INTERIOR/EGS-26
 
System name: National Water Data Exchange User Accounting 
 System--Interior, GS-26.
 
 System location: 
 (1) National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), Water Resources 
 Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 22092. (2) NAWDEX 
 Assistance Centers (for addresses contact the System Manager).
 Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
 Individuals who have requested water data from or to whom 
 information has been sent by the National Water Data Exchange and its 
 Local Assistance Centers.
 Categories of records in the system: 
 Contains name, address, and telephone number, types of data 
 requested, type of response made, types and volumes of data provided 
 and appropriate cost accounting procedures.
 Authority for maintenance of the system: 
 The User Accounting System is maintained under authority of 43 
 U.S.C. 31 (Stat. 398), OMB Cir. A-67, and 5 U.S.C. 301.
 Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
 categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
 (1) By Geological Survey and Geological Survey contractor 
 personnel in processing user requests for data, (2) By personnel of 
 Local Assistance Centers of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) 
 including Geological Survey personnel and personnel of state-
 government, local-governmental, other public, and private 
 organizations serving as NAWDEX Local Assistance Centers in 
 processing user requests for data, (3) By the personnel in (1) and 
 (2) above for verification of responses referred to other 
 organizations for data acquisition, program planning and accounting, 
 cost effectiveness computations, and follow-up on quality of service 
 provided. (4) Transfer to the U.S. Department of Justice in the event 
 of litigation or potential litigation involving the records or the 
 subject matter of the records. (5) Transfer, in the event there is 
 indicated a violation or potential violation of a statute, 
 regulation, rule, order or license, whether civil, criminal or 
 regulatory in nature, to the appropriate agency or agencies, whether 
 Federal, State, local or foreign, charged with the responsibility of 
 investigation or prosecuting such violation or charged with enforcing 
 or implementing the statute, rule, regulation, order or license 
 violated or potentially violated.
 Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, 
 retaining, and disposing of records in the system: 
 Storage: 
 Maintained in manual form in file folders and on magnetic 
 computer storage devices;
 Retrievability: 
 Indexed by geographic location of requester and cross-indexed by 
 name of requester, in chronological order, and by request record 
 number;
 Safeguards: 
 Maintained in areas occupied by NAWDEX personnel during working 
 hours with building locked and/or guarded during off-duty hours. 
 Computer files are password protected to restrict unauthorized use;
 Retention and disposal: 
 Original hard copy destroyed after a period not to exceed five 
 years. Computerized file copy destroyed after a period not to exceed 
 five years. All records may be retained longer, with permission of 
 subject individual requester transactions.
 System manager(s) and address: 
 Program Manager, National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), U.S. 
 Geological Survey, 421 National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092.
 Notification procedure: 
 A written and signed request to the System Manager stating that 
 the requester seeks information concerning records pertaining to 
 himself or herself is required. See 43 CFR 2.60.
 Record access procedures: 
 Same as above. See 43 CFR 2.63.
 Contesting record procedures: 
 A petition for amendment must be addressed to the System Manager 
 and must meet the content requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.
 Record source categories: 
 Individual on whom the record is maintained or individuals or 
 organization requesting data be sent to the individual on whom the 
 record is maintained.