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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 730 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1513–0115. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Usual and Customary Business 

Records Relating to Wine TTB REC 

5120/1. 

Description: TTB routinely inspects 

wineries’ usual and customary business 

records to ensure the proper payment of 

wine excise taxes due to the Federal 

government. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 468 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1513–0114. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Form: TTB F 5130.12. 

Title: Beer for Exportation. 

Description: Unpaid beer may be 

removed from a brewery for exportation 

without payment of the excise tax 

normally due on removal. In order to 

ensure that exportation took place as 

claimed and that untaxpaid beer does 

not reach domestic market TTB requires 

certification on Form 5130.12. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,940 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: Frank Foote, (202) 

927–9347, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

and Trade Bureau, Room 200 East, 1310 

G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed, 

(202) 395–7873, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Celina Elphage, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–14589 Filed 6–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–31–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 16, 2009. 

The Department of Treasury will 

submit the following public information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. Copies of 

the submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance 

Officer listed. Comments regarding this 

information collection should be 

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed 

and to the Treasury Department 

Clearance Officer, Department of the 

Treasury, Room 11000, and 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Washington, 

DC 20220. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before July 22, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

OMB Number: 1545–1254. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Conclusive Presumption of 

Wothlessness of Debts Held by Banks 

(FI–34–91) (Final). 

Description: Paragraph (d)(3) of 

section 1.166–2 of the regulations 

allows banks and thrifts to elect to 

conform their tax accounting for bad 

debts with their regulatory accounting. 

An election, or revocation thereof, is a 

change in method of accounting. The 

collection of information required in 

section 1.166–2(d)(3) is necessary to 

monitor the elections. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 50 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: R. Joseph Durbala 

(202) 622–3634, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed (202) 

395–7873, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

Celina Elphage, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–14587 Filed 6–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Privacy Act of 

1974, as Amended 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Alterations 

of a Privacy Act System of Records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Circular A–130 and 

Memorandum M–07–16, the 

Department of the Treasury 

(Department), Office of D.C. Pensions 

gives notice of a proposed altered 

system of records entitled, ‘‘D.C. 

Pensions Retirement Records— 

Treasury/DO .214.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than July 22, 2009. The proposed 

alteration to the system of records will 

be effective August 3, 2009 unless the 

Office of D.C. Pensions receives 

comments which would result in a 

contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

Nancy Ostrowski, Director, Office of 

D.C. Pensions, Department of the 

Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20220. The 

Department will make such comments 

available for public inspection and 

copying in the Department’s Library, 

Room 1428, Main Treasury Building, 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time. You can 

make an appointment to inspect 

comments by telephoning (202) 622– 

0990. All comments, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, received are part of the public 

record and subject to public disclosure. 

You should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Ostrowski, Director, Office of 

D.C. Pensions, Department of the 

Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20220, at 202– 

622–2214 or via electronic mail at 

nancy.ostrowski@do.treas.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Privacy Act of 1974, and the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Circular A–130 and 

Memorandum M–07–16, the Office of 

D.C. Pensions conducted a complete 

review of its August 9, 2005, published 

Privacy Act system of records notice 

and identified changes that more 

accurately describe its records. The 

changes throughout the document 

update the list of records utilized in the 

Office of D.C. Pensions as of September 

2009. 

Under provisions in Title XI of the 

Balanced Budget Act of 1997, as 

amended (the Act), the Secretary of the 

Treasury (Secretary) assumed certain 

responsibilities for a specific population 

of annuitants under the following 

District of Columbia (District) retirement 

plans: The Police Officers’ and 

Firefighters’ Retirement Plan; the 

Teachers’ Retirement Plan; and the 

Judges’ Retirement Plan. Specifically, 

the Secretary is responsible for 

administering the retirement benefits 

earned by District police officers, 

firefighters, and teachers based upon 

service accrued prior to July 1, 1997; 

and, retirement benefits earned by 

District judges, regardless of when 

service accrued. These benefits are 

described as Federal benefits. The 

retirement benefits of District police 

officers, firefighters, and teachers based 

upon service accrued starting July 1, 

1997 and going forward, are described 

as District benefits. 

