in which you conducted your educational activity, and any other
identifying information requested by the Department while processing
the request in order to distinguish between individuals with the same
name. Your request must meet the requirements of the regulations at 34
CFR 5b.7.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
If you wish to determine whether a record exists regarding you in
the system of records, contact the system manager at the address listed
above. Requests must contain the necessary particulars, such as your
full name, date of birth, the year of the award, the name of the
grantee institution, major country in which you conducted your
educational activity, and any other identifying information requested
by the Department while processing the request in order to distinguish
between individuals with the same name. Your request must meet the
requirements of the regulations at 34 CFR 5b.5.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
The system of records entitled ``Fulbright-Hays--Doctoral
Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA), Faculty Research Abroad (FRA), and
Seminars Abroad (SA)'' (18-12-02), was last modified and published in
full in the Federal Register on August 13, 2019 (84 FR 40033-40037).
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