[Privacy Act Issuances (2005)]
[AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
A.I.D.--20
System name: Claims Records.
System location: a. Central Records:
Office of Personnel and Manpower, Agency for International
Development, 1601 Kent Street, Arlington, Virginia for allowance
claims and health benefit claims.
Office of the General Counsel, Agency for International
Development, 320 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC, for tort claims.
Office of Management Operations, Agency for International
Development, 320 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20523 for claims
involving loss of private personal property.
Office of Financial Management, Agency for International
Development, 1975 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, for all other
claims.
b. Decentralized records maintained in various Washington offices
and offices abroad having responsibilities for initiating requests
for claims activity. See Appendix A for actual location of these
offices.
Categories of individuals covered by the system: Employees who
have filed claims against the Agency and employees against whom the
Agency has filed a claim.
Categories of records in the system: a. Central Records:
Documentation of claims, voucher disallowances, duplicate payment,
and bills for collection.
b. Decentralized Records: Copies of documents maintained in the
central records, legal reviews and opinions, and referrals to G.A.O.
Authority for maintenance of the system: Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 as amended, section 621; Foreign Service Act of 1946, as
amended; Federal Tort Claims Act and G.A.O. Policy and Procedures
Manual.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses: To U.S. Treasury
for payment.
To U.S. Despatch Agents to verify movement of persons and things
and costs thereof.
To Office of Operations, Department of State, for review and
initial adjudication of private personal property claims.
To the State - A.I.D. - U.S.I.A. Joint Survey Board for review of
claims arising from evacuation.
To commercial travel, transportation, and shipping companies and
agents to verify actual costs of services;
To the Office of the Director of Medical Services, Department of
State to determine validity of medical claims.
To law enforcement agencies, U.S. Government agencies, courts,
the Department of State, foreign governments and international
agencies, and Members of Congress, for the purposes set forth in the
Statement of General Routine Uses immediately preceding these
specific notices of systems of records.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage: Paper copy in file folders.
Retrievability: By name of individual or other personal
identifier.
Safeguards: Located in metal file cabinets with three-way
combination locks in secured premises with access limited to those
whose official duties require access.
Retention and disposal: Retained for seven years and then
destroyed by shredding or burning.
System manager(s) and address: a. Central Records:
For Allowance Claims: Chief, Foreign Service Technical and Staff
Support Branch, Agency for International Development, 515 22nd Street
NW, Washington, DC 20523.
For Health Benefit Claims: Chief, Employee Relations Branch,
Agency for International Development, 515 22nd Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20523.
For Tort Claims: Deputy General Counsel, Agency for International
Development, 320 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20523.
For Private Personal Property Claims: Office of Management
Operations, Agency for International Development, 320 21st Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20523.
For Uncollectable Claims: Assistant Controller, Central
Accounting Division, Office of Financial Management, Agency for
International Development, 1975 Florida Avenue, Washington, DC.
b. Decentralized Records: Administrative and Executive Officers
in A.I.D. Washington and offices abroad. See appendix A for actual
location of office.
Notification procedure: Requests by individuals concerning the
existence of a record may be addressed to:
Director
Office of Personnel and Manpower (SER/PM)
Attn: Privacy Liaison Officer
Agency for International Development
320 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC. 20523
or presented in person at State Annex 2, 515 22nd Street NW,
Washington, DC 20523.
For offices abroad, to the Privacy Liaison Officer at the
applicable address in appendix A.
Information Required: Individual's name, place and date of birth.
The determination as to the existence of a record will be facilitated
by the provision of the individual's Social Security number and dates
and places of service.
Record access procedures: Requests from individuals should be
addressed or presented in person to the same addresses as stated in
the Notification Section above.
Requests should be accompanied by information sufficient to
identify the individual pursuant to Sec. 215.4(c) or (d) of the
Agency's rules as published in this issue of the Federal Register.
Contesting record procedures: Written requests from individuals to
amend their record should be mailed or presented in person to the
same addresses as stated in the Notification Section above.
Requests for review of a refusal to amend a record should be made
in writing and mailed to:
Administrator
Agency for International Development
320 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20523
ATTENTION: Executive Secretary--Privacy Review Request.
Both the envelope and the letter should be clearly marked
Attention: Executive Secretary--Privacy Review Request.
Record source categories: The individual concerned and A.I.D.
employees acting in their official capacities.