With regard to the administration of 

Federal and District benefits, the 


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Department of the Treasury 

(Department) and the District operate 

under a Memorandum of Understanding 

(MOU). Under the MOU, the District is 

responsible for Federal benefits 

administration duties for current and 

former District police officers, 

firefighters, and teachers, including 

their survivors and beneficiaries. The 

same MOU stipulates that the 

Department will provide pension 

payroll system services to the District 

for Federal and District benefit 

payments. The benefits administration 

responsibilities for current and former 

D.C. Judges, including survivors and 

beneficiaries, covered under the 

District’s Judges’ Retirement Plan are 

performed by the Department’s Office of 

D.C. Pensions. 

For purposes of this Notice— 

a. The term ‘‘current police officers, 

firefighters, teachers and/or judges’’ 

refers to individuals who are (1) 

presently working for (not separated or 

retired from) the District, and 

performing service subject to the Police 

Officers’ and Firefighters’, and Teachers’ 

Retirement Plans; or (2) presently 

working for (not separated or retired 

from) the D.C. Courts, and performing 

service subject to the Judges’ Retirement 

Plan entitling them to benefit payments. 

b. The term ‘‘former police officers, 

firefighters, teachers and/or judges’’ 

refers to individuals who are separated 

or retired (1) from the District, and who 

performed service subject to the Police 

Officers’ and Firefighters’, or Teachers’ 

Retirement Plans; or (2) from the D.C. 

Courts, and who performed service 

subject to the Judges’ Retirement Plan 

entitling them to benefit payments. 

c. The term ‘‘benefit payment(s)’’ 

refers to a/an (1) annuity that is paid 

monthly; (2) lump-sum payment of 

retirement contributions; and/or (3) 

lump-sum payment due to a death, 

made to an eligible recipient. 

On May 22, 2007, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) issued 

Memorandum M–07–16 entitled, 

‘‘Safeguarding Against and Responding 

to the Breach of Personally Identifiable 

Information.’’ It required agencies to 

publish the routine use recommended 

by the President’s Identity Theft Task 

Force. As part of that effort, the 

Department published the notice of the 

proposed routine use on October 3, 

2007, at 72 FR 56434, and it was 

effective on November 13, 2007. The 

new routine use is added as routine use 

(27). 

In addition, two new routine uses are 

proposed as follows: 

(29) To disclose to a surviving spouse, 

surviving child, dependent parent, and/ 

or legal guardian information necessary 

to explain how his/her survivor benefit 

was computed; and, 

(30) To disclose to a spouse or 

dependent child (or court-appointed 

guardian thereof) of an individual 

covered by the system, upon request, 

whether the individual (a) changed his/ 

her election from a self-and-family to a 

self-only health and/or life insurance 

benefit enrollment; (b) changed his/her 

additional survivor benefit election; 

and/or, (c) received a lump-sum refund 

of his/her retirement contributions. 

Routine use (7) was changed to 

include auditors and actuaries; and, (9) 

was changed to reference coordination 

with contract carriers that provide 

benefits. 

Two routine uses from the August 

2005 publication were deleted 

(specifically, [11] and [27]) because they 

were redundant and/or the practice is 

no longer applicable. 

The report of an altered system of 

records, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) 

of the Privacy Act, has been submitted 

to the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform of the House of 

Representatives; the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs of the Senate; and the Office of 

Management and Budget, pursuant to 

Appendix I to OMB Circular A–130, 

‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities for 

Maintaining Records About 

Individuals,’’ dated November 30, 2000. 

The proposed altered system of 

records entitled, ‘‘D.C. Pensions 

Retirement Records—Treasury/DO 

.214’’ is published in its entirety below. 

Dated: June 12, 2009. 

