INTERIOR/USGS-15
 
System name: 
 
 Earth Science Information Customer Records--Interior, USGS-15.
 System location: 
 (1) Data and Information Delivery Office, National Mapping 
 Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 508 National Center, MS-508, 
 Reston, Virginia 20192. (2) Earth Science Information Centers (for 
 specific locations contact the System Manager).
 Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
 Individuals who have requested Earth Science information directly 
 from, or whose requests have been forwarded to the Earth Science 
 Information Office or its sponsored field centers. The system also 
 contains records concerning individuals in their entrepreneurial 
 capacity, corporations, and other business entities whose records are 
 not subject to the Privacy Act.
 Categories of records in the system: 
 Contains name, address, credit card number and expiration date 
 (as provided), customer's inquiry, response to inquiry, orders for 
 products, appropriate accounting entries, and information on deposits 
 with and debts owed the Bureau as a result of customer orders.
 Authority for maintenance of the system: 
 Executive Order 3206; OMB Circular A-16; 31 U.S.C. 3512.
 Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
 categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
 The primary use of the records if for reference by Geological 
 Survey (GS) and GS contract employees in processing customer 
 inquiries, orders, and complaints. Disclosure outside the Department 
 of the Interior may be made to: (1) The U.S. Department of Justice or 
 in a proceeding before a court or adjudicative body when (a) the 
 United States, the Department of the Interior, a component of the 
 Department or, when represented by the Government, an employee of the 
 Department is a party to litigation or anticipated litigation or has 
 an interest in such litigation, and (b) the Department of the 
 Interior determines that the disclosure is relevant or necessary to 
 the litigation and is compatible with the purpose for which the 
 records were compiled; (2) disclose pertinent information to an 
 appropriate Federal, State, local, or foreign agency responsible for 
 investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or implementing a statute, 
 regulation, rule, or order, where the disclosing agency becomes aware 
 of an indication of a violation or potential violation of civil or 
 criminal law or regulation; (3) a congressional office from the 
 record of an individual in response to an inquiry the individual has 
 made to the congressional office.
 Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:
 Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12). Pursuant to 5 
 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12), disclosures may be made to a consumer reporting 
 agency as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 
 1681a(f) or the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 
 3701(a)(3)).
 Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, 
 retaining, and disposing of records in the system: 
 Storage: 
 Maintained in manual form in file folders, correspondence may be 
 recorded on microfilm and key information recorded on magnetic disk 
 or on magnetic tape in some instances.
 Retrievability: 
 Stored by account number, indexed by name and zip code.
 Safeguards: 
 Maintained in GS or GS contract areas occupied by GS or GS 
 contract personnel during working hours with the building locked and/
 or guarded during off hours.
 Retention and disposal: 
 Retained and disposed of according to Bureau Records Disposition 
 Schedule, RCS/Item 1500-07.
 System manager(s) and address: 
 Senior Program Advisor, Data and Information Delivery Office, 
 National Mapping Division, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, 
 MS-508, Reston, Virginia 20192.
 Notification procedure: 
 Inquiries should be addressed to the System Manager. See 43 CFR 
 2.60.
 Record access procedures: 
 Same as above. See 43 CFR 2.63.
  Contesting record procedures: 
 A petition for amendment should be addressed to the System 
 Manager and must meet the content requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.
 Record source categories: 
 Customers on whom record(s) are maintained and GS or GS contract 
 information researchers.