[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69190-69191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30894]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of Engraving and Printing


Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Systems of Records

AGENCY: Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Treasury.

ACTION: Alteration of a Privacy Act System of Records Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
(BEP) is publishing an alteration of its Privacy Act systems of records 
entitled ``Treasury/BEP .006--Debt Files (Employees).''

DATES: Comments must be received no later than January 29, 2010. The 
new systems of records will be effective February 8, 2010 unless BEP 
receives comments that would result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Clifford Daly, Attorney-Advisor, 
Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 
Washington, DC 20228. Comments will be made available for inspection 
upon written request. The Department will make such comments available 
for public inspection and copying at BEP, Room 419-A, Bureau of 
Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC 20228, on

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official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern 
Time. You can make an appointment to inspect comments by telephoning 
202-874-2500. All comments, including attachments and other supporting 
materials, received are part of the public record and subject to public 
disclosure. You should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford Daly, Attorney-Advisor, 
Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 
Washington, DC 20228 at 202-874-2630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 
U.S.C. 552a) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. 
A-130, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) completed a review of 
its Privacy Act system of records notice. As a result of the review BEP 
is proposing to add two new routine uses to BEP .006 to assist BEP to 
perform necessary functions such as (1) to maintain records about 
individuals who owe debt(s) to the United States, through one or more 
of its departments and agencies, and/or to individuals, including past 
due support enforced by states and (2) for the purpose of taking action 
to facilitate the collection and resolution of the debt(s) using 
various collection methods, including, but not limited to, offset, 
levy, administrative wage garnishment.
    The proposed routine uses are as follows:
    (1) These records may be used to disclose information to a court of 
competent jurisdiction, an authorized official or authorized state 
agency as defined in 5 CFR parts 581 and 582, or a party to a 
garnishment action, in response to legal process, including 
interrogatories, served on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 
connection with garnishment proceedings against a current or former 
employee, and
    (2) These records may be used to provide information to private 
creditors for the purpose of garnishment of wages of an employee if a 
debt has been reduced to a judgment.
    The report of the altered systems of records, as required by 5 
U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act, has been submitted 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, pursuant to Appendix I to OMB Circular 
A-130, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About 
Individuals,'' dated November 30, 2000.
    The system of records notice was last published in its entirety on 
June 29, 2009, at 74 FR 31092. The proposed alterations to ``Treasury/
BEP .006--Debt Files (Employees)'' are set forth below.
Treasury/BEP .006

System Name:
    Debt Files (Employees)--Treasury/BEP.

System Location:
    Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 14th and C Streets, SW., 
Washington, DC 20228.
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Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories 
of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses:
    * * *
    Description of change: The period ``.'' at the end of routine use 
(9) is replaced with a semicolon ``;'', and the following routines uses 
are added in numerical order at the end thereof:
    ``(10) Disclose information to a court of competent jurisdiction, 
an authorized official or authorized state agency as defined in 5 
C.F.R. parts 581 and 582, or a party to a garnishment action, in 
response to legal process, including interrogatories, served on the 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing in connection with garnishment 
proceedings against a current or former employee;
    ``(11) These records may be used to provide information to private 
creditors for the purpose of garnishment of wages of an employee if a 
debt has been reduced to a judgment.''
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    Dated: December 17, 2009.
Melissa Hartman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy and Treasury Records.
[FR Doc. E9-30894 Filed 12-29-09; 8:45 am]
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