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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, 

Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Dated: January 29, 2007. 

Caroline Lewis, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Administration and Financial Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–1825 Filed 2–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

In compliance with the requirement 

for opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects 

(section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of Title 44, 

United States Code, as amended by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. 

L. 104–13), the Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) 

publishes periodic summaries of 

proposed projects being developed for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 

information on the proposed project or 

to obtain a copy of the data collection 

plans and draft instruments, call the 

HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at 301–

443–1129. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Proposed Project: Women’s Physical 

Activity and Healthy Eating Tools 

Assessment: NEW 

The HRSA Office of Women’s Health 

(OWH) developed the Bright Futures for 

Women’s Health and Wellness 

(BFWHW) Initiative to help expand the 

scope of women’s preventive health 

activities, particularly related to 

nutrition and physical activity. An 

intermediate assessment of the BFWHW 

health promotion consumer materials 

related to physical activity and healthy 

eating will be conducted in order to 

assess how the BFWHW materials can 

stimulate a conversation on physical 

activity and healthy eating during a 

clinical encounter; inform future 

BFWHW programming, and add to the 

peer-reviewed literature regarding 

women’s health and wellness 

initiatives. 

Towards this end, anonymous 

assessment forms will be used to collect 

data from young and adult women 

clients, health care providers, and 

administrators of health centers. Data 

collected will include process and 

outcome measures. Data domains 

include: The distribution and use of the 

materials in the health care setting 

during wellness and health 

maintenance/check-up visits; client and 

provider awareness of physical activity 

and nutrition behaviors; attitudes about 

the importance of physical activity and 

nutrition; self-efficacy; and increase in 

knowledge and intent to change 

physical activity and nutrition 

behaviors. 

A total of six organizations, which 

may include Federally Qualified Health 

Centers/Community Health Centers, 

faith-based organizations that offer 

health care services, worksite health 

centers, and school-based health clinics, 

will be selected for the study. Young 

women will complete anonymous 

assessment forms at school-based health 

centers; adult women will be assessed at 

other health care organizations. The 

providers at these sites will also be 

asked to complete a brief one-time 

anonymous assessment form. Telephone 

interviews will be conducted with an 

administrator of each of these sites as 

well. The data collection period at each 

site is estimated to last four months. The 

estimated response burden is as follows: 

ESTIMATED DATA COLLECTION BURDEN HOURS

Data collection activity Number of 

respondents 

Hours per 

response 

Responses 

per respondent 

Total burden 

hours 

Hourly wage 

rate Total cost 

Clients ...................................................... 3,000 1.00 1 3,000 $5.15 $15,450.00 

Administrators .......................................... 6 4.25 1 25.50 37.09 945.80 

Support Staff ............................................ 6 64.00 1 384 13.65 5,241.60 

Providers .................................................. 60 6.00 1 360 59.15 21,294.00 

Total .................................................. 3,072 ........................ ........................ 3,769.5 ........................ $42,931.40 

Send comments to Susan G. Queen, 

Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Dated: January 29, 2007. 

Caroline Lewis, 

Acting Associate Administrator for, 

Administration and Financial Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–1841 Filed 2–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Modified 

or Altered System—Indian Health 

Service Scholarship and Loan 

Repayment Programs 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service (IHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Modification 

or Alteration to a System of Records 

(SOR). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

the Indian Health Service (IHS) is 

proposing to modify or alter a SOR, 

‘‘Indian Health Service Scholarship and 

Loan Repayment Programs,’’ System No. 

09–17–0002. We propose to modify the 

SOR to reflect current program changes, 

technology changes, statutory and 

implementation changes. Under the 

system name, we propose no change to 

the title but the office acronyms have 

been changed as a result of an 

organizational change. We are proposing 

to change the system location to reflect 


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the current organizational and office 

location changes. We are proposing to 

update the categories of individuals 

covered by the system with minor edits 

to include Tribal medical/health care 

and Title V Urban healthcare entity; and 

to update the categories of records in the 

system with edits to include additional 

program requirements ‘‘(e.g. from W–4, 

direct deposit form for scholarship 

recipients and loan repayment 

participants).’’ We are proposing to 

update the Authority for maintenance of 

the system to correct statutory 

authorities and to include additional 

statutory authorities (e.g., Privacy Act, 

Federal Records Act, and Department 

Regulations). We are proposing to 

update the Purposes by categorizing the 

two programs and modifying/altering by 

listing the applicable purposes into each 

of the two programs (Scholarship and 

Loan Repayment). We are proposing to 

modify/alter/delete several published 

routine uses, as explained, to 

accommodate program and statutory 

changes as indicated: Numbers 1 

through 3 remain unchanged; number 4 

is modified/altered to reflect program 

language revisions and is renumbered as 

5; number 5 is modified to include legal 

proceedings related to administrative 

claims and the inclusive provision of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS)/Office of General 

Counsel (OGC) representation in 

litigation matters and is renumbered as 

4; number 6 is deleted as no longer 

applicable; number 7 is renumbered as 

6 with no changes in the wording; 

number 8 is renumbered as 7 with no 

changes in the wording; number 9 is 

renumbered as 8 with no changes in the 

wording; number 10 is renumbered as 9 

with minor editorial changes; number 

11 is renumbered as 10 with minor 

editorial changes to include the IHCIA 

acronym citation (i.e., Indian Health 

Care Improvement Act, as amended); 

number 12 is renumbered as 11 with no 

changes in the wording with the 

exception of the removal of the 

statement on ‘‘Disclosure to Consumer 

Reporting Agencies.’’

