[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77015-77016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31673]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[AAG/A Order No. 001/2011]
Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Agreement
AGENCY: Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice--computer matching between the Department of Justice and
the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
(Pub. L. 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on
the Conduct of Matching Programs 54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989), OMB
Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting Computer Matching Programs
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress and the
Public,'' and OMB Circular No. A-130, Revised November 28, 2000,
``Management of Federal Information Resources'', the Department of
Justice is issuing a public notice of its intent to conduct a computer
matching program with the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the
Treasury. Under this matching program, entitled Taxpayer Address
Request, the IRS will provide information relating to taxpayers'
mailing addresses to the DOJ for purposes of enabling DOJ to locate
debtors to initiate litigation and/or enforce the collection of debts
owed by the taxpayers to the United States.
DATES: Effective Date: The matching program will become effective 40
days after a copy of the agreement, as approved by the Data Integrity
Board of each agency, is sent to Congress and the Office of Management
and Budget, or 30 days after publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, whichever is later. The matching program will continue for 18
months after the effective date and may be extended for an additional
12 months, if the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have
been met.
Reporting: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C.
552a), as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs 54 FR 25818 (June 19,
1989), OMB Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting Computer
Matching Programs to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Congress and the Public,'' and OMB Circular No. A-130, Revised November
28, 2000, ``Management of Federal Information Resources'', copies
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of this notice and report are being provided to the Committee on
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the
Office of Management and Budget.
Authority: This matching program is being conducted under the
authority of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 6103(m)(2). This provides
for disclosure, upon written request, of a taxpayer's mailing address
for use by officers, employees, or agents of a Federal agency for the
purpose of locating such taxpayer to collect or compromise a Federal
claim against the taxpayer in accordance with sections 3711, 3717, and
3718 of title 31 of the United States Code, statutory provisions which
authorize DOJ to collect debts on behalf of the United States through
litigation.
Objectives To Be Met by the Matching Program: The purpose of this
program is to provide DOJ with the most current addresses of taxpayers
to notify debtors of legal actions that may be taken by DOJ and the
rights afforded them in the litigation to enforce collection of debts
owed to the United States.
Records To Be Matched: DOJ will provide records from the Debt
Collection Management System, JUSTICE/JMD-006, last published in its
entirety at 58 FR 60058-60060 (November 12, 1993), and from the Debt
Collection Enforcement System, JUSTICE/USA-015, last published in its
entirety at 71 FR 42118-42122 (July 25, 2006). These systems of records
contain information on persons who owe debts to the United States and
whose debts have been referred to the DOJ for litigation and/or
enforced collection. DOJ records will be matched against records
contained in the Privacy Act System of Records: Customer Account Data
Engine (CADE) Individual Master File (IMF), Treasury/IRS 24.030, last
published at 73 FR 13304 (March 12, 2008). This system of records,
among other information, contains the taxpayer's name, Social Security
Number (SSN), and most recent address known by IRS.
Categories of Records/Individuals Involved: DOJ will submit the
nine-digit Social Security Number (SSN) and four character Name Control
(the first four letters of the surname) of each individual whose
current address is requested. IRS will provide an address for each
taxpayer whose SSN and Name Control matches the record submitted by DOJ
or a code explaining that no match was found on the IMF.
Notice Procedures: IRS provides direct notice to taxpayers in the
instructions to Forms 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ, and constructive notice
in the Federal Register system of records notice, that information
provided on U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns may be given to other
Federal agencies, as provided by law. For the records involved in this
match, both IRS and DOJ have provided constructive notice to records
subjects through the publication, in the Federal Register, of system of
record notices that contain routine uses permitting disclosures for
this matching program.
Address for Receipt of Public Comments or Inquiries: Interested
persons are invited to submit written comments regarding this notice to
Holley B. O'Brien, Director, Debt Collection Management Staff, Justice
Management Division, 145 N St. NE., Rm 5E.101, Washington, DC 20530.
Lee Lofthus,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-31673 Filed 12-8-11; 8:45 am]
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