[Federal Register: March 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 55)]
[Notices]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of Amended System of Records
ACTION: Notice to amend and republish system of records.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is giving notice
that it proposes to republish an amended system of records, OPM/
Central-1, due to changes in technology by Retirement Systems
Modernization (RSM). This system of records is an integrated
application that works from one central database that allows OPM
designated employees and contractors to access the records on a need to
know basis in accordance with OPM and Federal rules, regulations and
safeguard procedures for personally identifiable information. RSM will
enhance the system's functionality to enable Federal employees and
retirees to access personal and benefits-related information. This
notice proposes to amend and republish an existing internal system of
records.
DATE: The changes will be effective April 21, 2008, without further
notice unless comments are received that would result in a contrary
determination.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Office of Personnel Management,
ATTN: Marc Flaster, Chief, Support Group, Center for Retirement and
Insurance Services, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 3313, Washington, DC
20415-7900.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Glick (412) 657-5013.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice to amend and republish system of
records.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is giving notice
that it proposes to republish an amended system of records, OPM/
Central-1, due to changes in technology by Retirement Systems
Modernization (RSM). RSM is a strategic initiative of OPM to improve
quality and timeliness of services to individuals covered by the Civil
Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement
System (FERS), the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program
(FEGLI), and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) by
modernizing business practices and technology that support the
programs. The RSM program will transform the retirement process, and
health and life insurance elections, by devising more efficient and
effective business systems to respond to increased customer demand for
higher levels of customer service and online self-service tools. This
system of records reflects the republishing of the SORN from October
1999, as amended May 2000, inclusion of the prefatory uses as published
in 1996 and the addition of two new routine uses.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Linda M. Springer,
Director.
System name:
Civil Service Retirement and Insurance Records.
System location:
Deputy Associate Director, Center for Retirement and Insurance
Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 1900 E Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20415-0001. Certain records pertaining to State income
tax withholdings from annuitant payments are located with State Taxing
Offices. Certain information concerning enrollment/change in enrollment
in a health plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
(FEHBP) may be located at other agencies. Certain records pertaining to
overpayments must be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury for
collection activity. Certain records pertaining to enrollment in a
Preauthorized Debit Program (PAD) for sending recurring remittances to
OPM for service credit and voluntary contributions accounts are
maintained with a lockbox bank, which operates the PAD program for OPM.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
a. Former Federal employees and members of Congress who performed
service subject to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or
Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS).
b. Current Federal employees who have:
1. Performed Federal service subject to the CSRS or FERS other than
with their present agency; or
2. Had data converted to the OPM Retirement Systems Modernization
Program; or
3. Filed a designation of beneficiary for benefits payable under
the CSRS; or
4. Requested OPM to review a claim for health benefits made under
the FEHBP; or
5. Enrolled/changed enrollment in a plan under the FEHBP; or
6. Filed a service credit application in connection with former
Federal service; or
7. Filed an application for disability retirement with OPM and are
awaiting final decision, or whose disability retirement application has
been disapproved by OPM.
c. Former Federal employees who died subject to or who retired
under the CSRS or FERS, or their surviving spouses, and/or children who
have received or are receiving CSRS or FERS benefits and/or benefits
under the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program, or
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).
d. Former Federal employees who died subject to or who retired
under a Federal Government retirement system other than CSRS or FERS,
or their surviving spouses and/or children, who have received or are
receiving benefits from FEGLI and/or FEHBP.
e. Applicants for Federal employment found unsuitable for
employment on medical grounds.
f. Former spouses of Federal employees who have received or are
receiving CSRS or FERS benefits, or who have filed a court order
awarding future benefits.
Categories of records in the system:
This system comprises those retirement service history records of
employee's service in the Federal Government from their current
employing agency if the employee has been converted to the Retirement
Systems Modernization Program and/or an agency other than for the
agency in which they may presently be employed.
