[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74020-74021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30018]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Child Support Enforcement; Privacy Act of 1974;
Computer Matching Agreement
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of a Computer Matching Program.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 522a), as
amended, OCSE is publishing notice of a computer matching program
between OCSE and state agencies administering the Unemployment
Compensation (UC) program.
DATES: HHS invites interested parties to review, submit written data,
comments or arguments to the agency about the matching program until
January 11, 2013. As required by the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(r)),
HHS on November 29, 2012, sent a report of a Computer Matching Program
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit written comment on this notice
by writing to Linda Deimeke, Director,
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Division of Federal Systems, Office of Child Support Enforcement,
Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
4th Floor East, Washington, DC 20447. Comments received will be
available for public inspection at this address from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Deimeke, Director, Division of
Federal Systems, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration
for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 4th Floor East,
Washington, DC 20447, 202-401-5439.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended, provides for certain protections for individuals applying for
and receiving federal benefits. The law governs the use of computer
matching by federal agencies when records in a system of records are
matched with other federal, state or local government records. The
Privacy Act requires agencies involved in computer matching programs
to:
1. Negotiate written agreements with the other agency or agencies
participating in the matching programs;
2. Provide notification to applicants and beneficiaries that their
records are subject to matching;
3. Verify information produced by such matching program before
reducing, making a final denial of, suspending, or terminating an
individual's benefits or payments;
4. Publish notice of the computer matching program in the Federal
Register;
5. Furnish reports about the matching program to Congress and OMB;
and
6. Obtain the approval of the matching agreement by the Data
Integrity Board of any federal agency participating in a matching
program.
This matching program meets these requirements.
Dated: November 7, 2012.
Vicki Turetsky,
Commissioner, Office of Child Support Enforcement.
Notice of New Computer Matching Program
A. Participating Agencies
The participating agencies are OCSE, which is the ``source
agency,'' and state agencies administering the UC program, which are
the ``non-federal agencies.''
B. Purpose of the Matching Program
The purpose of the matching program is to provide new hire and
quarterly wage (QW) information from OCSE's National Directory of New
Hires (NDNH) to state agencies administering UC programs for the
purpose of establishing or verifying the eligibility of, or continuing
compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements by, applicants
for, or recipients of, UC benefits. The State Agencies administering
the UC programs may also use the NDNH information for the
administration of its tax compliance function.
C. Authority for Conducting the Match
The authority for conducting the matching program is contained in
Section 453(j)(8) of the Social Security Act. 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(8).
D. Categories of Individuals Involved and Identification of Records
Used in the Matching Program
The categories of individuals involved in the matching program are
applicants for and recipients of benefits under UC programs
administered by state agencies. The system of records maintained by
OCSE from which records will be disclosed for the purpose of this
matching program is the ``OCSE National Directory of New Hires''
(NDNH), No. 09-80-0381, last published in the Federal Register at 76 FR
560 on January 5, 2011. The NDNH contains new hire, QW and unemployment
insurance information. The disclosure of NDNH information by OCSE to
the state agencies administering UC programs is a ``routine use'' under
this system of records. Records resulting from the matching program and
which are disclosed to the state agencies administering UC programs
include names, Social Security numbers, home addresses and employment
information.
E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching Program
The computer matching agreement will be effective and matching
activity may commence the later of the following:
(1) 30 days after this Notice is published in the Federal Register
or (2) 40 days after OCSE sends a report of the matching program to the
Congressional committees of jurisdiction under 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(A);
and to OMB, unless OMB disapproves the agreement within the 40-day
review period or grants a waiver of 10 days of the 40-day review
period. The matching agreement will remain in effect for 18 months from
its effective date, unless one of the parties to the agreement advises
the other by written request to terminate or modify the agreement. The
agreement is subject to renewal by the HHS Data Integrity Board for 12
additional months if the matching program will be conducted without any
change and each party to the agreement certifies to the Board in
writing that the program has been conducted in compliance with the
agreement.
[FR Doc. 2012-30018 Filed 12-11-12; 8:45 am]
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