63432 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 210 / Monday, November 1, 2004 / Notices 

Estimated Annual Burden: 350 hours.

Dated: October 25, 2004. 

Elizabeth A. Davidson, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration.

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; 

Proposed Amended Routine Use 

Disclosure

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA).

ACTION: Amended routine use.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), we 

are issuing public notice of our intent to 

amend a routine use applicable to SSA’s 

system of records entitled, Master Files 

of Social Security Number (SSN) 

Holders and SSN Applications, 60–

0058. On August 6, 2004, we published 

a notice of routine use in the Federal 

Register that allows SSA to verify the 

last 4 digits of the SSN for State voter 

registration purposes under section 

205(r)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 405(r)(8)). We are now proposing 

to amend that routine use to allow SSA 

to verify the full SSNs for certain States 

that are permitted to use the full SSN for 

State voter registration purposes under 

section 303(a)(5)(D) of the Help America 

Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

15483(a)(5)(D)). The proposed amended 

routine use disclosure is discussed in 

the Supplementary Information section 

below. We invite public comment on 

this proposal.

DATES: We filed a report of the amended 

routine use disclosure with the 

Chairman of the Senate Committee on 

Governmental Affairs, the Chairman of 

the House Government Reform 

Committee, and the Director, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) on October 26, 2004. The 

proposed routine use will become 

effective on December 6, 2004, unless 

we receive comments warranting it not 

to become effective.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may 

comment on this publication by writing 

to the Executive Director, Office of 

Public Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, Room 3–A–6 

Operations Building, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235–

6401. All comments received will be 

available for public inspection at the 

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Carlotta B. Davis, Social Insurance 

Specialist, Disclosure Policy Team, 

Office of Public Disclosure, Office of the 

General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, in Room 3–C–2 

Operations Building, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235–

6401, e-mail address at 

Carlotta.Davis@ssa.gov or by telephone 

at (410) 965–8028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Purpose of the 

Amended Routine Use Disclosure 

A. General Background 

On August 6, 2004, we published a 

notice in the Federal Register (FR) 

announcing the establishment of a new 

routine use that would allow SSA to 

verify the last four digits of the SSN for 

State voter registration for elections for 

Federal office, in accordance with the 

provisions in section 205(r)(8) of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(8)), 

as added by section 303 of the Help 

America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). The 

routine use became effective on 

September 5, 2004, and is applicable to 

the Privacy Act system of records 

entitled Master Files of Social Security 

Number (SSN) Holders and SSN 

Applications, 60–0058. The routine use 

is numbered 41 in the notice of the 

system of records. (See 69 FR 47976, 8/

6/04.) We established the routine use to 

implement the provisions of section 

205(r)(8) of the Social Security Act. 

These provisions require the 

Commissioner of Social Security to 

enter into agreements with State 

officials for the purpose of verifying the 

following information about voter 

registrant applicants for whom the last 

four digits of a SSN are provided instead 

of a driver’s license number: 

• Name (including the first name and 

any family forename or surname), 

• Date of birth (DOB) (including the 

month, day and year), and 

• The last four digits of the Social 

Security number (SSN)). 

B. Proposed Amended Routine Use 

Disclosure of Data Maintained in the 

Master Files of Social Security Number 

(SSN) Holders and SSN Applications, 

60–0058 

Section 303(a)(5)(D) of HAVA (42 

U.S.C. 15483(a)(5)(D)) also allows those 

States that have historically collected 

SSNs for voter registration purposes, in 

accordance with section 7 of the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a note), to verify the 

full SSN instead of the last four digits 

of the SSN for State voter registration for 

elections for Federal office. 

Accordingly, those States that collected 

the SSN in accordance with the 

provisions of section 7 of the Privacy 

Act may request SSA to verify the full 

SSN of their voter registrant applicants 

as allowed by section 303(a)(5)(D) of 

HAVA. We therefore are amending the 

routine use we published in the FR on 

August 6, 2004, to allow these 

verifications. The amended routine use, 

numbered 41, provides for the following 

disclosure: 

To the State and Territory Motor 

Vehicle Administration officials (or 

agents or contractors on their behalf) 

and State and Territory chief election 

officials under the provisions of section 

205(r)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 405(r)(8)) to verify the accuracy 

of information provided by the State 

agency with respect to applications for 

voter registration for those individuals 

who do not have a driver’s license 

number: 

• For whom the last four digits of the 

Social Security number are provided, or 

• For whom the full Social Security 

number is provided in accordance with 

section 7 of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 

552a note), as described in section 

303(a)(5)(D) of the Help America Vote 

Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(a)(5)(D)). 

We are not republishing the notice of 

this system of records in its entirety at 

this time. This system of records was 

last published in its entirety in the FR 

at 63 FR 14165, 3/24/98. 

As noted in the FR publication of the 

routine use on August 6, 2004, the 

verification process will involve the 

American Association of Motor Vehicle 

Administrators (AAMVA), State motor 

vehicle agencies (MVA), and SSA. 

Under this process, State MVAs will 

input voter registrants’ names, dates of 

birth, and either the last four digits of 

the SSNs or, where permissible, the full 

SSN into AAMVA’s AAMVAnet system, 

which in turn will forward the 

information to SSA for matching with 

SSA records. After matching the input 

data with data in SSA records, SSA will 

return one response code indicating 

results of the verification, including 

whether death information is recorded 

in SSA records, as appropriate. 

II. Compatibility of Proposed Routine 

Use 

The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7) 

and (b)(3)) and SSA’s disclosure 

regulation (20 CFR Part 401) permit us 

to disclose information under a 

published routine use for a purpose that 

is compatible with the purpose for 

which we collected the information. 