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Also included in the system are current personnel data pertaining to
active United States Postal Service employees who, by virtue of the
provisions set forth in 5 U.S.C. 2105(e), are not considered civil
service employees. It also contains information concerning health
benefit enrollment/change in enrollment, and information developed in
support of claims for benefits made under the retirement, health
benefits, and life insurance programs for Federal employees that OPM
administers. Also included are medical records and supporting evidence
on those individuals whose application for disability retirement has
been rejected. Consent forms and other records related to the
withholding of State income tax from annuitant payments, whether
physically maintained by the State or OPM, are included in this system.
Consent forms and other records related to enrollment in the
Preauthorized Debit Program, whether physically maintained by the
authorized lockbox bank or OPM, are included in the system.
These records contain the following information:
a. Documentation of Federal service subject to the CSRS or FERS.
b. Documentation of service credit and refund claims made under the
CSRS or FERS.
c. Documentation of voluntary contributions made by eligible
individuals.
d. Retirement and death claims files, including documents
supporting the retirement application, health benefits, and life
insurance eligibility, medical records supporting disability claims
(after receipt by OPM), and designations of beneficiary.
e. Claim review files pertaining to requests made under the FEHBP
reviewed by OPM.
f. Enrollment and change in enrollment information under the FEHBP.
g. Documentation of continuing coverage for life insurance and
health benefits for annuitants and their survivors under a Federal
Government retirement system other than the CSRS or FERS, or for
compensationers and their survivors under the Office of Workers'
Compensation programs.
h. The system also maintains a file of court orders submitted by
former spouses of Federal employees. These court orders are submitted
to support claims to apportion funds/benefits due to a Federal employee
at some point in the future.
i. Records relating to overpayments made to annuitants, survivor
annuitants, spouses and/or dependents. These records may be retained in
OPM or provided to the Department of the Treasury, pursuant to the Debt
Collection Act of 1996. There are two different systems applicable to
overpayments. The OPM financial management system uses the Social
Security Number (SSN) as part of the identifying information in the
record. The Debt Collection Act of 1996 requires agencies to turn over
all receivables more than 180 days past due to the Department of the
Treasury for all further collection activity. The SSN is one of the
required fields for transferring the record to the Department of the
Treasury. OPM may obtain the SSN from case files or requests made to
credit bureaus.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
Includes the following with any revisions or amendments:
Section 3301 and chapters 83, 84, 87, 89 of title 5, United States
Code, Pub. L. 83-598, 84-356, 86-724, and 94-455; and Executive Order
9397.
Purpose(s):
These records provide information and verification on which to base
entitlement and computation of CSRS and FERS benefits, CSRS and FERS
and survivors' benefits, FEHBP and enrollments, and FEGLI benefits, and
to withhold State income taxes from annuitant payments. These records
may also be used to compute CSRS and FERS benefit estimates. These
records also serve to review rejection of applicants for Federal
employment on medical suitability grounds. These records also may be
used to locate individuals for personnel research. These records also
provide information and verification concerning enrollment/change in
enrollment in a plan under the FEHBP
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
a. For Law Enforcement Purposes--To disclose pertinent information
to the appropriate Federal, State, or local agency responsible for
investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or implementing a statute, rule,
regulation, or order, where OPM becomes aware of an indication of a
violation or potential violation of civil or criminal law or
regulation.
b. For Certain Disclosures to Other Federal Agencies--To disclose
information to a Federal agency, in response to its request in
connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, the issuance of
a security clearance, the conducting of a suitability or security
investigation of an individual, the classifying of jobs, the letting of
a contract, or the issuance of a license, grant, or other benefit by
the requesting agency, to the extent that the information is relevant
and necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the matter.
c. For Congressional Inquiry--To provide information to a
congressional office from the record of an individual in response to an
inquiry from that congressional office made at the request of that
individual.
d. For Judicial/Administrative Proceedings--To disclose information
to another Federal agency, to a court, or a party in litigation before
a court or in an administrative proceeding being conducted by a Federal
agency, when the Government is a party to the judicial or
administrative proceeding. In those cases where the Government is not a
party to the proceeding, records may be disclosed if a subpoena has
been signed by a judge.
e. For National Archives and Records Administration--To disclose
information to the National Archives and Records Administration for use
in records management inspections.
