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HISTORY: 

76 FR 44888, July 27, 2011. 

Celida Ann Malone, 

Government Privacy Task Lead. 

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BILLING CODE 6116–01–P 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Agency for International 

Development (USAID). 

ACTION: Notice of modified Privacy Act 

system of records. 

SUMMARY: The Agency for International 

Development (USAID) is issuing public 

notice of its intent to modify its system 

of records entitled USAID—008– 

Personnel Security and Suitability 

Investigations Records, last published in 

the Federal Register on May 1, 2013, in 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended. USAID is updating 

this system of records to provide 

clarification on the routine uses; and 

update the addresses for the location of 

the system. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

10 June 2022. This modified system of 

records will be effective 10 June 2022 

upon publication. The Routine Uses are 

effective at the close of the comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments: 

Electronic 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions on the website for 

submitting comments. 

• Email: Privacy@usaid.gov. 

Paper 

• Fax: 202–916–4946. 

• Mail: Chief Privacy Officer, United 

States Agency for International 

Development, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20523. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Celida A. Malone, USAID Privacy 

Program at United States Agency for 

International Development, Bureau for 

Management, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Information 

Assurance Division: ATTN: USAID 

Privacy Program, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20523, or 

by phone number at 202–916–4605. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USAID is 

proposing to modify its Personnel 

Security and Suitability Investigations 

Records SORN to update the system 

locations and enhance the descriptions 

of routine uses for records maintained 

in this system to provide further 

transparency into USAID’s 

recordkeeping and information sharing 

practices. The Personal Security and 

Suitability Investigations Records are 

maintained by the USAID Office of 

Security (SEC). SEC has been charged 

with providing security services to 

protect USAID personnel and facilities, 

safeguard national security information, 

and promote and preserve personal 

integrity. SEC receives investigative 

authority from the Director of National 

Intelligence and the Office of Personnel 

Management to conduct personnel 

security investigations for USAID and 

all other Federal Agencies/Departments 

permitted under the delegation. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER

Personnel Security and Suitability 

Investigations Records, USAID–008. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Classified—Secret. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records covered by this system are 

maintained at the following locations: 

(Paper) USAID Office of Security, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 

20523; (Electronic copies) AWS East 

Ashburn, 21155 Smith Switch Road, 

Ashburn, VA, USA and AWS West 

Oregon, 73575 Lewis & Clark Drive 

Boarman, Oregon, 97818. 

SYSTEM MANAGER: 

Director of the Office of Security, 

United States Agency for International 

Development: Office of Security, RRB, 

Suite 2.06–A, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW, Washington, DC 20523. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

(FAA), as amended; Executive Order 

10450: Security requirements for 

Government Employment; Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive 12 

(HSPD–12): Policy for a Common 

Identification Standard for Federal 

Employees and Contractors; Executive 

Order 12968: Access to Classified 

Information; Executive Order 12333: 

United States Intelligence Activities; 

Executive Order 13381: Strengthening 

Processes Relating to Determining 

Eligibility for Access to Classified 

National Security Information; 

Executive Order 13467: Reforming 

Processes Related to Suitability for 

Government Employment, Fitness for 

Contractor Employees, and Eligibility 

for Access to Classified National 

Security Information; Executive Order 

13488: Granting Reciprocity on 

Excepted Service and Federal 

Contractor Employee Fitness and 

Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions 

of Public Trust; and the Intelligence 

Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

2004 (Pub. L. 108–458), and E.O. 9397 

(SSN), as amended; E.O. 14042: 

Ensuring Adequate Safety Protocols for 

Federal Contractors; E.O. 14043: 

Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 

Vaccination for Federal Employees; 5 

U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations 

authorizes the operations of an 

executive agency, including the 

creation, custodianship, maintenance 

and distribution of records; and 44 

U.S.C. 3101, Records management by 

agency heads. 

PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Office of Security gathers 

information in order to create 

investigative records, which are used for 

processing personal security 

background investigations to determine 

eligibility to be awarded a federal 

security clearance, suitability or fitness 

determination for federal employment, 

access to federally owned/controlled 

facilities and access to federally owned/ 

controlled information systems. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Categories of individuals maintained 

in this system are: Current and former 

USAID employees; contractor personnel 

(Personal Service Contractors and 

Institutional Contractors); applicants for 

employment; persons and entities 

performing business with USAID to 

include consultants, volunteers, 

grantees and recipients; individuals 

employed from other Federal Agencies 

through a detail, Participating Agency 

Service Agreement, Resources Support 

Services Agreement, or the Interagency 

Personnel Act; individuals working at 

USAID through government agreements 

(second agreement); paid and unpaid 

interns; and visitors requiring access to 

USAID facilities; and the U.S. Citizen 

and/or non-U.S. Citizen spouse, 

intended spouse, family members, and/ 

or cohabitants of the above listed 

individuals and other individuals who 

provide personal references for USAID 

employees and contractors. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Categories of records maintained in 

this system include: 

• Individual’s Contact Information, 

including: Name, Employee 

Identification Numbers, Job Title/Series, 

Grade, Home/Work Address, Home/ 

Work Telephone Number, Names and 

Addresses of family members. 

• Individual’s Biographical 

Information, including: Date of Birth, 

Place of Birth, Citizenship status, 


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Educational institutions attended, 

Military service, Financial information, 

including credit reports. 

• Individual’s Social Security 

Number (or other identifying number). 

• Demographic Information: Race, 

Gender, Sexual Orientation, Marital 

Status. 

• Employment information, such as 

employment history, records related to 

work performance or conduct issues, 

such as records of referrals, leave usage, 

supervisory/organizational 

interventions. 

• Facility Access Information: 

Authorizations/restrictions, fingerprints, 

photographs, previous clearances levels 

granted; resulting clearance levels; 

documentation of release of security 

files; request for special access; records 

of infractions; and records of facility 

accesses and credentials issued. 

• Individual’s Character Information, 

such as Conduct and behavior in the 

community where they presently live 

and/or previously lived; Arrests and/or 

Convictions, Reports from Interviews 

and other inquiries. 

• Electronic communication cables, 

such as email and instant messages, as 

well as, 

• Medical records, such as 

vaccination records, test results, 

medical clearances, and insurance 

information. 

Note 1: Listed below are other types 

of records that contain information 

about employee health and fitness, 

which are not covered by this system of 

records. Such records are covered by a 

government-wide system of records 

OPM/GOVT–10, which is managed by 

the Office of Personnel Management. 

Records covered by OPM/GOVT–10 

include: 

• Medical records, forms, and reports 

completed or obtained when an 

individual applies for a Federal job and 

is subsequently employed; 

• Medical records, forms and reports 

completed during employment as a 

condition of employment, either by the 

USAID or by another State or local 

government entity, or a privacy sector 

entity under contract to USAID. 

• Records pertaining to and resulting 

from drug screening for use of illegal 

drugs under Executive Order 12564. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information in this system is obtained 

from the individual on whom it applies; 

independent sources such as other 

government agencies, state/local 

government; law enforcement agencies; 

credit bureaus; medical providers; 

educational institutions; private 

organizations; information provided by 

personal references; and through source 

interviews. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b), all or a portion of the records 

contained in this system of records may 

be disclosed outside USAID as a routine 

use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as 

follows: 

(1) To consumer reporting agencies in 

order to obtain consumer credit reports. 

(2) To federal, international, state, and 

local law enforcement agencies, U.S. 

Government Agencies, courts, the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Governments, to the extent necessary to 

further the purposes of an investigation. 

(3) Results of the investigation may be 

disclosed to the Department of State or 

other Federal Agencies for the purposes 

of granting physical and/or logical 

access to federally owned or controlled 

facilities and/or information systems in 

accordance with the requirements set 

forth in HSPD–12. 

(4) To a court, magistrate, or other 

administrative body in the course of 

presenting evidence, including 

disclosures to counsel or witnesses in 

the course of civil discovery, litigation, 

or settlement negotiations or in 

connection with criminal proceedings, 

when USAID is a party to the 

proceeding or has a significant interest 

in the proceeding, to the extent that the 

information is determined to be relevant 

and necessary. 

(5) To the Department of Justice or 

other appropriate United States 

Government Agency when the records 

are arguably relevant to a proceeding in 

a court or other tribunal in which 

USAID or a USAID official in his or her 

official capacity is a party or has an 

interest, or when the litigation is likely 

to affect USAID. 