We are proposing to add 7 new 

routine uses to provide disclosures of 

records when all requirements are met: 

number 12, to provide disclosure to 

consumer reporting agency for 

commercial credit report and to 

National Student Clearinghouse using 

the Loan Location Internet System for 

verification of applicant’s loan data. The 

statement on ‘‘Disclosure to Consumer 

Reporting Agencies’’ is now 

incorporated in this new routine use; 

number 13, to provide disclosure to any 

Federal agency on delinquent debtors or 

defaulting participants to effect salary 

offset, court-ordered administrative 

offset, and to the Treasury Department, 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for 

verification of current mailing address 

for collection purposes; number 14, to 

allow disclosure to debt collection 

agents and those authorized federal or 

non-federal entities to collect a Federal 

debt from delinquent debtors or 

defaulting participants; number 15, to 

provide disclosure of applicant’s 

information to IRS for verification of 

any delinquent tax account and to 

determine credit worthiness; number 

16, to provide disclosure of applicant’s 

information to IRS any debt that 

becomes partly or wholly uncollectible 

as taxable income; number 17, to allow 

disclosure to IRS of any IHS debtors or 

defaulting participants’ information for 

IRS offset on tax refund; number 18, to 

allow the disclosure of lenders or 

educational institutions’ information to 

Federal or non-Federal entities 

authorized to collect Federal debt and 

for identification of an individual and 

the nature of the debt. 

We are proposing to modify/alter the 

section on storage by including 

computerized and electronic formats; 

the section on safeguards for authorized 

users by redefining the staff functions; 

the section on physical safeguards to 

identify specific safeguards for 

electronic records; and the section on 

retention and disposal to reflect separate 

program changes to the IHS Records 

Schedule for the scholarship program 

records and to the loan repayment 

program records. We are proposing to 

modify/alter the section on the system 

managers and addresses to reflect the 

organization and function changes. 

Under the notification procedures, we 

are proposing to modify/alter the 

sections on requests in person and 

requests by mail to reflect minor edits 

and a policy change on Social Security 

numbers; and the section on requests by 

telephone by revising the wording in a 

clear and concise program change. In 

addition, we are proposing two new 

notification procedures that address 

requests by facsimile and requests by 

electronic mail by including a 

confidentiality statement on facsimile 

requests and clarification for electronic 

requests and its security safeguard risks. 

Under the records source categories 

section, we are proposing to modify/ 

alter by including the Indian health 

program human resources department. 

This system exemption previously listed 

as ‘‘None’’ will remain. 

DATES: Effective Dates: The Report of 

Intent to Amend a System of Records 

Notice and an advance copy of the 

system notice have been sent to the 

Chair of the House Committee on 

Government Reform and Oversight, the 

Chair of the Senate Committee on 

Governmental Affairs, and the 

Administrator, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). To 

ensure that all parties have adequate 

time in which to comment, the modified 

system of records, including routine 

uses, will become effective 40 days from 

the publication of the notice, or from the 

date it was submitted to OMB and the 

Congress, whichever is later, unless IHS 

receives comments that require 

alterations to this notice. 

ADDRESSES: The public should address 

comments to: Mr. William Tibbitts, IHS 

Privacy Act Officer, Division of 

Regulatory Affairs, Records Access and 

Policy Liaison, Office of Management 

Services, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, 

Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852–1627; 

call non-toll free (301) 443–1116; send 

via facsimile to (301) 443–2316, or send 

your e-mail requests, comments, and 

return address to: 

William.Tibbitts@ihs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Patricia Lee-McCoy, Director, Division 

of Health Professions Support, Office of 

Public Health Support, 801 Thompson 

Avenue, TMP, Suite 450A, Rockville, 

MD 20852–1627, Telephone (301) 443–

4242. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Major Modification of 09–17–0002, 

‘‘Indian Health Service Scholarship and 

Loan Repayment Programs, HHS/IHS/ 

OPHS/DHPS’’: is to reflect the 

organizational, program, technology, 

statutory and implementation changes. 

1. IHS is proposing to update the 

purposes by categorizing the two 

programs and listing the applicable 

purposes into each of the two programs. 

