[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 109 (Monday, June 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31821-31823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12728]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[Docket No. OP-1201]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of Amendment of System of Records
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Notice: amendment of systems of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act, the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (Board) is amending one system of records,
entitled Federal Reserve Bank and Branch Directors (BGFRS-14), and
removing another system of records, entitled Personnel Background
Investigation Reports (BGFRS-2). We invite public comment on this
publication.
DATES: Comment must be received on or before July 7, 2004.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. OP-1201,
by any of the following methods:
[bul] Agency Web Site: http://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments at http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
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[bul] Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
[bul] E-mail: [email protected]. Include docket
number in the subject line of the message.
[bul] FAX: 202/452-3819 or 202/452-3102.
[bul] Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20551.
All public comments are available from the Board's web site at
www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted,
except as necessary for technical reasons. Accordingly, your comments
will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information.
Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper in Room
MP-500 of the Board's Martin Building (20th and C Streets, N.W.)
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine M. Boutilier, Managing Senior
Counsel, (202/452-2418), Legal Division. For the hearing impaired only,
contact Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD)(202/263-4869).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These two systems have not been updated for
several years. The system entitled Personnel Background Investigation
Reports (BGFRS-2) covers records contained in OPM/CENTRAL-9, which is a
government-wide system maintained by the Office of Personnel
Management. Accordingly, the Board's system is being removed as
duplicative and unnecessary.
The Federal Reserve Bank and Branch Directors system is being
amended to reflect changes in storage methods and other procedures and
to include appropriate routine uses.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), a report of these amended
systems of records is being filed with the President of the Senate, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget. These amendments will become effective on
July 26, 2004, without further notice, unless the Board publishes a
notice to the contrary in the Federal Register.
Accordingly, the system of records entitled Personnel Background
Investigation Reports (BGFRS-2) is removed, and the system of records
entitled Federal Reserve Bank and Branch Directors (BGFRS-14) is
amended as follows.
BGFRS 14
System Name:
Federal Reserve Bank and Branch Directors
System Location:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and
Constitution, NW, Washington, DC 20551
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Past and present Federal Reserve Bank and Branch directors.
Categories of records in the system:
Biographical sketches or resumes of Federal Reserve Bank and Branch
directors, appointment and acceptance letters, oaths of office, and
letters of resignation.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
Sections 3, 4 and 11 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 USC Sec. Sec.
521; 301 - 305; and 248(f)).
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses.
a. To disclose pertinent information to the appropriate federal,
state, or local agency responsible for investigation, prosecuting,
enforcing, or implementing a statute, rule, regulation, or order, where
the Board becomes aware of an indication of a violation or potential
violation of civil or criminal law or regulation.
b. 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 Board or
Federal government is a party to the judicial or administrative
proceeding.
c. To provide information to a congressional office from the record
of an individual in response to an inquiry from that congressional
office made at the request of that individual.
d. To disclose, in response to a request for discovery or for
appearance of a witness, information that is relevant to the subject
matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding.
e. To disclose information to officials of state or local bar
associations or disciplinary boards or committees when they are
investigating complaints against attorneys in connection with their
representation of a party before the Board, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, or a court.
f. To disclose information to any source from which additional
information is requested (to the extent necessary to identify the
individual, inform the source of the purpose(s) of the request, and to
identify the type of information requested), when necessary to obtain
information relevant to a Board decision to issue a security clearance,
conduct a security or suitability investigation of an individual,
classify jobs, let a contract, or issue a license, grant, or other
benefits.
g. To disclose to a Federal Reserve Bank or a federal agency in the
executive, legislative, or judicial branch of government, in response
to its request information in connection with the hiring of an
employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the conducting of a
security or suitability investigation of an individual, the classifying
of jobs, or the lawful statutory, administrative, or investigative
purpose of the Federal Reserve Bank or agency to the extent that the
information is relevant or necessary to the requesting Federal Reserve
Bank's or agency's decision or action.
h. To disclose information to Federal Reserve Banks, contractors,
or agents in connection with work performed on behalf of the Board.
i. To disclose information to the National Archives and Records
Administration in connection with records management inspections and
its role as Archivist.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining
and disposing of records in the system.
Storage. In paper and electronic format.
Retrievability. Indexed by name, Federal Reserve district and class
of director.
Safeguards. Paper copies are locked in file cabinets. Access to
both paper copies and electronic information is limited to authorized
Board staff.
Retention and disposal. Files are to be retained a minimum of five
years, and then destroyed when no longer needed for administrative or
reference purposes.
System manager(s) and address:
Secretary of the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 20th and Constitution, NW, Washington, DC 20551.
Notification procedure:
Inquiries should be sent to the Secretary of the Board, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and Constitution Avenue,
N.W., Washington, DC 20551. The request should contain the individual's
name, approximate date of record, applicable Federal Reserve district,
and type of director position.
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Record access procedures:
Same as ``Notification procedure'' above.
Contesting record procedures:
Same as ``Notification procedure'' above.
Record source categories:
Generated by individual's incoming correspondence and staff
response thereto.
Systems exempted from certain provisions of the act.
None
By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, June 1, 2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-12728 Filed 6-4-04; 8:45 am]
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