SYSTEM NAME:
Matter Management System (MMS).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
None.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Silver Spring Data Center, 12401 Prosperity Drive, Silver Spring, MD, 20904.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Attorneys and paralegal specialists, individuals and/or parties involved in pending and active litigation, opinion and advice, and regulation review legal services.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Records which identify pending and active litigation, opinion and advice, and regulation review legal services provided to support DOL and its component agencies and the time spent by attorneys providing legal services.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
5 U.S.C. 301; 5 U.S.C. 552; and 5 U.S.C. 552a.
PURPOSE(S):
To provide information to manage resources, monitor operational performance and support budget activities.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
None, except for those universal routine uses listed in the General Prefatory Statement to this document.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
None.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, SECURING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Files are stored electronically and/or on paper.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Files are retrieved by name of the attorney, paralegal specialist, and matter name which includes the name of individuals and/or parties involved in cases and other legal matters.
SAFEGUARDS:
Access by authorized personnel only. Computer security safeguards are used for electronically stored data and locked locations for paper files.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Retention and disposal of the records will be governed in accordance with the applicable disposition instruction in the DOL/SOL Records Schedule DAA-0174-0006.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Department of Labor, Associate Solicitor, Office of Management and Administrative Legal Services, Office of the Solicitor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Inquiries should be mailed to the System Manager.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
A request for access should be mailed to the System Manager.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
A petition for amendment should be mailed to the System Manager.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information contained in this system is obtained from litigation case files, opinion and advice files, and regulation review files.
SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVACY ACT:
The Department of Labor has claimed exemptions for several of its other systems of records under 5 U.S.C. 552 a(k)(1), (2),(3),(5), and (6). During the course of processing a Freedom of Information or Privacy Act appeal, exempt materials from those other systems may become part of the case record in this system. To the extent that copies of exempt records from those other systems are entered into the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act appeals files, the Department has claimed the same exemptions for the records as they have in the original primary system or records of which they are a part.