2. IHS is proposing to modify/alter/ 

delete several published routine uses 

and to include seven (7) new routine 

uses when all requirements have been 

met. IHS is modifying/altering routine 

use #4 to reflect program revisions and 

is renumbered as #5; routine use #5 is 

modified to include legal proceedings 

related to administrative claims and in 

the inclusive provision of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Service (DHHS)/Office of General 

Counsel (OGC) representation in 

litigation matters and is renumbered as 

#4; routine use #6 is deleted as no 

longer applicable; routine use(s) #7, 8, 9, 

10, 11, and 12 are renumbered as #6, 7, 

8, 9, 10, and 11 respectively. 

IHS is proposing to add seven (7) new 

routine uses as follows: Routine use #12 

is to provide disclosure to consumer 


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reporting agency for commercial credit 

report and to National Student 

Clearinghouse using the Loan Location 

Internet System; routine use #13 is to 

provide disclosure to any federal agency 

on delinquent debtors or defaulting 

participants to effect salary offset, courtordered administrative offset, and to the 

Treasury Department, Internal Revenue 

Service (IRS); routine use #14 is to allow 

disclosure to debt collection agents and 

authorized federal and non-federal 

entities for collection purposes; routine 

use #15 is to provide disclosure of 

applicant’s information to IRS for 

verification and credit worthiness; 

routine use #16 is to provide disclosure 

of applicant’s information to IRS on 

uncollectible debt as taxable income; 

routine use #17 is allow disclosure to 

IRS of any IHS debtors or defaulting 

participants’ information for IRS offset 

on tax refund; and routine use #18 is to 

allow disclosure of lenders or 

educational institutions’ information to 

federal or non-federal entities to collect 

Federal debt, identification of an 

individual and the nature of the debt. 

In addition to updating and making 

editorial corrections to improve the 

clarity of the system notice, this 

alteration requires the updating of the 

system manager listing, and revisions of 

the Categories of Records, Purposes, 

Authority, Safeguard, Retention and 

Disposal, Notification and Access 

Procedures sections. IHS is proposing to 

add two (2) new notification procedures 

by addressing requests by facsimile and 

requests by electronic mail. 

Dated: January 31, 2007. 

Charles W. Grim, 

Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Indian 

Health Service. 

Department of Health and Human 

Resources 

09–17–0002 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Indian Health Service Scholarship 

and Loan Repayment Programs, HHS/ 

IHS/OPHS/DHPS. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Office of Public Health Support 

(OPHS), Division of Health Professions 

Support (DHPS), Scholarship Branch, 

Loan Repayment Branch, Health 

Professions Support Branch, Indian 

Health Service, 12300 Twinbrook 

Parkway, Suite 450A, Rockville, MD 

20852. Washington National Records 

Center, 4205 Suitland Road, Suitland, 

MD 20746–8001. Records are also 

located at the Indian Health Service 

(IHS) Area Offices. A list of the IHS 

Area Offices where individually 

identifiable data are currently located is 

available upon request to the PolicyCoordinating Official(s) at IHS 

Headquarters East, 12300 Twinbrook 

Parkway, Suite 450A, Rockville, MD 

20852. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Applicants for and recipients of 

benefits from scholarship and loan 

repayment programs administered by 

the IHS. The IHS scholarship program 

includes the Health Professions PreGraduate Scholarship Program for 

Indians, the Health Professions 

Preparatory Scholarship Program for 

Indians; and the Health Professions 

Scholarship Program for Indians. Also 

included are records of scholarship or 

loan repayment recipients who are 

fulfilling their IHS service obligations as 

a result of receiving funds from these 

IHS programs, and individuals who 

have an expressed and/or obligated 

interest in employment in or an 

assignment to an IHS medical facility, 

Tribal medical/health care facility, Title 

V urban healthcare entity, or other 

facility described in sections 104 and 

108 of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act, as amended (IHCIA). 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Contains: Name, telephone number(s), 

work, school, home and/or mailing 

address; Social Security number; IHS 

scholarship or IHS loan repayment 

application; associated forms; 

employment data; professional 

performance and credentialing history 

of licensed health professionals; 

preference for site selection; personal, 

professional, and demographic 

background information; progress 

reports (which include related data, 

correspondence, and professional 

performance information); payroll 

forms; lender’s loan repayment 

confirmation forms; Form W–4 (for 

withholding Federal taxes on 

scholarship recipients monthly 

stipends); IHS loan recipient’s direct 

deposit form request (for monthly 

stipends for scholarship recipients and 

for annual loan repayment distribution 

among participants in the programs); 

deferment and placement data; and 

repayment/delinquent/default status 

information. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

25 U.S.C. 1613, including the Health 

Professions Preparatory Scholarship 

Program for Indians; 25 U.S.C. 1613a, 

Indian Health Professions Scholarship; 

25 U.S.C. 1616a, IHS Loan Repayment 

Program; 5 U.S.C. 5514, Requirement 

That Applicant Furnish Taxpayer 

Identifying Number; 42 U.S.C. 216(a), 

for PHS Commissioned Corps Officers, 

and 5 U.S.C. 3301 for civil service 

employees, both of which authorize 

verification of an individual’s suitability 

for employment; Federal Records Act 

‘‘44 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.’’; Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a); 

