[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1997-1998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00570]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Privacy Act of 1974

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Pursuant to section 552a(e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 
amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the 
conduct of Matching Programs, notice is hereby given that the Internal 
Revenue Service (IRS) intends to continue matching computerized data 
within its systems of records for the purpose of detecting and 
deterring breaches of security policy by IRS personnel and/or 
contractors. This notice is intended to comply with the Privacy Act of 
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy 
Protection Act of 1988, Public Law 100-503, and the Computer Matching 
and Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990, Public Law 101-508, as well 
as OMB guidelines.

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SUMMARY: The IRS is continuing its program of reviewing detections of 
potential violations of security policies to determine whether there 
has been an actual violation. This review includes matching data from 
existing IRS systems of records such as:

I. Treasury Payroll and Personnel System [Treasury/DO.001]
II. Subsidiary Accounting Files [Treasury/IRS 22.054]
III. Automated Non-Master File (ANMF) [Treasury/IRS 22.060]
IV. Information Return Master File (IRMF) [Treasury/IRS 22.061]
V. CADE Individual Master File (IMF) [Treasury/IRS 24.030]
VI. CADE Business Master File (BMF) [Treasury/IRS 24.046]
VII. Audit Trail and Security Records [Treasury/IRS 34.037]
VIII. General Personnel and Payroll Records [Treasury/IRS 36.003]

    This review may include using data elements such as:

I. Employee name, Social Security number (SSN), standard employee 
identification number (SEID), address, email addresses
II. Employee spouse's name, SSN, address
III. Taxpayer entity information, including prior and current name, 
taxpayer identification number, address, tax return/account 
information
IV. Electronic transmission specifics, such as sender's email 
address, recipient's email address, recipient's internet service 
provider, transmission date and time, IP address, computer machine 
name, terminal identification

    Reporting: A report describing this proposal has been provided to 
OMB and the Congressional committees responsible for oversight of the 
Privacy Act in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 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, (rev. Nov. 28,

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2000), ``Management of Federal Information Resources.''
    Notice Procedures: IRS employees, contractors, and other 
individuals who have been granted access to IRS information, or to IRS 
equipment and resources, are notified regularly that their computer 
activity is monitored. This information is also publicized in the 
System of Records Notice ``Audit Trail and Security Records--Treasury/
IRS 34.037'' (77 FR 155 (August 10, 2012)).
    Security: All information obtained and/or generated as part of the 
IRS computer matching program will be safeguarded in accordance with 
the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a, 26 U.S.C. 6103, as well as IRS record 
safeguarding requirements, which conform to Treasury Directive (TD) 80-
05, Records and Information Management, and TD P 71-10, Department of 
the Treasury Security Manual, and are no less restrictive than the 
standards prescribed in IRS Publication 1075, Tax Information Security 
Guidelines for Federal, State and Local Agencies. Matches under this 
program will comply with the standards of OMB policy M-06-16, 
Protection of Sensitive Agency Information, requiring that sensitive 
information, including all Personally Identifiable Information be 
protected at all times.
    Records Usage, Duplication And Disclosure: The information 
generated and/or obtained during these computer matches will be used by 
IRS employees in the performance of their official responsibilities. 
Access to this information is limited to those individuals who have a 
need to know the information in the performance of their official 
duties. These individuals are subject to criminal and civil penalties 
for the unauthorized inspection and/or disclosure of this information. 
During the execution of this program of computer matches and resulting 
analyses or investigations, IRS employees may duplicate the records 
used only to perform their official duties. The information collected 
or generated as part of this program of computer matches may only be 
disclosed in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a, 26 U.S.C. 
6103, and any other applicable federal privacy provisions.
    Legal And Regulatory Authority: The IRS must safeguard information 
to comply with the Internal Revenue Code, the Privacy Act of 1974, the 
Bank Secrecy Act, Title 18 of the United States Code, the Federal 
Information Security Management Act (FISMA), and other applicable laws. 
Sending confidential information without sufficient protection violates 
IRS security policy. This matching program will assist the IRS in 
protecting that sensitive information from unauthorized use or 
disclosure.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than February 16, 2016. The 
matching program became effective May 22, 2015, and the renewal will 
become effective February 23, 2016 unless the IRS receives comments 
which cause reconsideration of this action.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Privacy, 
Governmental Liaison and Disclosure, Internal Revenue Service, 1111 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. Comments will be 
available for inspection and copying in the IRS Freedom of Information 
Reading Room (Room 1621) at the above address. The telephone number for 
the Reading Room is (202) 622-5164 (not a toll-free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Silverman, Management and 
Program Analyst, IRS Office of Privacy, Governmental Liaison and 
Disclosure, (202) 622-5625 (not a toll-free number).

    Dated: January 8, 2016.
Ryan Law,
Director for FOIA and Transparency, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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