[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).

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