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[FR Doc No: 94-26886]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Programs

agency: Small Business Administration.

action: Notice of computer matching programs.

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summary: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Small Business 
Administration (SBA) is giving notice of its intent to participate in 
two computer matching programs. The matches will compare records of 
delinquent SBA disaster home loan debtors against records of United 
States Postal Service employees and against records of Federal 
employees and military members, active or retired. If matches are 
found, SBA will use the information to collect the delinquent debt 
through salary offset or administrative offset.

dates: This proposed action will become effective November 30, 1994, 
and the computer matching will proceed accordingly without further 
notice, unless comments are received which would result in a contrary 
determination or if the Office of Management and Budget or Congress 
objects to the conduct of the matches. Any public comment must be 
received before the effective date.

addresses: Any interested party may submit written comments to the 
Chief, Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts Office, 409 Third Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20416.

for further information contact: Walter C. Intlekofer, Deputy Director, 
Office of Portfolio Management, Small Business Administration, 409 
Third Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416. (202) 205-6481.

supplementary information: Pursuant to subsection (0) of the Privacy 
Act of 1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a), the SBA has entered into 
agreements to conduct computer matching programs with two recipient 
agencies, the Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center (DoD, 
DMDC) and the United States Postal Service (USPS). The purpose of the 
matches is to compare SBA delinquent loan data with personnel records 
stored at the DoD, DMDC and USPS to determine whether SBA can proceed 
with salary or administrative offset against the salaries or other 
benefits of delinquent debtors pursuant to the Debt Collection Act of 
1982. The DoD records contain information on Federal personnel, 
civilian and military, employed and retired. The USPS records contain 
information on USPS employees.
    SBA will provide tapes or other magnetic media containing 
delinquent debtor data to DoD and USPS. DoD and USPS will perform the 
matches, return SBA's data, and report any ``hits''. A DoD ``hit'' will 
show that a delinquent debtor is a Federal employee, a retired Federal 
employee, an active member of the military, or a retired member of the 
military. A USPS hit will show that the delinquent debtor is a USPS 
employee.
    The records to be matched are contained in Privacy Act Systems in 
each agency. SBA, the source agency, will extract names and Social 
Security numbers from ``Litigation and Claims Files SBA-070'' and 
``Loan Case Files SBA 075'' published in the Federal Register on 
February 26, 1991, and revised on May 14, 1992 at 57 FR 20726. DoD DMDC 
will match the SBA information against ``Federal Creditor Agency Debt 
Collection Data Base, S322.11 DMDC'' published at 58 FR 10875 on 
February 22, 1993. USPS will match the SBA data against ``Finance 
Records--Payroll System, USPS 050.020,'' published at 57 FR 57515 on 
December 4, 1992. The matching program will begin on the effective date 
of this notice and be effective for 18 months. It may be extended for 
12 months after that.
    SBA will learn the debtor's service or agency, category and current 
work or home address. SBA will use the information to collect the 
delinquent debt through administrative or salary offset as provided by 
the Debt Collection Act of 1982 and SBA regulations.
    The parties to these agreements have determined that a computer 
matching program is the most efficient, effective and expeditious 
method of obtaining and processing the information needed to determine 
whether SBA delinquent debtors are receiving salaries or other benefits 
that can be offset. Computer matching also appears to be the manner to 
accomplish this task with the least amount of intrusion into the 
personal privacy of the individuals concerned. The principal 
alternative to using a computer matching program for identifying such 
employees would be a manual comparison of all records of SBA delinquent 
debtors with the records of all military members and all Federal 
civilian employees and all Federal retirees.
    Copies of the computer matching agreements between DoD and SBA and 
between USPS and SBA are available to the public upon request. Requests 
should be submitted to the Chief, Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts 
Office, 409 Third Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416.
    The matching agreements and an advance copy of this notice must be 
submitted to the Committee on Government Operations of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
and the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. These matching programs are 
subject to review by OMB and Congress and shall not become effective 
until that review period has elapsed.

    Dated: October 5, 1994.
Cassandra M. Pulley,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-26886 Filed 10-28-94; 8:45 am]
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