Department Regulation ‘‘5 U.S.C. 301’’; 

and 42 U.S.C. 254f, Assignment of Corps 

Personnel. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purposes of this system of records 

are as follows: 

1. The IHS Scholarship Programs. 

(a) To select applicants for the IHS 

Scholarship Programs; 

(b) To monitor scholarship related 

activities, such as payment tracking, 

deferment and/or postponement of 

service obligations owed default, 

placement, and debt collection through 

national credit company subscription(s); 

(c) To select and match IHS 

scholarship recipients for qualified 

employment assignments with the 

following: IHS medical facilities, 

including but not limited to hospitals, 

health clinics and ambulatory stations; 

and any other programs as required 

under 25 U.S.C. 1616a; 

(d) To monitor services provided by 

these IHS scholarship recipient/ 

participant/obligated health care 

providers; 

(e) To maintain records on and to 

verify individuals’ credentials, 

educational background, prior and 

current performance history and data 

and previous and current employment 

and professional history information to 

verify and validate all claimed 

credentials are current, accurate, and in 

good standing; 

(f) To assist Department of Health and 

Human Services (DHHS), Program 

Support Center (PSC) and other 

government officials in the collection of 

any and all overdue debts owed under 

the IHS Scholarship Program; and 

(g) To negotiate site assignments, and 

to recruit and retain health professionals 

for Indian Health programs. Portions of 

records from this system of records may 

be used by staff of the DHHS/PSC; 

Division of Financial Operations (DFO), 

Debt Management, who maintain 

System No. 09–40–0012, ‘‘Debt 

Management and Collection System’’

and System No. 09–90–0024, ‘‘Unified 

Financial Management System’’, for 

activities related to the participant’s 

breach of contract including debt 

collection information provided to PSC 

staff includes, but may not be limited to 

the participant’s personal identification, 

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while covered by an IHS scholarship 

contract, number of days served and 

still owed, and amount of funds 

expended and still owed. 

2. The IHS Loan Repayment 

Agreement Program. 

(a) To select applicants for the IHS 

Loan Repayment Program; 

(b) To monitor loan repayment related 

activities including but not limited to 

service obligations, default and claims 

determinations; 

(c) To assure IHS loan repayment 

recipients match to a health care facility 

serving high priority health professional 

shortage areas or populations as 

outlined by current IHS scoring criteria 

policy and procedure, such as IHS 

medical facilities, including but not 

limited to hospitals, health clinics and 

ambulatory stations; and any other 

programs as required under 25 U.S.C. 

1616a; 

(d) To monitor service provided by 

IHS loan repayment participants; 

(e) To maintain records on and to 

verify individuals’ credentials and 

educational background; 

(f) To assist PSC and other 

governmental officials in the collection 

of overdue debts owed under the IHS 

Loan Repayment Agreement Program; 

and 

(g) To negotiate site assignments, and 

recruit and retain health professionals 

for Indian Health programs. Portions of 

records from this system of records may 

be used by staff of the DHHS/PSC; 

Division of Financial Operations (DFO), 

Debt Management, who maintain 

System No. 09–40–0012, ‘‘Debt 

Management and Collection System’’

and System No. 09–90–0024, ‘‘Unified 

Financial Management System’’, for 

activities related to the participant’s 

breach of contract including debt 

collection information provided to PSC 

staff includes, but may not be limited to 

the participant’s personal identification, 

number of days served and still owed, 

and amount of funds expended and still 

owed. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

1. IHS may disclose records to a 

congressional office in response to a 

verified inquiry from the congressional 

office made at the written request of the 

subject individual. 

2. Records may be disclosed to 

authorized persons employed by the 

grantee institution (the educational 

institution which the recipient of a 

scholarship grant is attending or the 

hospital affiliated with an educational 

institution the IHS loan repayment 

recipient is attending to complete his or 

her residency requirement) as needed 

for the administration of a scholarship 

grant award. 

3. Records may be disclosed to other 

Federal agencies that also provide 

scholarship funding at the request of 

these Federal agencies to detect or 

curtail fraud and abuse in Federal 

scholarship programs, and to collect 

delinquent loans or benefit payments 

owed to the Federal Government. 

4. IHS may disclose information from 

these records in litigations and/or 

proceedings related to an administrative 

claim when: 

(a) IHS has determined that the use of 

such records is relevant and necessary 

to the litigation and/or proceedings 

related to an administrative claim and 

would help in the effective 

representation of the affected party 

listed in subsections (i) through (iv) 

below, and that such disclosure is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

the records were collected. Such 

disclosure may be made to the DHHS/ 

Office of General Counsel (OGC) and/or 

Department of Justice (DOJ), pursuant to 

an agreement between IHS and OGC, 

when any of the following is a party to 

litigation and/or proceedings related to 

an administrative claim or has an 

interest in the litigation and/or 

proceedings related to an administrative 

claim: 

(i) DHHS or any component thereof; 

or 

(ii) Any DHHS employee in his or her 

official capacity; or 

(iii) Any DHHS employee in his or her 

individual capacity where the DOJ (or 

DHHS, where it is authorized to do so) 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

(iv) The United States or any agency 

thereof (other than DHHS) where HHS/ 

OGC has determined that the litigation 

and/or proceedings related to an 

administrative claim is likely to affect 

DHHS or any of its components. 

