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Office of Special Counsel at 1730 M 

Street NW., Suite 218, Washington, DC 

20036–4505 or online through the OSC 

Web site—http://www.osc.gov. 

Retaliation for Engaging in Protected 

Activity 

A Federal agency cannot retaliate 

against an employee or applicant 

because that individual exercises his or 

her rights under any of the Federal 

antidiscrimination or whistleblower 

protection laws listed above. If you 

believe that you are the victim of 

retaliation for engaging in protected 

activity, you must follow, as 

appropriate, the procedures described in 

the Antidiscrimination Laws and 

Whistleblower Protection Laws sections 

or, if applicable, the administrative or 

negotiated grievance procedures in 

order to pursue any legal remedy. 

Disciplinary Actions 

Under the existing laws, each agency 

retains the right, where appropriate, to 

discipline a Federal employee for 

conduct that is inconsistent with 

Federal Antidiscrimination and 

Whistleblower Protection Laws up to 

and including removal. If OSC has 

initiated an investigation under 5 U.S.C. 

1214, however, according to 5 U.S.C. 

1214(f), agencies must seek approval 

from the Special Counsel to discipline 

employees for, among other activities, 

engaging in prohibited retaliation. 

Nothing in the No FEAR Act alters 

existing laws or permits an agency to 

take unfounded disciplinary action 

against a Federal employee or to violate 

the procedural rights of a Federal 

employee who has been accused of 

discrimination. 

Additional Information 

For further information regarding the 

No FEAR Act regulations, refer to 5 CFR 

part 724, or contact the Office of Equal 

Opportunity and Diversity, 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 

8157D, Washington, DC 20220, (202) 

622–1160. Additional information 

regarding Federal antidiscrimination, 

whistleblower protection and retaliation 

laws can be found at the EEOC Web 

site—http://www.eeoc.gov and the OSC 

Web site—http://www.osc.gov. 

Existing Rights Unchanged 

Pursuant to section 205 of the No 

FEAR Act, neither the Act nor this 

notice creates, expands or reduces any 

rights otherwise available to any 

employee, former employee or applicant 

under the laws of the United States, 

including the provisions of law 

specified in 5 U.S.C. 2302(d). 

U.S. Department of the Treasury. 

Dated: March 28, 2007. 

Wesley T. Foster, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Privacy Act of 1974: Computer 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of Matching Program. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended, and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching 

Programs, notice is hereby given of the 

conduct of the Internal Revenue Service 

matching of systems of records 

Treasury/IRS 36.003 General Personnel 

and Payroll and Treasury .010 

Telephone Call Detail Records. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice will 

be effective May 4, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed to 

ACIO, Enterprise Networks; OS:CIO:EN 

1111 Constiution Avenue, NW., 

Washington DC, 20224. Mailstop 3137. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda N. Carroll, Project Manager, 

Telecommunications Asset Tool (TAT), 

OS:CIO:EN:P:V, Internal Revenue 

Service, (202) 283–4680. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

matching process is needed for the 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Enterprise Networks, Waste, Fraud, and 

Abuse initiative to automatically match 

long distance telephone and calling card 

call detail records/data to employee 

making the call(s) and match to the 

manager of that respective employee by 

using the Telecommunications Asset 

Tool (TAT), Corporate Authoritative 

Directory Services (CADS), and the 

Calling Card Ordering System (CCOS). 

Members of the public desiring specific 

information concerning an ongoing 

matching activity may request a copy of 

the applicable computer matching 

agreement at the address provided 

above. 

Name of Source Agency: Internal 

Revenue Service. 

Name of Recipient Agency: Internal 

Revenue Service. 

Purpose: The purpose of this program 

is to prevent or reduce waste, fraud, and 

abuse while protecting the privacy 

interest of the subjects of the match. 

Authority: 5 CFR part 2635, Standards 

of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the 

Executive Branch; 5 CFR part 3101, 

Supplemental Standards of Ethical 

Conduct for Employees of the Treasury 

Department Treasury Supplemental 

Standards (§§ 3101.101–3191, 107, the 

Treasury Employee Rules of Conduct). 

In the past several years the Service 

has been increasingly challenged to 

ensure that all resources are used as 

efficiently as possible. 

Telecommunications expenditures are 

one of the largest items in the Service’s 

budget and continue to be an area 

warranting increased scrutiny due to the 

steady and dramatic rise in 

telecommunications usage and cost. On 

September 25, 2001, in partnership with 

the National Treasury Employees Union 

(NTEU), the Service entered into an 

agreement to implement a new system 

for reviewing telecommunications 

usage. 

A major purpose of the TAT is to 

provide a system of checks and balances 

that directly address the integrity of the 

data. The call detail data has been 

derived from Sprint billing data 

received monthly and used to build the 

call detail database. The new agencywide TAT review process will 

concentrate on two areas: (1) Potential 

waste, fraud, and abuse of 

telecommunications resources; and (2) 

lost personnel productivity based on 

excessive time devoted to personal 

telephone calls. TAT provides data on 

100% of call detail records, including 

long distance telephone calls and 

calling card calls. TAT is the tool for 

managing telecommunications 

expenditures and for identifying waste, 

fraud, and abuse. Additionally, 

managers can request ad hoc reports 

detailing calls from office telephones or 

calling cards if the manager suspects 

potential problems related to these 

services. The IRS is the only Federal 

agency that provides and uses the data. 

Categories of individuals covered in 

the match: All IRS employees and IRS 

contractors who have a security 

clearance and are assigned a Standard 

Employee Identifier (SEID). 

Categories of records covered in the 

match: Personnel/Payroll and 

Telephone Call Detail records from the 

following Privacy Act systems of 

records: 

A. Treasury/IRS 36.003 General 

Personnel and Payroll Data 

CADS data to be used in the matching 

program: Standard Employee Identifier 

(SEID), Employee Name, Manager 

Name, Organizational Symbols, 

Building/Room Number, Business 

Office Address, Employee Telephone 

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B. Treasury/IRS 36.003 General 

Personnel and Payroll Data 

CCOS data to be used in the matching 

program: Standard Employee Identifier 

(SEID), Employee Name, Manager 

Name, Organizational Symbols, 

Building/Room Number, Business 

Office Address, Calling Card Number. 

C. Treasury .010 Telephone Call 

Detail Records 

TAT data to be used in the matching 

program: Date, Time, Originating 

Telephone Number, Originating Access, 

Terminating Telephone Number, 

Terminating City/State, Terminating 

Access, Minutes, Conference Call 

Cancellation Charge, Calling Card 

Number, Tax and Total Cost. 

The telephone number or calling card 

data from the TAT process will be 

matched with CADS or CCOS database 

to identify the employee assigned to the 

respective telephone number/calling 

card and identify the manager to whom 

the employee is assigned. Once the 

manager is identified, the respective/ 

applicable call detail report(s) are 

generated. 

Beginning and completion dates: The 

matches are conducted on an ongoing 

basis in accordance with the terms of 

the computer matching agreement in 

effect between the parties as approved 

by the Treasury Data Integrity Board. 

The term of this agreement is expected 

to cover the 18-month period beginning 

March 1, 2007 and ending August 31, 

2008. 

Ninety days prior to expiration of the 

agreement, the parties to the agreement 

may request a 12-month extension in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(o). 

Dated: March 28, 2007. 

Wesley T. Foster, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Management. 

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