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Return to HHS System of Records Notices (SORNs)

Note that many OS SORNs are department-wide.

*83 FR 6591 (2/14/18) added two security-related routine uses required by OMB in January 2017.

  • OS Exempt Systems: 09-90-0002, 09-90-0003, 09-90-0020, 09-90-0052, 09-90-0100, 09-90-1701, 09-37-0021

I. OS Systems that Include Records About Members of the Public

Office of Inspector General (OIG)

  • 09-90-0076 Administrative Files
    SORN history: 73 FR 18532 (4/4/08), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0077 Litigation Files, Administrative Complaints, and Personnel Actions
    SORN history: 73 FR 20311 (4/15/08), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0101 Health Care Program Violations
    SORN history: 66 FR 9865 (2/12/01), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-1000 Consolidated Data Repository
    SORN history: 73 FR 66648 (11/10/08); updated 76 FR 81950 (12/29/11), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)

Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

  • 09-90-0062 Administrative Claims
    SORN history: 69 FR 71414 (12/9/04), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0064 Litigation Files, Administrative Complaints and Adverse Personnel Actions
    SORN history: 47 FR 45514, at 45542 (10/13/82) (scroll to page 318 of 640); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0068 Federal Private Relief Legislation
    SORN history: 47 FR 45514, at 45546 (10/13/82) (scroll to page 322 of 640); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-9999 Automated Litigation Tracking System
    SORN history: 48 FR 38305 (8/23/83); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)

Departmental Appeals Board (DAB)

  • 09-90-0048 Medicare Appeals Council Records
    SORN history: 71 FR 11206 (3/6/06), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0049 Departmental Appeals Board Case and Appeal Records
    SORN history: 71 FR 11204 (3/6/06), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)

Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA)

  • 09-90-1501 Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Working File, Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA)
    SORN history: 80 FR 63562 (10/20/15), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)

Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA)

  • 09-90-0005 Safety Management Information System (HHS Accident, Injury, and Illness Reporting System)
    SORN history: 47 FR 45514, at 45518 (10/13/82) (scroll to page 294 of 640); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0059 Federal Advisory Committee/Subgroup Member, Subscriber/Registrant, and Guest Speaker Records
    SORN history: 89 FR 105054 (12/26/24)
  • 09-90-0777 Facility and Resource Access Control Records
    SORN history: 75 FR 47812 (8/9/10), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-40-0012 Debt Management and Collection System
    SORN history: 63 FR 68596 (12/11/98); updated 80 FR 67767 (11/3/15), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-2103 Accommodation Records About HHS Civilian Employees, Contractors, and Visitors
    SORN history: 86 FR 68262 (12/1/21)

Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR)

  • 09-90-0024 HHS Financial Management System Records
    SORN history: 80 FR 67767 (11/3/15), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18), *91 FR 12200 (3/12/26)
  • 09-90-0025 Central Registry of Individuals Doing Business with HHS
    SORN history: 47 FR 45514, at 45523 (10/13/82) (scroll to page 299 of 640); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0411 HHS Consolidated Acquisition Solution (HCAS)
    SORN history: 76 FR 21902 (4/19/11), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)

  • 09-37-0020 Office of Minority Health Grants Records System
    SORN history: 52 FR 37663 (10/8/87); updated 56 FR 1232 (1/11/91), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-37-0024 Studies of Preventive Medicine, Health Promotion, and Disease Prevention
    SORN history: 60 FR 1788 (1/5/95), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-37-0151 Public Health Service ALERT Records Concerning Individuals Found to Have Committed Scientific Misconduct in PHS Sponsored Research
    SORN history: 59 FR 25953 (5/18/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0160 Medical Reserve Corps Unit Information
    SORN history: 71 FR 37937 (7/3/06), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-1202 Think Cultural Health
    SORN history: 77 FR 68123 (11/15/12), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-2002 COVID-19 Insights Collaboration Records
    SORN history: 85 FR 43243 (7/16/20)
  • 09-90-2101 HIV Prevention Medication Distribution Records
    SORN history: 88 FR 3999 (1/23/23)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)

