Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Issuing agencies

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of General Counsel/External Civil Rights Compliance Office (OGC/ECRCO) is giving notice that it proposes to modify a system of records pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. External Compliance Case Tracking System (EXCATS) is being modified to accurately notify the public about the change of administrative location of the EXCATS from its former administrative location, the Office of the Administrator, to the Office of the General Counsel, effective, December 2016. EXCATS is also being modified to support and enhance the discrimination complaint process, including the investigation and resolution of complaints, and to provide for a discrimination complaint form to enable the public to file electronically discrimination complaints directly to the EXCATS. The purpose of EXCATS is to assist OGC/ECRCO in collecting and maintaining case-related information and provide the EPA OGC/ECRCO with the ability to more effectively manage program information needs and integrate the office's various business processes. The EXCATS assists OGC/ECRCO in the collection and maintenance of compliance-related data and other information needed by the OGC/ECRCO to complete case investigation and resolution activities and issue civil rights-related determinations.