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Filing Authority: 39 CFR 3035.105; 

Public Representative: Katalin K. 

Clendenin; Comments Due: December 

28, 2020. 

4. Docket No(s).: CP2020–184; Filing 

Title: Notice of the United States Postal 

Service of Filing Modification One to 

International Priority Airmail, 

Commercial ePacket, Priority Mail 

Express International, Priority Mail 

International & First-Class Package 

International Service Contract 2 

Negotiated Service Agreement; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 16, 2020; 

Filing Authority: 39 CFR 3035.105; 

Public Representative: Gregory S. 

Stanton; Comments Due: December 28, 

2020. 

5. Docket No(s).: CP2020–189; Filing 

Title: Notice of the United States Postal 

Service of Filing Modification Two to 

International Priority Airmail, 

Commercial ePacket, Priority Mail 

Express International, Priority Mail 

International & First-Class Package 

International Service Contract 5 

Negotiated Service Agreement; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 16, 2020; 

Filing Authority: 39 CFR 3035.105; 

Public Representative: Kenneth R. 

Moeller; Comments Due: December 28, 

2020. 

6. Docket No(s).: CP2020–192; Filing 

Title: Notice of the United States Postal 

Service of Filing Modification One to 

International Priority Airmail, 

Commercial ePacket, Priority Mail 

Express International, Priority Mail 

International & First-Class Package 

International Service with Reseller 

Contract 2 Negotiated Service 

Agreement; Filing Acceptance Date: 

December 16, 2020; Filing Authority: 39 

CFR 3035.105; Public Representative: 

Kenneth R. Moeller; Comments Due: 

December 29, 2020. 

7. Docket No(s).: CP2020–193; Filing 

Title: Notice of the United States Postal 

Service of Filing Modification One to 

Priority Mail Express International, 

Priority Mail International, First-Class 

Package International Service & 

Commercial ePacket Contract 5 

Negotiated Service Agreement; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 16, 2020; 

Filing Authority: 39 CFR 3035.105; 

Public Representative: Kenneth R. 

Moeller; Comments Due: December 29, 

2020. 

8. Docket No(s).: MC2021–48 and 

CP2021–50; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Contract 684 to 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 16, 2020; 

Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Christopher C. Mohr; Comments Due: 

December 29, 2020. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; 

Notice of Computer Matching Program 

(Railroad Retirement Board and Social 

Security Administration, Match 

Number 1007) 

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board 

(RRB). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy 

Act of 1974, as amended, the RRB is 

issuing public notice of its renewal of an 

ongoing computer-matching program 

with the Social Security Administration 

(SSA). The purpose of this notice is to 

advise individuals applying for or 

receiving benefits under the Railroad 

Retirement Act of the use made by RRB 

of this information obtained from SSA 

by means of a computer match. The RRB 

is also issuing public notice, on behalf 

of the SSA, of their intent to conduct a 

computer-matching program based on 

information provided to them by the 

RRB. 

DATES: This matching program becomes 

effective as proposed without further 

notice on January 21, 2021. We will file 

a report of this computer-matching 

program with the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform of 

the House of Representatives; and the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

comment on this publication by writing 

to Ms. Stephanie Hillyard, Secretary to 

the Board, Railroad Retirement Board, 

844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60611–2092. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Timothy Grant, Associate Chief 

Information Officer, Railroad Retirement 

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, 

Illinois 60611–2092, telephone 312– 

751–4869 or email at tim.grant@rrb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. General 

The Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988, (Pub. L. 100– 

503), amended by the Privacy Act of 

1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a) as amended, 

requires a Federal agency participating 

in a computer matching program to 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

for all matching programs. 

The Privacy Act, as amended, 

regulates the use of computer matching 

by Federal agencies when records 

contained in a Privacy Act System of 

Records are matched with other Federal, 

State, or local government records. It 

requires Federal agencies involved in 

computer matching programs to: 

(1) Negotiate written agreements with 

the other agency or agencies 

participating in the matching programs; 

(2) Obtain the approval of the 

matching agreement by the Data 

Integrity Boards (DIB) of the 

participating Federal agencies; 

(3) Publish notice of the computer 

matching program in the Federal 

Register; 

(4) Furnish detailed reports about 

matching programs to Congress and 

OMB; 

(5) Notify applicants and beneficiaries 

that their records are subject to 

matching; and 

(6) Verify match findings before 

reducing, suspending, terminating, or 

denying a person’s benefits or 

payments. The last notice for this 

matching program was published at 73 

FR 31516–31517 (June 2, 2008). 

B. RRB Computer Matches Subject to 

the Privacy Act 

We have taken appropriate action to 

ensure that all of our computer 

matching programs comply with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act, as 

amended. 

Participating Agencies 

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) and 

the Social Security Administration 

(SSA), Match #1007. 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

Section 7(b)(7) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(7)) 

provides that the Social Security 

Administration shall supply 

information necessary to administer the 

Railroad Retirement Act. Sections 202, 

205(o) and 215(f) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 402, 405(o) and 415(f)) 

relate to benefit provisions, inclusion of 

railroad compensation together with 

wages for payment of benefits under 

certain circumstances, and the recomputation of benefits. 

Purpose 

The RRB will, on a daily basis, obtain 

from SSA a record of the wages reported 

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benefits under the Railroad Retirement 

Act and a record of the amount of 

benefits paid by that agency to persons 

who are receiving or have applied for 

benefits under the Railroad Retirement 

Act. The wage information is needed to 

compute the amount of the tier I annuity 

component provided by sections 3(a), 

4(a) and 4(f) of the Railroad Retirement 

Act (45 U.S.C. 231b(a), 45 U.S.C. 231c(a) 

and 45 U.S.C. 231c(f)). The benefit 

information is needed to adjust the tier 

I annuity component for the receipt of 

the Social Security benefit. This 

information is available from no other 

source. 

