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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Individuals who plan to attend in 

person and who require special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact Laura 

E. Sinram, Secretary and Clerk, at (202) 

694–1040 or secretary@fec.gov, at least 

72 hours prior to the meeting date. 

(Authority: Government in the Sunshine Act, 

5 U.S.C. 552b) 

Vicktoria J. Allen, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is given 

that the Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) 

proposes to modify an existing system 

of records, entitled BGFRS–26, ‘‘FRB— 

Employee Relations Records.’’ BGFRS– 

26 includes written communications 

and related documents involved in 

adjusting work-related problems, 

including records such as interpersonal 

and organizational conflicts and related 

documentation. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 11, 2023. This new 

system of records will become effective 

October 11, 2023, without further 

notice, unless comments dictate 

otherwise. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), which has oversight 

responsibility under the Privacy Act, 

requires a 30-day period prior to 

publication in the Federal Register in 

which to review the system and to 

provide any comments to the agency. 

The public is then given a 30-day period 

in which to comment, in accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11). 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by BGFRS–26 ‘‘FRB— 

Employee Relations Records,’’ by any of 

the following methods: 

• Agency Website: https://

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

foia/proposedregs.aspx. 

• Email: regs.comments@

federalreserve.gov. Include SORN name 

and number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20551. 

In general, all public comments will 

be made available on the Board’s 

website at https://

www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/ 

foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, 

and will not be modified to remove 

confidential, contact or any identifiable 

information. Public comments may also 

be viewed electronically or in paper in 

Room M–4365A, 2001 C St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20551, between 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during federal 

business weekdays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David B. Husband, Senior Counsel, 

(202) 530–6270, or david.b.husband@

frb.gov; Legal Division, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, 20th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551. 

For users of telephone systems via text 

telephone (TTY) or any TTY-based 

Telecommunications Relay Services, 

please call 711 from any telephone 

anywhere in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

is modifying this system of records to 

reflect internal changes in Board 

employment programs and processes, 

changes to the Board’s job 

classifications, and to include ‘‘common 

law employees’’ as a type of employee 

covered by the system. To reflect these 

changes, the Board has updated the 

system manager, the categories of 

individuals covered by the system, the 

categories of records in the system, and 

the record source categories. The Board 

is incorporating a link to the Board’s 

general routine uses and is not 

amending or establishing any new 

routine uses. 

The Board is also making technical 

changes to BGFRS–26 consistent with 

the template laid out in OMB Circular 

No. A–108. Accordingly, the Board has 

made technical corrections and nonsubstantive language revisions to the 

following categories: ‘‘Policies and 

Practices for Storage of Records,’’ 

‘‘Policies and Practices for Retrieval of 

Records,’’ ‘‘Policies and Practices for 

Retention and Disposal of Records,’’ 

‘‘Administrative, Technical and 

Physical Safeguards,’’ ‘‘Record Access 

Procedures,’’ ‘‘Contesting Record 

Procedures,’’ and ‘‘Notification 

Procedures.’’ The Board has also created 

the following new fields: ‘‘Security 

Classification’’ and ‘‘History.’’ 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

BGFRS–26 ‘‘FRB—Employee 

Relations Records’’. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20551. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Kevin May, Manager—Employee 

Relations, People, Strategy, and 

Operations, Division of Management, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20551, (202) 973–7339, or 

kevin.j.may@frb.gov. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Sections 10 and 11 of the Federal 

Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 244 and 248). 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

These records are collected and 

maintained to assist the Board in 

administering its personnel functions, 

and to assist employees in resolving 

work-related issues. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Past and present Board employees 

with work-related issues that involve 

the Employee Relations function. 

Employee means all full-time and parttime employees, student aides, office 

assistants, student interns, co-op 

employees, common-law employees, 

and those serving in term-limited 

positions. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

This system contains written 

communications and related documents 

involved in addressing issues and 

complaints brought to the Employee 

Relations function. Such documents 

include, but are not limited to, 

employee complaints about 

management practices, requests for 

conflict resolution services or trainings 

and related documentation, informal 

performance counseling, summaries of 

findings in EEO, OIG, and related 

matters, and related resolution/outcome 

documentation of general employee 

relations cases. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information is provided by the 

individual to whom the record pertains; 

individuals pertinent to the 


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investigation/resolution/outcome of the 

matter (including witnesses); the 

individual’s managers and officers; the 

Office of Diversity & Inclusion and the 

Office of Inspector General (report of 

findings); and employees and officers in 

the People, Strategy, and Operations 

function of the Board. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

General routine uses A, B, C, D, E, F, 

G, H, I, and J apply to this system. These 

general routine uses are located at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/ 