(b) In the litigation and/or 

proceedings related to an administrative 

claim described in subsection (a) above, 

information from these records may be 

disclosed to a court or other tribunal, or 

to another party before such tribunal in 

response to an order of a court or 

administrative tribunal, provided that 

the covered entity discloses only the 

information expressly authorized by 

such order. 

5. IHS may provide to any 

organization, program or facility 

administered under the authority of the 

IHCIA (Pub. L. 93–437, 25 U.S.C. 1601 

et seq.) solely to provide health care 

services for the benefit of Indians, 

whether directly by our service; or by 

any federally recognized Tribe under 

authority of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act (ISDEAA) (Pub. L. 93–

638, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.); 

a list of obligated recipients of 

scholarship grants, and any relevant 

information pursuant to recruiting and 

retaining these individuals for the 

purpose of meeting the health care 

needs of the requesting organization, 

program, facility or the federally 

recognized Tribe under IHCIA and 

ISDEAA. 

6. IHS may disclose records consisting 

of names, disciplines, current mailing 

addresses, and dates of graduation of 

scholarship recipients and loan 

repayment program participants to IHS 

discipline representatives, IHS and 

Tribal scholarship coordinators, and 

Indian health program health 

professional recruiters for the purpose 

of mentoring students during their 

training, assisting them to find 

appropriate positions upon completion 

of their training, and helping them to 

understand the nature of their 

professional service obligation. 

IHS may disclose records consisting 

of names of the IHS scholarship or IHS 

loan repayment recipient, professional 

school he or she is attending, and the 

date of graduation to Indian health 

programs as defined by the IHCIA; 

health professions associations and 

other interested health professions 

groups which have responsibility for 

coordinating funds paid to students 

from Federal and other sources. 

8. IHS may disclose records contained 

in this system of records to HHS 

contractors and subcontractors for the 

purpose of collecting, compiling, 

aggregating, analyzing, or refining 

records in the system. Contractors and/ 

or subcontractors are required to 

maintain Privacy Act safeguards with 

respect to such records. 

9. IHS may disclose records contained 

in this system of records to HHS 

contractors and subcontractors for the 

purpose of recruiting, screening, and 

matching health/allied health 

professionals for assignment to or 

employment in a medical facility 

located in one of the options cited in 

section 108(a)(2)(A) of the IHCIA. In 

addition, HHS contractor and 

subcontractors: 

(a) May disclose biographic data and 

information supplied by potential 

applicants; 

(i) To references listed on application 

and associated forms for the purpose of 

evaluating the applicant’s professional 

qualifications, experience, and 

suitability; and 

(ii) To a state or local Government 

medical licensing board and/or to the 

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similar non-Government entity for the 

purpose of verifying that all claimed 

background and employment data are 

valid and all claimed credentials are 

current and in good standing. 

(b) May disclose biographic data and 

information supplied by references 

listed on application and associated 

forms to other references for the purpose 

of inquiring into the applicant’s 

professional qualifications and 

suitability; and 

(c) May disclose professional 

suitability evaluation information to IHS 

officials, prospective employers, or to 

officials of prospective employers, or to 

site representatives, for the purpose of 

appraising the applicant’s professional 

qualifications and suitability for site 

assignment or employment. 

Contractors and/or subcontractors are 

required to maintain Privacy Act 

safeguards with respect to such records. 

10. IHS may disclose records 

contained in this system of records to 

private parties such as present and 

former employers references listed on 

application and associated forms, other 

references, and education institutions. 

The purpose of such disclosures is to 

obtain information to evaluate an 

individual’s professional 

accomplishments, performance, and 

educational background, and to 

determine if an applicant is suitable for 

employment in/assignment to a medical 

facility located at one of the sites listed 

in section 108(a)(2)(A) of the IHCIA. 

11. IHS may disclose records 

contained in this system of records to 

other Federal agencies that also provide 

scholarship or educational loan 

repayment funding at the request of 

these Federal agencies in conjunction 

with a computer matching program 

conducted by these Federal agencies to 

detect or curtail fraud and abuse in 

Federal scholarship or educational loan 

repayment programs, and to collect 

delinquent loans or benefit payments 

owed to the Federal Government. 

