[Privacy Act Issuances (2005)]
[CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]

   CPSC-21

   System name: 

       CPSC-21, Contractor Personnel Security File.
     System location: 
       Directorate for Administration, Consumer Product Safety 
   Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
     Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
       Employees of contractors for the Consumer Product Safety 
   Commission who perform work on site at the Commission.
     Categories of records in the system: 
       Results of name checks, inquiries, and investigations furnished 
   by the Office of Personnel Management to determine suitability of 
   contractor employees for performing on site work at the Consumer 
   Product Safety Commission. Information in records may include date 
   and place of birth, citizenship, marital status, military status, and 
   social security status. These records contain investigative 
   information regarding an individual's character, conduct, and 
   behavior in the community where he or she lives or lived; arrests and 
   convictions for any violations of law; information from present and 
   former supervisors, co-workers, associates, educators; credit and 
   National Agency checks; and other information developed from the 
   above.
     Authority for maintenance of the system: 
       15 U.S.C. 2076(e).
   Purpose(s): 
       The records in this system of records are used by the Associate 
   Executive Director for Administration and the Personnel Security 
   Officer to determine whether it is in the interest of the Commission 
   to permit a contractor's employee to work on the Commission premises, 
   and whether it is in the interest of the Commission to grant a 
   contractor's employee access to non-public information or restricted 
   areas.
     Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
   categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
       None.
     Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, 
   retaining, and disposing of records in the system:  
     Storage: 
       Records are maintained in file folders.
     Retrievability: 
       Records are retrieved by contractor name and by contractor 
   employee name.
     Safeguards: 
       Records are maintained in a safe-type combination lock file 
   cabinet in the custody of the Associate Executive Director for 
   Administration. Access is limited to the Personnel Security Officer 
   and the Associate Executive Director for Administration.
     Retention and disposal: 
       Records are maintained at the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
   for at least two years from the date of termination of the contract 
   under which a person is employed.
     System manager(s) and address: 
       Associate Executive Director for Administration, Consumer Product 
   Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207.
     Notification procedure: 
       Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer, Office of the 
   Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207.
     Record access procedures: 
       Same as notification. The Freedom of Information/Privacy Act 
   Officer will forward the request to the agency which conducted the 
   investigation, which will make the final determination.
     Contesting record procedures: 
       Same as access.
     Record source categories: 
       The individual to whom the record pertains, Office of Personnel 
   Management reports and reports from other federal agencies.