[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 124 (Thursday, June 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29581-29582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13625]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[AAG/A Order No. 001/2017]


Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Debt 
Collection Management Staff.

ACTION: Notice of re-establishment of a matching program.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is issuing a public notice of 
its intent to re-establish a matching program with the Internal Revenue 
Service (IRS), the Department of the Treasury. Under this matching 
program, entitled Taxpayer Address Request (TAR), the IRS will provide 
information relating to taxpayers' mailing addresses to DOJ for 
purposes of enabling DOJ to locate debtors to initiate litigation and/
or enforce the collection of debts owed by taxpayers to the United 
States.
    This notice is issued 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-108, ``Federal 
Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication under 
the Privacy Act,'' Revised December 23, 2016.

DATES: Effective date: The matching program will become effective 30 
days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register, if no 
comments have been received from interested members of the public 
requiring modification and republication of the notice. The matching 
program will continue for 18 months after the effective date and may be 
extended for an additional 12 months, if the respective agency Data 
Integrity Boards (DIBs) determine that the conditions specified in 5 
U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
regarding this notice to Dennis Dauphin, Director, Debt Collection 
Management Staff, Justice Management Division, 145 N St. NE., Rm 
6W.102, Washington, DC 20530 or email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Nelson, Debt Collection 
Management Staff, Justice Management Division, 145 N St. NE., Rm 
6W.212, Washington, DC 20530 or email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Notice of 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 for records involved in this matching program, 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 
record subjects through the publication, in the Federal Register, of 
systems of records notices that contain routine uses permitting 
disclosures for this matching program.
    In addition, a draft copy of this Notice and of the matching 
agreement, as approved by the DIB of each agency, has been 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 for Review.
    Participating Agencies:

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    Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury.
    Authority for Conducting the Matching Program:
    This matching program is being conducted under the authority of the 
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 6103(m)(2), and the routine uses published 
in the agencies' Privacy Act systems notices for the systems of records 
used in this match. 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.
    Purpose(s):
    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, and to 
enforce collection of debts owed to the United States.
    Categories of Individuals:
    Individuals whose information is included in this matching program 
include: From DOJ's System of Records, individuals indebted to the 
United States who have [. . .] allowed their debts to become delinquent 
and whose delinquent debts have been referred to a DOJ litigating 
division, a United States Attorney Office, or to contract private 
counsel retained by DOJ, for settlement or enforced collection through 
litigation; and, from Treasury's System of Records, individuals who 
file Federal Individual Income Tax Returns.
    Categories of Records:
    Records involved in the matching program and the specific data 
elements that will be matched are as follows: DOJ will submit the nine-
digit 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.
    System(s) of Records:
    DOJ will provide records from the Debt Enforcement System, JUSTICE/
DOJ-016, last published in its entirety at 77 FR 9965-9968 (February 
21, 2012). This system of records contains 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 Treasury's Privacy Act System of 
Records: Customer Account Data Engine (CADE) Individual Master File 
(IMF), Treasury/IRS 24.030, last published at 80 FR 54082 (Sep. 8, 
2015). This system of records contains, among other information, the 
taxpayer's name, SSN, and most recent address known by IRS.

    Dated: June 20, 2017.
Lee Lofthus,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
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