[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77015-77016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31673]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[AAG/A Order No. 001/2011]


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 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 (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 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 (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'', copies

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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 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 in its 
entirety at 58 FR 60058-60060 (November 12, 1993), and from the Debt 
Collection Enforcement System, JUSTICE/USA-015, last published in its 
entirety at 71 FR 42118-42122 (July 25, 2006). These systems of records 
contain information on persons who owe debts to the United States and 
whose debts have been referred to the DOJ for litigation and/or 
enforced collection. DOJ records will be matched against records 
contained in the Privacy Act System of Records: Customer Account Data 
Engine (CADE) Individual Master File (IMF), Treasury/IRS 24.030, last 
published at 73 FR 13304 (March 12, 2008). This system of records, 
among other information, contains the taxpayer's name, Social Security 
Number (SSN), and most recent address known by IRS.
    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 on the IMF.
    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 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 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 
Holley B. O'Brien, Director, Debt Collection Management Staff, Justice 
Management Division, 145 N St. NE., Rm 5E.101, Washington, DC 20530.

Lee Lofthus,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-31673 Filed 12-8-11; 8:45 am]
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