[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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