Section 401.150(c) of the regulations 

permits us to disclose information 

under a routine use, where necessary, to 

carry out SSA programs or assist other 

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agencies in administering similar 

programs. Section 401.120 of the 

regulations provides that we will 

disclose information if required by law. 

Section 205(r)(8) of the Social Security 

Act requires the Commissioner of Social 

Security to verify applicable 

information to be used by States and 

territories in their voter registration 

processes for elections held for Federal 

office. Thus, the proposed routine use is 

appropriate and meets the relevant 

statutory and regulatory criteria. 

III. Effect of the Amended Routine Use 

Disclosure on the Rights of Individuals 

The routine use amendment will 

allow SSA to verify the full SSN for 

those States allowed to use the full SSN 

for voter registration for elections for 

Federal office, in accordance with the 

provisions of section 303(a)(5)(D) of the 

HAVA. Section 205(r)(8) of the Social 

Security Act provides that information 

furnished by the Commissioner of 

Social Security, under agreements with 

the States and territories, is confidential 

and use of the information is limited to 

the purpose of verifying voter 

registrants’ information as provided in 

the agreements. This statute also 

provides that any officer or employee or 

former officer or employee of a State, or 

any officer or employee or former officer 

or employee of a contractor of a State 

who, without written authority of the 

Commissioner, publishes or 

communicates any information in the 

individual’s possession by reason of 

such employment or position as such an 

officer, shall be guilty of a felony and, 

upon conviction, shall be fined or 

imprisoned, or both, as described in 

section 208 of the Social Security Act. 

Additionally, we will adhere to all 

applicable provisions of the Privacy Act 

when disclosing information. Thus, we 

do not anticipate that the proposed new 

routine use will have any unwarranted 

adverse effect on the rights of 

individuals about whom data will be 

disclosed.

Dated: October 21, 2004. 

Jo Anne B. Barnhart, 

Commissioner.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4821] 

Overseas Security Advisory Council 

(OSAC) Renewal 

The Department of State has renewed 

the Charter of the Overseas Security 

Advisory Council. This advisory council 

will continue to interact on overseas 

security matters of mutual interest 

between the U.S. Government and the 

American private sector. The Council’s 

initiatives and security publications 

provide a unique contribution to 

protecting American private sector 

interests abroad. The Under Secretary 

for Management has determined that the 

Council is necessary and in the public 

interest. 

The Council consists of 

representatives from four (4) U.S. 

Government agencies and thirty (30) 

American private sector companies and 

organizations. The Council will follow 

the procedures prescribed by the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463). Meetings will 

be open to the public unless a 

determination is made in accordance 

with section 10(d) of the FACA, 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1) and (4), that a meeting or a 

portion of the meeting should be closed 

to the public. Notice of each meeting 

will be provided in the Federal Register

at least 15 days prior to the meeting. 

For more information contact Marsha 

Thurman, Overseas Security Advisory 

Council, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, 

U.S. Department of State, Washington, 

DC 20522–2008, phone: 571–345–2214.

Dated: October 7, 2004. 

Joe D. Morton, 

Director of the Diplomatic, Security Service, 

Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4818] 

U.S. National Commission for UNESCO 

Notice of Commission Establishment 

The Department of State Announces 

the Establishment of the U.S. National 

Commission for the United Nations 

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 

Organization (UNESCO). 

The U.S. National Commission for 

UNESCO, which will operate pursuant 

to the requirements of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), will 

provide recommendations to the 

Secretary of State and to the U.S. 

Mission to UNESCO in Paris. The 

primary focus of the recommendations 

will relate to the formulation and 

implementation of U.S. policy towards 

UNESCO on matters of education, 

science, communications, and culture. 

In its efforts to uphold and promote 

human rights, tolerance, and learning 

worldwide, the U.S. National 

Commission for UNESCO is necessary 

and in the public interest. 

To contact the commission, please 

call (202) 647–6081 or e-mail 

DCUNESCO@state.gov.

Dated: October 6, 2004. 

Marguerite H. Sullivan, 

Executive Director, International 

Organizations/U.S. National Commission for 

UNESCO, Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4868] 

Advisory Committee on International 

Economic Policy; Notice of Open 

Meeting 

The Advisory Committee on 

International Economic Policy (ACIEP) 

will meet from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on 

Monday, November 15, 2004, in Room 

1207, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C 

Street NW., Washington, DC. The 

meeting will be hosted by Assistant 

Secretary of State for Economic and 

Business Affairs E. Anthony Wayne and 

Committee Chairman R. Michael 

Gadbaw. Topics for the meeting are (1) 

a preview of the November 17–21 AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation 

Ministerial, CEO Summit and Senior 

Officials Meeting, and (2) a discussion 

of issues surrounding the lifting of 

sanctions regarding Libya. The ACIEP 

serves the U.S. Government in a solely 

advisory capacity concerning issues and 

problems in international economic 

policy. 

This meeting is open to the public as 

seating capacity allows. Entry to the 

building is controlled and will be 

facilitated by advance arrangements. 

Members of the public planning to 

attend should provide, by November 9, 

their name, professional affiliation, 

social security number (or other 

identification, such as driver’s license), 

date of birth, and citizenship to 

Gwendolyn Jackson by fax (202) 647–

5936, e-mail (jacksongl@state.gov), or 

telephone (202) 647–0847. 

For additional information, contact 

Thomas Cunningham, Economic 

Officer, Office of Economic Policy and 

Public Diplomacy, Bureau of Economic 

and Business Affairs, at (202) 647–2534 

or cunninghamtr@state.gov.

Dated: October 25, 2004. 

Daniel Clune, 

Office Director, Office of Economic Policy 

Analysis and Public Diplomacy, Department 

of State.

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