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NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Privacy Act; Systems of Records:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice; amendment of system of records.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment of Systems Notice; Modification of Routine Uses

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(E), notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is modifying the Routine Uses of this System of Records to add additional uses.

Notice is hereby given that VA is revising certain paragraphs in the system of records entitled ``Workers'' CompensationOccupational Safety and Health/Management Information SystemVA'' (86VA00S1) which was recently published in the Federal Register at Volume 60, Number 60, on September 14, 2000. The Routine Uses are being revised to include additional purposes for which information from this System of Records may be disseminated without the consent of the individual. VA is republishing this system notice in its entirety at this time.

SUMMARY: Modification of Routine Uses,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Background: VA developed the ``Workers'' CompensationOccupational Safety and Health/Management Information SystemVA'' to facilitate the management of workers' compensation claims filed under the Federal Employment Compensation Act (FECA) which is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP). The data contained in the system is provided directly from periodic input via CD ROM from OWCP and uploaded into the system for use by VA workers' compensation staff to manage facility actions related to FECA claims.

Approved: July 21, 2008.
Gordon H. Mansfield,
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Director, Occupational Safety and Health (00S1), Office of Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, 2024615021.