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Mine Safety and Health Research 

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Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Office of Child Support Enforcement 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Child Support 

Enforcement, ACF, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of the rescission, 

establishment, and amendment of 

systems of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 

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

of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is 

publishing notice that it will rescind a 

notice of a system of records entitled 

‘‘Location and Collection System,’’ 09– 

90–0074, establish two new systems of 

records entitled ‘‘OCSE National 

Directory of New Hires’’ and ‘‘OCSE 

Debtor File,’’ and amend an existing 

system of records entitled ‘‘OCSE 

Federal Case Registry of Child Support 

Orders.’’ 

DATES: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) invites 

interested parties to submit written 

comments on the proposed rescission, 

establishment and amendment to its 

systems of records notices until 

February 4, 2011. As required by the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(r)), HHS on 

December 22, 2010 sent reports of the 

establishment of new systems of records 

(which included the proposed 

rescission of an existing system) and an 

amendment of a system of records to the 

Committee on Homeland Security and 

22 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 of 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The proposed rescission, 

establishment and amendment 

described in this notice is effective on 

February 4, 2011, unless HHS receives 

comments which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit written comment on this notice 

by writing to Linda Deimeke, Director, 

Division of Federal Systems, Office of 

Automation and Program Operations, 

Office of Child Support Enforcement, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 

4th Floor East, Washington, DC 20447. 

Comments received will be available for 

public inspection at this address from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Deimeke, Director, Division of 

Federal Systems, Office of Automation 

and Program Operations, Office of Child 

Support Enforcement, Administration 

for Children and Families, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., 4th Floor East, 

Washington, DC 20447, (202) 401–5439. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OCSE’s 

system of records, Location and 

Collection System (LCS), 09–90–0074, 

last published at 72 FR 51446 

(September 7, 2007), currently 

maintains the records of the National 

Directory of New Hires database and the 

Offset File database. By this notice, 

OCSE proposes to rescind the notice of 

the LCS system of records and to 

separate the NDNH and Offset databases 

by establishing two new systems of 

records, the National Directory of New 

Hires (NDNH), No. 09–80–0381 and the 

Debtor File, No. 09–80–0383. The 

NDNH system of records will maintain 

records currently held in the LCS’ 

NDNH database and the Debtor File will 

maintain records currently held in the 

LCS’ Offset File database. The 

separation and redesignation of LCS 

records is intended to more accurately 

reflect the purposes for which the 

records in the system may be used. 

OCSE also proposes to amend the notice 

of its system of records, the Federal Case 

Registry of Child Support Orders (FCR), 

No. 09–80–0202, last published at 73 FR 

20306 (April 15, 2008). A Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking to be published in 

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will request an exemption for the FCR 

from the provisions of the Privacy Act 

based on section (k)(2) of the Privacy 

Act. (5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2)). The 

exemption for the FCR will be effective 

30 days after publication of the final 

rule establishing the exemption. 

Dated: December 16, 2010. 

Vicki Turetsky, 

Commissioner, Office of Child Support 

Enforcement. 

SYSTEM NUMBER: 

09–80–0381. This system was 

formerly part of OCSE Location and 

Collection System HHS, OCSE (09–90– 

0074). 

SYSTEM NAME: 

OCSE National Directory of New 

Hires (NDNH) HHS/ACF/OCSE. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

National Computer Center, Social 

Security Administration, Baltimore, MD 

21235. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

1. Individuals who are newly hired 

‘‘employees’’ within the meaning of 

chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986, 26 U.S.C. 3401, whose 

employers have furnished specified 

information to a State Directory of New 

Hires which, in turn, has furnished such 

information to the National Directory of 

New Hires pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

653a(g)(2)(A); 

2. Individuals who are Federal 

government employees whose 

employers have furnished specified 

information to the National Directory of 

New Hires pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(n). 

This category does not including 

individuals who are employees of a 

department, agency, or instrumentality 

performing intelligence or 

counterintelligence functions, if the 

head of such department, agency, or 

instrumentality has determined that 

filing such a report could endanger the 

safety of the employee or compromise 

an ongoing investigation or intelligence 

mission; and 

3. Individuals to whom 

unemployment compensation or wages 

have been paid and about whom the 

State Directory of New Hires has 

furnished such information to the 

National Directory of New Hires 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653a(g)(2)(B). 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

1. Records pertaining to newly hired 

employees furnished by a State 

Directory of New Hires pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. 653a(g)(2)(A). Records in the 

system are the name, address, and 

Social Security number (SSN) of the 

employee, the name, address and 

Federal identification number of the 

employer of such employee and, at the 

option of the State, the date of birth, 

date of hire or State of hire of the 

employee. 

2. Records pertaining to newly hired 

employees furnished by a Federal 

department, agency or instrumentality 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653a(b)(1)(C). 

Records in the system are the name, 

address and SSN of the employee and 

the name, address and the employer 

identification number of the employer. 

3. Records furnished by a State 

Directory of New Hires pertaining to 

wages and unemployment 

compensation paid to individuals 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653a(g)(2)(B). 

