[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42666-42667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20874]


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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD


Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988; Notice of 
RRB Records Used in Computer Matching Programs

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).

ACTION: Notice of Records Used in Computer Matching Programs 
Notification to individuals who have received benefits under the 
Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, or who may receive or have 
received benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Act.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection 
Act of 1988, the RRB is issuing a public notice of its use and intent 
to use, in ongoing computer matching programs, certain information 
obtained from the United States Postal Service (USPS).
    The purpose of this notice is to advise individuals who have 
received benefits under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, 
or who may receive or have received benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act of the use 
made by the RRB of this information obtained from USPS by means of a 
computer match.

DATES: Comments should be received by September 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Beatrice Ezerski, Secretary to the Board, 
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 
60611-2092.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeanette Spadavecchia, Bureau of Fiscal Operations, Railroad Retirement 
Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092, telephone 
number (312) 751-4380.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under certain circumstances, the Computer 
Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-503, requires 
a Federal agency participating in a computer matching program to 
publish a notice in the Federal Register regarding the establishment of 
that matching program. Such a notice must include information in the 
following first five categories:
    Name of participating agencies: The Railroad Retirement Board and 
the United States Postal Service (USPS).
    Purpose of the match: To identify postal employees who may owe 
delinquent debts to the Federal government under certain programs 
administered by the RRB, and to collect those debts by salary offset 
under the provisions of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 when voluntary 
repayment is not made.
    Authority for conducting the Match: 39 U.S.C. 404 (Postal 
Reorganization Act) and 5 U.S.C. 5514 (Debt Collection Act of 1982)
    Categories of records and individuals covered: USPS employee data 
records within Privacy Act System 050.020, identified as Finance 
Records--Payroll System (57 FR 57515) and RRB records from its Privacy 
Act System RRB 42--Uncollectible Benefit Overpayment Accounts (56 FR 
182)
    Inclusive dates of the matching program: The life of this agreement 
is 18 months, unless terminated earlier by either party. It will begin 
the later of the following: 30 days from the publication of this 
Federal Register notice or 40 days from the date the required package 
of documents is sent to OMB and the

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designated House and Senate committees.
    Procedure: The RRB will provide a data extract of its debtor files 
to the USPS, sorted in Social Security Number (SSN) sequence, that 
contain the name and SSN of each record subject. The USPS will compare 
this extract against its database of employee records, establishing 
``hits'' (i.e., individuals common to both files) on the basis of 
matched SSN's. For each hit, the USPS will disclose to the RRB the 
following information: Name, SSN, date of birth, home address, work 
address, and employee type (permanent or temporary).
    Other information: The notice we are giving here is in addition to 
any individual notice.
    A copy of this notice has been or will be furnished to both Houses 
of Congress and the Office of Management and Budget.

    Dated: August 7, 1996.

    By authority of the Board.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-20874 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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