[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 169 (Friday, September 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49577-49578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19041]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program Between the Office
of Personnel Management and Social Security Administration
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice of a re-established matching program.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and the Computer
Matching Privacy Protections Amendment of 1990 (Privacy Act), and
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on the conduct of
matching programs, notice is hereby given of the reestablishment of a
matching program between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and
the Social Security Administration (SSA) (Computer Matching Agreement
1045).
DATES: Please submit comments on or before October 4, 2021. The
matching program will begin on [enter 30 days from date of publication]
unless comments have been received from interested members of the
public that require modification and republication of the notice. The
matching program will continue for 18 months from the beginning date
and may be extended for an additional 12 months if the respective
agency Data Integrity Boards determine that the conditions specified in
5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(D) have been met.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments via mail to: Deon Mason, Chief,
Business Services, Retirement Services and Management, Retirement
Services, Office of Personnel Management, Room 3316-G, 1900 E Street
NW, Washington, DC 20415 or via email at [email protected]. You may
also submit comments, identified by docket number and title, at the
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov by following the
instructions for submitting comments. All submissions received must
include the agency name and docket number for this document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change,
including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Morgan, Retirement Services,
Office of Personnel Management, at (202) 606-5016.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
and the Computer Matching Privacy Protection Amendment of 1990 (Privacy
Act), and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on the conduct
of matching programs, including OMB Final Guidance Interpreting the
Provision of Public Law 100-53 (published in the Federal Register on
June 19,1989 (54 FR 25818) and OMB Circular A-108, notice is hereby
given of a re-established matching program between the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) and the Social Security Administration
(SSA). This matching program, Computer Matching Agreement 1045, is
being reestablished to enable SSA to disclose wage and self-employment
income information to OPM. OPM will match SSA's information with OPM's
records on disability retirees under age 60, disabled adult child
survivors, certain retirees in receipt of a supplemental benefit under
the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), and certain annuitants
receiving a discontinued service retirement benefit under the Civil
Service Retirement System (CSRS). The law limits the amount these
retirees, survivors, and annuitants can earn while retaining benefits
paid to them. Retirement benefits cease upon re-employment in Federal
service for discontinued service annuitants. OPM will use the earnings
and self-employment information from SSA to determine continued
eligibility for benefits under OPM programs.
Participating Agencies: OPM and SSA.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: Legal authorities
for the disclosures under this agreement are 5 U.S.C. 8337(d),
8341(a)(4)(B), 8344(a)(4)(b), and 8468, which establish earnings
limitations for certain CSRS and FERS annuitants. The authority to
terminate benefits may be found in 5 U.S.C. 8341(e)(3)(B) and
8443(b)(3)(B). The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), at 26 U.S.C. 6103
(l)(11), requires SSA to disclose tax return information to OPM upon
request for purposes of the administration of chapters 83 and 84 of
Title 5 of the United States Code.
Purpose: The purpose of this agreement between OPM and SSA is to
assist OPM in meeting its legal obligation to offset benefits payable
by OPM to annuitants. SSA will disclose income and tax return
information to OPM. OPM will use the information obtained from SSA to
match against OPM's records of disability retirees under age 60,
disabled adult-child survivors, certain retirees receiving supplemental
benefit under the Federal Employees Retirement Systems (FERS), and
certain annuitants receiving a discontinued service retirement benefit
under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Because the law
limits the amount these individuals can earn and still retain the
benefits paid to them by OPM, OPM will use the SSA information to
determine and individual's continued eligibility to receive a benefit
from OPM.
Categories Individuals: The individuals whose information is
involved in this matching program are those disability retirees under
the age of 60, disabled adult-child survivors, certain retirees in
receipt of a supplemental benefit under the FERS, and certain
annuitants receiving a discontinued service retirement benefit under
the CSRS who receive benefits from OPM. SSA will provide information
about these individuals by referencing their master file of all
individuals with Social Security numbers (SSN) and their file of
earnings and self-employment records.
Categories of Records: The categories of records involved in this
matching program include the full name, SSN, date of birth, and the tax
year for requested earnings for those individuals about who the match
is being conducted. In turn, SSA will disclose the following records to
OPM: employer identification number, name, address, wage amount from
Form W-2, and earnings amounts form self-employment income.
System(s) of Records: OPM's system of records involved in this
matching program is OPM/Central-1, Civil Service Retirement and
Insurance Records. 64 FR 54930 (Oct. 8, 1999), as amended at 73 FR
15013 (March 20, 2008). SSA's systems of records involved in this
matching program are the Master Files of Social Security Number Holders
and SSN Applications, 60-0058, 75 FR 82121 (Dec. 29, 2010) as amended
at 78 FR 40542 (July 5, 2013), 79 FR 8780 (Feb. 13, 2014), and 83 FR
31250 (July 3, 2018); and the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR), 60-0090,
71 FR 1826 (Jan. 11, 2006), as amended at 72 FR
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69723 (Dec. 10, 2007) and 78 FR 40542 (July 5, 2013); and the Earnings
Recording and Self-Employment Income System, 60-0059, 71 FR 1819 (Jan.
11, 2006) as amended at 78 FR 40542 (July 5, 2013).
Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-19041 Filed 9-2-21; 8:45 am]
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