[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62076-62077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30470]


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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY


Privacy Act; System of Records.

AGENCY: National Council on Disability.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act (% U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), the 
National Council on Disability is issuing notice of our intent to amend 
the system of records entitled the National Payroll Center to include a 
new routine use. The disclosure is required by the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, Pub. L. 
104-193). We invite public comment on this publication.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on the proposed routine use must do 
so by December 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may comment on this publication by 
writing to the National Council on Disability, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 
1050, Washington, DC 20004; 202-272-2022 (fax); [email protected] (e-
mail). All comments received will be available for public inspection at 
that address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ethel D. Briggs, Executive Director, National Council on Disability, 
1331 F Street NW, Suite 1050, Washington, D.C. 20004-1107; 202-272-2004 
(Voice); 202-272-2074 (TTY); 202-272-2022 (Fax); [email protected] (e-
mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Public Law 104-93, the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the 
National Council on Disability will disclose data from its National 
Payroll Center system of records to the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services for use in the National Database of New 
Hires, part of the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) and Federal 
Tax Offset System, DHHS/OSCE No. 09-90-0074. A description of the 
Federal Parent Locator Service may be found at 62 FR 51663 (October 2, 
1997).
    FPLS is a computerized network through which States may request 
location information from Federal and State agencies to find non-
custodial parents and their employers for purposes of establishing 
paternity and

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securing support. On October 1, 1997, the FPLS was expanded to include 
the National Director of New Hires, a database containing employment 
information on employees recently hired, quarterly wage data on private 
and public sector employees, and information on unemployment 
compensation benefits. On October 1, 1998, the FPLS will be expanded 
further to include a Federal Case Registry. The Federal Case Registry 
will contain abstracts on all participants involved in child support 
enforcement cases. When the Federal Case Registry is instituted, its 
files will be matched on an ongoing basis against the files in the 
National Director of New Hires to determine if an employee is a 
participant in a child support case anywhere in the country. If the 
FPLS identifies a person as being a participant in a State child 
support case, that State will be notified. State requests to the FPLS 
for location information will also continue to be processed after 
October 1, 1998.
    When individuals are hired by the National Council on Disability, 
we may disclose to the FPLS their names, social security numbers, home 
addresses, dates of birth, dates of hire, and information identifying 
us as the employer. We also may disclose to FPLS names, social security 
numbers, and quarterly earnings of each National Council on Disability 
employee, within one month of the end of the quarterly reporting 
period.
    Information submitted by the National Council on Disability to the 
FPLS will be disclosed by the Office of Child Support Enforcement to 
the Social Security Administration for verification to ensure that the 
social security number provided is correct. The data disclosed by the 
National Council on Disability to the FPLS will also be disclosed by 
the Office of Child Support Enforcement to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for use in verifying claims for the advance payment of the 
earned income tax credit or to verify a claim of employment on a tax 
return.
    Accordingly, the National Council on Disability system notice is 
further amended by addition of the following routine use:

Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories 
of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses

    The names, social security numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, 
dates of hire, quarterly earnings, employer identifying information, 
and State of hire of employees may be disclosed to the Office of Child 
Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, 
Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of locating 
individuals to establish paternity, establishing and modifying orders 
of child support, identifying sources of income, and for other child 
support enforcement actions as required by the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Welfare Reform Law, Pub. L. 
104-193).

    Signed in Washington, DC, on November 12, 1997.
Ethel D. Briggs,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 97-30470 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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