INTERIOR/FWS-4, Tort Claims Records

• (1)  We added the regional contracting offices to the list of system managers.
• (2)  We converted the notice to plain language to implement the President's memorandum of June 1, 1998, requiring the use of plain language in Government writing.

• (1)  We changed the name of the system manager to reflect that office's current title.
• (2)  We converted the notice to plain language to implement the President's memorandum of June 1, 1998, requiring the use of plain language in Government writing.

• (1)  We changed the system location. The records are no longer maintained in the regional offices. They are maintained at the National Fish Hatcheries.
• (2)  We changed the name of the system manager to reflect the current title of that office.
• (3)  We converted the notice to plain language to implement the President's memorandum of June 1, 1998, requiring the use of plain language in Government writing.

“Real Property Records--Interior, FWS-11” previously published in the Federal Register on December 6, 1983 (48 FR 54717):

• (1)  We updated the system location to include the Washington Office, Division of Realty as another system location.
• (2)  We updated the section entitled “Authority for maintenance of the system.”
• (3)  We updated the section entitled “Routine uses of records maintained in the system'' to include the required summary reports which we produce (stripped of personal identifiers).
• (4)  We updated the system managers to reflect a more current address for the Washington Office, Division of Realty; and to include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services regional offices.
• (5)  We added the mandatory section entitled “Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies”.
• (6)  We included electronic storage as another medium we use to store records.
• (7)  We converted the notice to plain language in order to implement the President’s memorandum of June 1, 1998, requiring the use of plain language in Government writing.

• (1)  We updated the system location to reflect the current address of the system.
• (2)  We dropped several categories of records which were part of the old system as we no longer collect the information.
• (3)  We updated the system manager and address to reflect the current address.
• (4)  We converted the notice to plain language to implement the President’s memorandum of June 1, 1998, requiring the use of plain language in Government writing.

• (1)  We included more specific information about the computerized system being a local area network (LAN) system and password protected.
• (2)  We provided the current address in the “System Location” and “System Manager(s) and Address” sections.
• (3)  We modified the “Retention and Disposal” section to include a reference to our records schedule.
• (4)  We converted the notice to plain language to implement the President’s memorandum of June 1, 1998, requiring the use of plain language in Government writing.

• (1)  We eliminated 3 categories of individuals covered by the system. Many of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service research functions are now part of the U.S. Geological Survey's Biological Resources Division. They now have responsibility for the following categories of individuals previously collected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under this Privacy Act system: persons applying for bird banding permits; persons issued bird banding permits; and persons reporting upon banded birds encountered in the wild. Additionally, we eliminated another category of individuals covered by the system because the program indicated it never needed or collected the information. We previously identified this category as “unidentified persons observed in the field hunting migratory game birds.”
• (2)  Because we eliminated the above categories of individuals covered by the system, we needed to make corresponding minor changes in the sections of this notice which deal with categories of records we collect, the routine uses of the records, retention and disposal of the 
• records, notification procedure, and the record source categories. Therefore, we updated those sections.
• (3)  We added the mandatory section entitled “Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies”.
• (4)  We updated the address for the system manager.
• (5)  We converted the notice to plain language to implement the President’s memorandum of June 1, 1998, requiring the use of plain language in Government writing.

• (1)  We updated the system location to more accurately reflect where the records are maintained.
• (2)  We updated the name of the system manager to reflect the current title of that office.
• (3)  We added the mandatory section entitled “Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies”.
• (4)  We converted the notice to plain language to implement the President's memorandum of June 1, 1998, requiring the use of plain language in Government writing.

• (1) Division of Contracting and General Services, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC 20240; 
• (2) Regional offices of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (See 50 CFR part 2 for regional addresses).

• (1)  Another Federal agency to enable that agency to respond to an inquiry by the individual to whom the record pertains.
• (2)  The Department of Justice, or to a court, adjudicative or other administrative body, or to a party in litigation before a court or adjudicative or administrative body, when:
  • (a)  One of the following is a party to the proceeding or has an interest in the proceeding:
    • (1)  The Department or any component of the Department;
    • (2)  Any Departmental employee acting in his or her official capacity;
    • (3)  Any Departmental employee acting in his or her individual capacity where the Department or the Department of Justice has agreed to represent the employee; or
    • (4)  The United States, when the Department determines that the Department is likely to be affected by the proceeding; and
  • (b)  The Department deems the disclosure to be:
  •           (1)  Relevant and necessary to the proceedings; and
    • (2)  Compatible with the purpose for which we compiled the information;
• (3)  The appropriate Federal, State, tribal, local or foreign governmental agency that is responsible for investigating, prosecuting, enforcing or implementing a statute, rule, regulation, order or license, when we become aware of an indication of a violation or potential violation of the statute, rule, regulation, order or license;
• (4)  A congressional office in response to an inquiry to that office by the individual to whom the records pertain;
• (5)  To other Federal agencies to affect salary and administrative offsets;
• (6)  To debt collection agencies for purposes of locating a debtor to collect or compromise a Federal claim against the debtor;
• (7)  To a consumer reporting agency to prepare a commercial credit report for use by the Department.   
• (8)  To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when: 
  • (a)  DOI suspects or has confirmed that there has been a breach of the system of records;
  • (b)  DOI has determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed breach there is a risk of harm to individuals, DOI  (including its information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal Government, or national security; and
  • (c)  the disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with DOI's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.  
• (9)  To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when DOI determines that information from this system of records is reasonably necessary to assist the recipient agency or entity in 
  • (a)  responding to a suspected or confirmed breach or
  • (b)  preventing, minimizing, or remedying the risk of harm to individuals, the recipient agency or entity (including its information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal Government, or national security, resulting from a suspected or confirmed breach.