Statement of Records Notice (SORN)

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Please specify the complete title of the
information collection when making
your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be directed to Joseph Schubart at

(202) 708�9266 or via his internet
address [email protected].
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1�800�877�
8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary

Education, ED.
ACTION: Notice of a New System of
Records.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the
Department of Education (ED) publishes
this notice of a new system of records
entitled ��Teacher Quality Recruitment
Scholarship System (18�12�06).�� The
system will contain information about
the current and former scholarship
recipients, scholarship awards, terms of
the scholarship, data about the amount
and percentage of teaching time,
certification and employing information
about the employing school and school
district. The Department seeks comment
on this new system of records described
in this notice, in accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act.

DATES: We must receive your comments
on the proposed routine uses for the
system of records included in this
notice on or before November 9, 2000.
The Department filed a report
describing the new system of records
covered by this notice with the Chair of
the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, the Chair of the
Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight of the House, and the
Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on October 4, 2000. The changes
made in this notice will become
effective after the 30-day period for
OMB review of the system expires on
November 3, 2000, unless OMB gives
specific notice within the 30 days that
the changes are not approved for
implementation or requests an
additional 10 days for its review. The
routine uses become effective November
9, 2000 unless they need to be changed

as a result of public comment or OMB
review. The Department will publish
any changes to the routine uses.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about
the proposed routine uses to John
Tressler, Office of Chief Information
Officer, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4082
ROB�3, Washington, DC 20202�4580.
Telephone: (202) 708�8900. If you
prefer to send comments through the
Internet, use the following address:
[email protected].

You must include the term ��SOR
Teacher Quality�� in the subject line of
the electronic message.

During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all comments about
this notice in room 4082 ROB�3,
Seventh and D Streets, SW.,
Washington, DC, between the hours of

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Eastern time,
Monday through Friday of each week
except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record

On request, we supply an appropriate
aid, such as a reader or print magnifier,
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 aid, you may call (202)
205�8113 or (202) 260�9895. If you use
a TDD, you may call the Federal
Information Relay Service at 1�800�
877�8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward Crowe, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6150, Washington, DC 20202�8525.
Telephone: 202�502�7762. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), you may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1�
800�877�8339.

Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in
the preceding paragraph.

Introduction

The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a)
(Privacy Act) requires the Department to
publish in the Federal Register this
notice of a new system of records
managed by the Department. The
Department�s regulations implementing
the Act are contained in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) in 34 CFR
Part 5b.

The Privacy Act applies to
information about individuals that

contain individually identifiable
information and that may be retrieved
by a unique identifier associated with
each individual, such as a name or
social security number. The information
about each individual is called a
��record�� and the system, whether
manual or computer-based, is called a
��system of records.�� The Privacy Act
requires each agency to publish notices
of systems of records in the Federal
Register and to prepare reports to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) whenever the agency publishes a
new system of records.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well
as all other Department of Education
documents published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) on the Internet
at either of the following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at either of the previous sites. If you
have questions about using PDF, call the

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO),
toll free, at 1�888�293�6498, or in the
Washington, DC area at (202) 512�1530.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/
index.html.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

A. Lee Fritschler,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary
Education.

The Office of Postsecondary
Education of the U.S. Department of
Education publishes a notice of a new
system of records to read as follows:

18�12�06

SYSTEM NAME:

Teacher Quality Recruitment
Scholarship System.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants
Program, Office of Policy, Planning, and
Innovation, Office of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6151, Washington, DC 20006�8525.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

This system contains records on
individuals who have been awarded

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scholarships with funds provided under
Title II of the Higher Education Act by
States or partnerships to prepare to
become kindergarten through twelfth-
grade teachers.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

This system consists of information
about scholarship recipients, including
the amount and period of their
scholarships and the institution that
awarded them; information about
former recipients, including data about
the amount and percentage of time the
teacher spends teaching; information
about the awarding entity; information
about the terms of the scholarship; the
amount of the scholarship and
information about the employing school
and the school district, including a
certification by the employing school or
school district that it meets the
regulatory definition of high-need.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Title II, Section 204(e) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended by
the 1998 Higher Education
Amendments, and 31 U.S.C. Chapter 37.

PURPOSE(S):

The information in this system will be
used to ensure that recipients of
scholarships provided with funds under
Title II of the Higher Education Act who
complete teacher education programs
subsequently (1) teach in a high-need
school of a high-need local educational
agency for a period of time equivalent
to the period for which the recipient
received scholarship assistance; or (2)
repay the amount of the scholarship.
The information, therefore, is a tracking
mechanism that will be used to carry
out the statutory requirement found in
Title II, Section 204(e). In addition the
system information will be used to
determine the success of the Teacher
Recruitment component of the Teacher
Quality Enhancement Grant Programs in
preparing new teachers for employment
in high-need schools and school
districts.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:

The Department of Education (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

Act, under a computer matching
agreement.

