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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 24 / Monday, February 8, 2021 / Notices ACTION:

Notice of modified system of
records.
The Government Accountability Office GAO proposes to revise its system of personnel records under its privacy regulations, Privacy Procedures for Personnel Records. This system of records encompasses records collected, maintained, used and disseminated in the course of conducting GAO human capital management activities. Further, this notice is intended to notify individuals about personally identifiable information PII maintained in this system of records and the manner in which that information is maintained and protected.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 10, 2021. Unless comments are received that would result in a contrary determination, this revised system of records will become effective thereafter.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Government Accountability Office, Chief Agency Privacy Officer, Room 1127, 441 G St. NW, Washington, DC
20548, or by email to records@gao.gov.
Please include reference to Comment:
Human Capital System of Records at the top of a comment letter or in the subject line of an email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the management of personally identifiable information PII
maintained in this system of records, contact Sonya R. Johnson, Records and Privacy Office, Infrastructure Operations, Government Accountability Office, Room 1127, 441 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20548; 2025129576;
email, records@gao.gov. For information about GAO privacy protections, contact the Chief Agency Privacy Officer, Government Accountability Office, Room 1127, 441 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20548; email, records@gao.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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Background A. GAO. GAO is an independent, nonpartisan legislative branch agency that examines government activities and provides analyses, recommendations, and other assistance to help Congress in making sound oversight, policy, and funding decisions. As a legislative branch agency, GAO is not subject to the privacy and information security laws applicable to executive branch agencies, such as the Privacy Act of 1974 Privacy Act, Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 FISMA, the E-Government Act of 2002 EGovernment Act, and Office of Management and Budget OMB and
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National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST guidance issued under those laws. Nonetheless, it is GAO policy to conduct its activities, to the maximum extent practicable, in a manner consistent with the spirit of the laws and guidance generally applicable to the executive branch agencies.
Accordingly, as a matter of policy, GAO
has established an agency-wide privacy program. Notwithstanding the similarities between GAOs privacy program and information security laws, regulations, or policies applicable to executive branch agencies, GAOs application of, or compliance with, those laws, regulations, or policies shall not be interpreted as controlling legal authorities over GAO.
GAOs regulations at 4 CFR part 83, Privacy Procedures for Personnel Records, provide the basis for this notice.
B. Human Capital System of Records.
The Human Capital System of Records, managed by GAOs Human Capital Office, is a series of systems comprised of information collected and maintained in the course of activities relating to hiring and separation management; pay, benefits, and performance management;
and related talent management activities. The system of records includes GAO-operated systems which track employee performance reviews, compile GAO employee contact information, maintain GAO staffs Federal employment information over the course of their career, and record time and attendance for GAO
employees.
GAO Human Capital Management information is also maintained and managed in systems of records operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Treasury hereafter shared service providers, and by contractors supporting these agencies. USDAs National Finance Center NFC provides payroll processing-related services.
Treasury operates an automated human resources system, HRConnect, to support human capital management activities in Treasury and other Federal agencies through cross-servicing agreements.
Authorized GAO employees access human capital information maintained in GAO systems and in systems maintained by GAOs shared service providers and their contractors.
Information is securely transmitted to and from GAO and its shared service providers and their contractors as necessary to support agreed-upon human capital management activities e.g., employment application processing, recruiting, hiring, pay,
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promotions, employee awards processing, and compiling reports.
Privacy protections for GAO
information maintained by contractors of shared service providers are provided under contracts between the shared service providers and their contractors.
Privacy risks, and steps taken to mitigate such risks, associated with the use of information systems to collect, maintain, and disseminate this information have been evaluated in privacy impact assessments conducted by both GAO and the applicable shared service provider. The text of GAOs human capital management system of records is set forth below.
For a description of the protections provided by USDA/NFC and Treasury, see the following: Treasury Privacy Act System of Records Notice, 81 FR 78266;
USDA/NFC Privacy Act System of Records Notice, USDA/OP1; OPM
Privacy Act System of Records Notice for General Personnel Records, 77 FR
73694.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:

Government Accountability Office, Human Capital Management System of Records.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

This system of records contains no classified information.
SYSTEM LOCATION:

Information maintained in this system of records is located at GAO
headquarters in Washington, DC, and GAO field offices. Major service providers and their systems are: USDAs National Finance Center NFC, which provides payroll processing-related services; and the Treasury-operated HRConnect, which is an automated human resources system that supports Federal human capital management activities. GAO human capital information maintained by contractors of those shared service providers is maintained at information processing facilities under the control of those contractors.
SYSTEM MANAGERS:

The GAO official responsible for this system of records is the Chief Human Capital Officer, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Room 1193, 441
G St. NW, Washington, DC, 20548.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Section 711 of title 31, United States Code; General Authority of the Comptroller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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