(6) In the event of an indication of a 

violation or potential violation of law, 

whether civil, criminal or regulatory in 

nature, and whether arising by statute or 

particular program pursuant thereto, to 

the appropriate agency, whether federal, 

state, local or foreign, charged with the 

responsibility of investigating or 

prosecuting such violation or charged 

with enforcing or implementing the 

statute, or rule, regulation, or order 

issued pursuant thereto. 

(7) To the Department of State and its 

posts abroad for the purpose of 

transmission of information between 

organizational units of USAID, or for 

purposes related to the responsibilities 

of the Department of State in conducting 

United States foreign policy or 

protecting United States citizens, such 

as the assignment of employees to 

positions abroad, the reporting of 

accidents abroad, ensuring fiscal 

accountability in transporting the effects 

personnel stationed at embassies, 

evacuation of employees and 

dependents, and other purposes for 

which officers and employees of the 

Department of State have a need for the 

records in the performance of their 

duties. 

(8) To a foreign government or 

international agency in response to its 

request for information to facilitate the 

conduct of U.S. relations with that 

government or agency through the 

issuance of such documents as visas, 

country clearances, identification cards, 

drivers’ licenses, diplomatic lists, 

licenses to import or export personal 

effects, and other official documents 

and permits routinely required in 

connection with the official service or 

travel abroad of the individual and his 

or her dependents. 

(9) To Federal agencies with which 

USAID has entered into an agreement to 

provide services to assist USAID in 

carrying out its functions under the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

amended. Such disclosures would be for 

the purpose of transmission of 

information between organizational 

units of USAID; of providing to the 

original employing agency information 

concerning the services of its employee 

while under the supervision of USAID, 

including performance evaluations, 

reports of conduct, awards and 

commendations, and information 

normally obtained in the course of 

personnel administration and employee 

supervision; or of providing other 

information directly related to the 

purposes of the inter-agency agreement 

as set forth therein, and necessary and 

relevant to its implementation. 

(10) To appropriate officials and 

employees of a federal agency or entity 

when the information is relevant to a 

decision concerning the hiring, 

appointment, or retention of an 

employee; the assignment, detail or 

deployment of an employee; the 

issuance, renewal, suspension, or 

revocation of a security clearance; the 

execution of a security or suitability 

investigation; the letting of a contract; or 

the issuance of a grant or benefit. 

(11) To the National Archives and 

Records Administration for the 

purposes of records management 

inspections conducted under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

(12) To the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), in connection with 

review of private relief legislation, as set 

forth in OMB Circular A–19, at any 


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stage of the legislative coordination and 

clearance process, as set forth in that 

Circular. 

(13) To a former employee of USAID 

for purposes of responding to an official 

inquiry by a federal, state, or local 

government entity or professional 

licensing authority, in accordance with 

applicable agency regulations; or 

facilitating communications with a 

former employee that may be necessary 

for personnel-related or other official 

purposes where the agency requires 

information and/or consultation 

assistance from the former employee 

regarding a matter within that person’s 

former area of responsibility. 

(14) To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (a) USAID suspects 

or has confirmed that there has been a 

breach of the system of records, (b) 

USAID has determined that as a result 

of the suspected or confirmed breach 

there is a risk of harm to individuals, 

USAID (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security; and (c) the disclosure made to 

such agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with USAID’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

(15) To another Federal Department or 

Agency or Federal entity, when USAID 

determines information from this 

system of records is reasonably 

necessary to assist the recipient 

Department or Agency or entity in: (a) 

Responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach; or (b) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, that might result from a 

suspected or confirmed breach. 

(16) To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to 

an inquiry from the Congressional office 

made at the request of that individual. 

(17) To the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, the Department of 

Homeland Security, the National 

Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC), the 

Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), or 

other appropriate federal agencies, for 

the integration and use of such 

information to protect against terrorism, 

if that record is about one or more 

individuals known, or suspected, to be 

or to have been involved in activities 

constituting, in preparation for, in aid 

of, or related to terrorism. Such 

information may be further 

disseminated by recipient agencies to 

Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal, 

and foreign government authorities, and 

to support private sector processes as 

contemplated in Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive/HSPD–6 and 

other relevant laws and directives, for 

terrorist screening, threat-protection and 

other homeland security purposes. 

(18) To the Foreign Service Grievance 

Board in the course of the Board’s 

consideration of matters properly before 

it. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

USAID stores records in this system 

in electronic format and paper format. 

