[Privacy Act Issuances (2005)]
[NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD]
[National Transportation Safety Board]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]

         National Transportation Safety Board
         800 Independence Avenue, SW.
         Washington, DC 20594
     Categories of individuals covered by the system: Persons with 
   claims against the Government for damage to or loss of property, or 
   personal injury or death, caused by the negligent or wrongful act or 
   omission of any NTSB employee acting within the scope of his 
   employment (provided that any award, compromise, or settlement in 
   excess of twenty-five thousand dollars may be effected only with the 
   prior written approval of the Attorney General or his designee).
     Categories of records in the system: Contains claim, subrogations, 
   legal opinion as to liability of the Government with respect to the 
   claim, final determination, and supporting receipts.
     Authority for maintenance of the system: Tort Claims Procedure, 28 
   U.S.C. 2671.
     Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
   categories of users and the purposes of such uses: These records are 
   used to established liability and the amount of such liability. 
   Routine use includes, but is not limited to referral to potential 
   employers and for security clearance; also, see routine uses in 
   Prefatory Statement.
     Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, 
   retaining, and disposing of records in the system: 
     Storage: Information in system is maintained on a 8- by 10- inch 
   form.
     Retrievability: Indexed by name.
     Safeguards: Records are maintained in locked file cabinets.
     Retention and disposal: Records are manually kept and are retained 
   for one year after disposition of the claim and then sent to the 
   Federal Records Center, NARA, where they are retained for at least 
   six years.
     System manager(s) and address: 
         Comptroller
         Bureau of Administration
         National Transportation Safety Board
         800 Independence Avenue, SW
         Washington, DC 20594
     Notification procedure: Address inquiries to Director, Bureau of 
   Administration.
     Record access procedures: Procedures are detailed in NTSB 
   regulation 49 CFR part 802 (41 FR 43154).
     Contesting record procedures: Same as the above.
     Record source categories: Claimant and employee or employees of the 
   Government involved in the claim and witnesses to the incident or 
   accident.