SYSTEM NAME:

Fellowship Applicants and Recipients Files.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Offices in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Office.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

Applicants and recipients of fellowship awards (e.g., Fellows in the American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation/BLS Fellowship Program), who are not Federal employees but are assigned to work with BLS staff and/or BLS non-public data files).

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Records include the individual's name, school transcripts, work address and telephone number, home address and telephone number, and biographical information, applications, research proposals and related papers, test results, and other documents such as correspondence with the individual.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301.

PURPOSE(S):

To assure that the appropriate records on fellowship awards are maintained and are available for official use.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSE 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, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Files are stored electronically and/or on paper.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Files are retrieved by name.

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 on a permanent basis. Records are transferred to the Federal Records Center when five (5) years old. They are offered to National Archives and Records Administration in ten (10) year blocks, when the most recent record is twenty (20) years old. BLS Record schedule N1-257-09-02.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Associate Commissioner for Survey Methods Research, Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20212.

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 applicants and award recipients, references, the Education Testing Service, educational institutions supplying transcripts, review records, and administrative data developed during the selection process and/or award tenure.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

None.