[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22187-22188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9755]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to an Existing System of Records.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552(e)(4)), 
notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
proposes to amend the existing system of records titled ``Compensation, 
Pension, Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment 
Records--VA (58VA21/22/28).'' VA is amending the system of records by 
adding a new system location and a new routine use regarding transfer 
of educational benefits under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill.

DATES: Comments on this amended system of records must be received no 
later than May 27, 2010.

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 Avenue, 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) 273-9515 for an 
appointment. (This is not a toll-free number.) 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: Shayla V. Mitchell, Management and 
Program Analyst, Education Service (225C), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420 telephone (202) 
461-1483.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA proposes to update the system location to 
include the location of a new facility where active educational 
assistance records will be housed. VA also proposes to add a routine 
use that will permit the disclosure of information on transferred 
educational assistance benefits to the individual from whom eligibility 
was derived, the transferor, and the individual who received the 
educational benefits, the transferee.
    VA proposes to disclose claim specific information to a transferor 
since the transferor may terminate, deny, suspend, add, or reduce 
educational benefits to an eligible dependent at any time during the 
individual's eligibility period. Since both the transferor and the 
dependent are coequally responsible for any debt incurred by the 
dependent, both parties should have access to all information 
pertaining to such entitlement.
    The Privacy Act permits VA to disclose information about 
individuals without their consent for a routine use when the 
information will be used for a purpose that is compatible with the 
purpose for which the information was collected.
    The report of intent to amend and an advance copy of the proposed 
changes have been sent to the appropriate Congressional committees and 
to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as 
required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) (Privacy Act) and guidelines issued by OMB 
(65 FR 977677), December 12, 2000.
    The proposed new routine use numbered 65 will be added to the 
system of records titled ``Compensation, Pension, Education, and 
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Records--VA'' (58VA21/22/28), 
published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 29275 (6/19/09).

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Notice of Amendment to System Location

System Location:
    Records are maintained at VA regional offices and centers; the VA 
Records Management Center in St. Louis, Missouri; the Data Processing 
Center at Hines, Illinois; the Corporate Franchise Data Center in 
Austin, Texas; and the Information Technology Center in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. Active records are generally maintained by the regional 
office having jurisdiction over the domicile of the claimant. Active 
educational assistance records are generally maintained at the regional 
processing office having jurisdiction over the educational institution, 
training establishment, or other entity where the claimant pursues or 
intends to pursue training and Terremark Worldwide, Inc., Federal 
Hosting Facility in Culpepper, Virginia.
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Notice of Amendment of System of Records
    The system identified as 58VA21/22/28 Compensation, Pension, 
Education and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Records--VA 
published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 29275 (6/19/09) is revised 
to add new routine use numbered 65.
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    65. Information in this system (excluding date of birth, social 
security number, and address) relating to the use of transferred 
educational assistance benefits may be coequally disclosed to the 
transferor, i.e., the individual from whom eligibility was derived, and 
to each transferee, i.e., the individual receiving the transferred 
benefit. The information disclosed is limited to the two parties in 
each transferor-transferee relationship, as the transferor may have 
multiple transferred relationships.
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    Approved: April 9, 2010.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-9755 Filed 4-26-10; 8:45 am]
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