Elizabeth Cuffe, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy and 

Treasury Records. 

Treasury/DO .214 

SYSTEM NAME: 

D.C. Pensions Retirement Records. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Office of D.C. Pensions, Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220. 

Electronic and paper records are also 

located at the District and bureaus of the 

Department, including the Bureau of the 

Public Debt in Parkersburg, WV. In 

addition, certain records are located 

with contractors engaged by the 

Department. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

a. Current and former police officers, 

firefighters, teachers, and judges. 

b. Surviving spouses, children, and/or 

dependent parents of current and former 

police officers, firefighters, teachers, or 

judges. 

c. Former spouses of current and 

former police officers, firefighters, 

teachers, or judges. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

The categories of records include, but 

is not limited to, identifying information 

such as: Name(s); contact information; 

Social Security number; employee 

identification number; service beginning 

and end dates; annuity beginning and 

end dates; date of birth; sex; retirement 

plan; base pay; average base pay; final 

salary; type(s) of service and dates used 

to compute length of service; military 

base pay amount; purchase of service 

calculation and amount; and/or benefit 

payment amount(s). 

The types of records in the system 

may be: 

a. Documentation comprised of 

service history/credit, personnel data, 

retirement contributions, and/or a 

refund claim upon which a benefit 

payment(s) may be based. 

b. Medical records and supporting 

evidence for disability retirement 

applications and continued eligibility, 

and documentation regarding the 

acceptance or rejection. 

c. Records submitted by a surviving 

spouse and/or a child(ren) in support of 

claims to a benefit payment(s). 

d. Consent forms and other records 

related to the withholding of income tax 

from a benefit payment(s). 

e. Retirement applications, including 

supporting documentation, and 

acceptance or denial of such 

applications. 

f. Death claim, including supporting 

documentation, submitted by a 

surviving spouse, child(ren), former 

spouse, and/or beneficiary, that is 

required to determine eligibility for and 

receipt of a benefit payment(s), or denial 

of such claims. 

g. Documentation of enrollment and/ 

or change in enrollment for health and 

life insurance benefits/eligibility. 

h. Designation(s) of a beneficiary(ies) 

for a life insurance benefit and/or an 

unpaid benefit payment. 

i. Court orders submitted by former 

spouses in support of claims to a benefit 

payment(s). 

j. Records relating to under- and/or 

over-payments of benefit payments and 

other debts arising from the 

responsibility to administer the 

retirement plans for District police 

officers, firefighters, teachers, and 

judges; and, records relating to other 

Federal debts owed by recipients of 

Federal benefit payments. 

k. Records relating to bankruptcies, 

tax levies, and garnishments. 

l. Records used to determine a total 

benefit payment and/or if the benefit 

payment is a District or Federal liability. 


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m. Correspondence received from 

current and former police officers, 

firefighters, teachers, and judges; 

including their surviving spouses, 

children, former spouses, dependent 

parents, and/or beneficiaries. 

n. Records relating to time served on 

behalf of a recognized labor 

organization. 

o. Records relating to benefit payment 

enrollment and/or change to enrollment 

for direct deposit to an individual’s 

financial institution. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Title XI, Subtitle A, Chapters 1 

through 9, and Subtitle C, Chapter 4, 

Subchapter B of the Balanced Budget 

Act of 1997 (as amended), Public Law 

105–33. 

PURPOSE(S): 

These records may provide 

information on which to base 

determinations of (1) eligibility for, and 

computation of, benefit payments; (2) 

direct deposit elections into a financial 

institution; (3) eligibility and premiums 

for health insurance and group life 

insurance; (4) withholding of income 

taxes; (5) under- or over-payments to 

recipients of a benefit payment, and for 

overpayments, the recipient’s ability to 

repay the overpayment; (6) Federal 

payment made from the General Fund to 

the District of Columbia Pension Fund 

and the District of Columbia Judicial 

Retirement and Survivors Annuity 

Fund; (7) impact to the Funds due to 

proposed Federal and/or District 

legislative changes; and (8) District or 

Federal liability for benefit payments to 

former District police officers, 

firefighters, and teachers, including 

survivors and dependents, who are 

receiving a Federal and/or District 

benefit. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

These records and the information in 

these records may be used: 

1. To disclose pertinent information 

to the appropriate Federal, State, or 

local agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

or order, where the Department becomes 

aware of an indication of a violation or 

potential violation of civil or criminal 

law or regulation. 

