[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 6733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2623]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[AAG/A Order No. 97-95]


Privacy Act of 1974 as Amended by the Computer Matching and 
Privacy Protection Act of 1988

    This notice is published in the Federal Register in accordance with 
the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(12). The Immigration and 
Naturalization Service (INS), Department of Justice (the source 
agency), is participating in a computer matching program with the 
Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training (MA-DET) (the 
receipt agency). The matching program entitled ``Systematic Alien 
Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)'' will permit MA-DET to confirm 
the immigration status of alien applicants for, or recipients of, 
Federal benefits assistance (i.e., unemployment compensation insurance) 
as required by section 121 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act 
(IRCA) of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-603).
    Section 121(c) of IRCA amends section 1137 of the Social Security 
Act and requires agencies which administer the Federal benefit programs 
designated within IRCA to use the INS verification system to determine 
eligibility. Accordingly, through the use of user identification codes 
and passwords, authorized persons from MA-DET may electronically access 
the data base of an Immigration and Naturalization Service Privacy Act 
system of records entitled ``Alien Status Verification Index, JUSTICE/
INS-009.'' From its automated records system, MA-DET may enter 
electronically into the INS data base the alien registration number of 
the applicant or recipient. This action will initiate a search of the 
INS data base for a corresponding alien registration number. Where such 
number is located, MA-DET will receive electronically from the INS data 
base the following data upon which to determine eligibility: Alien 
registration number; last name; first name; date of birth; country of 
birth; Social Security number (if available); date of entry; 
immigration status data; and employment eligibility data. In accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 552a(p), MA-DET will provide the alien applicant with 30 
days' notice and an opportunity to contest any adverse finding before 
final action is taken against that alien because of ineligible 
immigration status as established through the computer match.
    The original effective date of the matching program was February 
28, 1990, for which notice was published in the Federal Register on 
January 29, 1990 (55 FR 2890). The program has continued to date under 
the authority of a series of new approvals as required by the CMPPA. 
The CMPPA provides that based upon approval by agency Data Integrity 
Boards of a new computer matching agreement, computer matching 
activities may be conducted for 18 months and, contingent upon specific 
conditions, may be similarly extended by the Board for an additional 
year without the necessity of a new agreement. The most recent one-year 
extension for this program will expire March 9, 1995. Therefore, the 
Department's Data Integrity Board has approved a new agreement to 
permit the continuation of the above-named computer matching program 
for another 18-month period from the effective date (described below).
    Matching activity under the new agreement will be effective (1) 30 
days after publication of a computer matching notice in the Federal 
Register, or (2) 40 days after a report concerning the computer 
matching program has been transmitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget and transmitted to Congress along with a copy of the agreement, 
whichever is later. The agreement (and matching activity) will continue 
for 18 months from the effective date--unless within 3 months prior to 
the expiration of the agreement, the Data Integrity Board approves a 
one-year extension pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D).
    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2) (A) and (r), the required 
report has been provided to the Office of Management and Budget, and to 
Congress together with a copy of the agreement.
    Inquiries may be addressed to Patricia E. Neely, Staff Assistant, 
Systems Policy Staff, Justice Management Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530 (Room 850, WCTR Building).

    Dated: January 27, 1995.
Michael J. Roper,
Acting Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-2623 Filed 2-2-95; 8:45 am]
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