12. IHS may disclose information 

from this system of records to a 

consumer reporting agency (credit 

bureau) to obtain an applicant’s or 

participant’s commercial credit report 

for the following purposes: (1) To 

establish his or her credit worthiness; 

(2) to assess and verify his or her ability 

to repay debts owed to the Federal 

Government; and (3) to determine and 

verify the eligibility of loans submitted 

for repayment. IHS may also disclose 

information from this system of records 

to the National Student Clearinghouse 

using the Loan Locator Internet System 

or similar system to assist in the 

verification of loan data submitted by 

Loan Repayment Program (LRP) 

applicants. Disclosures are limited to 

the individual’s name, address, Social 

Security number and other information 

necessary to identify him or her; locate 

all student loans and verify payment 

addresses; identify the funding being 

sought or amount and status of the debt; 

and the program under which the 

applicant or claim is being processed. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(12): Disclosures may be made 

from this system to ‘‘consumer reporting 

agencies’’ as defined in the Fair Credit 

Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 158a(f)) or the 

Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 

(31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)). The purposes of 

these disclosures are: (1) To provide an 

incentive for debtors to repay 

delinquent Federal Government debts 

by making these debts part of their 

credit records; and (2) to enable PHS 

agencies to improve the quality of loan 

and scholarship decisions by taking into 

account the financial reliability of 

applicants. Disclosure of records will be 

limited to the individual’s name, social 

security number, and other information 

necessary to establish the identity of the 

individual, the amount, status, and 

history of the claim, and the agency or 

program under which the claim arose. 

13. IHS may disclose from this system 

of records a delinquent debtor’s or a 

defaulting participant’s name, address, 

social security number, and other 

relevant information necessary to 

identify him or her; the amount, status, 

and the history of the claim; and the 

agency or program under which the 

claim arose, as follows: 

(a) To any Federal agency to effect a 

salary offset for debts owed by Federal 

employees; if the claim arose under the 

Social Security Act, and the employee 

must have agreed in writing to the 

salary offset with the supporting 

document from the requesting Federal 

agency. 

(b) To any Federal agency to effect 

authorized administrative offset; i.e., 

withhold money, other than Federal 

salaries, payable to or held on behalf of 

the individual that is court ordered and/ 

or in accordance with a specific law/ 

mandate. 

(c) To the Treasury Department, 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to 

request an individual’s current mailing 

address to locate him or her for 

purposes of either collecting or 

compromising a debt or to pay a 

commercial credit report prepared. 

14. IHS may disclose to debt 

collection agents, other Federal 

agencies, and other third parties who 

are authorized to collect a Federal debt, 

information necessary to identify a 

delinquent debtor or a defaulting 

participant. Disclosure will be limited to 

the individual’s name, address, social 

security number, and other information 

necessary to identify him or her; the 

amount, status, and history of the claim; 

and the agency or program under which 

the claim arose. 

15. IHS may disclose to the IRS 

information about an individual 

applying for the IHS loan repayment or 

scholarship program authorized by the 

Public Health Service Act to find out 

whether the applicant has a delinquent 

tax account. This disclosure is for the 

sole purpose of determining the 

applicant’s creditworthiness and is 

limited to the individual’s name, 

address, social security number, and 

other relevant information necessary to 

identify him or her, and the program for 

which the information is being 

obtained. 

16. IHS may report to the IRS, as 

taxable income, the written-off amount 

of a debt owed by an individual to the 

Federal Government when a debt 

becomes partly or wholly uncollectible, 

either because the time period for 

collection under statute or regulations 

has expired, or because the government 

agrees with the individual to forgive or 

compromise the debt. 

17. IHS may disclose from this system 

of records to the Department of 

Treasury, IRS: (1) A delinquent debtor’s 

or a defaulting participant’s name, 

address, social security number, and 

other relevant information necessary to 

identify the individual; (2) the amount 

of the debt; and (3) the program under 

which the debt arose, so that the IRS can 

offset against the debt any income tax 

refunds which may be due to the 

individual. 

18. IHS may disclose information 

provided by the lender or education 

institution to other Federal agencies, 

debt collection agents, and other third 

parties who are authorized to collect a 

Federal debt. The purpose of this 

disclosure is to identify an individual 

who is delinquent in loan or benefit 

payments owed to the Federal 

Government and the nature of the debt. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records are maintained in paper 

format (i.e., file folders), and in 

computerized and electronic format 

(i.e., forms, database(s), etc.). 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records which identify individual 

persons are indexed by name or 


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assigned identification number of 

scholarship or loan repayment applicant 

or recipient. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

1. Authorized users: Access is limited 

only to authorized personnel in the 

performance of their duties. Authorized 

personnel include and are limited to: 

The system manager, his or her staff, 

IHS Area Office Scholarship or IHS 

Loan Repayment Coordinators, IHS 

Headquarters Branch Chiefs while 

acting as advisors to scholarship or IHS 

loan repayment recipients, and PSC 

debt management staff for activities 

related to the participant’s breach of 

contract including debt collection. 

2. Physical safeguards: Paper records 

are stored in locked file cabinets. The 

records storage areas are secured during 

off-duty hours. Electronic records are 

stored in areas where fire and life safety 

codes are strictly enforced. Any and all 

records pertaining to IHS Scholarship 

and Loan Repayment Program databases 

are to be enforced by the current 

Security Guidelines provided by HHS/ 

IHS. All automated and non-automated 

documents are protected during lunch 

hours and non-working hours in locked 

file cabinets or locked storage areas. The 

Automated Data Processing remote 

stations are locked during non-standard 

working hours. Twenty-four hour, 7-day 

security guards perform random checks 

on the physical security of the data and 

the storage areas. Backup files are 

maintained in an off-site facility with 

controlled entrances and exits. 