2. To disclose information to a 

Federal agency, in response to its 

request in connection with the hiring or 

retention of an employee, the issuance 

of a security clearance, the conducting 

of a suitability or security investigation 

of an individual, the classifying of jobs, 

the letting of a contract, or the issuance 

of a license, grant, or other benefit by 

the requesting agency, to the extent that 

the information is relevant and 

necessary to the requesting agency’s 

decision on the matter. 

3. To provide information to a 

congressional office from the record of 

an individual in response to an inquiry 

from that congressional office made at 

the request of that individual. 

4. To disclose information to another 

Federal agency, to a court, or a party in 

litigation before a court or in an 

administrative proceeding being 

conducted by a Federal agency, when 

the Federal Government is a party to the 

judicial or administrative proceeding. In 

those cases where the Federal 

Government is not a party to the 

proceeding, records may be disclosed if 

a subpoena has been signed by a judge. 

5. To disclose information to the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration for use in records 

management inspections and its role as 

an Archivist. 

6. To disclose information to the 

Department of Justice, or in a 

proceeding before a court, adjudicative 

body, or other administrative body 

before which the Department is 

authorized to appear, when: 

(A) The Department or any 

component thereof; 

(B) Any employee of the Department 

in his or her official capacity; 

(C) Any employee of the Department 

in his or her individual capacity where 

the Department of Justice or the 

Department has agreed to represent the 

employee; 

(D) The United States, when the 

Department determines that litigation is 

likely to affect the Department or any of 

its components; or 

(E) The Federal funds established by 

the Act to pay benefit payments is a 

party to litigation or has an interest in 

such litigation, and the use of such 

records by the Department of Justice or 

the Department is deemed by the 

Department of Justice or the Department 

to be relevant and necessary to the 

litigation provided that the disclosure is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

records were collected. 

7. To disclose information to 

contractors, subcontractors, financial 

agents, grantees, auditors, actuaries, or 

volunteers performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or job for the Department, 

including the District. 

8. To disclose information needed to 

adjudicate a claim for benefit payments 

or information needed to conduct an 

analytical study of benefits being paid 

under such programs as: Social Security 

Administration’s Old Age, Survivor, and 

Disability Insurance and Medical 

Programs; military retired pay programs; 

and Federal civilian employee 

retirement programs (Civil Service 

Retirement System, Federal Employees 

Retirement System, and other Federal 

retirement systems). 

9. To disclose to the U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) and to 

the District, information necessary to 

verify the election, declination, or 

waiver of regular and/or optional life 

insurance coverage, or coordinate with 

contract carriers the benefit provisions 

of such coverage. 

10. To disclose to health insurance 

carriers contracting with OPM to 

provide a health benefits plan under the 

Federal Employees Health Benefits 

Program or health insurance carriers 

contracting with the District to provide 

a health benefits plan under the health 

benefits program for District employees, 

Social Security numbers and other 

information necessary to identify 

enrollment in a plan, to verify eligibility 

for payment of a claim for health 

benefits, or to carry out the coordination 

for benefits provisions of such contracts. 

11. To disclose to any person possibly 

entitled to a benefit payment in 

accordance with the applicable order of 

precedence or to an executor of a 

deceased person’s estate, information 

that is contained in the record of a 

deceased current or former police 

officer, firefighter, teacher, or judge to 

assist in properly determining the 

eligibility and amount of a benefit 

payment to a surviving recipient, or 

information that results from such 

determination. 