Records in paper format are stored in 

file folders in locked cabinets. Records 

in electronic format are kept in a userauthenticated and password-protected 

computerized database system. Records 

that contain national security 

information and are classified are stored 

in accordance with applicable executive 

orders, statutes, and Agency 

implementing regulations. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records are retrievable by last name, 

social security number, and/or USAID 

assigned case number or other unique 

identifier attributed to the individual. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are retained and disposed of 

in accordance with disposition 

schedules approved by USAID and 

NARA General Records Schedule 5. 6- 

Security Records for Electronic Records 

shall apply. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records are kept within the Office of 

Security secured space. Access to this 

space is controlled by electronic card 

readers, office personnel to control 

access, visitor escorts policy and 

supplemented by an armed response 

force. Administrative safeguards of 

records are provided through the use of 

internal Standard Operating Procedures 

and routine appraisal reviews of the 

personnel security and suitability 

program by the Director of National 

Intelligence and the Office of Personnel 

Management. 

USAID has implemented controls to 

minimize the risk of compromising the 

information that is being stored. Access 

to the system containing the records in 

this system is limited to those 

individuals who have a need to know 

the information for performance of their 

official duties and who have appropriate 

clearances and permissions. USAID 

ensures that the practices stated in the 

Cross Match and Security Investigations 

Database Privacy Impact Assessments 

are followed by leveraging standard 

operating procedures (SOP), training, 

policies, rules of behavior, and auditing 

and accountability. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system of records should address 

inquiries to the Bureau for Management, 

Office of Management Services, 

Information and Records Division (M/ 

MS/IRD), USAID Annex—Room 2.4. 0C, 

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20523. The requester 

may complete and sign a USAID Form 

507–1, Certification of Identity Form or 

submit signed, written requests that 

should include the individual’s full 

name, current address, and telephone 

number and this System of Records 

Notice number. In addition, the 

requester must provide either a 

notarized statement or an unsworn 

declaration made in accordance with 28 

U.S.C. 1746, in the following format: 

If executed outside the United States: 

‘‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) 

under penalty of perjury under the laws 

of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed 

on (date). (Signature).’’ 

If executed within the United States, 

its territories, possessions, or 

commonwealths: ‘‘I declare (or certify, 

verify, or state) under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on (date). (Signature).’’ 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The USAID rules for accessing 

records, contesting contents, and 

appealing initial agency determinations 

are contained in 22 CFR 212 or may be 

obtained from the program manager or 

system owner. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to determine if 

information about themselves is 

contained in this system of records 

should address inquiries to the Bureau 

for Management, Office of Management 

Services, Information and Records 

Division (M/MS/IRD), USAID Annex— 

Room 2. 4.0C, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20523. 

Individuals may complete and sign a 

USAID Form 507–1, Certification of 

Identity Form or submit signed, written 

requests that should include the 

individual’s full name, current address, 

and telephone number. In addition, the 

requester must provide either a 

notarized statement or an unsworn 

declaration made in accordance with 28 

U.S.C. 1746, in the following format: 

If executed outside the United States: 

‘‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) 


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under penalty of perjury under the laws 

of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed 

on (date). (Signature).’’ 

If executed within the United States, 

its territories, possessions, or 

commonwealths: ‘‘I declare (or certify, 

verify, or state) under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on (date). (Signature).’’ 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Under the specific authority provided 

by subsection (k) (1), (3), and (5) of 5 

U.S.C. 552a, USAID has promulgated 

rules specified in 22 CFR 215.14, that 

exempts this system from notice, access, 

and amendment requirements of 5 

U.S.C. 552a, subsections (c) (3), (d); (e) 

(1); (e) (4); (G); (H); (I); and (f). USAID 

claims these exemptions to protect the 

materials required by Executive Order to 

be kept secret in the interest of national 

defense or foreign policy, to prevent 

subjects of investigation from frustrating 

the investigatory process, to ensure the 

proper functioning and integrity of lawenforcement activities, to prevent the 

disclosure of investigative techniques, 

to maintain the ability to obtain candid 

and necessary information, to fulfill 

commitments made to sources to protect 

the confidentiality of information, to 

avoid endangering these sources, and to 

facilitate the proper selection or 

continuance of the best applicants or 

persons for a given position. 

