[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38531-38532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15436]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.

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SUMMARY: VA is providing notice of a new matching program between VA 
Financial Services Center (FSC), Commercial Operations Division and 
Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Bureau of the Fiscal Service 
(Fiscal Service), Do Not Pay (DNP) Business Center. The information 
will be used to determine whether an individual or entity is eligible 
to receive federal payments, contract awards, or other benefits, 
including reducing duplicate payments to vendors and beneficiaries, 
verifying that beneficiaries submitting claims are not deceased, 
collecting debt owed to federal or state governments, and suspending or 
revoking payments as needed.

DATES: Comments on this matching program must be received no later than 
August 20, 2021. If no public comment is received during the period 
allowed for comment or unless otherwise published in the Federal 
Register by VA, the new agreement will become effective a minimum of 30 
days after date of publication in the Federal Register. If VA receives 
public comments, VA shall review the comments to determine whether any 
changes to the notice are necessary. This matching program will be 
valid for three years from the effective date of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through www.Regulations.gov or 
mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, (005R1A), 
Washington, DC 20420. Comments should indicate that they are submitted 
in response to Individuals submitting Invoices-Vouchers for Payment-VA, 
13VA047 (April 23, 2020). Comments received will be available at 
regulations.gov for public viewing, inspection, or copies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Treasury will be the point of contact 
and can be reached at [email protected]. The Financial

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Services Center contact is Rishon Gengezha, Division Chief Internal 
Controls, Auditing and Risk Division (ICARD), Financial Services 
Center, 1615 Woodward St., Austin, TX 78741, at phone number 512-460-
5175.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this Computer Matching 
Agreement (CMA) is to reduce improper payments by authorizing the 
Treasury, Fiscal Service to provide the Commercial Operations Division, 
through the Treasury's Working System as defined by OMB Memorandum M-
21-19, ``Transmittal of Appendix C to OMB Circular A-123, Requirements 
for Payment Integrity Improvement, identifying information from the 
Fiscal Service's System of Record (SOR) ``Treasury/Fiscal Service.017'' 
about individuals and entities excluded from receiving federal 
payments, contract awards and other benefits.
    Participating Agencies: The CMA is between the VA FSC Commercial 
Operations Division and Fiscal Service, DNP Business Center.
    Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: This matching 
agreement between DNP and the VA is executed pursuant to
    1. Executive Order 13520 ``Reducing Improper Payments and 
Eliminating Waste in Federal Programs'' (November 20, 2009).
    2. Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, 31 U.S.C. 3351 et 
seq. (PIIA).
    Purpose(s): The purpose of this CMA is to reduce improper payments 
by authorizing the Treasury, Fiscal Service to provide the Commercial 
Operations Division, through the Treasury's Working System as defined 
by OMB Memorandum M-21-19, ``Transmittal of Appendix C to OMB Circular 
A-123, Requirements for Payment Integrity Improvement, identifying 
information from the Fiscal Service SOR ``Treasury/Fiscal Service.017'' 
about individuals and entities excluded from receiving federal 
payments, contract awards and other benefits.
    Categories of Individuals: This matching program between VA 
Financial Service Center, Commercial Operations Division and Fiscal 
Service' DNP Business Center, will be conducted with data maintained by 
the VA in the Individuals submitting Invoices-Vouchers for Payment-VA, 
13VA047 (April 23, 2020). The individuals whose information will be 
used in this match include Veterans, Employees, Contractors, and 
Vendors.
    Categories of Records: VA may disclose information to the 
Department of the Treasury to facilitate payments to physicians, 
clinics, and pharmacies for reimbursement of services rendered, and to 
veterans for reimbursements of authorized expenses, or to collect, by 
set off or otherwise, debts owed the United States.
    The following data elements will be sent by VA to Fiscal Service 
for matching against Treasury's Working System: Tax Identification 
Number (TIN), Business Name, Person First Person Middle Name, Person 
Last Name, Address, City Name, State Code, Person Date of Birth, Person 
Sex, Vendor/Payee Phone Number, Vendor/Payee Email Address.
    Fiscal Service will return match results to Commercial Operations 
Division containing the following data elements: Record Code, Payee 
Identifier, Agency Location Code, Tax Identification Type, Tax 
Identification Number (TIN), Business or Individual or Government, DUNS 
Number, Payee Business Name, Payee Business DBA Name, Person Full Name, 
Person First Name, Person Middle Name, Person Last Name, Address, 
Person Date of Birth, Person Sex, Vendor/Payee Status, Phone Type. 
Vendor/Payee Phone Number, Vendor/Payee FAX Number, Vendor/Payee Email 
Address, Vendor/Payee Active Date, Vendor/Payee Expiration Date, Agency 
Record Grouping, Other Agency Data, Match Type, Match Source, Match 
Level, Match Date/Time, Matched Party Type, Matched Tax ID Number, 
Matched Tax ID Type Code (alternate), Matched Tax ID Number 
(alternate), Matched DUNS Number, Matched Full Name, Matched First 
Name, Matched First Name, Matched Middle Name, Matched Last Name, 
Matched Business Name, Matched DB A Business Name, Matched Birth Date, 
Matched Death Date, Matched List Status Code, Matched List Status Code 
Description, Matched List Effective Date, Matched Address, Matched 
City, Matched State Code, Matched Zip Code and Matched Country Code.
    System(s) of Records: Fiscal Service will provide VA with 
information extracted from the Treasury, Fiscal Service .017--DNP 
Payment Verification Records, 85 FR 11776 at 11803 (Feb. 27, 2020). 
Routine use number 1 will allow Fiscal Service to disclose data to VA 
for the purpose of identifying, preventing, or recouping improper 
payments. Routine use number 4 will allow Fiscal Service to disclose 
data to VA to validate eligibility for an award through a federal 
program.
    This matching program will be conducted with data maintained by the 
VA in the Individuals submitting Invoices-Vouchers for Payment-VA, 
13VA047 (April 23, 2020). Routine Use number 18 VA may disclose 
information to the Department of the Treasury to facilitate payments to 
physicians, clinics, and pharmacies for reimbursement of services 
rendered, and to veterans for reimbursements of authorized expenses, or 
to collect, by set off or otherwise, debts owed the United States.

Signing Authority

    The Senior Agency Official for Privacy, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Joseph S. 
Stenaka, Executive Director for Information Security Operations, Chief 
Privacy Officer and Chair of the VA Data Integrity Board approved this 
document on June 7, 2021 for publication.

    Dated: July 15, 2021.
Amy L. Rose,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Information Security, 
Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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