[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33255]



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FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD

[No. 97-N-11]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance Board.

ACTION: Notice with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (Privacy Act), the 
Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is providing notice of 
its intent to amend the system of records entitled FHFB-1 Employee 
Attendance Records, to include payroll records and a new routine use 
required by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Reconciliation Act).

DATES: This amendment will become effective as proposed without further 
notice on January 21, 1998 unless comments dictate otherwise. The 
Finance Board will accept comments in writing on or before January 21, 
1998.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to Elaine L. Baker, Secretary to the Board, 
Federal Housing Finance Board, 1777 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20006. Comments will be available for public inspection at this 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
E. Alan Simpson, Personnel Officer, Office of Resource Management, 202/
408-2585, or Janice A. Kaye, Attorney-Advisor, Office of General 
Counsel, 202/408-2505, Federal Housing Finance Board, 1777 F Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the requirements of the Privacy 
Act, the Finance Board is publishing a notice of an amendment to its 
system of records entitled FHFB-1 Employee Attendance Records, to 
expressly include payroll records and a new routine use required by the 
Reconciliation Act. See 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11); Pub. L. 104-193, 
sec. 316(f), 110 Stat. 2175 (Aug. 22, 1996), codified at 42 U.S.C. 653.
    Under the Reconciliation Act, the Finance Board is required to 
disclose data from the system of records entitled FHFB-1 Employee 
Payroll and Attendance 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, which is part of the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) and 
Federal Tax Offset System, DHHS/OCSE No. 09-90-0074. See 62 FR 61663 
(Oct. 2, 1997) (describing FPLS).
    FPLS is a computerized network through which states may request 
location information from federal and state agencies to find non-
custodial parents and their employees for purposes of establishing and 
enforcing child support obligations. On October 1, 1997, FPLS was 
expanded to include the National Directory 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, 
FPLS will be expanded further to include a Federal Case Registry that 
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. The 
appropriate state will be notified if FPLS identifies a person as a 
participant in a child support case. State requests to FPLS for 
location information also will continue to be processed after October 
1, 1998.
    When the Finance Board hires a person, it may disclose to FPLS his 
or her name, social security number, home address, date of birth, date 
of hire, and information identifying the Finance Board as the employer. 
The Finance Board also may disclose to FPLS the names, social security 
numbers, and quarterly earnings of each Finance Board employee, within 
one month of the end of the quarterly reporting period.
    Information the Finance Board submits to 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. It also will be disclosed 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 Finance Board hereby amends the system of records 
entitled FHFB-1 Employee Attendance Records, originally published in 
the Federal Register in September 1995, see 60 FR 46120 (Sept. 5, 
1995), as follows:
FHFB-1

System name:
    Employee Attendance and Payroll Records.
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Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Current and former Finance Board employees.

Categories of records in the system:
    Records consist of salary and payroll data, including time and 
attendance information.
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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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    2. The Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center for 
payroll purposes.
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    7. OPM or the General Accounting Office (GAO) when the information 
is required for evaluation of payroll or leave administration.
    10. The Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for 
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, upon 
its request and as required by the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, see Pub. L. 104-193, sec. 
316(f), 110 Stat. 2175 (Aug. 22, 1996), codified at 42 U.S.C. 653, for 
the purposes of establishing and enforcing child support obligations.
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System manager and address:
    Office of Resource Management, Federal Housing Finance Board, 1777 
F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
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    By the Federal Housing Finance Board.

    Dated: December 12, 1997.
William W. Ginsberg,
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 97-33255 Filed 12-19-97; 8:45 am]
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