SYSTEM NAME:
Workforce Investment Act Tort Claim Files.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
None.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Offices of the Regional Solicitors, U.S. Department of Labor.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Claimants.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Tort claims, including negligence, medical, personnel and legal reports, summaries, correspondence, and memoranda.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. and the Workforce Investment Act, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.; the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.; 29 C.F.R. Part 15.
PURPOSE(S):
To allow adjudication of claims filed under the Workforce Investment Act and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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 contained 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 the name of claimant.
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 until completion of a case. Thereafter, the files are retained in the Office of the Solicitor for two years, then retired to the appropriate Federal Records Center for three years and then destroyed in accordance with DOL/SOL Records Schedule Number DAA-0174-0006.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Regional Solicitors and Associate Regional Solicitors, U.S. Department of Labor. See the Appendix of this document for the regional addresses.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Inquiries should be mailed to the appropriate 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 claimants, current and former employers, witnesses, physicians, insurance companies, attorneys, police, hospitals, and other individuals.
SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
None.