[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 7408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02128]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7077-N-28]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Rescindment of a systems of record.

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SUMMARY: The Debt Collection and Asset Management Systems (DCAMS)--
Title I/Generic Debt is used to collect and maintain data needed to 
support activities related to the Department's collection and servicing 
of various HUD/FHA debts, that support collection initiatives, such as 
wage garnishment, offset of federal payments, pursuit of judgments, and 
foreclosure; and supporting defensive litigation related to foreclosure 
and actions to quiet title. Pursuant to OMB Circular A-108, the 
Department of the Housing and Urban Development's Albany Financial 
Operations Center is issuing this notice of its intent to delete the 
system of records entitled HUD/HOU-55 Debt Collection and Asset 
Management System (DCAMS), which consists of two sister systems Title I 
and Generic Debt, HUD/HOU-55.

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before March 4, 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: https://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 https://www.regulations.gov including any 
personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received go to https://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: This SORN supported activities related to 
collecting and servicing various HUD/Federal Housing Association (FHA) 
debts under the Department's Title I and Generic Debt programs. The 
method used for retrieving records was assessed, and it was found that 
the system's records are retrieved using the Claim Number (also known 
as Case Number or Account Number) assigned to the debt. While the 
system has the capability to search using the debtors' Social Security 
Numbers, Names, and Addresses, these fields were never the primary 
methods of retrieval. As a result, the DCAMS system of records is being 
rescinded since it does not meet the legal definition. Though the 
systems will keep operating normally.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Debt Collection and Asset Management System (DCAMS), HUD/HOU-55.

HISTORY:
    DCAMS Title I and Generic Debt SORN: 88 FR 7746 (February 6, 2023).
    DCAMS Title I and Generic Debt SORN: 87 FR 57920 (September 22, 
2022).
    DCAMS Title I and Generic Debt SORN: 72 FR 63919 (November 13, 
2007).

Ladonne L. White,
Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-02128 Filed 2-1-24; 8:45 am]
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