[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 167 (Monday, August 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44911-44912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20913]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of computer matching program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA) intends to conduct a recurring computer-matching program matching 
Social Security Administration (SSA) Master Beneficiary Records (MBRs) 
with VA pension, compensation, and dependency and indemnity 
compensation (DIC) records. The goal of this match is to identify 
beneficiaries who are receiving VA benefits, and to

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reduce or terminate benefits, if appropriate. The match will include 
records of current VA beneficiaries.

DATES: The match will start no sooner than 30 days after publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, or 40 days after copies of this 
Notice and the agreement of the parties is submitted to Congress and 
the Office of Management and Budget, whichever is later, and end not 
more than 18 months after the agreement is properly implemented by the 
parties. The involved agencies' Data Integrity Boards (DIB) may extend 
this match for 12 months provided the agencies certify to their DIBs, 
within three months of the ending date of the original match, that the 
matching program will be conducted without change and that the matching 
program has been conducted in compliance with the original matching 
program.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through http://www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to the Director, 
Regulations Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Ave., NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to (202) 
273-9026. Copies of comments received will be available for public 
inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Room 
1063B, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday 
(except holidays). Please call (202) 461-4902 for an appointment. In 
addition, during the comment period, comments may be viewed online 
through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.Regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Burd (212B), (202) 461-9149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA will use this information to verify the 
income information submitted by income dependent beneficiaries and 
adjust VA benefit payments as prescribed by law. The proposed matching 
program will enable VA to accurately identify beneficiaries who are in 
receipt of SSA benefits and have not reported the income as required by 
law.
    The legal authority to conduct this match is 38 U.S.C. 5106, which 
requires any Federal department or agency to provide VA such 
information as VA requests for the purposes of determining eligibility 
for, or the amount of VA benefits, or verifying other information with 
respect thereto.
    The VA records involved in the match are the VA system of records, 
VA Compensation, Pension and Education and Rehabilitation Records--VA 
(58 VA 21/22/28)'', first published at 41 FR 9294 (March 3, 1976), and 
last amended at 74 FR 14865 (April 1, 2009), with other amendments as 
cited therein. The SSA records consist of information from the system 
of records identified as the SSA MBR, SSA/ORSIS, 60-0090, routine use 
number 23 and SSA MEF, SSA/OEEAS, 60-0059, routine use numbers 15 and 
25.
    In accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. subsection 552a(o)(2) and (r), 
copies of the agreement are being sent to both Houses of Congress and 
to the Office of Management and Budget. This notice is provided in 
accordance with the provisions of Privacy Act of 1974 as amended by 
Public Law 100-503.

    Approved: August 14, 2009.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. E9-20913 Filed 8-28-09; 8:45 am]
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