[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1182]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 Office of Thrift Supervision


 Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of alteration of a system of records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 
(Privacy Act), the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is issuing notice 
of its intent to alter the system of records entitled, ``Treasury/
OTS.012--Payroll/Personnel System & Payroll Records,'' by adding a new 
routine use. We invite public comment on this publication.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than February 19, 1998 The 
proposed alteration will become effective without further notice on 
March 2, 1998, unless comments are received that result in a contrary 
determination. OTS will publish a new notice if changes are made based 
on review of comments received.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may comment on this publication by 
writing to the Manager, Dissemination Branch, Records Management and 
Information Policy, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20552, Attention: Privacy Act. These submissions may be 
hand-delivered to 1700 G Street, NW., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on business 
days; they may be sent by facsimile transmission to FAX number 202/906-
7755, or they may be sent by e-mail: [email protected]. Those 
commenting by e-mail should include their name and telephone number. 
Comments will be available for inspection at 1700 G Street, NW. from 9 
a.m. until 4 p.m. on business days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard L. Abood, Planning, Budget, 
and Finance, (202) 906-6149, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the OTS 
will disclose data from its payroll 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, (DHHS/OCSE No. 09-
90-0074). Information on the above 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 unemployment compensation benefits. Effective 
October 1, 1998, the 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 the OTS to the FPLS include: name, 
address, social security number and name and address of the agency.
    We are proposing this routine use 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 which is necessary and proper. See OMB Guidelines, 51 FR 
18982, 18985 (May 23, 1986). Since the proposed uses of the data are 
required by Pub. L. 104-193, they are clearly necessary and proper 
uses, and therefore ``compatible'' uses which meet Privacy Act 
requirements. We will disclose information under the proposed routine 
use only as required by Pub L. 104-193 and as permitted by the Privacy 
Act.
    Accordingly, the Payroll/Personnel System & Payroll Records System 
notice originally published at 60 FR 13776 (March 14, 1995), is amended 
as set forth below:

Treasury/OTS .012

System Name:
    Payroll/Personnel System & Payroll Records System
  
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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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    (5) records from this system 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, and 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).
  
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    Dated: January 12, 1998.

 Alex Rodriguez,
 Deputy Assistant Secretary(Administration)

[FR Doc. 98-1182 Filed 1-19-98; 8:45 am]
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