[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8964-8965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4457]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Management Service
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Financial Management Service, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of alterations to three Department of the Treasury,
Financial Management Service (FMS), Privacy Act Systems of Records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),
the Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS),
gives notice of proposed alterations to three of its existing systems
of records, as follows: ``Treasury/FMS .002--Payment Issue Records for
Regular Recurring Benefit Payments,'' ``Treasury/FMS .014--Debt
Collection Operations System,'' and Treasury/FMS .016--Payment Records
for Other Than Regular Recurring Benefit Payments.''
DATES: Comments must be received no later than March 28, 2003. The
proposed systems of records will be effective April 7, 2003 unless FMS
receives comments which would result in a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted to the Debt Management Services,
Financial Management Service, 401 14th Street, SW., Room 448B,
Washington, DC 20227, or by electronic mail to
[email protected]. Comments received will be available for
inspection at the same address between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerry Isenberg, Financial Management
Service, Debt Management Services, (202) 874-7131.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Financial Management Service (FMS) is
the money manager for the Federal Government. As such, FMS disburses
over 900 million payments totaling more than $1.2 trillion in social
security and veterans' benefits, income tax refunds, and other federal
payments. In addition, FMS operates several programs to facilitate
collection or resolution of delinquent debts owed to the Federal
Government and states, including past due support being enforced by
states. In the operation of its
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payment and debt collection programs, FMS maintains records on
individuals who receive payments from the Federal Government, as well
as individuals who owe delinquent debts to the Federal Government and
states. Records on individuals who receive Federal payments are
maintained in FMS's ``Payment Issue Records for Regular Recurring
Benefit Payments,'' and ``Payment Records for Other Than Regular
Recurring Benefit Payments.'' Records on individuals who owe delinquent
debts are maintained in its ``Debt Collection Operations System''
system of records. The systems of records were last published in the
Federal Register in their entirety on August 22, 2001, beginning in 66
FR 44204.
In keeping with the Government's policy to rely on commercial
sources to supply the products and services the Government needs, FMS
sometimes retains the services of contractors to perform certain
routine functions related to payment and debt collection processing.
Disclosures of information maintained in FMS'' systems of records may
be required in order for the contractor to perform the services for
which it has been hired. If disclosure is necessary, the contractor to
which disclosure is made will be subject to the same limitations
applicable to FMS officers and employees under the Privacy Act. This
means that the contractor is required to safeguard Privacy Act
information to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of any Privacy
Act records. FMS is altering the referenced systems of records to allow
disclosure of information from such systems to a private contractor to
the extent necessary for the contractor to accomplish an FMS function
related to payment processing and/or debt collection.
The report required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act, has
been submitted to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of
the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate, and the Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to
Appendix I to OMB Circular A-130, Federal Agency Responsibilities for
Maintaining Records About Individuals, dated November 30, 2000.
For the reasons set forth above, FMS proposes to alter its systems
of records as follows:
TREASURY/FMS .002
System name:
Payment Issue Records for Regular Recurring Benefit Payments--
Treasury/Financial Management Service.
Description of change: Remove current entry and add the following
to read as follows:
System location:
``The Financial Management Service, U.S. Department of the
Treasury, Washington, DC 20227 and Hyattsville, MD 20782. Records
maintained at Financial Centers in five regions: Austin, TX;
Birmingham, AL; Kansas City, MO; Philadelphia, PA; and San Francisco,
CA.''
* * * * *
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and purposes of such uses:
* * * * *
Description of change: The period ``.'' at the end of routine use
(13) is replaced with a semicolon ``;'', and the following routine use
is added at the end thereof:
``(14) Disclose information to a contractor of the Financial
Management Service for the purpose of performing routine payment
processing services, subject to the same limitations applicable to FMS
officers and employees under the Privacy Act.''
* * * * *
TREASURY/FMS .014
System name:
Debt Collection Operations System-Treasury/Financial Management
Service.
* * * * *
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and purposes of such uses:
* * * * *
Description of change: The period ``.'' at the end of routine use
(8) paragraph c is replaced with a semicolon ``;'', and the following
language is added before the period ``.'':
(8) c. * * *
``including for the provision of routine debt collection services
by an FMS contractor subject to the same limitations applicable to FMS
officers and employees under the Privacy Act.''
* * * * *
TREASURY/FMS .015
System name:
Payment Records for Other Than Regular Recurring Benefit Payments--
Treasury/Financial Management Service.
Description of change: Remove current entry and add the following
to read as follows:
System location:
``The Financial Management Service, U.S. Department of the
Treasury, Washington, DC 20227 and Hyattsville, MD 20782. Records
maintained at Financial Centers in five regions: Austin, TX;
Birmingham, AL; Kansas City, MO; Philadelphia, PA; and San Francisco,
CA.''
* * * * *
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and purposes of such uses:
* * * * *
Description of change: The period ``.'' at the end of routine use
(13) is replaced with a semicolon ``;'', and the following routine use
is added at the end thereof:
``(14) Disclose information to a contractor of the Financial
Management Service for the purpose of performing routine payment
processing services, subject to the same limitations applicable to FMS
officers and employees under the Privacy Act.''
* * * * *
Dated: February 11, 2003.
W. Earl Wright, Jr.,
Chief Management and Administrative Program Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-4457 Filed 2-25-03; 8:45 am]
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