Paperwork Reduction Act and Privacy Act statement

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT AND PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this collection is 0430-XXXX. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average five minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, gathering the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(3), enacted into law by Section 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-579), the following statement is furnished to individuals who supply information to the FederalReporting.gov Recipient Registration System (FRRS). This information is maintained in a system of records designated as RATB-10 and described in 74 Fed. Reg. 40,155 (Aug. 11, 2009). Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5), the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (Board) will use the information to assist with the process of mandatory reporting on the use of covered funds. Specifically, FRRS records will be used to facilitate registering FederalReporting.gov system users, issuing a username and password, and subsequently, verifying an individual’s identity as he/she seeks to gain routine access to his/her account. The system has secondary uses that include: using the established username to facilitate tracking service calls or e-mails from the user in the event that there is a change in registration status or a problem the user has with FederalReporting.gov; facilitating the retrieval of user actions (e.g., historical submissions and help tickets) and events while on the FederalReporting.gov system. The records may also be subsequently used for auditing or other internal purposes of the Board, including but not limited to instances where enforcement of the conditions of using FederalReporting.gov are necessary; investigation of possible fraud involving a registered user; litigation purposes related to information reported to the Board; contacting the individual in the event of a system modification; a change to FederalReporting.gov; or modification, revocation or termination of user’s access privileges to FederalReporting.gov.

The Board may disclose information contained in a record in this system of records under the routine uses listed in the Federal Register (see 74 Fed. Reg. 40,155, 40,157-58) without the consent of the individual if the disclosure is compatible with the purposes for which the record was collected.