[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 45212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21524]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Management Service


Privacy Act of 1974, System of Records

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of alteration of Privacy Act system of records.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service 
(FMS), gives notice of a proposed alteration to the system of records 
entitled ``Payment Issue Records for Regular Recurring Benefit 
Payments--Treasury/FMS .002,'' which is subject to the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a). The system notice was last published 
in its entirety in the Federal Register Vol. 57, page 14024, April 17, 
1992.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than September 29, 1995. The 
proposed alteration of the system of records will be effective October 
10, 1995, unless FMS receives comments which would result in a contrary 
determination.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted to the Debt Collection Operations 
Staff, Financial Management Service, 401 14th Street, SW, Room 415 B, 
Washington, DC 20227. Comments received will be available for 
inspection at the same address between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerry Isenberg, Debt Management 
Services, (202) 874-6660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMS has been designated by the Office of 
Management and Budget as the lead agency in credit management and debt 
collection for the Federal Government. FMS is altering this system of 
records by adding two routine uses which are to facilitate the 
collection of delinquent Federal debts and to more effectively apply 
certain debt collection tools established under Federal law, 
specifically tax refund offset, administrative offset, and Federal 
employee salary offset. FMS has closed the Washington, DC, Financial 
Center and the system of records is being altered to reflect this 
change as well.
    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, FMS proposes to alter 
system of records Treasury/FMS .002, ``Payment Issue Records for 
Regular Recurring Benefit Payments--Treasury/Financial Management 
Service'', as follows:
Treasury/FMS .002
    Payment Issue Records for Regular Recurring Benefit Payments--
Treasury/Financial Management Service.
    Description of the change: Replace current text with the following 
language: The Financial Management Service, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury, Washington, DC 20227. Records maintained at Financial Centers 
in six regions: Austin, TX; Birmingham, AL; Chicago, IL; Kansas City, 
MO; Philadelphia, PA; and San Francisco, CA.
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    Description of the changes: Remove ``and'' at end of routine use 
(9); remove the period (.) at the end of routine use (10); add a 
semicolon, and add routine uses (11) and (12) to read as follows:
    * * *(11) disclose information concerning delinquent debtors to 
Federal creditor agencies, their employees, or their agents for the 
purpose of facilitating or conducting Federal administrative offset, 
Federal tax refund offset, Federal salary offset, or for any other 
authorized debt collection purpose; and (12) disclose to the Defense 
Manpower Data Center and the United States Postal Service and other 
Federal agencies through authorized computer matching programs for the 
purpose of identifying and locating individuals who are delinquent in 
their repayment of debts owed to the Department or other Federal 
agencies in order to collect those debts through salary offset and 
administrative offset, or by the use of other debt collection tools.
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    Dated: August 22, 1995.
Alex Rodriguez,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).
[FR Doc. 95-21524 Filed 8-29 -95; 8:45 am]
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