A.I.D. 19 – Travel and Transportation Records
Systems of Records Notice
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A.I.D.--19
System name: Travel and Transportation Records.
System location: Central records located in A.I.D. Washington
Headquarters. Decentralized records maintained in various Washington
offices and offices abroad having responsibilities for initiating
requests for travel or transportation of things. Travel Advance
Control History File for Automated Files: Office of Data Management,
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Travel Advance, Employee
Case File: Employee Services Division, Office of the Controller, 1875
Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. See appendix A for actual
location of these offices.
Categories of individuals covered by the system: A.I.D. employees
and their dependents, individuals whose travel is sponsored or paid
for by A.I.D., and visitors to A.I.D. offices abroad.
Categories of records in the system: - Central Records: Travel
authorizations; itineraries; government bills of lading; government
transportation requests; card file pertaining to passports, travel
and shipment of effects; and correspondence.
- Decentralized Records: Copies of documents maintained in the
central records; export/import permits; baggage declarations; customs
declarations; passports and records of applications for visas; travel
advance requests; arrival and departure notices; record of clearances
prior to departure from post abroad; packing lists and information on
meetings abroad including meeting schedules and biographical sketch
of attendees.
- Travel Advance, Employee Case File: A manual file containing
copies of travel authorizations and related paid vouchers and
correspondence.
- Travel Advance Control History File: Automated file containing
name, social security account number, appropriation code, date
issued, advance issued and advance outstanding.
Authority for maintenance of the system: Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 as amended, esp. section 621, 636(a) and (b); Foreign Service
Act of 1946 as amended, section 911; and Chapter 57, 5 U.S.C.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses: To commercial
travel, transportation and shipping companies and agents for making
travel, transportation and shipping arrangements.
To U.S. Treasury for payment of bills and vouchers.
To U.S. Dispatch Agents to arrange shipment and clearance of
effects.
To law enforcement agencies, U.S. Government agencies, courts,
the Department of State, foreign governments and international
agencies, and Members of Congress, for the purposes set forth in the
Statement of General Routine Uses immediately preceding these
specific notices of systems of records.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage: Paper copy in file folder.
Retrievability: Individual's name or other personal identifier.
Safeguards: Biographic information and passports kept in metal
cabinets with three way combination lock. Other records kept in areas
with access limited to those whose official duties require access.
Retention and disposal: Retained for four years and then destroyed
by shredding or burning.
System manager(s) and address: - Central Records: Director,
Office of Management Operations, Agency for International
Development, 320 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20523.
- Decentralized Records: Administrative and Executive officers
and office supervisors in A.I.D. Washington offices and offices
abroad. See Appendix A for actual location of offices.
- Travel Advance, Employee Case File: Chief, Central Accounts
Division, Office of the Controller, 1875 Conneticut Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC.
- Travel Advance Control History File: Chief, Information
Management Division, Office of Data Management, 1875 Connecticut
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
Notification procedure: Requests by individuals concerning the
existence of a record may be addressed to:
Director
Office of Personnel and Manpower (SER/PM)
Attn: Privacy Liaison Officer
Agency for International Development
320 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20523
or presented in person at State Annex 2, 515 22nd Street NW,
Washington, DC 20523.
For offices abroad, to the Privacy Liaison Officer at the
applicable address in appendix A.
Information Required: Individual's name, place and date of birth.
The determination as to the existence of a record will be facilitated
by the provision of the individual's Social Security number and dates
and places of service.
Record access procedures: Requests from individuals should be
addressed or presented in person to the same addresses as stated in
the Notification Section above.
Requests should be accompanied by information sufficient to
identify the individual pursuant to Sec. 215.4(c) or (d) of the
Agency's Regulations as published in this issue of the Federal
Register.
Contesting record procedures: Written requests from individuals to
amend their record should be mailed or presented in person to the
same addresses as stated in the Notification Section above.
Requests for review of a refusal to amend a record should be made
in writing and mailed or delivered to:
Administrator
Agency for International Development
320 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20523
ATTENTION: Executive Secretary--Privacy Review Request.
Both the envelope and the letter should be clearly marked
Attention. Executive Secretary--Privacy Review Request.
Record source categories: The individual concerned and A.I.D.
employees acting in their official capacities.
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