(1) Disclosure for Use by Other Law
Enforcement Agencies. The Department
may disclose information to any
Federal, State, local, or foreign agency
or other public authority responsible for
enforcing, investigating, or prosecuting
violations of administrative, civil, or
criminal law or regulation if that
information is relevant to any
enforcement, regulatory, investigative,
or prosecutive responsibility within the
receiving entity�s jurisdiction.
(2) Enforcement Disclosure. In the
event that information in this system of
records indicates, either on its face or in
connection with other information, a
violation or potential violation of any
applicable statute, regulation, or order
of a competent authority, the
Department may disclose the relevant
records to the appropriate agency,
whether foreign, Federal, State, Tribal,
or local, charged with the responsibility
of investigating or prosecuting that
violation or charged with enforcing or
implementing the statute, Executive
order, rule, regulation, or order issued
pursuant thereto.
(3) Litigation and Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR) Disclosures.
(a) Introduction. In the event that one
of the parties listed below is involved in
litigation or ADR, or has an interest in
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 of Education, or
any component of the Department; or
(ii) Any Department employee in his
or her official capacity; or
(iii) Any Department employee in his
or her individual capacity if the
Department of Justice (DOJ) has agreed
to provide or arrange for representation
for the employee;
(iv) Any Department employee in his
or her individual capacity where the
agency has agreed to represent the
employee; or
(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 litigation or ADR, the
Department may disclose those records
as a routine use to the DOJ.
(c) Administrative Disclosures. If the
Department determines that disclosure
of certain records to an adjudicative
body before which the Department is
authorized to appear, an individual or
entity designated by the Department or
otherwise empowered to resolve or
mediate disputes is relevant and
necessary to the administrative
litigation, the Department may disclose
those records as a routine use to the
adjudicative body, individual, or entity.

(d) Parties, counsels, representatives
and witnesses. If the Department
determines that disclosure of certain
records to a party, counsel,
representative or witness in an
administrative proceeding is relevant
and necessary to the litigation, 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 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. The Department
may disclose a record in this system of
records to another agency of the Federal
Government if the record is relevant to
one of the following proceedings
regarding a present or former employee
of the Department: complaint,
grievance, discipline or competence
determination proceedings. The
disclosure may only be made during the
course of the proceeding.
(6) Labor Organization Disclosure. A
component of the Department may
disclose records to a labor organization
if a contract between the component
and a labor organization recognized
under Title V of the United States Code,
Chapter 71, provides that the
Department will disclose personal
records relevant to the organization�s

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mission. The disclosures will be made
only as authorized by law.

(7) Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) Advice Disclosure. The
Department may disclose records to the
Department of Justice and the Office of
Management and Budget if the
Department concludes that disclosure is
desirable or necessary in determining
whether particular records are required
to be disclosed under the FOIA.
(8) Disclosure to the Department of
Justice (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. Before
entering into such a contract, the
Department shall require the contractor
to maintain Privacy Act safeguards as
required under 5 U.S.C. 552a(m) with
respect to the records in the system.
(10) Research Disclosure. The
Department may disclose records to a
researcher if an appropriate official of
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 official 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 maintain Privacy Act
safeguards with respect to the disclosed
records.
(11) Congressional Member
Disclosure. The Department may
disclose records to a member of
Congress from the record of an
individual in response to an inquiry
from the member made at the written
request 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 the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Credit Reform Act (CRA) Support. The
Department may disclose records to
OMB as necessary to fulfill CRA
requirements.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:

Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552a(b)(12): The Department may
disclose to a consumer reporting agency

information regarding a claim by the
Department which is determined to be
valid and overdue as follows: (1) The
name, address, taxpayer identification
number and other information necessary
to establish the identity of the
individual responsible for the claim; (2)
the amount, status, and history of the
claim; and (3) the program under which
the claim arose. The Department may
disclose the information specified in
this paragraph under 5 U.S.C.
552a(b)(12) and the procedures
contained in subsection 31 U.S.C.
3711(e). A consumer reporting agency to
which these disclosures may be made is
defined at 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3).

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:

The records are maintained in hard
copy, filed in standard filing cabinets;
on access controlled personal
computers; and on personal computer
diskettes that are stored in filing
cabinets.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Hardcopy files are retrieved by
individual names, institutions of higher
education and employing school
districts. Electronic files may be
accessed by using an individual�s social
security number, individual�s name,
name of institution of higher education,
or name of employing school district.

SAFEGUARDS:

All physical access to the program
location where this system of records is
maintained is controlled and monitored
by security personnel. The computers
used by program staff to store any
system data offer a high degree of
resistance to tampering and
circumvention. This security system
limits data access to program staff and
any contract staff that may be hired in
the future. The system is available on a
��need to know�� basis. Controls are in
place on individual�s ability to access
and alter records within the system. All
users of this system are given unique
user IDs with personal identifiers. All
interactions by individual users with
the system are recorded.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Disposition: Destroy five years after
audit or ED�s determination either that
the scholarship recipient fulfills the
service obligation or the indebtedness
has been repaid or forgiven, whichever
is later. (ED/RDS, Part 10, Item 3a)

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:

Director, Teacher Quality
Enhancement Grant Programs, Office of

Postsecondary Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6150, Washington, DC
20006�8525.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

If you wish to determine if you have
a record in this system, provide the
system manager with your name, date of
birth, and social security number. Your
request must meet the regulatory
requirements of 34 CFR 5b.5, including
proof of identity.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:

If you wish to gain access to your
record in this system, provide the
system manager with your name, date of
birth, and social security number. Your
request must meet the regulatory
requirements of 34 CFR 5b.5, including
proof of identity.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:

If you wish to contest the content of
a record, contact the system manager.
Your request must meet the regulatory
requirements of 34 CFR 5b.7, including
proof of identity.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information is obtained from
individual scholarship recipients,
institutions of higher education
attended by the recipients, and school
districts that have employed the
recipients.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE ACT:

None.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management Site-
Specific Advisory Board Stewardship
Workshop, Rocky Flats

AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting of the Environmental
Management Site-Specific Advisory
Board (EM SSAB) Stewardship
Workshop, Rocky Flats. The Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No.
92�463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that
public notice of these meeting be
announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, October 26 through
Friday, October 27, 2000.

TIME: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m each day.
ADDRESSES: Executive Tower Hotel,
1405 Curtis Street, Denver, CO 80202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken
Korkia, Board/Staff Coordinator, Rocky