USPS

100.300

System Name:
Employee Development and Training Records.

System Location

Management training centers, Integrated Business Solutions Services Centers, other USPS facilities where career development and training records are stored, and contractor sites.

Categories of Individuals Covered by the System

Current and former USPS employees.

Categories of Records in the System

  1. Employee information: Name, Social Security Number, Employee Identification Number, demographic information, photograph, years of service, retirement eligibility, postal assignment information, work contact information, finance number(s), duty location, and pay location.
  2. Employee development and training information: Records related to career development, work history, assessments, skills bank participation, USPS- and non-USPS-sponsored training, examinations, evaluations of training, and USPS lodging when a discrepancy report is filed against the student about unauthorized activities while occupying the room.

Authority for Maintenance of the System

39 U.S.C. 401, 410, 1001, 1005, and 1206.

Purpose(s)

  1. To provide managers, supervisors, and training and development professionals with decision-making information for employee career development, succession planning, training, and assignment.
  2. To make and track employee job assignments, to place employees in new positions, and to assist in career planning and training in general.
  3. To provide statistics for personnel and workload management.

Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses

Standard routine uses 1. through 9. apply.

Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining, and Disposing of Records in the System

Storage

Automated database, computer storage media, digital files, and paper files.

Retrievability

By employee name, Social Security Number, or Employee Identification Number.

Safeguards

Paper records, computers, and computer storage media are located in controlled-access areas under supervision of program personnel. Access to these areas is limited to authorized personnel, who must be identified with a badge. Access to records is limited to individuals whose official duties require such access. Contractors and licensees are subject to contract controls and unannounced on-site audits and inspections. Computers are protected by mechanical locks, card key systems, or other physical access control methods. The use of computer systems is regulated with installed security software, computer logon identifications, and operating system controls including access controls, terminal and transaction logging, and file management software.

Retention and Disposal
  1. Training records are retained 5 years. Training-related travel records are retained 1 year.
  2. Records related to succession planning and individual development planning are retained 10 years.
  3. Examination records are retained 1 year after employee separation.
  4. Skills bank records are retained up to 2 years.

Records existing on paper are destroyed by burning, pulping, or shredding. Records existing on computer storage media are destroyed according to the applicable USPS media sanitization practice.

System Manager(s) and Address

Vice President, Employee Resource Management, United States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260.

Notification Procedure

Individuals wanting to know if information about them is maintained in this system must address inquiries to the facility head where currently or last employed. Headquarters employees must submit inquiries to Corporate Personnel Management, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260. Inquiries must include full name, Social Security Number or Employee Identification Number, name and address of facility where last employed, and dates of USPS employment.

Record Access Procedures

Requests for access must be made in accordance with the Notification Procedure above and USPS Privacy Act regulations regarding access to records and verification of identity under 39 CFR 266.6.

Contesting Record Procedures

See Notification Procedure and Record Access Procedures above.

Record Source Categories

Employees; employees’ supervisor or manager; and other systems of records.

Systems Exempted From Certain Provisions of the Act

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k), USPS has established regulations at 39 CFR 266.9 that exempt records in this system depending on their purpose. The USPS has also claimed exemption from certain provisions of the Act for several of its other systems of records at 39 CFR 266.9. To the extent that copies of exempted records from those other systems are incorporated into this system, the exemptions applicable to the original primary system continue to apply to the incorporated records.