System Name: Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers Files. HHS/CDC/EPO.
Security Classification: None.
System Location(s): Epidemiology Program Office, Bldg. 1, Rm. 5127, Centers for Disease Control, l600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333
Federal Records Center, 1557 St. Joseph Avenue, East Point, GA 30344.
Categories of Individuals Covered by the System: EIS Officers - Current, alumni and applicants.
Categories of Records in the System: Applications, interview materials, letters of recommendations, call-to-duty papers.
Authority for Maintenance of the System: Public Health Service Act, Section 203, "Commissioned Corps" and Section 207, "Appointment of Personnel` (42 U.S.C. 204, 209).
Purpose(s): The system is designed to process individual applications for the Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer program, and to assess a candidate's suitability for a position in the program.
Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories of Users and the Purposes of such Uses:
Disclosure may be made to a congressional office from the record of an individual in response to a verified inquiry from the congressional office made at the written request of that individual.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may disclose information from this system of records to the Department of Justice, or to a court or other tribunal, when: (a) HHS, or any component thereof; or (b) any HHS employee in his or her official capacity; or (c) any HHS employee in his or her individual capacity where the Department of Justice (or HHS, where it is authorized to do so) has agreed to represent the employee; or (d) the United States or any agency thereof where HHS determines that the litigation is likely to affect HHS or any of its components, is a party to litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and HHS determines that the use of such records by the Department of Justice, the court or other tribunal is relevant and necessary to the litigation and would help in the effective representation of the governmental party, provided, however, that in each case, HHS determines that such disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.
Records may be disclosed to appropriate federal agencies and Department contractors that have a need to know the information for the purpose of assisting the Department's efforts to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of the security or confidentiality of information disclosed is relevant and necessary for that assistance.
Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining, and Disposing of Records in the System—
Storage: File folders.
Retrievability: Retrieved by name.
Safeguards:
1. Authorized users: Access is granted to only a limited number of physicians, scientists, statisticians, and designated support staff of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as authorized by the system manager to accomplish the stated purposes for which the data in this system have been collected.
2. Physical safeguards: Locked cabinets in locked rooms, 24-hour guard service in buildings, personnel screening of visitors, electronic anti-intrusion devices in operation at the Federal Records Center (FRC).
3. Procedural safeguards: Users of individually identified data protect information from public scrutiny, and only specifically authorized personnel may be admitted to the record storage area. CDC employees who maintain records are instructed to check with the system manager prior to making disclosures of data.
4. Implementation guidelines: DHHS Chapter 45-13 and supplementary Chapter PHS.hf: 45-13 of the General Administration Manual. FRC safeguards are in compliance with GSA Federal Property Management Regulations, Subchapter B--Archives and Records.
Retention and Disposal: Records are maintained in agency for eight years. Disposal methods include burning or shredding paper materials or transferring records to the Federal Records Center when no longer needed for evaluation. Destroyed by paper recycling process after 16 years unless needed for further analysis.
System Manager(s) and Address(es): Director, Epidemiology Program Office, Bldg. 1, Rm. 5009, Centers for Disease Control, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333.
Notification Procedure: An individual may learn if a record exists about himself or herself by contacting the system manager at the address above. Requesters in person must provide driver's license or other positive identification. Individuals who do not appear in person must either (1) submit a notarized request to verify their identity or (2) certify that they are the individuals they claim to be and that they understand that the knowing and willful request for or acquisition of a record pertaining to an individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense under the Privacy Act subject to a 5,000 dollars fine.
Record Access Procedures: Same as notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably specify the record contents being sought. An accounting of disclosures that have been made of the record, if any, may be requested.
Contesting Record Procedures: Contact the official at the address specified under System Manager above, reasonably identify the record and specify the information being contested, the corrective action sought, and the reasons for requesting the correction, along with supporting information to show how the record is inaccurate, incomplete, untimely, or irrelevant.
Record Source Categories: Educational institutions, previous employers and subject individuals.
Systems Exempted from Certain Provisions of the Act: None.
