[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 56167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27541]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[AAG/A Order No. 112-95]


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 the Privacy Act, as amended by the Computer 
Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (CMPPA) (5 U.S.C. 
552a(e)(12)). The Department of Justice (DOJ) proposes to participate 
with the United States Postal Service (USPS) in a computer matching 
program. The matching activity will enable the DOJ to determine whether 
a delinquent debtor whose debt has been referred to the DOJ for 
enforced collection action is also a current or former USPS employee 
whose salary or other federal benefit is subject to offset to satisfy 
the delinquent debt.
    Legal authority for conducting the matching program is supplied by 
the following statutes and regulations, applicable to the parties, 
which authorize agencies to collect, or refer to other agencies for 
collection, delinquent debts owed to the United States and/or which 
specifically authorize collection by salary or other administrative 
offset to satisfy such debts: The Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 
97-365), 31 U.S.C. Chapter 37, Subchapter I (General) and Subchapter II 
(Claims of the United States Government), 3711 Collection and 
Compromise, 3716 Administrative Offset, 5 U.S.C. 5514(a) and note 
(Installment Deduction for Indebtedness (Salary Offset)); 4 CFR ch. II, 
Federal Claims Collection Standards (General Accounting Office--
Department of Justice); and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Circular No. A-129 (Revised), ``Policies for Federal Credit Programs 
and Non-Tax Receivables,'' 58 FR 5776 (January 22, 1993), directing 
agencies to make arrangements for annual matching of their delinquent 
debtor files against federal employment rosters.
    The records to be used in the match (including the Privacy Act 
systems of records) and the roles of the matching participants are 
described as follows:
    1. The DOJ will use records from its system, ``Debt Collection 
Offset Payment System, Justice/JMD-009,'' which contains records of 
about 50,000 delinquent debtors. Routine use (b) of that system which 
was last published at 59 FR 17,111, on April 11, 1994, permits the 
disclosure.
    2. The USPS will use records from its system ``Finance Records--
Payroll System, USPS 050.020,'' containing records of about 800,000 
employees. Routine use 24 of USPS 050.020, which last appeared at 57 FR 
57515 on December 4, 1992, covers the disclosure.
    The USPS, the source agency in this match, will compare against its 
data base of employee records a data extract provided by the DOJ on 
magnetic tape and containing the name and SSN of each delinquent 
debtor. For each ``hit'' (individual common to both files, based on 
matching SSN's), USPS will provide to the DOJ, the recipient agency in 
the match, the name, SSN, date of birth, home address, place of work 
and employee type (e.g. permanent or temporary). After independent 
verification of the matched data and appropriate notice to the matching 
subjects, the DOJ will request that USPS offset the salary of 
individuals verified as being both USPS employees and delinquent 
debtors not in a repay status.
    Matching activity will be effective on the expiration of 30 days 
after publication of this notice of the proposed matching activity in 
the Federal Register or 40 days after the Congress and OMB have been 
notified of the program, whichever is later, and will continue for a 
period of 18 months from the effective data, unless extended by the 
Data Integrity Boards of the respective agencies.
    The matching agreement and the required report have been provided 
to OMB and the Congress in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(A) and 
(r). Inquiries may be addressed to Patricia E. Neely, Program Analyst, 
Systems Policy Staff, Justice Management Division, Department of 
Justice, Room 850, Washington Center Bldg., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: October 30, 1995.
Stephen R. Colgate,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-27541 Filed 11-6-95; 8:45 am]
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