Effective Date: October 1, 2009

SYSTEM NAME:

NIST Emergency Locator System.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATIONS:

Emergency Services Division, Director for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3590, Police Services Group, Fire Protection Services Group, Health Physics Group; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

NIST employees and other authorized individuals using NIST facilities.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Names and home telephone numbers.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301 and 15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.

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

1. Home telephone numbers will be used by management officials to contact NIST employees or authorized individuals using NIST facilities in case of an emergency (e.g., fire, explosion, power outage, heavy snow). Those contacted will typically be scientists or engineers whose experiments might be affected by such as emergency or other employees who will be required to deal with the emergency.

2. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to a Member of Congress submitting a request involving an individual when the individual has requested assistance from the Member with respect to the subject matter of the record.

3. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the Department of Justice in connection with determining whether disclosure thereof is required by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).

4. A record in this system of records may disclosed to a contractor of the Department having need for the information in the performance of the contract, but not operating a system or records within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).

5. A record in this system may be transferred to the Office of Personnel Management: for personnel research purposes; as a data source for management information; for the production of summary descriptive statistics and analytical studies in support of the function for which the records are collected and maintained; or for related manpower studies.

6. A record from this system of records may be disclosed to the Administrator, General Services, or designee, during an inspection of records conducted by GSA as part of that agency's responsibility to recommend improvements in records management practices and programs under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall be made in accordance with the GSA regulations governing inspection of records for this purpose, and any other relevant (i.e., GSA or Commerce) directive. Such disclosure shall not be used to make determinations about individuals.

A record in this system of records may be disclosed to appropriate agencies, entities and persons when: (1) it is suspected or determined that the security or confidentiality of information in the system of records has been compromised; (2) the Department has determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or whether systems or programs (whether maintained by the Department or another agency or entity) that rely upon the compromised information; and (3) the disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the Department's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and to prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm. 72 FR 45009

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:

Not applicable.

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

STORAGE:

Paper and electronic.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Building, room number, and organizational unit number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Paper records will be kept in locked file cabinets with limited access; machine-readable records will be limited access with security key required.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records will be updated every six months or more frequently.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Chief, Emergency Services Division, Office of the Director for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3590.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Information may be obtained from: Chief, Management and Organization Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3220. Requester should provide name and additional factual data, as appropriate, pursuant to the inquiry provisions of the Department's rules, which appear in 15 CFR part 4.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Requests from individuals should be addressed to same address as stated in the Notification Section above.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Department's rules for access, for contesting contents, and appealing initial determinations by the individual concerned appear in 15 CFR part 4. Use above address.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Subject individual and those authorized by the individual to furnish information.

SYSTEM EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

None.