# 2026-22540: NSF Creates New Records for Harassment and Accommodation Complaints

2026-22540, Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, is a Federal Register notice from National Science Foundation published 2026-11-05, effective 2026-12-07; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-05).

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- As of: 2026-11-05
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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22540
- Title: Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: National Science Foundation
- Citation: 91 FR 69888
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Effective: 2026-12-07
- Comments close: 2026-12-07
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-05

## In one line

NSF Creates New Records for Harassment and Accommodation Complaints

## Summary

The National Science Foundation is setting up new record systems to better handle complaints and requests related to awardee compliance, accommodations, and harassment prevention. These changes affect anyone involved with NSF programs and aim to make sure issues are tracked and resolved quickly. You can share your thoughts by December 7, 2026, when the new rules will officially kick in—no extra costs involved!

## Abstract

NSF proposes to establish Privacy Act systems of records to track and manage matters pertaining to the agency's awardee compliance program, reasonable accommodation program, and sexual assault and harassment prevention and response program. These systems support the agency's efforts to ensure that complaints and inquiries received or handled by these programs are timely and appropriately acknowledged, processed, and documented.

## Effects PRIA read

- Online complaint system for awardees: benefit, medium. You can file and track complaints about discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in NSF-funded programs using NSF's new online case management system (NSF-84). Complaints are submitted by creating a CMS user account, OMB Control No. 3145-0288 (approved April 8, 2026) applies to the form, and reco…
- E-filing for reasonable accommodations: benefit, medium. If you are an NSF employee, job applicant, or visitor, you may request a reasonable accommodation electronically through NSF's e-filing system (NSF-85) by registering for an account and submitting supporting information; you can also view the status of requests you created through the system withou…
- Central tracking for sexual assault/harassment reports: benefit, medium. NSF is creating a central electronic tracking system (NSF-86) for sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking incidents connected to NSF-funded programs so the agency can coordinate referrals, provide information and support, and track incidents by assigned case number or impacted individual's…
- Records may be shared with institutions and authorities: cost, medium. Information in these systems (NSF-84, NSF-85, NSF-86) may be disclosed to awardee institutions, law enforcement, contractors, auditors, Congress, courts, and other Federal or state entities as listed under the systems' routine uses, and may be shared in response to a suspected or confirmed breach.…

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## Sources
- [2026-22540 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/05/2026-22540/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records)
- [2026-22540 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-05/pdf/2026-22540.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22540 (as of 2026-11-05).