f. Within OPM for Statistical/Analytical Studies--By OPM in 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 workforce studies. While published studies
do not contain individual identifiers, in some instances the selection
of elements of data included in the study may be structured in such a
way as to make the data individually identifiable by inference.
g. For Litigation--To disclose information to the Department of
Justice, or in a proceeding before a court, adjudicative body, or other
administrative body before which OPM is authorized to appear, when:
(1) OPM, or any component thereof; or
(2) Any employee of OPM in his or her official capacity; or
(3) Any employee of OPM in his or her individual capacity where the
Department of Justice or OPM has agreed to represent the employee; or
(4) The United States, when OPM determines that litigation is
likely to affect OPM or any of its components; is a party to litigation
or has an interest in such litigation, and the use of such records by
the Department of Justice or OPM is deemed by OPM to be relevant and
necessary to the litigation provided, however, that the disclosure is
compatible with the purpose for which records were collected.
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h. For the Merit Systems Protection Board--To disclose information
to officials of the Merit Systems Protection Board or the Office of the
Special Counsel, when requested in connection with appeals, special
studies of the civil service and other merit systems, review of OPM
rules and regulations, investigations of alleged or possible prohibited
personnel practices, and such other functions, e.g., as promulgated in
5 U.S.C. 1205 and 1206, or as may be authorized by law.
i. For the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)--To
disclose information to the EEOC when requested in connection with
investigations into alleged or possible discrimination practices in the
Federal sector, compliance by Federal agencies with the Uniform
Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures or other functions vested
in the Commission and to otherwise ensure compliance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 7201.
j. For the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)--To disclose
information to the FLRA or its General Counsel when requested in
connection with investigations of allegations of unfair labor practices
or matters before the Federal Service Impasses Panel.
k. For Non-Federal Personnel--To disclose information to private
organizations, contractors, grantees, volunteers, or other non-Federal
personnel performing or working on a project, contract, service, grant,
cooperative agreement, or job for, to the benefit of, or consistent
with the interests of the Federal Government when OPM has determined
that the use of that information is compatible with proper disclosure
and will benefit Federal employees, annuitants or their dependents,
survivors, and beneficiaries. To disclose information to contractors,
grantees, or volunteers performing or working on a contract, service,
grant, cooperative agreement, or job for the Federal Government.
l. To disclose, to the following recipients, information needed to
adjudicate a claim for benefits under OPM's or the recipient's benefits
program(s), or information needed to conduct an analytical study of
benefits being paid under such programs: Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs; Department of Veterans Affairs Pension Benefit
Program; Social Security Administration's Old Age, Survivor and
Disability Insurance and Medical Programs and Supplemental Security
Income Program; Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Department
of Defense; Railroad Retirement Board; military retired pay programs;
Federal civilian employee retirement programs (other than the CSRS or
FERS); or other national, State, county, municipal, or other publicly
recognized charitable or social security administrative agencies;
m. To disclose to the Office of Federal Employees Group Life
Insurance (OFEGLI) information necessary to verify the election,
declination, or waiver of regular and/or optional life insurance
coverage or eligibility for payment of a claim for life insurance.
n. To disclose to health insurance carriers contracting with OPM to
provide a health benefits plan under the FEHB, SSN, and other
information necessary to identify enrollment in a plan, to verify
eligibility for payment of a claim for health benefits, or to carry out
the coordination for benefits provisions of such contracts.
o. To disclose to any inquirer, if sufficient information is
provided to assure positive identification of an individual on whom a
department or agency maintains retirement or insurance records, the
fact that an individual is or is not on the retirement rolls, and if
so, the type of annuity (employment or survivor, but not retirement on
disability) being paid, or if not, whether a refund has been paid.
p. When an individual to whom a record pertains dies, to disclose
to any person possibly entitled in the order of precedence for lump-sum
benefits, information in the individual's record that might properly be
disclosed to the individual, and the name and relationship of any other
person whose claim for benefits takes precedence or who is entitled to
share the benefits payable. When a representative of the estate has not
been appointed, the individual's next of kin may be recognized as the
representative of the estate.
q. To disclose to the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the
Treasury, information as required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954,
as amended.
r. To disclose to the Department of Treasury information necessary
to issue benefit checks or savings bonds.
s. To disclose information to any person who is responsible for the
care of the individual to whom a record pertains, and who is found by a
court or OPM Contract Doctors to be incompetent or under other legal
disability, information necessary to assure payment of benefits to
which the individual is entitled.
t. To disclose to the Parent Locator Service of the Department of
Health and Human Services, upon its request, the present address of an
annuitant, or former employee, for enforcing child support obligations
against such individual.
u. In connection with an examination ordered by the agency under:
(1) Medical examination procedures; or
(2) Agency-filed disability retirement procedures.
