[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72873-72875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29695]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act Of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

ACTION: Notice of amendment to systems of records.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e), 
notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is 
amending two existing systems of records 121VA19, ``National Patient 
Databases--VA'', and 136VA19E, ``Library Network (VALNET)--VA'' to: Add 
a routine use relating to releasing information to agencies in the 
event of fraud or abuse. VA is also amending the 121VA19 system of 
records by amending the routine use relating to releasing information 
to the General Services Administration and the revision of Appendix 4 
is being amended for additional databases.

DATES: Comments on the amendment of these systems of records must be 
received no later than December 27, 2010. If no public comment is 
received, the amended system will become effective December 27, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through 
www.Regulation.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to Director, Regulations 
Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to (202) 273-9026. 
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 (this is not a toll-free number) 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: Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 
Privacy Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420; telephone (704) 245-2492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA provides health care services to many of 
America's Veterans through the Veterans Health Administration. During 
the course of providing health care, VHA collects medical and health 
information on Veterans. In order to protect Veteran's medical or 
health information VHA is adding one routine use and amending one 
routine use to one existing system of records (121VA19) and one routine 
use to one other existing system of records (136VA19E).

Additional Routine Uses

    The routine use added to 121VA19 and 136VA19E would permit VA to 
disclose information to other Federal agencies which may be made to 
assist such agencies in preventing and detecting possible fraud or 
abuse by individuals in their operations and programs.
    The routine use added to these two systems of records would permit 
disclosures by the Department to report a suspected incident of 
identity theft and provide information and/or documentation related to 
or in support of the reported incident.
    The routine use being amended to 121VA19 would permit VA to 
disclose information to the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA) and the General Services Administration (GSA) in 
records management inspections conducted under authority of Title 44, 
Chapter 29, of the United States Code (U.S.C.). NARA and GSA are 
responsible for management of old records no longer actively used, but 
which may be appropriate for preservation, and for the physical 
maintenance of the Federal Government's records. VA must be able to 
provide the records to NARA and GSA in order to determine the proper 
disposition of such records.
    Appendix 4 has been amended to include Defense and Veterans Eye 
Injury Registry (DVEIR)--VA Service-Related Eye Injury Data Store, 
Embedded Fragment Registry (EFR), The Electronic Surveillance System 
for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE), 
Veterans Informatics, Information and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI), 
and Dental Encounter System.
    The Report of Intent to Amend these Systems of Records Notice and 
an advance copy of the systems notice 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 77677), December 12, 2000.

    Approved: November 3, 2010.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.

Notice of Amendment of Systems of Records

    1. In the system identified as 121VA19, ``National Patient 
Databases--VA,'' as set forth in the Federal Register, 73 FR 16103, and 
last amended in the Federal Register on March 26, 2008. One new routine 
use is added as follows:
121VA19

SYSTEM NAME: ``National Patient Databases--VA''.
* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
* * * * *

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    4. Disclosure may be made to the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA) and the General Services Administration (GSA) for 
records management inspections under authority of Title 44, Chapter 29, 
of the United States Code.
    23. Disclosure to other Federal agencies may be made to assist such 
agencies in preventing and detecting possible fraud or abuse by 
individuals in their operations and programs.
    2. In the system identified as 136VA19E, ``Library Network 
(VALNET)--VA,'' as set forth in the Federal Register 73 FR 55214 dated 
September 24, 2008. One new routine use is added as follows:
136VA19E

SYSTEM NAME: ``Library Network (VALNET)--VA''
* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
* * * * *
    15. Disclosure to other Federal agencies may be made to assist such 
agencies in preventing and detecting possible fraud or abuse by 
individuals in their operations and programs.