12. To disclose to any person who is 

legally responsible for the care of an 

individual to whom a record pertains, or 

who otherwise has an existing, faciallyvalid Power of Attorney, including care 

of an individual who is mentally 

incompetent or under other legal 

disability, information necessary to 

assure application or payment of 

benefits to which the individual may be 

entitled. 

13. To disclose to the Parent Locator 

Service of the Department of Health and 

Human Services, upon its request, the 

present address of an individual 

covered by the system needed for 

enforcing child support obligations of 

such individual. 

14. In connection with an 

examination ordered by the District or 

the Department under: 

(A) Medical examination procedures; 

or 

(B) Involuntary disability retirement 

procedures to disclose to the 

representative of an employee, notices, 


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decisions, other written 

communications, or any other pertinent 

medical evidence other than medical 

evidence about which a prudent 

physician would hesitate to inform the 

individual; such medical evidence will 

be disclosed only to a licensed 

physician, designated in writing for that 

purpose by the individual or his or her 

representative. The physician must be 

capable of explaining the contents of the 

medical record(s) to the individual and 

be willing to provide the entire record(s) 

to the individual. 

15. To disclose information to any 

source from which the Department 

seeks additional information that is 

relevant to a determination of an 

individual’s eligibility for, or 

entitlement to, coverage under the 

applicable retirement, life insurance, 

and health benefits program, to the 

extent necessary to obtain the 

information requested. 

16. To disclose information to the 

Office of Management and Budget at any 

stage of the legislative coordination and 

clearance process in connection with 

private relief legislation as set forth in 

OMB Circular No. A–19. 

17. To disclose to an agency 

responsible for the collection of income 

taxes the information required by an 

agreement authorized by law to 

implement voluntary income tax 

withholdings from benefit payments. 

18. To disclose to the Social Security 

Administration the names and Social 

Security numbers of individuals 

covered by the system when necessary 

to determine: (1) Their vital status as 

shown in the Social Security Master 

Records; and (2) whether retirees 

receiving benefit payments under the 

District’s retirement plan for police 

officers and firefighters with post-1956 

military service credit are eligible for or 

are receiving old age or survivors 

benefits under section 202 of the Social 

Security Act based upon their wages 

and self-employment income. 

19. To disclose to Federal, State, and 

local government agencies information 

to help eliminate fraud and abuse in a 

benefits program administered by a 

requesting Federal, State, or local 

government agency; to ensure 

compliance with Federal, State, and 

local government tax obligations by 

persons receiving benefits payments; 

and/or to collect debts and 

overpayments owed to the requesting 

Federal, State, or local government 

agency. 

20. To disclose to a Federal agency, or 

a person or an organization under 

contract with a Federal agency to render 

collection services for a Federal agency 

as permitted by law, in response to a 

written request from the head of the 

agency or his designee, or from the debt 

collection contractor, data concerning 

an individual owing a debt to the 

Federal Government. 

21. To disclose, as permitted by law, 

information to a State court or 

administrative agency in connection 

with a garnishment, attachment, or 

similar proceeding to enforce alimony 

or a child support obligation. 

22. To disclose information necessary 

to locate individuals who are owed 

money or property by a Federal, State or 

local government agency, or by a 

financial institution or similar 

institution, to the government agency 

owing or otherwise responsible for the 

money or property (or its agent). 

23. To disclose information necessary 

in connection with the review of a 

disputed claim for health benefits to a 

health plan provider participating in the 

Federal Employees Health Benefits 

Program or the health benefits program 

for employees of the District, and to a 

program enrollee or covered family 

member or an enrollee or covered family 

member’s authorized representative. 

24. To disclose information to another 

Federal agency for the purpose of 

effecting administrative or salary offset 

against a person employed by that 

agency, or who is receiving or eligible 

to receive benefit payments from the 

agency when the Department as a 

creditor has a claim against that person 

relating to benefit payments. 

