[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38441-38442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18708]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Privacy Act of 1974: Computer Matching Program Between the
Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services
AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data Center, Defense Logistics Agency,
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of a computer matching program between the Department of
Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense.
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SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, requires
agencies to publish advance notice of any proposed or revised computer
matching program by the matching agency for public comment. The
Department of Defense (DoD), as the matching agency under the Privacy
Act, is hereby giving indirect or constructive notice in lieu of direct
notice to the record subjects of this computer matching program between
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and DoD are entering
into this Matching Agreement for purposes of identifying Federal
employees with child support delinquencies in accordance with Executive
Order 12953, dated February 27, 1995.
DATES: This proposed action is effective on August 23, 1996, when the
computer matching agreement will become effective and 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 thereto. Any public
comments must be received before the effective date.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments to the Director, Defense
Privacy Office, 1941 Jefferson Davis Highway, Room 920, Arlington, VA
22202-4502. Telephone (703) 607-2943 or DSN 327-2943.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (o) of the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the DoD and the HHS has
concluded an agreement to conduct a computer matching program between
the agencies. The purpose of this Matching Program is to fulfill one of
the objectives of Executive Order 12953. In order to establish the
Executive Branch of the Federal Government as a model employer in
promoting and facilitating the establishment and enforcement of child
support owed by its current and retired civilian and Uniformed Services
work force, periodic matches will be conducted to help in identifying
non-Postal Federal civilian personnel, Uniformed Services personnel,
military retirees, and military reservists, who may owe delinquent
child support.
A copy of the computer matching agreement between the HHS and the
DoD is available upon request to the public. Requests should be
submitted to the address above or to Mr. Harold Staten, Chief, Program
Operations Branch, Office of Child Support Enforcement, 4th Floor East,
370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC 20447.
Set forth below is a notice of the establishment of a computer
matching program required by paragraph 6.c. of the Office of Management
and Budget Guidelines on Computer Matching published in the Federal
Register at 54 FR 25818 on June 19, 1989.
The matching agreement as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the
Privacy Act, was submitted on July 8, 1996, to the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight 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, pursuant to paragraph 4d of Appendix I to OMB
Circular No. A-130, `Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining
Records about Individuals,` dated February 8, 1996 (61 FR 6428,
February 20, 1996). The matching program is subject to review by OMB
and Congress and shall not become effective until that review period
has elapsed.
Dated: July 18, 1996.
L. M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
Computer Matching Program Between the Department of Defense and the
Department of Health and Human Services
A. Participating agencies: Participants in this computer matching
are the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) of the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) and the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) of the
Department of Defense (DoD). The HHS is the source agency, i.e., the
agency disclosing the records for the purpose of the match. The DMDC is
the specific recipient agency or matching agency, i.e., the agency that
actually performs the computer matching.
B. Purpose of the match: The purpose of this Matching Program is to
fulfill one of the objectives of Executive Order 12953. In order to
establish the Executive Branch of the Federal Government as a model
employer in promoting and facilitating the establishment and
enforcement of child support owed by its current and retired civilian
and Uniformed Services work force, periodic matches will be conducted
to help in identifying non-Postal Federal civilian personnel Uniformed
Services personnel, military retirees, and military reservist, who may
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owe delinquent child support. The list of hits will be forwarded to
appropriate State Child Support Enforcement (CSE) agencies to
determine, in each instance, whether wage withholding or other
enforcement actions should be commenced. The DoD and the ACF do not
intend to take any direct adverse financial, personnel, or disciplinary
action as a result of such hits.
C. Authority for conducting the match: Legal authority for
conducting matches for the general purpose of locating parents who are
not paying child support, so that State CSE agencies can take action to
secure such child support payments, is contained in Section 453 of the
Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 653. Specific authority directing
Federal agencies to conduct this crossmatch is contained in section 304
of Executive Order 12953 (February 27, 1995; 60 FR 11013, February 28,
1995).
D. Records to be matched: The systems of records maintained by the
respective agencies under the Privacy Act, from which records will be
disclosed for the proposed computer match are as follows:
The Department of Health and Human Services, will use records from
a system identified as 09-09-0074, entitled Federal Parent Locator
Service and Federal Tax Offset System, HHS/OCSE, Federal Register
publication dates, August 24, 1990, p. 34764, Vol. 55, No. 165;
December 13, 1988, p. 50111, Vol. 53 No. 239; August 11, 1987, pp.
29732-33, Vol. 52, No. 154; and October 13, 1982, pp. 45547-48, Vol.
47, No. 198.
DMDC will match the data provided by ACF against the Defense
Logistics Agency system identified as S322.10 DMDC entitled `Defense
Manpower Data Center Data Base', published in the Federal Register on
February 20, 1996, p. 6355, Vol. 61, No. 34.
E. Description of computer matching program: ACF will submit to
DMDC a tape containing approximately 4.1 million delinquent obligors
which is made up of individual record subjects containing the
Noncustodial parent's (NCP's) Social Security Number (SSN), NCP's last
name, other ACF or OCSE data as required for identification purposes to
be matched against DMDC Data Base containing approximately 10 million
records. DMDC will disclose to OCSE the following information for each
match: NCP name, NCP SSN, NCP date of birth, NCP home address (if
available), Employer's name, Employer's address (if available), Type of
employment (if available) and annual salary.
G. Inclusive dates of the matching program: This computer matching
program is subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget and
Congress. If no objections are raised by either, and the mandatory 30
day public notice period for comment has expired for this Federal
Register notice with no significant adverse public comments in receipt
resulting in a contrary determination, then this computer matching
program becomes effective and the respective agencies may begin the
exchange of data 30 days after the date of this published notice at a
mutually agreeable time and will be repeated on periodic basis. Under
no circumstances shall the matching program be implemented before the
30 day public notice period for comment has elapsed as this time period
cannot be waived. By agreement between HHS and DMDC, the matching
program will be in effect and continue for 18 months with an option to
extend it for 12 additional months.
H. Address for receipt of public comments or inquiries: Director,
Defense Privacy Office, 1941 Jefferson Davis Highway, Room 920,
Arlington, VA 22202-4502. Telephone (703) 607-2943.
[FR Doc. 96-18708 Filed 7-23-96; 8:45 am]
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