[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-26682]


[Federal Register: October 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
[Docket No. N-94-3829: FR-3808-N-01]


Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program

AGENCY: Housing and Urban Development Department, (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of a Computer Matching Program--HUD and the United 
Postal Service (USPS).

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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, as 
amended, (Pub. L. 100-503), and the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 25818 (June 
19, 1989)), and OMB Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting 
Computer Matching Programs to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Congress and the Public,'' the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development (HUD) is issuing a public notice of its intent to conduct a 
recurring computer matching program with the United Postal Service 
(USPS).

EFFECTIVE DATE: Computer matching is expected to begin at least 40 days 
from the date this computer matching notice is published, provided no 
comments are received which would result in a contrary determination. 
It will be accomplished 18 months from the beginning date.
    Comments Due Date: November 28, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Room 
10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20410. Communications should refer to the above 
docket number and title. A copy of each communication submitted will be 
available for public inspection and copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 
p.m. weekdays at the above address.

FOR PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, Departmental 
Privacy Act Officer, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 4178, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone number (202) 708-2374. (This is not a toll-free 
number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM SOURCE AGENCY CONTACT:
Mary Felton, Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street, SW, Room 2118, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 
708-4256. (This is not a toll-free number).
    Reporting: In accordance with Pub. L. 100-503, the Computer 
Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as amended, and Office of 
Management and Budget Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting 
Computer Matching Programs to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Congress and the Public;'' copies of this Notice and a report, 
in duplicate, are being provided to the Committee on Government 
Operations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Office of Management and 
Budget.
    Authority: The matching program may be conducted pursuant to Pub. 
L. 100-503, ``The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 
1988,'' as amended, the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-276), 
which authorizes Federal agencies to offset a Federal employee's salary 
as a means of satisfying delinquent debts owed to the United States (5 
U.S.C. 5514 (a)); 26 CFR 301.6402-6 et. seq., chapter I, subchapter F--
Procedure and Administration (Tax Refund Regulations issued by Internal 
Revenue Service); and 24 CFR part 17, Administrative Claims, subpart C 
17.60 and 17.125 through 17.140, Salary Offset Provisions (HUD).
    Objectives to be met by the matching program: The matching program 
will allow HUD to discover the identities and locations of postal 
employees who are indebted to the Department and to collect debts owed 
to the Federal Government.
    Records to be matched: HUD will provide extracts from its systems 
of records entitled HUD/DEPT-2, Accounting Records, last published in 
the Federal Register at 55 FR 17676 on April 26, 1990, containing 
records of more than 250,000 debtors of the records to be matched. 
Disclosures will be made under routine uses of the records maintained 
in that system (including categories of users and the purposes of such 
users).
    Notice procedures: As a condition of matching, HUD has made 
modifications to the loan application forms for the participating 
programs to expand the Privacy Act Statements on these forms. 
Incorporated within the Privacy Act statements on the individual 
application forms is the notation ``that the information provided by 
the applicant can be used for computer matching purposes and to collect 
debts owed to the Federal government.'' Any deficiencies as to direct 
notice procedures to the individual for the matching program are cured 
by the indirect or constructive notice that will be afforded to the 
subjects when the public notice of the proposed match is published by 
HUD in the Federal Register as required by subsection (e)(12) of the 
Privacy Act.
    Categories of records/individuals involved: The debtor records 
include these data elements: SSN, claim number, program code, and 
indication of indebtedness. Categories of records include: Records of 
claims and defaults, repayment agreements, credit reports, financial 
statements, and records of foreclosures. Categories of individuals 
include: Former mortgagors and purchasers of HUD-owned properties 
manufactured (mobile) home and home improvement loan debtors who are 
delinquent or in default on their loans, and rehabilitation loan 
debtors who are delinquent or in default on their loans.
    Period of the match: Matching will begin at least 40 days from the 
date copies of the signed (by both Data Integrity Boards) computer 
matching agreement are sent to both Houses of Congress or at least 30 
days from the date this Notice is published in the Federal Register, 
whichever is later, providing no comments are received which would 
result in a contrary determination.

    Issued at Washington, DC October 21, 1994.
Willie H. Gilmore,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resource Planning and Operations.
[FR Doc. 94-26682 Filed 10-27-94; 8:45 am]
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