SORN-page-general-routine-uses-ofboard-systems-of-records.pdf and are 

published in the Federal Register at 83 

FR 43872 at 43873–74 (August 28, 

2018). Records may also be used to 

disclose information to any source from 

which additional information is 

requested (to the extent necessary to 

identify the individual, inform the 

source of the purpose(s) of the request, 

and to identify the type of information 

requested), when necessary to obtain 

information relevant to a Board decision 

to hire or retain an employee, issue a 

security clearance, conduct a security or 

suitability investigation of an 

individual, classify jobs, let a contract, 

or issue a license, grant, or other 

benefits. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Paper records in this system are 

stored in a secure room accessible only 

with a Board ID badge and access is 

limited to staff with a need to know. 

Electronic records are stored on a secure 

server with access limited to staff with 

a need to know. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records can be retrieved by the names 

of the individuals on whom they are 

maintained or by employee 

identification number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Employee relations case files are 

retained for seven years after the case is 

closed or final settlement on appeal, as 

appropriate. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Paper records are stored in a secure 

room accessible only with a Board ID 

badge and access is limited to staff with 

a need to know. Electronic files are 

stored on secure servers that have the 

ability to track individual user actions 

within the systems. The audit and 

accountability controls are based on 

NIST and Board standards which, in 

turn, are based on applicable laws and 

regulations. The controls assist in 

detecting security violations and 

performance or other issues in the 

system. Access to the system is 

restricted to authorized users within the 

Board who require access for official 

business purposes. Users are classified 

into different roles and common access 

and usage rights are established for each 

role. User roles are used to delineate 

between the different types of access 

requirements such that users are 

restricted to data that is required in the 

performance of their duties. Periodic 

assessments and reviews are conducted 

to determine whether users still require 

access, have the appropriate role, and 

whether there have been any 

unauthorized changes. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

The Privacy Act allows individuals 

the right to access records maintained 

about them in a Board system of 

records. Your request for access must: 

(1) contain a statement that the request 

is made pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974; (2) provide either the name of the 

Board system of records expected to 

contain the record requested or a 

concise description of the system of 

records; (3) provide the information 

necessary to verify your identity; and (4) 

provide any other information that may 

assist in the rapid identification of the 

record you seek. 

Current or former Board employees 

may make a request for access by 

contacting the Board office that 

maintains the record. The Board 

handles all Privacy Act requests as both 

a Privacy Act request and as a Freedom 

of Information Act request. The Board 

does not charge fees to a requestor 

seeking to access or amend his/her 

Privacy Act records. 

You may submit your Privacy Act 

request to the—Secretary of the Board, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20551. 

You may also submit your Privacy Act 

request electronically by filling out the 

required information at: https://

foia.federalreserve.gov/. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Privacy Act allows individuals to 

seek amendment of information that is 

erroneous, irrelevant, untimely, or 

incomplete and is maintained in a 

system of records that pertains to them. 

To request an amendment to your 

record, you should clearly mark the 

request as a ‘‘Privacy Act Amendment 

Request.’’ You have the burden of proof 

for demonstrating the appropriateness of 

the requested amendment and you must 

provide relevant and convincing 

evidence in support of your request. 

Your request for amendment must: (1) 

provide the name of the specific Board 

system of records containing the record 

you seek to amend; (2) identify the 

specific portion of the record you seek 

to amend; (3) describe the nature of and 

reasons for each requested amendment; 

(4) explain why you believe the record 

is not accurate, relevant, timely, or 

complete; and (5) unless you have 

already done so in a related Privacy Act 

request for access or amendment, 

provide the necessary information to 

verify your identity. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Same as ‘‘Access procedures’’ above. 

You may also follow this procedure in 

order to request an accounting of 

previous disclosures of records 

pertaining to you as provided for by 5 

U.S.C. 552a(c). 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

This SORN was previously published 

in the Federal Register at 73 FR 24984 

at (May 6, 2008). The SORN was also 

amended to incorporate two new 

routine uses required by OMB at 83 FR 

43872 (August 28, 2018). 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Ann Misback, 

Secretary of the Board. 

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BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is given 

that the Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) 

proposes to modify an existing system 

of records, entitled BGFRS–29, ‘‘FRB— 

Benefits Records.’’ This system of 

records contains records necessary to 

administer and maintain the Board’s 

benefits programs and to assist in 

personnel management. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 11, 2023. This new 

system of records will become effective 


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