  • 09-90-0058 Tracking Records and Case Files for FOIA and Privacy Act Requests and Appeals
    SORN history: 81 FR 17463 (3/29/16), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

  • 09-90-0083 JOBS Evaluation Data system
    SORN history: 57 FR 2104 (1/17/92); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0085 Partnership for Long Term Care Data Set
    SORN history: 73 FR 77027 (12/18/08), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)

Other

  • 09-90-0067 Invention, Patent, and Licensing Documents Related to Inventions By Public Health Service Employees, Grantees, Fellowship Recipients, and Contractors SORN history: 85 FR 2747 (1/16/20)
  • 09-90-1201 ONC Health IT Dashboard [to be rescinded; program ended 2014; records retrieved by personal identifier (NPI) no longer exist]
    SORN history: 76 FR 79685 (12/22/11), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-1401 Records About Requesters of Restricted Datasets
    SORN history: 88 FR 72481 (10/20/23)
  • 09-90-1601 Outside Experts Recruited for Non-FACA Activities
    SORN history: 84 FR 21344 (5/14/19)
  • 09-90-1901 HHS Correspondence, Comment, Customer Service, and Contact List Records
    SORN history: 86 FR 12699 (3/4/21)
  • 09-90-2001 Records Used for Surveillance and Study of Epidemics, Preventable Diseases and Problems
    SORN history: 85 FR 43859 (7/20/20)
  • 09-90-2301 Personnel (Employee and Non-Employee) Recruitment Program Records Not Covered by Other Notices SORN history: 88 FR 19961 (4/4/23)

II. OS Administrative/Personnel Systems

Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA)

  • 09-90-0007 Complaints & Inquiries Records—Miscellaneous
    SORN history: 47 FR 45743, at 45746 (10/13/82) (scroll to page 528 of 640); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0008 Conflict of Interest Records
    SORN history: 47 FR 45743, at 45747 (10/13/82) (scroll to page 529 of 640); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0009 Discrimination Complaints Records
    SORN history: 47 FR 45743, at 45748 (10/13/82) (scroll to page 530 of 640); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0010 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Records (Note: covers HHS EAP Records and EAP records of other agencies that contract with HHS for EAP services)
    SORN history: 67 FR 4965 (2/1/02), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0014 Grievances Filed Under Part 771 of 5 CFR
    SORN history: 47 FR 45743, at 45755 (10/13/82) (scroll to page 537 of 640); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0015 Grievance Records Filed Under Procedures Established by Labor-Management Negotiations
    SORN history: 47 FR 45743, at 45756 (scroll to page 538 of 640) (10/13/82); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-0069 Unfair Labor Practice Records
    SORN history: 47 FR 45743, at 45770 (10/13/82) (scroll to page 552 of 640); updated 59 FR 55845 (11/9/94), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-1200 Workplace Violence Prevention Team (WVPT) Records
    SORN history: 65 FR 58999 (10/3/00), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-90-1402 HHS Payroll Records
    SORN history: 80 FR 48538 (8/13/15), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)

  • 09-40-0001 Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps General Personnel Records
    SORN history: 63 FR 68596 (12/11/98), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-40-0002 Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps Medical Records
    SORN history: 63 FR 68596 (12/11/98), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-40-0003 Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps Board Proceedings
    SORN history: 63 FR 68596 (12/11/98), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-40-0004 Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps Grievance, Investigatory and Disciplinary Files
    SORN history: 63 FR 68596 (12/11/98), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-40-0005 Public Health Service (PHS) Beneficiary-Contract Medical/Health Care Records
    SORN history: 63 FR 68596 (12/11/98), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
  • 09-40-0011 Proceedings of the Board for Correction of PHS Commissioned Corps Records
    SORN history: 63 FR 68596 (12/11/98), *83 FR 6591 (2/14/18)
Content last reviewed April 20, 2026
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