[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17471-17472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06448]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Privacy Act of 1974
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, Treasury.
ACTION: IRS notice of its intent to match computerized data to detect
sensitive but unclassified (SBU) information that is being transmitted
in violation of IRS security policy that requires an adequate level of
encryption.
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SUMMARY: The IRS will review detections of potential violations to
determine whether there has been an actual violation of security
policy. This review may include matching data from existing IRS systems
of records such as:
I. Treasury Payroll and Personnel System [Treasury/DO.001]
II. Subsidiary Accounting Files [Treasury/IRS 22.054]
III. Automated Non-Master File (ANMF) [Treasury/IRS 22.060]
IV. Information Return Master File (IRMF) [Treasury/IRS 22.061]
V. CADE Individual Master File (IMF) [Treasury/IRS 24.030]
VI. CADE Business Master File (BMF) [Treasury/IRS 24.046]
VII. Audit Trail and Security Records [Treasury/IRS 34.037]
VIII. General Personnel and Payroll Records [Treasury/IRS 36.003]
This review may include using date elements such as:
I. Employee Name, Social Security Number (SSN), Employee
Identification Number (SEID), Address, Email Addresses
II. Employee Spouse's Name, SSN, Address
III. Taxpayer Entity Information, including prior and current name,
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), Address, Tax Return/Account
Information
IV. Electronic transmission specifics such as sender's email
address, recipient's email address, recipient's Internet service
provider, transmission date and time, ``IP Address'', computer
machine name, terminal identification
Reporting: A report describing this proposed matching agreement has
been provided to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the
Congressional committees responsible for oversight of the Privacy Act
in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 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, (rev. Nov. 28, 2000), ``Management of Federal
Information Resources.''
Notice Procedures: IRS employees, contractors, and other
individuals who have been granted access to IRS information, or to IRS
equipment and resources, are notified regularly that their computer
activity is monitored. A notice describing Treasury/IRS 34.037 was most
recently published at volume 77, number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2012).
Security: All information obtained and/or generated as part of the
IRS computer matching program will be safeguarded in accordance with
the provisions of: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 26 U.S.C. 6103, as well as IRS record
safeguarding requirements which conform with Treasury Directive (TD)
80-05, Records and Information Management, and TD P 71-10, Department
of the Treasury Security Manual, and are no less restrictive than the
standards prescribed in IRS Publication 1075, Tax Information Security
Guidelines for Federal, State and Local Agencies. Matches under this
agreement will comply with the standards of OMB Policy M-06-16,
Protection of Sensitive Agency Information, requiring that sensitive
information, including all Personally Identifiable Information be
protected at all times.
Records Usage, Duplication and Disclosure: The information
generated and/or obtained during these computer matches will be used by
IRS employees in the performance of their official responsibilities.
Access to this information is limited to those individuals who have a
need to know the information in the performance of their official
duties and to those who are authorized access by disclosure provisions
in applicable law. These individuals are subject to criminal and civil
penalties for the unauthorized inspection and/or disclosure of this
information. During the execution of this program of computer matches
and the resultant analyses or investigations, the records used may be
duplicated by IRS employees only for use in performing their official
duties. The information collected or generated as part of this program
of computer matches may only be disclosed in
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accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a, 26 U.S.C. 6103, and
any other applicable Federal privacy provisions.
Legal and Regulatory Authority: The Internal Revenue Service has
responsibilities to follow safeguarding requirements to ensure that
information is kept confidential as required by the Internal Revenue
Code, the Privacy Act of 1974, the Bank Secrecy Act, Title 18 of the
United States Code, the Federal Information Security Management Act
(FISMA), and other applicable laws that require safeguarding of
information. Confidential information that is sent without sufficient
protection is in violation of IRS security policy. This matching
program will assist the IRS in ensuring that sensitive information is
properly protected from unauthorized use or disclosure.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than April 22, 2013. The
proposed matching program will become effective April 30, 2013, unless
the IRS receives comments which cause reconsideration of this action.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Privacy,
Governmental Liaison and Disclosure, Internal Revenue Service, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. Comments will be
available for inspection and copying in the IRS Freedom of Information
Reading Room (Room 1621) at the above address. The Telephone number for
the Reading Room is (202) 622-5164 (not a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Silverman, Management and
Program Analyst, IRS Office of Privacy, Governmental Liaison and
Disclosure, (202) 622-5625 (not a toll-free number).
Dated: March 15, 2013.
Veronica Marco,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, Transparency, and
Records.
[FR Doc. 2013-06448 Filed 3-20-13; 8:45 am]
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