To disclose to the agency-appointed representative of an employee
all notices, decisions, other written communications, or any pertinent
medical evidence other than medical evidence that a prudent physician
would hesitate to inform the individual of; such medical evidence will
be disclosed only to a licensed physician, designated in writing for
that purpose by the individual or his or her representative.
v. To disclose information to any source from which additional
information is requested relevant to OPM determination on an
individual's eligibility for or entitlement to coverage under the
retirement, life insurance, and health benefits program, to the extent
necessary to identify the individual and the type of information
requested.
w. To disclose information to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) at any stage of the legislative coordination and clearance
process in connection with private relief legislation as set forth in
OMB circular No. A-19.
x. To provide an official of another Federal agency information
needed in the performance of official duties related to reconciling or
reconstructing data files; compiling descriptive statistics; and making
analytical studies to support the function for which the records were
collected and maintained.
y. To disclose to a Federal agency, in response to its request,
the address of any annuitant or applicant for refund of retirement
deductions, if the agency requires that information to provide
consideration in connection with the collection of a debt due the
United States.
z. To disclose to an allottee, as defined in 5 CFR 831.1501, the
name, address, and the amount withheld from an annuitant's benefits,
pursuant to 5 CFR 831.1501 et seq. as an allotment to that allottee to
implement the program of voluntary allotments authorized by 5 U.S.C.
8345(h) or 8465.
aa. To disclose to a State agency responsible for the collection of
State income taxes the information required by an Agreement to
Implement State Income Tax Withholdings from Civil Service Annuities
entered pursuant to section 1705 of Pub. L. 97-35 or 5 U.S.C. 8469 to
implement the program of voluntary State income tax withholding
required by 5 U.S.C. 8345(k) or 8469.
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bb. To disclose to the Social Security Administration the SSN of
civil service annuitants to determine:
(1) Their vital status as shown in the Social Security Master
Records;
(2) Whether recipients of the minimum annuity are receiving at
least the Special Primary Insurance Amount benefit from the Social
Security Administration; and
(3) Whether civil service retirees with post-1956 military service
credit are receiving benefits from the Social Security Administration.
cc. To disclose information contained in the Retirement Annuity
Master File; including the name, SSN, date of birth, sex, OPM's claim
number, health benefit enrollment code, retirement date, retirement
code (type of retirement), annuity rate, pay status of case,
correspondence address, and ZIP code, of all Federal retirees and their
survivors to Federal agencies and requesting States to help eliminate
fraud and abuse in the benefit programs administered by the Federal
agencies and States (and those States to local governments) and to
collect debts and overpayments owed to the Federal Government, and to
State Governments and their components.
dd. To disclose to a Federal agency, a person or an organization
contracting with a Federal agency for rendering collection services
within the purview of section 13 of the Debt Collection Act of 1982, in
response to a written request from the head of the agency or his other
designee, or from the debt collection contractor, the following data
concerning an individual owing a debt to the Federal Government:
(1) The debtor's name, address, SSN, and other information
necessary to establish the identity of the individual;
(2) the amount, status, and history of the claim; and
(3) the agency or program under which the claim arose.
ee. To disclose information contained in the Retirement Annuity
Master File, upon written request, to State tax administration
agencies, for the express purpose of ensuring compliance with State tax
obligations by persons receiving benefits under the CSRS or the FERS
and to prevent fraud and abuse, but only the following data elements:
Name, correspondence address, date of birth, sex, SSN, annuity rate,
commencing date of benefits, and retirement code (type of retirement).