25. To disclose information 

concerning delinquent debts relating to 

benefit payments to other Federal 

agencies for the purpose of barring 

delinquent debtors from obtaining 

Federal loans or loan insurance 

guarantees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3720B. 

26. To disclose to State and local 

governments information used for 

collecting delinquent debts relating to 

benefit payments. 

27. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (a) the Department 

suspects or has confirmed that the 

security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; (b) the Department 

has determined that as a result of the 

suspected or confirmed compromise 

there is a risk of harm to economic or 

property interests, identity theft or 

fraud, or harm to the security or 

integrity of this system or other systems 

or programs (whether maintained by the 

Department or another agency or entity) 

that rely upon the compromised 

information; and (c) the disclosure made 

to such agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with the Department’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed compromise and prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

28. To disclose to a former spouse 

information necessary to explain how 

his/her former spouse’s benefit was 

computed. 

29. To disclose to a surviving spouse, 

surviving child, dependent parent, and/ 

or legal guardian information necessary 

to explain how his/her survivor benefit 

was computed. 

30. To disclose to a spouse or 

dependent child (or court-appointed 

guardian thereof) of an individual 

covered by the system, upon request, 

whether the individual a) changed his/ 

her election from a self-and-family to a 

self-only health and/or life insurance 

benefit enrollment, b) changed his/her 

additional survivor benefit election, 

and/or c) received a lump-sum refund of 

his/her retirement contributions. 

DISCLOSURES TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12), 

disclosures may be made from this 

system to consumer reporting agencies 

in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3711(e). 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, SAFEGUARDING, RETAINING AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

These records are maintained in hard 

copy and in an electronic format, 

including (but not limited to) on 

magnetic tapes, disks, microfiche. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

These records are retrieved by various 

combinations of name; date-of-birth; 

Social Security number; and/or an 

automatically assigned, system 

generated number of the individual to 

whom they pertain. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Paper records are kept in lockable 

metal file cabinets or in a secured 

facility with access limited to those 

persons whose official duties require 

access. Data in electronic format is 

encrypted or password protected. 

Personnel screening and training are 

employed to prevent unauthorized 

disclosure. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records on a claim for retirement, 

including salary and service history, 

survivor annuity elections, and tax and 

other withholdings are destroyed after 

115 years from the date of the former 

police officer’s, firefighter’s, teacher’s or 

judge’s birth; or 30 years after the date 

of his/her death, if no application for 

benefits is received. If a survivor or 

former spouse receives a benefit 

payment, such record is destroyed after 


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his/her death. All other records covered 

by this system may be destroyed in 

accordance with approved District and 

Department guidelines. Paper records 

are destroyed by shredding or burning. 

Records in electronic media are 

electronically erased using accepted 

techniques. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Director, Office of D.C. Pensions, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, 

Washington, DC 20220. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking notification and 

access to any record contained in the 

system of records, or seeking to contest 

its contents, should contact the system 

manager. Individuals must furnish the 

following information for their records 

to be located and identified: 

a. Name, including all former names. 

b. Date of birth. 

c. Social Security number. 

d. Signature. 

e. Contact information. 

Individuals requesting amendment of 

their records must also follow the 

Department’s Privacy Act regulations 

regarding verification of identity and 

amendment of records (31 CFR part 1 

subpart C, appendix A). 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure,’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure,’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The information in this system is 

obtained from: 

a. The individual to whom the 

information pertains. 

b. District pay, leave, and allowance 

records. 

c. Health benefits and life insurance 

plan systems records maintained by the 

Office of Personnel Management, the 

District, and health and life insurance 

carriers. 

d. Federal civilian retirement systems. 

e. Military retired pay system records. 

f. Social Security Old Age, Survivor, 

and Disability Insurance and Medicare 

Programs. 

g. Official personnel folders. 

h. The individual’s co-workers and 

supervisors. 

i. Physicians who have examined or 

treated the individual. 

j. Surviving spouse, child(ren), former 

spouse(s), and/or dependent parent of 

the individual to whom the information 

pertains. 

k. State courts or support enforcement 

agencies. 

l. Credit bureaus and financial 

institutions. 

m. Government Offices of the District 

of Columbia, including the D.C. 

