[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 33 (Friday, February 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8421-8422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3099]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Privacy Act of 1974 as Amended; Computer Matching Program (SSA/
Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD))--Match 1304

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of a new computer matching program.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as 
amended, this notice announces a computer matching program that SSA 
plans to conduct with the BPD.

DATES: SSA will file a report of the subject matching program with the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of 
Representatives, and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The matching program will be 
effective as indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may comment on this notice by either 
telefax to (410) 965-8582 or writing to the Associate Commissioner, 
Office of Income Security Programs, 760 Altmeyer Building, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401. All comments received 
will be available for public inspection at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Associate Commissioner for Income 
Security Programs as shown above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. General

    The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Public 
Law (Pub. L.) 100-503), amended the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) by 
describing the manner in which computer matching involving Federal 
agencies could be performed and adding certain protections for 
individuals applying for and receiving Federal benefits. Section 7201 
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508) 
further amended the Privacy Act regarding protections for such 
individuals.
    The Privacy Act, as amended, regulates the use of computer matching 
by Federal agencies when records in a system of records are matched 
with other Federal, State, or local government records.
    It requires Federal agencies involved in computer matching programs 
to:
    (1) Negotiate written agreements with the other agency or agencies 
participating in the matching programs;
    (2) Obtain the Data Integrity Boards' approval of the match 
agreements;
    (3) Publish notice of the computer matching program in the Federal 
Register;
    (4) Furnish detailed reports about matching programs to Congress 
and OMB;
    (5) Notify applicants and beneficiaries that their records are 
subject to matching; and
    (6) Verify match findings before reducing, suspending, terminating, 
or denying an individual's benefits or payments.

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B. SSA Computer Matches Subject to the Privacy Act

    We have taken action to ensure that all of SSA's computer matching 
programs comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act, as amended.

    Dated: January 25, 2005.
Martin H. Gerry,
Deputy Commissioner for Disability and Income Security Programs.

    Notice of Computer Matching Program, Social Security Administration 
(SSA) with the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD)

A. Participating Agencies:
    SSA and BPD.

B. Purpose of the Matching Program:
    The purpose of this matching program is to establish conditions 
under which BPD agrees to disclose to SSA ownership of savings 
securities to verify an individual's self-certification of eligibility 
for prescription drug subsidy assistance under the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).

C. Authority for Conducting the Matching Program:
    The legal authority for SSA to conduct this matching activity is 
contained in section 1860D-14 (42 U.S.C. 1395w-114) of the Social 
Security Act.

D. Categories of Records and Individuals Covered by the Matching 
Program:
    SSA will provide the BPD with a finder file containing Social 
Security Numbers (SSNs) extracted from the Medicare database as 
specified in this Agreement from the Medicare file of Part D subsidy 
eligibles, SSA/ORSIS 09-60-0090, as published at 66 FR 11080 (Feb. 21, 
2001) and amended at 69 FR 11693 (Mar. 11, 2004). BPD will match the 
SSNs on the finder file with the SSNs on its savings-type securities--
Series E, EE, and I--registration systems. These records are included 
under the systems of records Treasury/BPD.002, United States Savings 
Type Securities, and Treasury/BPD.008, Retail Treasury Securities 
Access Application, last published on May 22, 2001, at 66 FR 28225 and 
28235, respectively. SSA will then match BPD data with electronic data 
from the following system of records: 60-0321 which is being developed 
to support the Medicare Part D subsidy computer matches.

E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching Program:
    The matching program will become effective no sooner than 40 days 
after notice of the matching program is sent to Congress and OMB, or 30 
days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 
whichever date is later. The matching program will continue for 18 
months from the effective date and may be extended for an additional 12 
months thereafter, if certain conditions are met.

[FR Doc. 05-3099 Filed 2-17-05; 8:45 am]
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