[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 5928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01767]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7092-N-15]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Single Family Asset Management, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of a rescindment of a system of records.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 
amended, the Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the 
Office of Single-Family Asset Management is issuing a public notice of 
its intent to rescind the Single-Family Default Monitoring System 
(SFDMS) because it is consolidated into the Federal Housing 
Administration (FHA) Catalyst as of March 1, 2022.

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before February 29, 2024. This 
proposed action will be effective immediately upon publication.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by one of the following 
methods:
    Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.
    Fax: 202-619-8365.
    Email: [email protected].
    Mail: Attention: Privacy Office; LaDonne White, Chief Privacy 
Officer; The Executive Secretariat; 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10139; 
Washington, DC 20410-0001.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov including any 
personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaDonne White, Chief Privacy Officer, 
451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10139; Washington, DC 20410; telephone 
number (202) 708-3054 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes 
and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard 
of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication 
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone 
call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Single-Family Default Monitoring System 
(SFDMS) is used to report mortgages 30 days or more delinquent. The 
Mortgagee or Servicer must submit a monthly status and/or is terminated 
or deleted. Under Mortgagee Letter 2021-31, published on December 30, 
2021, update to FHA Catalyst Transition for Single-Family Default 
Monitoring System (SFDMS) Reporting Module, FHA announced that the 
mortgagee default reporting functionality would be transitioned to the 
FHA Catalyst: SFDMS Reporting Module and that February 7, 2022. 
Beginning March 1, 2022, Mortgagees began reporting directly through 
FHA Catalyst SFDMS module. The method used for retrieving records was 
assessed, and it was found that the system's records are retrieved 
using the FHA Case Number (also known as case file number) assigned to 
the loan. While the system can search using the default borrowers 
Social Security Numbers, Property Addresses, these fields were never 
the primary methods of retrieval. The SFDMS system of records is being 
rescinded since it does not meet the legal definition. All data were 
handled under HUD's Media Protection Procedures and NIST SP 800-88, 
Guidelines for Media Sanitization.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Single Family Default Monitoring System (SFDMS), F42D.

HISTORY:
    72 FR 65350 (November 20/2007), Agency Docket No. FR-5130-N-16.

Ladonne White,
Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-01767 Filed 1-29-24; 8:45 am]
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