Retirement Board. 

n. The General Services 

Administration National Payroll Center. 

o. Educational institutions. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

[FR Doc. E9–14579 Filed 6–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–94–P 

U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND 

SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION 

Notice of Open Public Hearing 

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing— 

July 23, 2009, Rochester, NY 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following hearing of the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review 

Commission. 

Name: Carolyn Bartholomew, 

Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic 

and Security Review Commission. 

The Commission is mandated by 

Congress to investigate, assess, evaluate 

and report to Congress annually on the 

national security implications and 

impact of the bilateral trade and 

economic relationship between the 

United States and the People’s Republic 

of China, and to provide 

recommendations, where appropriate, to 

Congress for legislative and 

administrative action. 

Pursuant to this mandate, the 

Commission will hold a public hearing 

in Rochester, New York. 

Background 

This event is the seventh in a series 

of public hearings the Commission will 

hold during its 2009 report cycle to 

collect input from leading experts in 

government, business, industry, 

academia and the public on the impact 

of the economic and national security 

implications of the U.S. growing 

bilateral trade and economic 

relationship with China. The July 23 

hearing is being conducted to obtain 

commentary on the impact of 

globalization and trade with China on 

New York State companies and 

communities. This hearing will address 

the perspectives of local government 

representatives, academics, and 

entrepreneurs, and will be co-chaired by 

Commissioners Dennis Shea and Patrick 

Mulloy. 

Information on upcoming hearings, as 

well as transcripts of past Commission 

hearings, can be obtained from the 

USCC Web site http//www.uscc.gov. 

Purpose of Hearing 

The hearing is designed to assist the 

Commission in fulfilling its mandate by 

examining the impact of globalization 

on New York State. The hearing will 

also highlight the consequences for local 

business of competition with Chinese 

companies, the relocation of production 

to China, and the current efforts by both 

the New York State government, 

industry leaders and other institutions 

to promote economic growth in the 

region. 

Copies of the hearing agenda will be 

made available on the Commission’s 

Web Site http://www.uscc.gov. Any 

interested party may file a written 

statement by July 23, 2009, by mailing 

to the contact below. 

The full day hearing will be held in 

two sessions, one in the morning and 

one in the afternoon where 

Commissioners will take testimony from 

invited witnesses. There will be a 

question and answer period between the 

Commissioners and the witnesses. 

Public participation is invited during an 

open-microphone session for public 

comment at the conclusion of the 

afternoon session. Sign-up for openmicrophone session will take place in 

the morning of July 23 beginning at 8:45 

a.m. and will be on first come, first 

served basis. Each individual or group 

making an oral presentation will be 

limited to a total of 5 minutes. Because 

of time constraints, parties with 

common interests are encouraged to 

designate a single speaker to represent 

their views. 

Date and Time: Thursday, July 23, 

2009 at 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time. A detailed agenda for the 

hearing will be posted to the 

Commission’s Web Site http:// 

www.uscc.gov in the near future. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at 

the Center for Integrated Manufacturing 

Studies, Rochester Institute of 

Technology, Rochester, New York. 

Public seating is on a first come, first 

serve basis. Advance reservations are 

not required. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information concerning the hearing 

should contact Kathy Michels, Associate 

Director for the U.S.-China Economic 

and Security Review Commission, 444 

North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602, 

Washington, DC 20001; phone: 202– 

624–1409, or via e-mail at 

kmichels@uscc.gov. 

Authority: Congress created the U.S.- 

China Economic and Security Review 

Commission in 2000 in the National 

Defense Authorization Act (Pub. L. 106– 

398), as amended by Division P of the 


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