[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6764-6765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3237]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4325-N-01]
Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed Amendment to a System of Records
AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.
ACTION: Notification of a proposed amendment to an existing system of
records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)),
HUD is issuing notice of our intent to amend the system of records
entitled HUD/Dept-34, Pay and Leave Records of Employees, to include a
new routine use. The disclosure is required by the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. We invite
public comment on this publication.
DATES: Effective date: The proposed routine use will become effective
as proposed without further notice March 12, 1998, unless comments
dictate otherwise.
Comments due by: Persons wishing to comment on the proposed routine
use must do so by March 12, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Room
10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20410. Communications should refer to the above
docket number and title. A copy of each communication submitted will be
available for public inspection and copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30
p.m. weekdays at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, Privacy Act Officer,
Telephone Number (202) 708-2374 [This is not a toll-free number] or FAX
Number (202) 708-3577.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. (Pub. L. 104-193, approved
August 22, 1996), HUD will disclose data from its Privacy Act system of
records, HUD/Dept-34, Pay and Leave Records of Employees, 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/OCSNE 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 employers for purposes of establishing
paternity and securing support. On October 1, 1997, the FPS 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 HUD, 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 HUD employee, within one month of the end of the
quarterly reporting period.
Information submitted by HUD 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 HUD 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, HUD/Dept-34, Pay and Leave Records of Employees system
notice originally published in the ``Federal Register Privacy Act
Issuances, 1995 compilation, is further amended by addition of the new
routine use disclosure below.
A report of HUD's intention to add a new routine use disclosure has
been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the House Committee on
Government and Oversight pursuant to paragraph 4 of Appendix I to OMB
Circular No. A-130, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining
Records About Individuals,'' February 8, 1996.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 88 Stat. 1896; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: February 4, 1998.
David S. Cristy,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Information Technology.
HUD/DEPT-34
System Name:
Pay and Leave Records of Employees.
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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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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
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Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, Pub. L. 104-
193).
[FR Doc. 98-3237 Filed 2-9-98; 8:45 am]
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