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to an agency’s functions relating to civil 

and criminal proceedings; 

(7) Provide information to third 

parties during the course of an 

investigation to the extent necessary to 

obtain information pertinent to the 

investigation; 

(8) Disclose information to a public or 

professional licensing organization 

when such information indicates, either 

by itself or in combination with other 

information, a violation or potential 

violation of professional standards, or 

reflects on the moral, educational, or 

professional qualifications of an 

individual who is licensed or who is 

seeking to become licensed; 

(9) Disclose information to a 

contractor when necessary to perform a 

government contract. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Paper records and magnetic media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

By name of individual to whom it 

applies, social security number, alias, 

date of birth, case controller, submitting 

office number, case type, case number 

or a combination of these fields. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access is limited to authorized IRS 

personnel including IRS and other U.S. 

Treasury Department contractors who 

have a direct need to know. Hard copy 

of data is stored in rooms of limited 

accessibility except to employees. These 

rooms are locked after business hours. 

Access to magnetic media is controlled 

by computer passwords. Access to 

specific ABIS records is further limited 

by computer security programs limiting 

access to select personnel. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are maintained in accordance 

with IRM 1.15, Records Disposition 

Handbook. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Official prescribing policies and 

practices: Chief, Mission Assurance. 

Official maintaining the system: 

Associate Director, Personnel Security 

and Investigations, National Background 

Investigations Center, 5 Spiral Drive, 

Suite 2, Florence, KY 41042. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine if 

this system of records contains a record 

pertaining to them may inquire in 

accordance with instructions appearing 

at 31 CFR part 1, subpart C, appendix 

B. Inquiries should be addressed as in 

‘‘Record access procedures’’ below. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to this 

system of records, or seeking to contest 

its content, may inquire in accordance 

with instructions appearing at 31 CFR 

part 1, subpart C, appendix B. Inquiries 

should be addressed to IRS Personnel 

Security and Investigations, 

OS:MA:AP:PS, 5205 Leesburg Pike, 

Suite 510, Falls Church, VA 22041–

3802, Attn: Disclosure Staff. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

26 U.S.C. 7852(e) prohibits Privacy 

Act amendment of tax records. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Current and former employees of the 

Internal Revenue Service, Department of 

the Treasury, Bureau of the Mint and 

the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

Center. Private contractors employed by 

IRS to perform work at IRS facilities, 

leased space or on IRS systems. 

Contractors employed by the 

Department of the Treasury. Permanent 

and temporary employees of banks 

contracted to perform Lockbox activities 

for the IRS. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The provisions of the Privacy Act 

from which this system of records is 

exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5) 

are as follows: 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), 

(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I), and 

(f). (See 31 CFR 1.36.) 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Office of Research and Development; 

Government Owned Invention 

Available for Licensing 

AGENCY: Office of Research and 

Development, VA. 

ACTION: Notice of Government owned 

invention available for licensing. 

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is 

owned by the U.S. Government as 

represented by the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, and is available for 

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

207 and 37 CFR part 404 and/or 

Cooperative Research and Development 

Agreements (CRADA) Collaboration 

under 15 U.S.C. 3710a to achieve 

expeditious commercialization of 

results of federally funded research and 

development. Foreign patents are filed 

on selected inventions to extend market 

coverage for U.S. companies and may 

also be available for licensing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Technical and licensing information on 

the invention may be obtained by 

writing to: Amy E. Centanni, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Director, Technology Transfer Program, 

Office of Research and Development, 

810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420; fax: 202–254–

0255; e-mail at: 

amy.centanni@mail.va.gov. Any request 

for information should include the 

Number and Title for the relevant 

invention as indicated below. Issued 

patents may be obtained from the 

Commissioner of Patents, U.S. Patent 

and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 

20231. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

invention available for licensing is: U.S. 

Patent Application No. 11/113,786 

‘‘Quantitation of Endothelial 

Microparticles.’’

Dated: November 18, 2005. 

Gordon H. Mansfield, 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

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