[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6388-6389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03420]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DOD-2019-OS-0015]
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: This Computer Matching Agreement (CMA) identifies individuals
receiving both federal compensation or pension benefits and public
assistance benefits under federal programs administered by the states
and verifies public assistance clients' declarations of income
circumstances.
DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before March 29, 2019. This
proposed action will be effective the day following the end of the
comment period unless comments are received which result in a contrary
determination.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Chief
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark
Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general
policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is
to make these submissions available for public viewing on the internet
at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change,
including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cheryl D. Jenkins, Management
Analyst, Defense Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency Division at
(703) 571-0070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each participating State Public Assistance
Agency (SPAA) will provide the Department of Defense, Defense Manpower
Data Center (DMDC) with finder files containing identifying and other
data about public assistance applicants or recipients, which DMDC will
match against DoD military and civilian pay files, military retired pay
files, and survivor pay files (Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
civilian retired and survivor pay files will not be used). DMDC will
return matched data to the SPAA, which the SPAA will use to verify
individuals' continued eligibility to receive public assistance
benefits and, if ineligible, to take such action as may be authorized
by law and regulation to ensure fair and equitable treatment in the
delivery of and benefits attributable to funds provided by the Federal
Government. HHS will support each of SPAA's efforts to ensure
appropriate participation in the matching program and compliance with
this agreement's terms by assisting with drafting the agreements and
helping arrange signatures to the agreements. A new routine use is
concurrently being added to DoD System of Records Notice, DMDC 01 to
specifically address this computer match.
Participating Agencies: The Department of Defense (DoD), Defense
Manpower Data Center, DoD; Department of Health and Human Services; and
the State Public Assistance Agencies (SPAAs).
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: Sections 402, 1137,
and 1903(r) of the Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.
602, a 1320b-7, and 1396b(r).
Purpose(s): This matching program identifies individuals receiving
both federal compensation or pension benefits and public assistance
benefits under federal programs administered by the states and to
verify public assistance clients' declarations of income circumstances.
Categories of Individuals: The categories of individuals whose
information is involved in the matching program are:
--Individuals who apply for or receive public assistance benefits under
federal programs administered by the states (Medicaid, Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program); and
--Individuals who receive compensation from the DoD (military,
civilian, survivor, and retired).
Categories of Records: The categories of records involved in the
matching program are DoD military and civilian pay records, military
retired pay records, and survivor pay records. The matching program
will compare the Social Security Numbers (SSNs), using all nine digits,
in quarterly SPAA finder files about individuals applying for public
assistance benefits with DoD pay records. The SPAA finder files will
contain the client's name, SSN, date of
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birth, address, sex, marital status, number of dependents, information
regarding the specific public assistance benefit being received, and
such other data as considered necessary. The data elements that will be
provided to a SPAA about a DoD affiliated individual whose nine digit
SSN matches a SSN in a quarterly SPAA file include (as applicable):
individual's name; SSN; active or retired; if active, military service
or employing agency; and current work or home address; salary related
information and such other data as considered necessary.
System of Records: Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base (DMDC
01), 76 FR 72391 (Nov. 23, 2011).
Dated: February 22, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2019-03420 Filed 2-26-19; 8:45 am]
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