Notice2023-12140
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
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Published
June 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
VA is rescinding a system of records entitled, "All Employee Survey-VA" (160VA10A2) as set forth in the Federal Register. This system was used for applied managerial as well as scientific statistical analysis of employee satisfaction on quality and quantity of work, personal safety, promotion and training opportunity, fair and equitable treatment, and work/family balance.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37314-37315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12140]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Rescindment of a system of records notice.
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SUMMARY: VA is rescinding a system of records entitled, ``All Employee
Survey-VA'' (160VA10A2) as set forth in the Federal Register. This
system was used for applied managerial as well as scientific
statistical analysis of employee satisfaction on quality and quantity
of work, personal safety, promotion and training opportunity, fair and
equitable treatment, and work/family balance.
DATES: The system was discontinued on September 1, 2012. Comments on
this rescinded system of records must be received no later than 30 days
after date of publication in the Federal Register. If no public comment
is received during the period allowed for comment or unless otherwise
published in the Federal Register by VA, the rescindment will become
effective a minimum of 30 days after date of publication in the Federal
Register. If VA receives public comments, VA shall review the comments
to determine whether any changes to the notice are necessary.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">www.Regulations.gov</a> or
mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, (005X6F),
Washington, DC 20420. Comments should indicate that they are submitted
in response to ``All Employee Survey-VA'' (160VA10A2). Comments
received will be available at <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> for public viewing,
inspection or copies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephania Griffin, Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9dcee9f8edf5fcf3f4fcb3daeff4fbfbf4f3ddebfcb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="22715647524a434c4b430c65504b44444b4c6254430c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone (704) 245-2492 (Note: this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Categories of individuals covered by the
system were all VA employees. Records were maintained on the server
with a backup copy on compact disk in the VHA National Center for
Organization Development (NCOD) Program Office, 11500 Northlake Drive,
Suite 260, Cincinnati, OH 45249.
This system of records notice is being rescinded since the All
Employee
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Survey (AES) system does not use personal identifiers that can be
connected to individuals. The de-identified, completely anonymized
version of the older AES data is retained on the NCOD server behind the
VA firewall. These versions will be retained indefinitely given their
archival value as sources of establishing historical trends of VA
employee perceptions, if needed or requested by VA leadership.
Currently, the new vendor and system for AES does not use individual
identifiers. Both the older AES system as well as the newer AES system
do not use identifiers for individuals. Survey responses can not be
used to identify specific individuals; therefore, a system of records
is not required. Since there is no records retention schedule for any
AES records, AES records will continue to be maintained indefinitely
until scheduled.
Signing Authority
The Senior Agency Official for Privacy, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Kurt D.
DelBene, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief
Information Officer, approved this document on May 31, 2023 for
publication.
Dated: June 2, 2023.
Amy L. Rose,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Information Security,
Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
``All Employee Survey-VA'' 160VA10A2.
HISTORY:
75 FR 3787 (January 22, 2010) and 78 FR 36035 (June 14, 2013).
[FR Doc. 2023-12140 Filed 6-6-23; 8:45 am]
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