HISTORY: 

USAID modified the Personnel 

Security and Suitability Investigations 

Records system of records on April 17, 

2008 (75 FR 20905). 

USAID modified the Personnel 

Security and Suitability Investigations 

Records system of records on May 1, 

2013 (78 FR 25414). 

Celida Ann Malone. 

Government Privacy Task Lead. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10089 Filed 5–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Agency for International for 

Development (USAID). 

ACTION: Notice of modified Privacy Act 

system of records. 

SUMMARY: The United States Agency for 

International Development (USAID) 

proposes to modify an existing Agencywide system of records entitled, 

Litigation Records. This system of 

records contains records used to assist 

attorneys and legal staff in providing 

legal advice to the agency on a wide 

variety of legal issues. This modification 

includes updates to the following 

sections: ’’ System Location’’, ‘‘System 

Manager’’, ‘‘Categories of Records in the 

System’’ to include what PII is 

collected, ‘‘Routine Uses of Records 

Maintained in the System’’, ‘‘Policies 

and Practices for Retention and Disposal 

of Records’’ adding the approved NARA 

disposition schedule, and 

‘‘Administrative, Technical, and 

Physical Safeguards’’. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

10 June 2022. This modified system of 

records will be effective 10 June 2022 

upon publication. The Routine Uses are 

effective at the close of the comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments: 

Electronic 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions on the website for 

submitting comments. 

• Email: Privacy@usaid.gov 

Paper 

• Fax: 202–916–4946. 

• Mail: Chief Privacy Officer, United 

States Agency for International 

Development, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20523. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Celida A. Malone, USAID Privacy 

Program at United States Agency for 

International Development, Bureau for 

Management, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Information 

Assurance Division: ATTN: USAID 

Privacy Program, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20523, or 

by phone number at 202–916–4605. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 

(5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, USAID is 

publishing notice of proposed updates 

and reissuance of its system of records 

titled ‘‘USAID 26- Litigation Records,’’ 

last published in full in the Federal 

Register on 02/06/2014 (42 FR 47386). 

USAID proposes to modify this system 

of records with the revisions to the 

following sections: The purposes for 

maintaining the system; the system’s 

storage location/environment; the 

system location; and routine uses, 

including new routine uses pursuant to 

new requirements announced by OMB 

on January 3, 2017, in its memorandum 

M–17–12, Preparing for and Responding 

to a Breach of Personally Identifiable 

Information. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

USAID–26, Litigation Records 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20523. 

SYSTEM MANAGER: 

Office of General Counsel, United 

States Agency for International 

Development, Ronald Reagan Building, 

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20523. Email: gcams@

usaid.gov. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301; Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961, as amended; Foreign Service 

Act of 1946, as amended; Federal Tort 

Claims Act; Federal Claims Collection 

Act, 31 U.S.C. 951–953; The Federal 

Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 3101; False 

Claims Act; Age Discrimination in 

Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act, 

section 321 of the Government 

Employees Rights Act of 1991; 5 U.S.C. 

1204; 5 U.S.C. 7301, 7351, 7353; 5 

U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act 

of 1978); 31 U.S.C. 1353; E.O. 12674 (as 

modified by E.O. 12731); Federal 

Service Labor Management Relations 

Statute; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

of 1964; Freedom of Information Act; 

and other legislation as may be 

implicated in the course of attorneys’ 

legal work representing USAID, 

including litigation. 

PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The purpose of this system is to assist 

USAID’s Office of General Counsel staff 

in providing legal advice to USAID 

personnel on a wide variety of legal 

issues; to collect the information of any 

individual who is, or will be, in 

litigation with USAID, as well as the 

attorneys representing them; to collect 

information in response to allegations 

filed by employees, former employees, 

and other individuals as needed; to 

advise on legal issues; to assist in the 

settlement of claims against the 

government; to maintain information 

collected and/or generated to represent 

USAID in administrative or federal 

proceedings and any other type of 

litigation or advisory work. This 

includes litigation or proceedings 

against or involving USAID, and 

includes preparing for reasonably 

anticipated litigation/proceedings, or 

responding to requests for USAID 

employee testimony or records. USAID 

uses the records contained within 

USAID 26—Litigation Records to 

document how USAID handles each 

matter; provide a resource for 


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