Second, the RRB will receive from 

SSA the amount of certain social 

security benefits which the RRB pays on 

behalf of SSA. Section 7(b)(2) of the 

Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 

231f(b)(2)) provides that the RRB shall 

make the payment of certain social 

security benefits. The RRB also requires 

this information in order to adjust the 

amount of any annuity due to the 

receipt of a social security benefit. 

Section 10(a) of the Railroad Retirement 

Act (45 U.S.C. 231i(a)) permits the RRB 

to recover any overpayment from the 

accrual of social security benefits. This 

information is not available from any 

other source. 

Third, once a year the RRB will 

receive from SSA a copy of SSA’s 

Master Benefit Record for earmarked 

RRB annuitants. Section 7(b)(7)) of the 

Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 

231f(b)(7)) requires that SSA provide the 

requested information. The RRB needs 

this information to make the necessary 

cost-of-living computation adjustments 

quickly and accurately for those RRB 

annuitants who are also SSA 

beneficiaries. 

SSA will receive weekly from RRB 

earnings information for all railroad 

employees. SSA will match the 

identifying information of the records 

furnished by the RRB against the 

identifying information contained in its 

Master Benefit Record and its Master 

Earnings File. If there is a match, SSA 

will use the RRB earnings to adjust the 

amount of Social Security benefits in its 

Annual Earnings Reappraisal Operation. 

This information is available from no 

other source. 

The SSA will also receive daily from 

RRB earnings information on selected 

individuals. The transfer of information 

may be initiated either by RRB or by 

SSA. SSA needs this information to 

determine eligibility to Social Security 

benefits and, if eligibility is met, to 

determine the benefit amount payable. 

Section 18 of the Railroad Retirement 

Act (45 U.S.C. 231q(2)) requires that 

earnings considered as compensation 

under the Railroad Retirement Act be 

considered as wages under the Social 

Security Act for the purposes of 

determining entitlement under the 

Social Security Act if the person has 

less than 10 years of railroad service or 

has 10 or more years of service but does 

not have a current connection with the 

railroad industry at the time of his/her 

death. 

Categories of Individuals 

All applicants for benefits under the 

Railroad Retirement Act and current 

beneficiaries will have a record of any 

social security wages and the amount of 

any social security benefits furnished to 

the RRB by SSA. In addition, all persons 

who ever worked in the railroad 

industry after 1936 will have a record of 

their service and compensation 

furnished to SSA by RRB. 

Categories of Records 

1. Name, social security number, RRB 

claim number, annuity beginning date, 

date of birth, sex, last employer 

identification number, amount of daily 

pay rate, separation allowance or 

severance payment, creditable service 

and compensation after 1937, home 

address, date of death, and electronic 

mail address. 

2. Information pertaining to the 

payment or denial of an individual’s 

claim for benefits under the Railroad 

Retirement Act: Name, address, social 

security number, claim number, proofs 

of age, marriage, relationship, death, 

military service, creditable earnings and 

service months (including military 

service), entitlement to benefits under 

the Social Security Act, programs 

administered by the Veterans 

Administration, or other benefit 

systems, rates, effective dates, medical 

reports, correspondence and telephone 

inquiries to and about the beneficiary, 

suspension and termination dates, 

health insurance effective date, option, 

premium rate and deduction, direct 

deposit data, employer pension 

information, citizenship status and legal 

residency status (for annuitants living 

outside the United States), and tax 

withholding information (instructions of 

annuitants regarding number of 

exemptions claimed and additional 

amounts to be withheld, as well as 

actual amounts withheld for tax 

purposes). 

Systems of Records 

The applicable RRB Privacy Act 

Systems of Records and their Federal 

Register citation used in the matching 

program are: 

1. RRB–5, Master File of Railroad 

Employees’ Creditable 

Compensation, September 30, 2014 

(79 FR 58877) 

2. RRB–22, Railroad Retirement, 

Survivor, Pensioner Benefit System, 

May 15, 2015 (80 FR 28018) 

The applicable SSA Privacy Act 

Systems of Records used and their 

Federal Register citation used in the 

matching program are: 

1. SSA 60–0058, Master Files of Social 

Security Number (SSN) Holders and 

SSN Applications (the Enumeration 

System); 75 FR 82121 (December 

29, 2010) 

2. SSA/OS, 60–0059, Earnings 

Recording and Self-Employment 

Income System (MEF); 71 FR 1819 

(January 11, 2006) 

3. SSA/ORSIS 60–0090, Master 

Beneficiary Record (MBR); 71 FR 

1826 (January 11, 2006) 

4. SSA/ODISSIS 60–103, Supplemental 

Security Income Record and Special 

Veteran Benefits; 71 FR 1830 

(January 11, 2006) 

5. SSA/OPB 60–0269, Prisoner Update 

Processing System (PUPS); 64 FR 

11076 (March 8, 1999) 

This matching program will become 

effective January 19, 2021 or 40 days 

after a copy of the agreement, as 

approved by the Data Integrity Board of 

each agency, is sent to Congress and the 

Office of Management and Budget, or 30 

days after publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register, whichever date is 

latest. The matching program will 

continue for 18 months after the 

effective date and may be extended for 

an additional 12 months, if the 

conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 

552a(o)(2)(D) have been met. This 

matching program expires on January 

19, 2022. 

By authority of the Board. 

Stephanie Hillyard, 

Secretary to the Board. 

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