[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67920-67921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33924]


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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: The National Endowment for the Humanities.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), The 
National Endowment for the Humanities (``NEH'') is issuing notice of 
our intent to amend the system of records to include a new routine use. 
The disclosure is required by the Personnel 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 January 29, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The proposed routine use will become effective as 
proposed without further notice on January 29, 1998, unless comments 
dictate otherwise.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may comment on this publication by 
writing to: Nancy E. Weiss, The National Endowment for the Humanities, 
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Room #530, Washington, DC 20506, Telephone 
(202) 606-8322, Fax (202) 606-8600 or e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy E. Weiss, The National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Room #530, Washington, DC 20506, Telephone (202) 
606-8322, Fax (202) 606-8600 or e-mail [email protected].


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the NEH 
will disclose data from its NEH-3 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/OCSE 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 employees for purposes of establishing 
paternity and securing support. On October 1, 1997, the 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. 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 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, the State will be notified. State requests to 
the FPLS for location information will continue to be processed after 
October 1, 1998.
    When individuals are hired by the NEH, 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 the FPLS names, social security numbers, and quarterly 
earnings of each NEA or NEH employee, within one month of the end of 
the quarterly reporting period. Information submitted by the NEH 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 NEH 
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 NEH-3 system notice originally published in 47 FR 
21352 (May 18, 1982), and most recently amended in 49 FR 42998 (October 
25, 1984), is further amended by addition of the following routine use:
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    Routine use of records maintained in the system, including 
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
    1115.6(c)  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).
Nancy E. Weiss,
Advisory Committee, Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-33924 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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