ff. To disclose information to a State court or administrative
agency in connection with a garnishment, attachment, or similar
proceeding to enforce an alimony or child support obligation.
gg. To disclose to a former spouse when necessary to explain how
that former spouse's benefit under 5 U.S.C. 8341(h), 8345(j), 8445, or
8467 was computed.
hh. To disclose to a Federal or State agency (or its agent) when
necessary to locate individuals who are owed money or property either
by a Federal agency, State or local agency, or by a financial
institution or similar institution.
ii. To disclose to a health plan participating in the FEHBP and to
an FEHBP enrollee or covered family member or an enrollee or covered
family member's authorized representative, in connection with the
review of a disputed claim for health benefits, from information
maintained within this system of records, the decision of OPM regarding
the disputed claim review.
jj. To disclose to a State or local government, or private
individual or association engaged in volunteer work, identifying and
address information and other pertinent facts, for the purpose of
developing an application as representative payee for an annuitant or
survivor annuitant who is mentally incompetent or under other legal
disability.
kk. To disclose on request to a spouse or dependent child (or
court-appointed guardian thereof) of a CSRS or FERS annuitant or an
annuitant of any other Federal retirement system enrolled in the FEHBP
whether the annuitant has changed from a self-and-family to a self-only
health benefits enrollment.
ll. To the Defense Manpower Data Center, Department of Defense, and
the U.S. Postal Service to conduct computer matching programs for the
purpose of identifying and locating individuals who are receiving
Federal salaries or benefit payments and are past due in their
repayment of debts owed to the U.S. Government under certain programs
administered by the OPM in order to collect the debts under the
provisions of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365) by
voluntary repayment, or by administrative or salary offset procedures.
mm. To any other Federal agency for the purpose of effecting
administrative or salary offset procedures against a person employed by
that agency or receiving or eligible to receive some benefit payments
from the agency when OPM as a creditor has a claim against that person.
nn. To disclose information concerning past due receivables to the
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, and to
any other debt collection center designated by the Secretary of the
Treasury, or any debt collection contractor for the purpose of
collecting the receivable by cross servicing in accordance with 31
U.S.C. 3711(M).
oo. To disclose information concerning past due receivables to the
Department of Justice for the purpose of litigating to enforce
collection of a past due account or to obtain the Department of
Justice's concurrence in a decision to compromise, suspend, or
terminate collection action on an overpayment with the principal amount
in excess of $100,000 or such higher amount as the Attorney General
may, from time to time, prescribe in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3711(a).
pp. To disclose information concerning past due receivables to the
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, or to
any other debt collection center designated by the Secretary of the
Treasury, or any other Federal agency for the purpose of collecting the
receivable through offset under 31 U.S.C. 3716 (administrative offset),
31 U.S.C. 3720A (Tax refund offset), 5 U.S.C. 5514 (Salary offset), or
offset under any other statutory or common law authority.
qq. To disclose information concerning overpayees in arrears to
other Federal agencies for the purpose of implementing 31 U.S.C. 3720B,
which prohibits persons who are past due on Federal debts from
obtaining Federal financial assistance in the form of loans or loan
insurance or guaranties.
rr. To disclose information concerning past due receivables to any
employer of the debtor for the purpose of conducting administrative
wage garnishment pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3720D.
ss. To disclose information or publicly disseminate information
concerning overpayees in arrears and the debt to the public for the
purpose of publicly disseminating information regarding the identity of
the debtor pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3720B.
tt. To disclose information concerning past due receivables to
State and local governments in an effort to collect monies owed the
Federal government.
uu. To disclose information concerning past due receivables to the
Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of: Effecting an
administrative offset against the individual's income tax refund to
recover monies owed the Federal government by the individual, or
obtaining the mailing address of a taxpayer in order to locate the
individual to collect or compromise a Federal receivable against the
taxpayer in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3717, 3728, and 3718 and 26
U.S.C. 6103(m)(2) and 6402.
