[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-408]



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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM


Privacy Act; System of Records

AGENCY: Selective Service System.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend systems of records and request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), the 
Selective System is issuing notice of our intent to amend the system of 
records entitled the SSS-9 Master Pay Record 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 February 6, 1998. The proposed routine use will become effective 
as proposed without further notice on February 6, 1998 unless comments 
dictate otherwise.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may comment on this publication by 
writing to Henry N. Williams, General Counsel, Selective Service 
System, 1515 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209-2425. Phone 703-605-
4012; FAX 703-605-4006. All comments received will be available for 
public inspection at that address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Henry N. Williams, General Counsel, Selective Service System, 1515 
Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209-2425. Phone 703-605-4012; FAX 703-
605-4006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the 
Selective Service System will disclose data from its SSS-9 Master Pay 
Record 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 Fed. Reg. 51663 (October 2, 1997).
    FPLS is 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 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. 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 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. State requests 
to the FPLS for location information will also continue to be processed 
after October 1, 1998.
    When individuals are hired by the Selective Service System, 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 Selective Service System 
employee, within one month of the end of the quarterly reporting 
period.
    Information submitted by the Selective Service System 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 
Selective Service System 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 SSS-9 Master Pay Record system notice originally 
published at 40 FR 41345 (September 5, 1975) and most recently amended 
at 49 FR 34324 (August 29, 1984) is further amended by addition of the 
following routine use:
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Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
categories of users and the purposes of such use

    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).

    Dated: December 17, 1997.
Gil Coronado,
Director of Selective Service.
[FR Doc. 98-408 Filed 1-6-98; 8:45 am]
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