[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65809-65810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32717]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Privacy Act of 1974; Publication of Proposed New Routine Uses

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

ACTION: Amendment of system of records to include new routine uses.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11), the

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is issuing notice of our intent 
to amend the system of records entitled EEOC-7 Employee Pay and Leave 
Records to include new routine uses.

DATES: The changes will become effective on January 15, 1998 unless 
comments dictate otherwise.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, room 10402, 1801 
L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20507. Copies of this notice are 
available in the following alternate formats: Large print, braille, 
electronic file on computer disk, and audio-tape. Copies may be 
obtained from the Publications Center by calling 1-800-699-3362.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas M. Inzeo, Deputy Legal 
Counsel, Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal Counsel or Kathleen 
Oram, Senior Attorney (202) 663-4669 (voice) or (202) 663-7026 (TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion of Proposed Routine Use

    Pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, EEOC will disclose data 
from its system of records, EEOC-7, Employee Pay and Leave Records, to 
the Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children 
and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, for use in its 
Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset system. 
Information on this system was last published at 61 FR 38754, July 25, 
1996.
    FPLS is a computerized network through which states may request 
location information from federal and state agencies to find non-
custodial parents and/or their employers for purposes of establishing 
paternity and securing support. Effective October 1, 1997, the FPLS was 
enlarged to include the National Directory of New Hires, a database 
containing information on employees commencing employment, quarterly 
wage data on private and public sector employees, and information on 
unemployment compensation benefits. Effective on October 1, 1998, FPLS 
will be expanded 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 Directory 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 of the 
participant's current employer. State requests to the FPLS for location 
information will also continue to be processed after October 1, 1998.
    The data to be disclosed by EEOC to the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement for use in the FPLS include employees' names, addresses, 
social security numbers and wages paid quarterly. In addition, names 
and social security numbers submitted by EEOC for use in 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 EEOC to the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement will also be disclosed by that office to the Secretary of 
the Treasury for use in verifying claims for the advance payment of 
earned income tax credit or to verify a claim of employment on a tax 
return.

II. Compatibility of Proposed Routine Uses

    We are proposing these routine uses in accordance with the Privacy 
Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)). The Privacy Act permits the disclosure of 
information about individuals without their consent for a routine use 
where the information will be used for a purpose which is compatible 
with the purpose for which the information was originally collected. 
The Office of Management and Budget has indicated that a ``compatible'' 
use is a use that is necessary and proper. See OMB Guidelines, 51 FR 
18982, 18985 (1986). Since the proposed uses of the data are required 
by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-193, they are clearly necessary and proper 
uses, and therefore, ``compatible'' uses that meet Privacy Act 
requirements.

III. Effect of the Proposed Changes on Individuals

    We will disclose information under the proposed routine uses only 
as required by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 and as permitted by the Privacy Act.
    Accordingly, EEOC-7, Employee Pay and Leave Records, most recently 
published at 46 FR 11056, 11061 (March 9, 1994), is amended as set 
forth below.
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    Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
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    c. To disclose information to the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS) and 
Federal Tax Offset System for use in locating individuals and 
identifying their income sources to establish paternity, establish and 
modify orders of support and for enforcement action.
    d. To disclose information to the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement for release to the Social Security Administration for 
verifying social security numbers in connection with the operation of 
the FPLS by the Office of Child Support Enforcement.
    e. To disclose information to the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement for release to the Department of Treasury for purposes of 
administering the Earned Income Tax Credit Program (Section 32, 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and verifying a claim with respect to 
employment in a tax return.

    Dated: November 19, 1997.

    For the Commission.
Gilbert F. Casellas,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. 97-32717 Filed 12-15-97; 8:45 am]
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