Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY:

Office of Management, Department of Education.

ACTION:

Notice of deletion of existing system of records under the Privacy Act of 1974.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) deletes the Discrimination Complaints Records System (18-05-04) from its existing inventory of systems of records subject to the Privacy Act.

DATES:

This deletion is effective September 9, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Michael Chew, Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Services, Office of Management, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-4550. Telephone: (202) 401-0691.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Department deletes the Discrimination Complaints Records System (18-05-04) from its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The deletion is not within the purview of subsection (r) of the Privacy Act, which requires submission of a report on a new or altered system of records.

Under OMB Circular A-130 Appendix I, the transmittal letter of a system of records should contain the agency's assurance that the proposed system does not duplicate any existing agency or government-wide systems of records. The Department's system of records entitled “Discrimination Complaints Records System” (18-05-04), 64 FR 30106, 30124 (June 4, 1999), is to be deleted because it is duplicative of the government-wide system of records entitled “Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government Complaint and Appeal Records” (EEOC/GOVT-1), 67 FR 49338, 49354 (July 30, 2002).

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