[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 16133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07659]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA 2018-0031]


Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as 
amended, this notice announces new matching program with the Department 
of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center (DoD/DMDC).
    This computer matching agreement (agreement) sets forth the terms, 
conditions, and safeguards under which DoD/DMDC will disclose to SSA 
data to verify information provided to SSA by applicants, 
beneficiaries, and recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 
payments and Special Veterans Benefits (SVB). The SSI and SVB 
recipient/beneficiary provides information about eligibility/
entitlement factors (e.g., income, reosurces, living arrangements). SSA 
obtains additional information, as necessary, before making any 
determinations of eligibility/payment or entitlement/benefit amounts or 
adjustments thereto. Military retirement payments to SSI recipients and 
SVB beneficiaries include retired members, or their survivors, of the 
Uniformed Services, i.e., Army; Navy; Air Force; Marine Corps; Coast 
Guard; and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration. SSA will accomplish this task by computer 
matching with DoD/DMDC.

DATES: The deadline to submit comments on the proposed matching program 
is 30 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. The matching program will be applicable on March 15, 2019, or 
once a minimum of 30 days after publication of this notice has elapsed, 
whichever is later. The matching program will be in effect for a period 
of 18 months.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may comment on this notice by either 
telefaxing to (410) 966-0869, writing to Mary Ann Zimmerman, Acting 
Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the 
General Counsel, Social Security Administration, G-401 WHR, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, or emailing 
[email protected]. All comments received will be available for 
public inspection by contacting Ms. Zimmerman at this street address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested parties may submit general 
questions about the matching program to Mary Ann Zimmerman, Acting 
Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the 
General Counsel, by any of the means shown above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Mary Zimmerman,
Acting Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of 
the General Counsel.

    Participating Agencies: SSA and DoD/DMDC.
    Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: The legal authority 
for this match is sections 806(b) and 1631(e)(1)(B) and (f) of the 
Social Security Act (Act) (42 U.S.C. 1006(b) and 1383(e)(1)(B) and 
(f)). SSA's legal authority to disclose data to DoD/DMDC is section 
1106(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1306(a)) and section (b)(3) of the 
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)).
    Purpose(s): This matching program establishes the conditions under 
which DoD/DMDC will disclose to SSA data to verify information provided 
to SSA by applicants, beneficiaries, and recipients of Supplemental 
Security Income (SSI) payments and Special Veterans Benefits (SVB). The 
SSI and SVB recipient/beneficiary provides information about 
eligibility/entitlement factors (e.g. income, resources, living 
arrangements). SSA obtains additional information, as necessary, before 
making any determinations of eligibility/payment or entitlement/benefit 
amounts or adjustments thereto. Military retirement payments to SSI 
recipients and SVB beneficiaries include retired members, or their 
survivors, of the Uniformed Services, i.e., Army; Navy; Air Force; 
Marine Corps; Coast Guard; and the Commissioned Corps of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. SSA will accomplish this task 
by computer matching with DoD/DMDC.
    Categories of Individuals: The individuals whose information is 
involved in this matching program are those SSI recipients and SVB 
beneficiaries consisting solely of retired members, or their survivors, 
of the Uniformed Services, i.e., Army; Navy; Air Force; Marine Corps; 
Coast Guard; and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
    Categories of Records: SSA's finder file will contain approximately 
10 million records extracted from the Supplemental Security Income 
Record and Special Veterans Benefits file. The DoD/DMDC response file 
contains approximately 800 records concerning retired Uniformed Service 
members or their survivors entitled to Survivor Benefits.
    System(s) of Records: SSA will disclose records from the following 
systems of records: ``Supplemental Security Income Record and Special 
Veterans Benefits,'' 60-0103, last fully published at 71 Federal 
Register (FR) 1830 (January 11, 2006), and amended at 72 FR 69723 
(December 10, 2007), 83 FR 31250-31251 (July 3, 2018), and 83 FR 54969 
November 1, 2018). DoD/DMDC will disclose records from DMDC 01, 
entitled ``Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base,'' last published at 
76 FR 72391 (November 23, 2011), pursuant to routine use 5.b.

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