[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16430-16431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8229]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Logistics Agency
Privacy Act of 1974: Computer Matching Program
AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data Center, Defense Logistics Agency, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of a computer matching program.
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SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a), requires agencies to publish advance notice of any
proposed or revised computer matching program by the matching agency
for public comment. The Department of Defense (DoD), as the matching
agency under the Privacy Act, is hereby giving notice to the record
subjects of a computer matching program between the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) and DoD that their records are being
matched by computer.
DATES: This proposed action will become effective May 5, 1999, and the
matching may commence unless changes to the program are required due to
public comment or by Congressional or by the Office of Management and
Budget objections. Any public comments must be received before the
effective date.
ADDRESSES: Any interested party may submit written comments to the
Director, Defense Privacy Office, 1941 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite
920, Arlington, VA 22202-4502.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Vahan Moushegian, Jr. at (703)
607-2943.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (o) of the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the DoD and the HHS have
concluded an agreement to conduct a computer matching. The purpose of
this Matching Program is to fulfill one of the objectives of Executive
Order 12953. In order to establish the Executive Branch of the Federal
Government as a model employer in promoting and facilitating the
establishment and enforcement of child support owed by its civilian and
Uniformed Services' work force, periodic matches will be conducted to
help in identifying current and retired (non-Postal) Federal civilian
employees and active and retired Uniformed Services personnel
(including reservist) who may owe delinquent child support.
A copy of the computer matching agreement between the HHS and the
DoD is available upon request to the public. Requests should be
submitted to the address above or to Ms. Ella Lawson, Parental
Information Systems Specialist, Division of Program Operations, Office
of Child Support Enforcement, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, 4th Floor
East, Washington, DC 20447.
Set forth below is a notice of the establishment of a computer
matching program required by paragraph 6.c. of the Office of Management
and Budget Guidelines on computer matching published on June 19, 1989,
at 54 FR 25818.
The matching agreement, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the
Privacy Act, and an advance copy of this notice was submitted on March
22, 1999, to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight,
the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Administrator of
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, pursuant to paragraph 4d of Appendix I to OMB Circular No.
A-130, `Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records about
Individuals,` dated February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427).
Dated: March 29, 1999.
Patricia L.Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
COMPUTER MATCHING PROGRAM BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
A. Participating Agencies: Participants in this computer matching
program are the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE),
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Defense Manpower Data Center
(DMDC) of the Department of Defense (DoD). The HHS is the source
agency, i.e., the agency disclosing the records for the purpose of the
match. The DMDC is the specific recipient agency or matching agency,
i.e., the agency that actually performs the computer matching.
B. Purpose of the Match: The purpose of this Matching Program is to
fulfill one of the objectives of Executive Order 12953. In order to
establish the Executive Branch of the Federal Government as a model
employer in promoting and facilitating the establishment and
enforcement of child support owed by its civilian and Uniformed
Services' work force, periodic matches will be conducted to help in
identifying current and retired (non-Postal) Federal civilian employees
and active and retired Uniformed Services personnel (including
reservists) who may owe delinquent child support. The list of hits will
be forwarded to appropriate State Child Support Enforcement (CSE)
agencies to determine, in each instance, whether wage withholding or
other enforcement actions should be commenced. Neither DoD nor HHS
intend to take any direct adverse financial, personnel, or disciplinary
action as a result of such hits.
C. Authority for Conducting the Match: Legal authority for
conducting matches for the general purpose of locating parents who are
not paying child support, so that State CSE agencies can take action to
secure such child support payments, is contained in section 453 of the
Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 653. Specific authority directing
Federal agencies to conduct this crossmatch is contained in section 304
of Executive Order 12953 February 27, 1995 (60 FR 11013, February 28,
1995).
D. Records to be Matched: The systems of records maintained by the
respective agencies under the Privacy Act, from which records will be
disclosed for the proposed computer match are as follows:
The Department of Health and Human Services will use records from
a system identified as 09-09-0074, entitled 'The Federal Parent Locator
and Federal Tax Refund Offset System (FPLS), DHHS/OCSE', last published
on October 2, 1997, at 62 FR 51663.
DMDC will use records from a system identified as S322.10 DMDC,
entitled 'Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base', last published on
September 14, 1998 at 63 FR 49095.
E. Description of Computer Matching Program: On a periodic basis,
but no more frequently than monthly, ACF will transmit to DoD the
Master File of delinquent obligors submitted by State CSE agencies for
Federal offset purposes. This file will be matched with DoD files,
consisting of extracts of personnel records or current and retired
(non-Postal) civilian employees and active and retired members of the
Uniformed Services (including reservists).
Upon receipt of the OCSE information, ACF will submit to DMDC the
following information: Noncustodial parent's (NCP's) Social Security
Number (SSN), NCP's last name, other ACF or OCSE data as required for
identification purposes. DMDC will match the data provided by ACF
against its database and provide OCSE with the following information on
individuals where hits (i.e., a match between the compared
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data elements) occur: NCP name, NCP's SSN, NCP's date of birth, NCP's
home address (if available), employer's name, employer's address (if
available), type of employment (if available) and annual salary. If the
disclosure of any DMDC information violates national policy or security
interests of the United States or the confidentiality of Census data,
such information shall not be transmitted and DMDC shall notify OCSE
immediately.
F. Inclusive Dates of the Matching Program: This computer matching
program is subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget and
Congress. If the mandatory 30 day period for public comment has expired
and if no objections are raised by either Congress or the Office of
Management and Budget within 40 days of being notified of the proposed
match, the computer matching program becomes effective and the
respective agencies may begin the exchange of data at a mutually
agreeable time on a monthly basis. By agreement between the Department
of Health and Human Services and DoD, the matching program will be in
effect and continue for 18 months with an option to extend for 12
additional months unless one of the parties to the agreement advises
the other by written request to terminate or modify the agreement.
G. Address for Receipt of Public Comments or Inquiries: Director,
Defense Privacy Office, 1941 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 920,
Arlington, VA 22202-4502. Telephone (703) 607-2943.
[FR Doc. 99-8229 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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