                              VA Appendix 4
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             Database name                           Location
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Addiction Severity Index...............  Veterans Affairs Medical Center
                                         7180 Highland Drive
                                         Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206.
Bidirectional Health Information         Austin Information Technology
 Exchange.                                Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Cardiac Assessment Tracking and          Denver VA Medical Center
 Reporting for Cardiac Catheterization   1055 Clermont Street
 Laboratories.                           Denver, Colorado 80220.
Care Management Information System.....  Veterans Affairs Medical Center
                                         University and Woodland Aves.
                                         Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
                                          19104.
Clinical Case Registries...............  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
CMOP Centralized Database System.......  Southwest CMOP
                                         3675 East Britannia Drive
                                         Tucson, Arizona 85706.
Continuous Improvement in Cardiac        Veterans Affairs Medical Center
 Surgery.                                820 Clermont Street
                                         Denver, Colorado 80220.
Corporate Data Warehouse...............  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Cruetzfelet-Jakob Disease Lookback       Cincinnati VA Medical Center
 Dataset.                                3200 Vine Street
                                         Cincinnati, Ohio 45220.
Decision Support System................  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Defense and Veterans Eye Injury          Austin Information Technology
 Registry (DVEIR)--VA Service-Related     Center
 Eye Injury Data Store.                  1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Dental Encounter System................  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Eastern Pacemaker Surveillance Center    Veterans Affairs Medical Center
 Database.                               50 Irving Street, NW
                                         Washington, DC 20422.
Embedded Fragment Registry (EFR).......  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Emerging Pathogens Initiative..........  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
The Electronic Surveillance System for   Austin Information Technology
 the Early Notification of Community-     Center
 Based Epidemics (ESSENCE).              1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Federal Health Information Exchange....  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Financial Clinical Data Mart...........  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Former Prisoner of War Statistical       Austin Information Technology
 Tracking System.                         Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.

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Functional Status and Outcome Database.  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Home Based Primary Care................  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Mammography Quality Standards VA.......  Veterans Affairs Medical Center
                                         508 Fulton Street
                                         Durham, North Carolina 27705.
Master Patient Index...................  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Medical SAS File (MDP) (Medical          Austin Information Technology
 District Planning (MEDIPRO)).            Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Missing Patient Register...............  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
National Mental Health Database System.  Veterans Affairs Medical Center
                                         7180 Highland Drive
                                         Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206.
National Medical Information System....  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
National Survey of Veterans............  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Office of Quality and Performance (OQP)  (OQP) Data Center
                                         601 Keystone Park Dr Suite 800
                                         Morrisville, North Carolina
                                          27560.
Parkinson's Disease Research, Education  Veterans Affairs Medical Center
 and Clinical Centers Registry.          4150 Clement Street
                                         San Francisco, California
                                          94121.
Patient Assessment File................  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Pharmacy Benefits Management...........  Veterans Affairs Medical Center
                                         5th Avenue and Roosevelt Road
                                         Hines, Illinois 60141.
Radiation Exposure Inquiries Database..  Office of Information Field
                                          Office
                                         1335 East West Highway
                                         Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
Remote Order Entry System..............  Denver Distribution Center
                                         155 Van Gordon Street
                                         Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1709.
Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum   Austin Information Technology
 Data Set.                                Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Short Form Health Survey for Veterans..  Veterans Affairs Medical Center
                                         200 Springs Road
                                         Bedford, Massachusetts 01730.
VA National Clozapine Registry.........  Veterans Affairs Medical Center
                                         4500 S. Lancaster Road
                                         Dallas, Texas 75216.
VA Vital Status File...................  Austin Information Technology
                                          Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Veterans Administration Central Cancer   Veterans Affairs Medical Center
 Registry.                               50 Irving Street, NW
                                         Washington, DC 20422.
Veterans Informatics, Information and    Austin Information Technology
 Computing Infrastructure (VINCI).        Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
Veterans Integrated Service Network      Austin Information Technology
 Support Service Center Databases.        Center
                                         1615 Woodward Street
                                         Austin, Texas 78772.
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[FR Doc. 2010-29695 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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