[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 213 (Friday, November 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64739-64740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18480]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[AAG/A Order No. 013-2006]


Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Agreement

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice--computer matching between the Department of Justice and 
the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.

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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 
(Pub. L. 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on 
the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 25818 published June 19, 1989), 
OMB Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting Computer Matching 
Programs to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress and the 
Public,'' and OMB Circular No. A-130, Revised November 28, 2000, 
``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 Internal Revenue Service, Department of the 
Treasury. Under this matching program, entitled Taxpayer Address 
Request, the IRS will provide information relating to taxpayers' 
mailing addresses to the DOJ for purposes of enabling DOJ to locate 
debtors to initiate litigation and/or enforce the collection of debts 
owed by the taxpayers to the United States.

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 projected date for this agreement is 
September 2006 or as soon thereafter as the agreement becomes 
effective. 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 the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 
552a), as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act 
of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 25818 published 
June 19, 1989), OMB Bulleting 89-2, ``Instructions on Reporting 
Computer Matching Programs to the Office of Management and Budget, 
Congress and the Public,'' and OMB Circular No. A-130, Revised November 
28, 2000, ``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 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the 
Office of Management and Budget.

    Authority: This matching program is being conducted under the 
authority of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 6103(m)(2). This 
provides for disclosure, upon written request of a taxpayer's 
mailing address for use by officers, employees, or agents of a 
Federal agency for the purpose of locating such taxpayer to collect 
or compromise a Federal claim against the taxpayer in accordance 
with sections 3711, 3717, and 3718 of title 31 of the United States 
Code, statutory provisions which authorize DOJ to collect debts on 
behalf of the United States through litigation.

    Objectives to Be Met by the Matching Program: The purpose of this 
program is to provide DOJ with the most current addresses of taxpayers 
to notify debtors of legal actions that may be taken by

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DOJ and the rights afforded them in the litigation to enforce 
collection of debts owed to the United States.
    Records to Be Matched: DOJ will provide records from the Debt 
Collection Management System, JUSTICE/JMD-006, last published at 58 FR 
60058-60060 (November 12, 1993). This system of records contains 
information on persons indebted to the United States who have allowed 
their debts to become delinquent and whose debts have been sent by 
client Federal agencies to DOJ for enforced collection through 
litigation. DOJ records will be matched against records contained in 
the Privacy Act System of Records: CADE [Customer Account Data Engine] 
Individual Master File (IMF), Treasury/IRS 24.030, last published at 66 
FR 63800 (December 10, 2001), which contains taxpayer entity records 
and tax modular records which contain all records relative to specific 
tax returns for each applicable tax period or year.
    Categories of Records/Individuals Involved: DOJ will submit the 
nine digit Social Security Number (SSN) and four character Name Control 
(the first four letters of the surname) of each individual whose 
current address is requested. IRS will provide an address for each 
taxpayer whose SSN and Name Control matches the record submitted by 
DOJ, or a code explaining that no match was found for the record.
    Notice Procedures: IRS provides direct notice to taxpayers in the 
instructions to Forms 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ, and constructive notice 
in the Federal Register system of records notice, that information 
provided on U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns and through other means 
may be given to other Federal agencies, as provided by law. For the 
records involved in this match, both IRS and DOJ have provided 
constructive notice of these disclosures to records subjects through 
the publication, in the Federal Register, of system of record notices 
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 
Diane Watson, Deputy Director, Debt Collection Management, Justice 
Management Division, Nationwide Central Intake Facility, 1110 Bonifant 
St., Suite 220, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3358.

Lee Lofthus,
Acting Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
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