[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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