[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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