[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12801-12802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04457]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket Number FR-6203-N-01]


Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

AGENCY: Office of Administration, Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of a New Matching Program.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the 
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act (CMPPA) of 1988, HUD is 
providing notice of its intent to execute a new computer matching 
agreement with the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The matching 
agreement covers the exchange of data obtained by ED pertaining to 
delinquent debt. The purpose of the match is to update the Credit Alert 
Verification Reporting System (CAIVRS), which is maintained by HUD.

DATES: The period of this matching program is estimated to cover the 
18-month period from March 23, 2020 through September 23, 2021. 
However, the computer matching agreement (CMA) will become applicable 
at the later of the following two dates: March 23, 2020 or 30 days 
after the publication of this notice, unless comments have been 
received from interested members of the public requiring modification 
and republication of the notice.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this notice at www.regulations.gov or to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office 
of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, Room 10110, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Communications 
should refer to the above docket number. A copy of each communication 
submitted will be available for public inspection and copying between 
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays at the above address. Persons with 
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Relay service at (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the ``Recipient Agency'' John 
Bravacos, Departmental Privacy Officer, Department of Housing and Urban

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Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10139, Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone number (202) 708-3054.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice supersedes a similar notice 
published in the Federal Register on July 21, 2016, at 81 FR 47403. The 
Computer Matching program seeks to set forth the terms and conditions 
governing disclosures of records, information, or data (collectively 
referred to herein as ``data'') made by ED to HUD. This data is 
obtained by ED and pertains to delinquent debt that individuals owe to 
ED. The purpose of its transmittal is to update the Credit Alert 
Verification Reporting System (CAIVRS), which is a computer information 
system maintained by HUD. The data match will allow for the 
prescreening of applicants for Federal direct loans or federally 
guaranteed loans, for the purpose of determining the applicant's credit 
worthiness, by ascertaining whether the applicant is delinquent or in 
default on a loan owed directly to or guaranteed by the Federal 
Government. The terms and conditions of this Agreement ensure that ED 
makes such disclosures of data, and that HUD uses such disclosed data, 
in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 
amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act (CMPPA) of 
1988, 5 U.S.C. 552a.
    Participating Agencies: The U.S. Small Business Administration is 
the source agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
is the recipient agency.
    Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: HUD and ED are 
authorized to participate in the matching program under Title 31, 
United States Code, Section 3720B. Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) Circulars A-129 (Managing Federal Credit Programs) and A-70 
(Policies and Guidelines for Federal Credit Programs); the Budget and 
Accounting Acts of 1921 and 1950, as amended; the Debt Collection Act 
of 1982, as amended; the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, as amended, and 
the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, as amended.
    Purpose: The purpose of CAIVRS is to give participating federal 
agencies and authorized private lenders acting on the government's 
behalf, access to a database of delinquent federal debtors for the 
purpose of pre-screening the credit worthiness of applicants for direct 
loans and federally guaranteed loans. The use of CAIVRS will allow HUD 
to better monitor its credit programs and to reduce the credit extended 
to individuals with outstanding delinquencies on debts owed to HUD and 
other Federal agencies. Thus, both risk reduction and debt recovery are 
primary objectives of CAIVRS and this matching program.
    Categories of Individuals: The matching program involves records of 
individuals applying for direct loans and federally guaranteed loans.
    Categories of Records: The following is the category of record in 
this matching agreement:
     Borrower ID Number--SSN, Employer Identification Number 
(EIN) or Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) of the individual debtor 
on a delinquent federal direct loan or federally-guaranteed loan.
    Systems of Records: The HUD records used in the information 
comparison are retrieved from, and the results of the information 
comparison are maintained within, the HUD system of records from the 
following systems: HUD/SFH-01--Single Family Default Monitoring System, 
SFDMS, F42D (72 FR 65350, November 20, 2007; routine uses updated 80 FR 
81837, December 31, 2015); HSNG.SF/HWAA.02--Single Family Insurance 
System--Claims Subsystem, CLAIMS, A43C (79 FR 10825, February 26, 
2014); HUD/HS-55--Debt Collection and Asset Management System (DCAMS) 
(72 FR 63919, November 13, 2007), which consists of two sister systems 
identified as DCAMS--Title I, DCAMS-T1, F71 and DCAMS--Generic Debt, 
DCAMS-GD, F71A; and CFO/FY.03--Financial Data Mart, FDM A57R (79 FR 
16805, March 26, 2014).
    ED's records come from: 18-11-11, Customer Engagement System, CEMS, 
(83 FR 27587, July 13, 2018).

    Dated: February 21, 2020.
John Bravacos,
Senior Agency Official for Privacy.
[FR Doc. 2020-04457 Filed 3-3-20; 8:45 am]
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