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vv. To disclose information concerning past due receivables to any
person or for any debt collection purpose authorized by statue not
specifically enumerated here.
ww. To provide an official of another Federal agency information
needed in the performance of official duties related to retirement,
federal employee health, and/or federal employee life insurance
benefits counseling.
xx. To authorized agencies, entities, and persons when:
(1) OPM suspects or has confirmed that the security or
confidentiality of information in the system of records has been
compromised;
(2) OPM 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 other systems or programs (whether
maintained by OPM 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 OPM's efforts to
respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize,
or remedy such harm.
Disclosures to consumer reporting agencies:
Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12): Disclosures may be
made from this system to consumer reporting agencies as defined in the
Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)) or the Federal Claims
Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)) Policies and practices
for storing, retrieving, retaining and disposing of records in the
system:
Storage:
These records are maintained on secured LAN drives, databases,
mainframes, magnetic tapes, disks, microfiche, and in folders.
Retrievability:
These records are retrieved by the name, SSN, date of birth and/or
claim number of the individual to whom they pertain.
Safeguards:
Records are kept in lockable metal file cabinets or in a secured
facility with access limited to those whose official duties require
access. Systems storing electronic data undergo system certification &
accreditation processes and follow other appropriate federal security
standards. Transfer of data to and from this system of record occurs
over secure connections using encryption when appropriate. Personnel
screening is employed to prevent unauthorized disclosure.
Retention and disposal:
All records on a claim for retirement, life insurance, health
benefits, and tax withholdings are maintained permanently in paper and/
or electronic imaged format. Medical suitability records are maintained
for 18 months. Requests for review of health benefits claims are
maintained up to 3 years. Disposal of manual records is by shredding or
burning; magnetic tapes and discs are erased.
System manager(s) and address:
Deputy Associate Director, Center for Retirement and Insurance
Services, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20415-0001.
Records Access Procedures:
Individuals wishing to access their own records online through Your
Benefits Resource (YBR) must follow a two-step identification and
authorization process. Individuals must provide personal identifiers
and/or a system user id for identification followed by a system
password and/or personal indicative data for authentication.
OPM and Other Agency Access Procedures:
Designated OPM, agency, and shared service center employees may be
granted a defined level of access to other participants' records in
this system for the purpose of performing official duties related to
retirement, federal employee health, and/or federal employee life
insurance benefits counseling. Those granted access to other
participants' records must furnish their user identifying information
and authentication information to obtain access.
Individual Access Procedures:
Individuals wishing to request access to their records in this
system should contact the system manager. Individuals must furnish the
following information for their records to be located and identified:
a. Name, including all former names.
b. Date of birth.
c. SSN.
d. Name and address of office in which currently and/or formerly
employed in the Federal service.
e. Annuity, service credit, or voluntary contributions account
number, if assigned.
Individuals requesting access must also follow OPM's Privacy Act
regulations on verification of identity and access to records (5 CFR
part 297).
Contesting record procedure:
Individuals wishing to request amendment of their records in this
system that are originated by OPM should contact the system manager.
Individuals must furnish the following information for their
records to be located and identified:
a. Name, including all former names.
b. Date of birth.
c. SSN.
d. Name and address of office in which currently and/or formerly
employed in the Federal service.
e. Annuity, service credit, or voluntary contributions account
number, if assigned.
Individuals requesting amendment of their records must also follow
OPM's Privacy Act regulations regarding verification of identity and
amendment of records (5 CFR part 297).
Individuals requesting amendment of records that were not
originated by OPM must contact the agency that established the record
in accordance with (5 CFR 831.102 and 841.106).
Record source categories:
The information in this system is obtained from:
a. The individual to whom the information pertains.
b. Agency pay, leave, and allowance records.
c. National Personnel Records Center.
d. Federal civilian retirement systems other than the CSRS/FERS.
e. Military retired pay system records.
f. Office of Workers' Compensation Benefits Program.
g. Veteran's Administration Pension Benefits Program.
h. Social Security Old Age, Survivor, and Disability Insurance and
Medicare Programs.
i. Health insurance carriers and plans participating in the FEHBP.
j. OFEGLI.
k. Official Personnel Folders.
l. The individual's co-workers and supervisors.
m. Physicians who have examined or treated the individual.
n. Former spouse of the individual.
o. State courts or support enforcement agencies.
p. Credit bureaus.
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