[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21713-21714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08532]


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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: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides notice that 
it intends to conduct a recurring computer-matching program matching 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) records with VA pension and 
dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) records. The purpose of 
this match is to identify beneficiaries who are receiving VA benefits 
and payment under the Civil Service Retirement Act or Federal 
Employees' Retirement System Act, and to adjust or terminate benefits, 
if appropriate.

DATES: The match will start no sooner than 30 days after publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register (FR), or 40 days after copies of 
this notice and the agreement of the parties are 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 3 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 
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 (202) 273-
9026. Copies of comments received will be available for public 
inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy Management, Room 10638, 
between the hours of 8:00 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 Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Nicely, Pension Analyst, 
Pension and Fiduciary Service (21P), Department of Veterans Affairs, 
810 Vermont Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-8863.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA plans to match records of applicants and 
beneficiaries, including veterans and survivors, and their eligible 
dependent(s) who have applied for or who are receiving needs-based VA 
benefits with retirement annuity payment information maintained by OPM. 
VA will use this information to verify income information submitted by 
beneficiaries in VA's needs-based benefits programs and adjust VA 
benefit payments as prescribed by law. The proposed matching program 
will enable VA to ensure accurate reporting of income.
    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 benefits or verifying other information with respect to payment of 
benefits.
    VA records involved in the match are in ``Compensation, Pension, 
Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation Records--VA (58 VA 21/22/
28),'' a system of records that was first published at 41 FR 9294 
(March 3, 1976), amended and republished in its entirety at 74 FR 29275 
(June 19, 2009), and last amended at 75 FR 22187 (April 27, 2010). The 
routine use is number 39 regarding computer matches. The OPM records 
involved in the match are from the OPM Civil Service Retirement Pay 
File identified as OPM/Central-1, Civil Service Retirement and 
Insurance Records, published at 73 FR 15013 (March 20, 2008). The 
routine use is ``I.''
    In accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 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 the Privacy Act of 1974 as amended by 
Public Law 100-503.

    Approved: March 26, 2013.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-08532 Filed 4-10-13; 8:45 am]
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