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Privacy Act Statement for USAJOBS/NRCareers

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(e)(3), enacted into law by Section 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-579), the following statement is furnished to individuals who supply information to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) through USAJOBS/NRCareers. This information is maintained in a system of records designated as NRC-28, described at 71 FR 59635 (October 10, 2006), or the most recent Federal Register publication of the NRC's "Republication of Systems of Records Notices" that is located in the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

  1. AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 5101, 7201; 42 U.S.C. 2000e; 42 U.S.C. 2201(d); Executive Order (E.O.) 9397; E.O. 11478, as amended by E.O.s 11590, 12106; E.O. 12106, as amended by E.O.s 12379, 12450.
  2. PRINCIPAL PURPOSE(S): To apply for Federal employment with the NRC.
  3. ROUTINE USE(S): This information may be used to prepare reports for a variety of internal and external sources including the Office of Personnel Management, Merit Systems Protection Board; EEOC and EEO Investigators; Union representatives and EEO Committee Representatives. Information may be disclosed in accordance with any of the Routine Uses listed in the Prefatory Statement of General Routine Uses, including to an appropriate Federal, State, local or Foreign agency in the event the information indicates a violation or potential violation of law and in the course of an administrative or judicial proceeding. In addition, this information may be transferred to an appropriate Federal, State, local and Foreign agency to the extent relevant and necessary for an NRC decision about you or to the extent relevant and necessary for that agency's decision about you. Information may also be disclosed, in the course of discovery under a protective order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, and in presenting evidence, to a Congressional office to respond to their inquiry made at your request, or to NRC-paid experts, consultants, and others under contract with the NRC, on a need-to-know basis.
  4. WHETHER DISCLOSURE IS MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY AND EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL OF NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION: Disclosing this information is voluntary, however, not providing the requested information may slow the processing of your job application or not enable NRC to process your application at all. Your Social Security number is requested to identify your records because other people may have the same name and birth date.
  5. SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: Chief, Human Resources Services and Operations, Office of Human Resources, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
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