ML20151D959
| ML20151D959 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 08/20/1985 |
| From: | Norry P NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Bedell R OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET |
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| NUDOCS 8804140519 | |
| Download: ML20151D959 (6) | |
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AUG S O M Hr. Robert P. Bedell, Deputy Administrator Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Room 3235-NE0B Office of Management and Budget Washington, DC 20503
Dear Mr. Bedell:
This is in response to your memorandum dated April 17, 1985, regarding the submission of data for the President's Annual Privacy Act Report to Congress.
Please find enclosed the original and three copies of the completed data fonn pertaining to the Nuclear Regulatory Comission's administration of the Privacy Act of 1974, including infomation regarding the NRC Systems of Records and the processincJ-of Privacy Act requests during 1984.
j If your staff has any questions concerning this matter, please telepnone i
Mrs. Connie Pappas at 492-8992.
Sincerely,
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Enclosures:
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d..W...,o 1984 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NUCLEA7 REGULATORY COMMISSION ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 Agency Analysis of Data Provided At the end of 1984, the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) maintained 38
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personal data systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974. These systems contain records covering about 380,000 individuals.
A majority of these are individuals who at some time have been subject to radiation exposure in the course of their duties in the nuclear industry. The other individuals represent the staff of licensees or spplicants for licenses, persons wh0 have corresponded with the NRC, NRC employees or applicants for employment, and the individuals who are on the NRC mailing lists.
NRC System of Records are periodically screened to remove obsolete infomation, in accordance with approved record disposal schedules.
No new NRC System of Records were established during 1984 The NRC received 11 Privacy Act requests in 1984, seven of which were submitted under both the Privacy Act and Freedon of Infomation Act. All of the requests sought access to records and two also asked for accountings of disclosures.
There was one denial using Exemption (k)(2) of the Privacy Act and Exemptions (5) and (7)(A) of the Freedom of Infomation Act. One request was a referral from another agency.
The NRC has had no major problems with the implementation of the Privacy Act and has no recommendation for change.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING DATA
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVACY ACT REPORT M THE CONGRESS Part 1: Instructions for submitting narrative and statistical data.
Report information for calendar year 1984.
Aggregate data at the agency level; do not report components separately, a.
Point of
Contact:
Provide the names, titles, telephone numbers and mailing addresses of the agency individuals who are responsible for implementing the ?tivacy Act in your agency:
(1)
Senior Agency Official:
Name Mr. J. M. Felton, Director Address Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, DC 20555 Telephone (301) 492-7211 (2)
Privacy Officers Name Ms. Linda L. Robinson Chief 1
Address Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Rranch.. R Office of Admin 13tration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Corrission Washinoton, DC 20555 Telephone (301) 492-8133 b.
Publication Data (5 U.S.C.
552a (o) ) :
Provide the following information as of December 31, 1984:
(1)
Total number of active systems:
23 15 nonexempt exempt
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(2)
Number of new systems published during 1984:
0 0
i nonexempt exempt (3)
Number of systems deleted during 1984:
0 0
nonexempt exempt (4)
Number of systems automated, either in whole or part, during 1984:
0 3
nonexempt exempt (5)
Number of existing systems for which new routine uses were established, during 1984:
0
__ 0 nonexempt exempt (6)
Number of existing systems for which new exemptions were claimed.
0 (7)
Number of existing systems from which exemptions were deleted.
0 (8)
Number of public comments received on agency publication of rules or notices:
0 (9)
Briefly discuss any comments received and any action taken based on comments received, including
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those received from OMB or the Congress.
Attach continuation sheet if necessary.
Attach copies of any Congressional correspondence.
c.
Individuals' Exercise of Rights of Access and Amendmendment (Note, access and amendment requests are defined as requests from record subjects for access to agency records about themselves in systems of records which cite the Privacy Act as the basis for the request).
3 (1)
Total number of requests for access:
11 (2)
Number of requests wholly or partially granted:
9 (3)
Number of requests totally denied:
1 (4)
Number of requests for which no record was found:
1 (5)
Number of appeals of denials of access:
0 (6)
Number of appeals in which denial was upheld:
0 (7)
Number of appeals in which denial was overturned i
either in whole or part:
l 0
(8)
Number of requests to amend records in systems i
0 (9)
Number of amendment requests wholly or partially granted:
0 (10) Number of amendment requests totally denied:
0 (11) Number of appeals of denials of amendment requests:
0 (12) Number of appeals in which denial was upheld:
0 (13) Number in which denial was overturned either in whole or in part:
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(14) If your agency denied an individual access to his or her records in a system of records on any basis other than a Privacy Act exemption [(j) or (k)],
describe below and provide the legal justification for the denial (use continuation sheet if needed):
(15) Number of instances in which individuals litigated the results of appeals of access or amendment:
(16) The results of such litigation, d.
Matching Programs (see the definition of a matching program in OMB~s revised Matching Guidelines, 47 PR 21656, May 19,1982) :
(1)
How many matching programs did your agency participate in as a matching agency during 1984?
0 (2)
How many as a source agency?
O (3)
On what date(s) were any matching reports required by the Guidelines published in the Federal Register and provided to OMB and the Congress?
0 e.
Agency Analysis of Implementation Activities:
Submit a brief analysis of the data provided above.
The analysis should show how the data supports the agency's ef forts to comply with the objectives of the Act.
The analysis should also consider the relationship of these data to data furnished for earlier reports.
Agencies should also identify significant ongoing or completed activities designed to improve administration of the Act, e.g., review of routine uses, publication of revised rules, review of application of exemption provisions, improvements in public access to records, etc.
f.
Agency Recommendations for Administrative / Legislative Changes:
Identify problems, indicate their effect on agency activities, and submit recommendations for change.
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Timing of Submission:
This report should be submitted by August 31, 1985.
Send the original and three copies to the office of Management and Budget, Of fice of Information and Regulatory Af f air 3, Room 3235 NEOB, Washington, D.C. 20503.
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