3. Procedural safeguards: All IHS 

personnel who make use of records 

contained in this system are made aware 

of their responsibilities under the 

provisions of the Privacy Act and are 

required to maintain Privacy Act 

safeguards with respect to such records. 

The records storage areas are not left 

unattended during office hours, 

including lunch hours. Records are not 

removed from these areas in which they 

are maintained in the absence of proper 

charge-out procedures. Twenty-four 

hour, seven-day security guards perform 

random checks on the physical security 

of all records storage areas. A data set 

name controls the release of data to only 

authorized users. When copying records 

for authorized purposes, care is taken to 

ensure that any imperfect pages are not 

left in the reproduction room where 

they can be read, but are destroyed or 

obliterated. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

1. Scholarship applications of 

individuals not selected for 

participation in the program are 

retained for 1 full year, and then 

destroyed by shredding. Applications, 

contracts, and other records of IHS 

scholarship recipients are retained 

through the completion or other 

disposition of the scholarship service 

obligation, then sent to the Federal 

Records Center (FRC) for an additional 

15-year retention period and destroyed 

in accordance with FRC disposal 

standards. Automated historical tapes 

are sent to a FRC and the initial records 

are destroyed in accordance with IHS 

Records Control Schedule. 

The records for the scholarship 

applicants, who are not obligated to the 

IHS, are destroyed 6 years and 3 months 

after final payment, or upon resolution 

of any adverse audit findings, 

whichever is later. 

2. Loan repayment applications of 

individuals not selected for 

participation in the program are 

retained until the end of the fiscal year. 

Loan repayment applications, upon 

notification, are applied to the loan 

repayment cycle of the following fiscal 

year. The records for the loan repayment 

participants are destroyed 6 to 10 years 

after the final payment, or upon 

resolution of any adverse audit findings, 

whichever is later. 

Records are transferred to the FRC 2 

years after final repayment or when 

closed, for 4 years, and are then 

subsequently disposed of in accordance 

with the IHS Records Disposition 

Schedule. The IHS Records Disposition 

Schedule regulations for these records 

may be obtained by writing to the 

System Manager(s) at the address listed 

below. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Policy Coordinating Official(s): 

Director, Division of Health 

Professions Support, Office of Public 

Health Support, Indian Health Service, 

12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450A, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Director, Division of Grants 

Operations, Office of Management 

Services, Indian Health Service, 12300 

Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 360, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Chief, Scholarship Branch, Division of 

Health Professions Support, Office of 

Public Health Support, Indian Health 

Service, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, 

Suite 450A, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Chief, Loan Repayment Branch, 

Division of Health Professions Support, 

Office of Public Health Support, Indian 

Health Service, 12300 Twinbrook 

Parkway, Suite 450A, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Requests in person: A subject 

individual who appears in person at a 

specific location seeking access to or 

disclosure of records relating to him or 

her shall provide his or her name, 

current address, Grant Identification 

Number, last four digits of their social 

security number or other identification 

numbers, dates of enrollment in the IHS 

scholarship or loan repayment program, 

and at least one piece of tangible 

identification such as a driver’s license, 

passport, or voter registration card. 

Identification papers with current 

photographs are preferred, but not 

required. If a subject individual has no 

identification, but is personally known 

to an agency employee, such employee 

shall make a written record verifying the 

subject individual’s identity. Where the 

subject individual has no identification 

papers, the responsible agency official 

shall require that the subject individual 

certify in writing that he or she is the 

individual who he or she claims to be 

and that he or she understands that the 

knowing and willful request or 

acquisition of a record concerning an 

individual under false pretense is a 

criminal offense subject to a 5,000 dollar 

fine. 

Requests by mail: A written request 

must contain the name and address of 

the requestor, last 4 digits of their 

respective social security number and/ 

or signature which is either notarized to 

verify his or her identity or includes a 

written certification that the requestor is 

the person he or she claims to be and 

that he or she understands that the 

knowing and willful request or 

acquisition of records pertaining to an 

individual under false pretenses is a 

criminal offense subject to a 5,000 dollar 

fine. In addition, the following 

information is needed: Dates of 

enrollment in the IHS Scholarship 

Program or IHS Loan Repayment 

Agreement program, and current 

enrollment status, such as pending 

application approval, deferment or 

service obligation, or shortage area 

placement. 

