[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 180 (Monday, September 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57259-57261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20191]


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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), Data Analytics Services (DAS) 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 assist VA programs in identifying potential high-risk 
payees. DAS will build tools to assist VA in preventing potential fraud 
or abuse of the financial payment systems across the VA. The match 
results will allow DAS to provide insights and/or make recommendations 
to VA programs.

DATES: Comments on this matching program must be received no later than 
October 19, 2022. 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Treasury will be the point of contact 
and can be reached at [email protected]. FSC contact is 
Scott Meier, Director, Data Analytics Services, Financial Services 
Center, 1615 Woodward St, Austin, TX 78741, at phone number 512-460-
5100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this CMA is to reduce 
improper payments by authorizing the Treasury, Fiscal Service to 
provide the Data Analytics Services, DAS through the Treasury's Working 
System as defined by Office of Management and Budget (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 DAS and Fiscal Service, DNP Business 
Center.

Authority for Conducting the Matching Program

    This matching agreement between DNP and the VA is executed pursuant 
to Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 and the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended, OMB Circular A-130 entitled, Managing Information as 
a Strategic Resource, July 28, 2016 and OMB guidelines pertaining to 
computer matching, June 19, 1989 and April 23, 1991; and the computer 
matching portions of appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130 as amended, 
July 28, 2016.
    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.

Purpose(s)

    The purpose of this CMA will produce expedited eligibility 
determinations and will minimize administrative burden in preventing 
improper payments by authorizing the Treasury, Fiscal Service to 
provide the DAS, 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. The benefit of this data 
match with respect to the DAS fraud and abuse program is the increased 
assurance that DAS achieves efficiencies and administrative time/cost 
savings to DAS payment, procurement, and benefit programs.

Categories of Individuals

    This matching program between VA FSC, DAS 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 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 Full 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 DAS containing the 
following data elements:

 Record Code
 Payee Identifier
 Agency Location Code
 Tax Identification Type
 TIN
 Business or Individual or Government
 DUNS Number
 Payee Business Name
 Payee Business Doing Business As (DBA) Name
 Person Full 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 Business Name
 Matched DBA 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
 Matched Country Code.

System(s) of Records

    Fiscal Service will provide VA with information extracted from 
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 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. Faith Roy, 
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Information and 
Technology and VA Chief Privacy Officer, approved this document on 
August 5, 2022 for publication.


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    Dated: September 14, 2022.
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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