SYSTEM NAME:

Travel and Transportation System

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

a. All component offices in Washington DC

b. Regional and area offices of the components.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

All individuals who travel in an official capacity for the Department of Labor.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Various records are created and maintained in support of official travel. The forms or succeeding forms may include the following:

DL 1-33

Travel Authorization

SF 1038

Advance of Funds Application and Account

SF 1012

Travel Voucher

DL 1-2024

Request and Authorization for Exception From Standard Contract Terms for City-Pair Service

DL 1-289

Request for Approval of GSA Vehicle Option or Exemption

DL 1-473

Employment Agreement for Transfers Within the Continental U.S.

DL 1-474

Employment Agreement for Persons Assigned to Posts Outside the Continental U.S.

DL-1-2030

Estimated PCS Travel and Transportation Data for Travel Authorization

DL-1-2031

Claim Form for Payment of Relocation Income Tax Allowance

DL-1-2032

Covered Taxable Reimbursements

DL-1-2033R

Withholding Tax Allowance, Summary of Transactions, Withholding of Taxes, and W-2 Reporting

DL 1-472

Employee Application for Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred in Sale or Purchase (or both) of Residence Upon Change of Official Station

SF 1164

Claim for Reimbursement for Expenditures on Official Business

DL 1-101

Training Authorization and Evaluation Form

DL 1-478

Administrative Exception to Travel Claim

DL 1-423

Expense Record for Temporary Quarters

SF 1169

Government Transportation Request (will be phased out within next 5 years)

Telephone charge cards.

As a result of travel, individuals may become indebted to the Government. Records used to cure these claims include: consumer credit reports, information or records relating to the debtor's current whereabouts, assets, liabilities, income and expenses, debtor's personal financial statements, and other information such as the nature, amount and history of the debt, and other records and reports relating to the implementation of the Debt Collection Act of 1982, including any investigative reports or administrative review matters.

Individuals expecting to travel at least two times per year are required to have charge cards provided by Government contract. Besides the application for such cards, records created include transaction, payment and account status data.

Travel arrangement services are also available by Government contract. Records include traveler's profile containing name of individual, social security number, home and office telephones, agency's name, address, and telephone number, air travel preference, rental car identification number and preference of car, hotel preference, current passport and/or visa number, personal credit card numbers, and additional information; travel authorization; and monthly reports from travel agent(s) showing charges to individuals, balances, and other types of account analyses. Permanent change of station travel arrangements may include information about real estate and movement of household goods. To provide more efficient processing of travel documents, travel document processing software will be used by employees to record travel planning information, expenses incurred, traveler/employer identification information (SSN, and other identifying information used in conjunction with the purposes of the software), user ID's, passwords, electronic signatures, routing lists and other information used by the system to track and process travel documentation.

Vendors and contractors provide to the Department itemized statements of invoices, and reports of transactions including refunds and adjustments to enable audits of charges to the Government.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

41 CFR Part 101-7 (check cite)(Federal Travel Regulations); interpret or apply 31 U.S.C. 3511, 3512, and 3523; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq. (Debt Collection Act of 1982); section 206 of Executive Order 11222 (May 8, 1965); 5 CFR 735.207 (check cite)(Office of Personnel Management Regulations).

PURPOSE(S):

To facilitate performance of official Government travel by documenting the authorization of travel; payment of advances; payment of claims, invoices, vouchers, judgments; debts created by advance payments and overpayments; provision and use of government contractor-issued charge cards; and to make travel arrangements.

Data received from a charge card company under government contract will be used to perform responsibilities under section 206 of Executive Order 11222 (May 8, 1965) and 5 CFR 735.207 (Check the cite) (Office of Personnel Management Regulations) concerning requirements for employees to pay their just financial obligations in a proper and timely manner. Reports will also be monitored to ensure that the charge cards are used only in the course of official travel as required by the contract. Data will also be analyzed to permit more efficient and cost effective travel planning and management, including negotiated costs of transportation, lodging, subsistence and related services.

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

a. Transmittal of data to the U.S. Treasury to effect issuance of checks and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payments to payees.

b. Information may be forwarded to the Department of Justice as prescribed in the Joint Federal Claims Collection Standards (4 CFR Chapter II). When debtors fail to make payment through normal collection routines, the files are analyzed to determine the feasibility of enforced collection by referring the cases to the Department of Justice for litigation.

c. Pursuant to sections 5 and 10 of the Debt Collection Act of 1982, information relating to the implementation of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 may be disclosed to other Federal Agencies to effect salary or administrative offsets, or for other purposes connected with the collection of debts owed to the United States.

d. Information contained in the system of records may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service to obtain taxpayer mailing addresses for the purpose of locating such taxpayer to collect, compromise, or write off a Federal claim against the taxpayer.

e. Information may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service concerning the discharge of an indebtedness owed by an individual, or other taxable benefits received by the employee.

f. Information will be disclosed:

i. To credit card companies for billing purposes;

ii. To Departmental and other Federal agencies such as GSA for travel management purposes;

iii. To airlines, hotels, car rental companies, travel management centers and other travel related companies for the purpose of serving the traveler. This information will generally include the name, phone number, addresses, charge card information and itineraries.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:

The amount, status, and history of overdue debts; the name and address, taxpayer identification number (SSN), and other information necessary to establish the identity of a debtor, the agency and program under which the claim arose, are disclosed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12) to consumer reporting agencies as defined by section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)), in accordance with section 3(d)(4)(A)(ii) of the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3711(f)) for the purpose of encouraging the repayment of an overdue debt.

Note: Debts incurred by use of the official travel charge card are personal and the charge card company may report account information to credit collection and reporting agencies.

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

 

STORAGE:

Files are stored electronically and/or on paper.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Files are retrieved by name and/or social security number of traveler or by travel document number at each location.

SAFEGUARDS:

Access by authorized personnel only. Computer security safeguards are used for electronically stored data and locked locations for paper files.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are retained for 6 years or 3 months.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Travel Management Division, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Inquiries should be mailed to the System Manager.

RECORDS 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:

Individuals, employees, other Federal agencies, consumer reporting agencies, credit card companies, government contractors, state and local law enforcement.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

None.