[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45999-46000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17423]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[AAG/A Order No. 275-2002]


Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Agreement

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice--computer matching between the Department of Justice 
(DOJ) and the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 
amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 
(Public Law 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines 
on the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 25818, June 19, 1989), OMB 
Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions of Reporting Computer Matching Programs 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress and the 
Public,'' and OMB Circular No. A-130, Revised February 8, 1996, 
``Management of Federal Information Resources,'' the Department of 
Justice is issuing a public notice of its intent to conduct a computer 
matching program with the USPS. Under this matching program, entitled 
USPS Employees Who Are Federal Delinquent Debtors, the USPS will 
provide information to the DOJ relating to current or former USPS 
employees whose salary or other Federal benefits are subject to offset 
to satisfy delinquent debts owed to Federal agencies.

DATES: Effective date: The matching program will become effective 40 
days after a copy of the agreement, as approved by the Data Integrity 
Board of each agency, is sent to Congress and the Office of Management 
and Budget, or 30 days after publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, whichever is later. The matching program will continue for 18 
months after the effective date and may be extended for an additional 
12 months, if the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have 
been met.
    Reporting: In accordance with Pub. L. 100-503, the Computer 
Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as amended, Office of 
Management and Budget Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting 
Computer Matching Programs to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Congress and the Public'' and Circular No. A-130, Revised 
February 8, 1996, ``Management of Federal Information Resources'', 
copies of this notice and report are being provided to the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Office of Management and 
Budget.

    Authority: This matching program is being conducted under the 
authority of the following statutes and regulations which authorize 
agencies to collect, or refer to other agencies for collection, 
delinquent debts owed to the United States and/or which specifically 
authorize collection by salary or other administrative offset to 
satisfy such debts: The Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-
365), as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA) of 
1996 (Public Law 104-134, section 31001), which authorizes Federal 
agencies to offset a Federal employee's salary as a means of 
satisfying delinquent debts owed to the United States (5 U.S.C. 
5514(a) and note).
    Objectives To Be Met By the Matching Program: The purpose of this 
program is to provide DOJ with current information on individuals who 
(1) are delinquent in paying their debts to the United States 
government and (2) are current or former employees of the USPS, so that 
DOJ can pursue potential salary or administrative offsets.
    Records To Be Matched: DOJ will provide records from the Debt 
Collection Offset Payment System, JUSTICE/JMD-009. This system of 
records contains information on almost 19,000 persons indebted to the 
United States who have allowed their debts to become delinquent and 
whose debts are in the DOJ data base for debts submitted to the 
Treasury Offset Program (TOP). DOJ records will be matched against 
records contained in USPS' Privacy Act System of Records: Finance 
Records--Payroll System, USPS 050.020, which contains records of about 
800,000 employees.

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    Categories of Records/Individuals Involved: DOJ will submit the 
name and nine digit Social Security Number (SSN) of each delinquent 
debtor in DOJ's TOP data base USPS will compare the name and SSN for 
each debtor record submitted by DOJ to its data base of employee 
records. For each DOJ record that matches a USPS record, USPS will 
provide to the DOJ, the name, SSN, date of birth, home address, place 
of work and employee type (e.g., permanent or temporary).
    Notice Procedures: For current and future USPS employees completing 
a PS Form 2591, Application for Employment, and various other personnel 
and benefit related forms, notice of possible computer matches 
involving their records is included in the Privacy Act Statement 
accompanying each form. DOJ provides direct notice to delinquent 
debtors that DOJ will seek to collect the delinquent debt via tax 
refund, salary, or administrative offset, and that DOJ will use 
computer matching to accomplish the offsets. Both USPS and DOJ have 
provided constructive notice to record subjects through the publication 
of system of records notices in the Federal Register for the records 
involved in this match that contain routine uses permitting disclosures 
for this matching program.
    Address for Receipt of Public Comments or Inquiries: Interested 
persons are invited to submit written comments regarding this notice to 
Imogene McCleary, Deputy Director, Debt Collection Management, Justice 
Management Division, 325 7th Street NW., 2nd Floor South, Washington, 
DC 20530.

    Dated: July 25, 2002.
Robert F. Diegelman,
Acting Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
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