Requests by facsimile: A written 

request must contain the name and 

address of the requestor, last 4 digits of 

their respective social security number 

and/or signature. In addition, the 

following information is needed: Dates 

of enrollment in the IHS scholarship 

program or IHS Loan Repayment 

Agreement Program, and current 

enrollment status, such as pending 

application approval, deferment or 

service obligation, or shortage area 

placement. The IHS Scholarship and 

Loan Repayment programs will 

authorize transmission and reception of 

all faxed information only if the fax 

cover sheets contain the following 

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standard procedural statement for 

liability purposes: 

‘‘THIS FAX IS INTENDED ONLY FOR 

THE USE OF THE PERSON OR OFFICE 

TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED, AND 

CONTAINS PRIVILEGED OR 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

PROTECTED BY LAW. ALL 

RECIPIENTS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED 

THAT INADVERTENT OR 

UNAUTHORIZED RECEIPT DOES NOT 

WAIVE SUCH PRIVILEGE, AND THAT 

UNAUTHORIZED DISSEMINATION, 

DISTRIBUTION, OR COPYING OF THIS 

COMMUNICATION IS PROHIBITED. IF 

YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS FAX IN 

ERROR, PLEASE DESTROY THE 

ATTACHED DOCUMENT(S) AND 

NOTIFY THE SENDER OF THE ERROR 

BY CALLING.’’

Requests by telephone: Since positive 

identification of the caller cannot be 

established, telephone requests are not 

honored; the caller is asked to submit 

his or her request in writing. 

Requests by electronic mail: Since 

positive identification of the requestor 

cannot be established, and the 

electronic transmission of personal 

identifiers is not encrypted, the security 

safeguards is not guaranteed from an 

unauthorized disclosure, so electronic 

mail requests are not honored and will 

be deleted from the IHS e-mail system; 

and the computer user is asked to 

submit his or her request in writing and/ 

or by facsimile transmission. 

Record access procedures: Same as 

notification procedures. Requestors 

should also provide a reasonable 

description of the record being sought. 

Requestors may also request an 

accounting of disclosures that have been 

made of their record, if any. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Contact the Policy Coordinating 

Official(s), provide a reasonable 

description of the record, and specify 

the information being contested, the 

corrective action sought, and the 

reasons for requesting the correction, 

along with supporting information to 

show how the record is inaccurate, 

incomplete, untimely, or irrelevant. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information will be collected from the 

following sources: 

Education institutions attended; 

internship and/or residency training 

progress reports; IHS site selection 

questionnaires; IHS Scholarship or Loan 

Repayment applicants; Indian health 

programs human resources department; 

financial institutions from which these 

applicants have obtained educational 

loans; Bureau of Health Professions 

Area Resources File tapes; health 

professional associations; HHS 

contractors/subcontractors; consumer 

reporting agencies/credit bureaus; 

lending institutions; PHS 

Commissioned Personnel Operations 

Division and U.S. Office of Personnel 

Operations Division and U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management personnel 

records; other Federal agencies, 

including but not limited to the 

Department of Treasury, the IRS, and 

the U.S. Postal Service; State or local 

Government medical licensing boards 

and/or the Federation of State Medical 

Boards or a similar non-Government 

entity; and third parties who provide 

references concerning the subject 

individual. 

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of the following 

meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 552(c)(4) 

and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as 

amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences Special 

Emphasis Panel, Molecular Toxicology of 

DNA Adducts. 

Date: February 23, 2007. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: The Radisson Governor’s Inn, I–40 

at Davis Drive, Exit 280, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27709. 

Contact Person: Teresa Nesbitt, BS, PhD, 

DVM, Chief, Scientific Review Branch, 

Division of Extramural Research and 

Training, Nat’l Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC–30, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, (919) 541–

7571, nesbitt@mail.nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.115, Biometry and Risk 

Estimation—Health Risks from 

Environmental Exposures; 93.142, NIEHS 

Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety 

Training; 93.143, NIEHS Superfund 

Hazardous Substances—Basic Research and 

Education; 93.894, Resources and Manpower 

Development in the Environmental Health 

Sciences; 93.113, Biological Response to 

Environmental Health Hazards; 93.114, 

Applied Toxicological Research and Testing, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: January 28, 2007. 

Anna Snouffer, 

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2007–27156] 

National Maritime Security Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice 

of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Maritime 

Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) 

will meet on February 28, 2007, in 

Arlington, Virginia to discuss various 

issues relating to national maritime 

security. This meeting will be open to 

the public. 

DATES: NMSAC will meet on 

Wednesday, February 28, 2007, from 9 

a.m. to 4 p.m. Please note that the 

meeting may close early if the 

committee has completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: NMSAC will meet in the 

Cavalier Ballroom at the Sheraton 

National Hotel, 900 South Orme Street, 

Arlington, Virginia 22204. Send written 

material, comments and requests to 

make oral presentations to Mr. Ike 

Eisentrout, Commandant (CG–3PCP–1), 

NMSAC Executive Assistant, U.S. Coast 

Guard Headquarters, Room 5302, 2100 

Second St. SW., Washington, DC 20593–

0001. Written material, comments and 

requests to make oral presentations at 

the meeting should reach the contact 

person listed above by February 15, 

2007. Requests to have a copy of your 

material distributed to each member of 

the committee prior to the meeting 

should reach the contact person listed 

above by February 15, 2007 (please 


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