4. Records furnished by a Federal 

department, agency, or instrumentality 

pertaining to wages paid to individuals 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(n). 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

42 U.S.C. 653(i). 

PURPOSES: 

The Office of Child Support 

Enforcement (OCSE) uses the NDNH 

primarily to assist States administering 

programs that improve States’ abilities 

to locate parents, establish paternity, 

and collect child support. The NDNH is 

also used to support other programs as 

specified in sections 453 and 463 of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653, 663): 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families; child and family services; 

foster care and adoption assistance; 

establishing or verifying eligibility of 

applicants for, or beneficiaries of benefit 

programs; recouping payments or 

delinquent debts under benefit 

programs; and for certain research 

purposes likely to contribute to 

achieving the purposes of the 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) or the Federal/State 

child support program. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

These routine uses specify 

circumstances under which ACF may 

disclose information from this system of 

records without the consent of the data 

subject. Each proposed disclosure of 

information under these routine uses 

will be evaluated to ensure that the 

disclosure is legally permissible, 

including but not limited to ensuring 

that the purpose of the disclosure is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

the information was collected. 

Any information defined as ‘‘return’’ 

or ‘‘return information’’ under 26 U.S.C. 

6103 (Internal Revenue Code) will not 

be disclosed unless authorized by a 

statute, the Internal Revenue Service 

(IRS) or IRS regulations. 

1. Disclosure for Child Support 

Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(a)(2), 

653(b)(1)(A) and 653(c), information 

about the location of an individual or 

information that would facilitate the 

discovery of the location of an 

individual or identifying information 

about the individual may be disclosed, 

upon request filed in accordance with 

law, to an ‘‘authorized person’’ for the 

purpose of establishing parentage or 

establishing, setting the amount of, 

modifying or enforcing child support 

obligations. Other information that may 

be disclosed is information about an 

individual’s wages (or other income) 

from, and benefits of, employment, and 

information on the type, status, location, 

and amount of any assets of, or debts 

owed by or to, the individual. An 

‘‘authorized person’’ is defined under 42 

U.S.C. 653(c) as follows: (1) Any agent 

or attorney of a State who has a duty or 

authority to seek or recover any 

amounts owed as child and spousal 

support or to seek to enforce orders 

providing child custody or visitation 

rights; (2) a court which has authority to 

issue an order against a noncustodial 

parent for support of a child, or to issue 

an order against a resident parent for 

child custody or visitation rights, or any 

agent of such court; (3) the resident 

parent, legal guardian, attorney, or agent 

of a child that is not receiving assistance 

under a State program funded under 

title IV–A of the Social Security Act 

(Temporary Assistance to for Needy 

Families); and (4) a State agency that is 

administering a program operated under 

title IV–B (child and family services 

programs) or IV–E (Foster Care and 

Adoption Assistance programs) of the 

Social Security Act. 

2. Disclosure for Purposes Related to 

the Unlawful Taking or Restraint of a 

Child or Child Custody or Visitation 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(b)(1)(A), 

upon request of an ‘‘authorized person,’’ 

as defined in 42 U.S.C. 663(d)(2), 

information as to the most recent 

address and place of employment of a 

parent or child may be disclosed for the 

purpose of enforcing any State or 

Federal law with respect to the unlawful 

taking or restraint of a child or making 

or enforcing a child custody or 

visitation determination. 

3. Disclosure to Department of State 

under International Child Abduction 

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Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 663(e), the most 

recent address and place of employment 

of a parent or child may be disclosed 

upon request to the Department of State, 

in its capacity as the Central Authority 

designated in accordance with section 7 

of the International Child Abduction 

Remedies Act, 42 U.S.C. 11601 et seq., 

for the purpose of locating the parent or 

child on behalf of an applicant. 

4. Disclosure to a Foreign 

Reciprocating Country for Child 

Support Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 659a(c)(2), 

information on the State of residence of 

an individual sought for support 

enforcement purposes in cases 

involving residents of the United States 

and residents of foreign countries that 

are the subject of a declaration may be 

disclosed to a foreign reciprocating 

country. 

5. Disclosure to the Treasury for Tax 

Administration Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(i)(3), 

information may be disclosed to the 

Secretary of the Treasury for purposes of 

administering 26 U.S.C. 32 (earned 

income tax credit), administering 26 

U.S.C. 3507 (advance payment of earned 

income tax credit) or verifying a claim 

with respect to employment in a tax 

return. 

6. Disclosure to the Social Security 

Administration for Verification 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(1), the 

names, SSNs, and birth dates of 

individuals about whom information is 

maintained may be disclosed to the 

Social Security Administration to the 

extent necessary for verification of the 

information by the Social Security 

Administration. 

7. Disclosure for Locating an 

Individual for Paternity Establishment 

or in Connection with a Support Order 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(2), the 

results of a comparison between records 

in this system and the Federal Case 

Registry of Child Support Orders may be 

disclosed to the State IV–D child 

support enforcement agency responsible 

for the case for the purpose of locating 

an individual in a paternity 

establishment case or a case involving 

the establishment, modification or 

enforcement of a support order. 

8. Disclosure to State Agencies 

Operating Specified Programs 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(3), 

information may be disclosed to a State 

to the extent and with the frequency 

that the Secretary determines to be 

effective in assisting the State to carry 

out its responsibilities under child 

support programs operated under 42 

U.S.C. 651 through 669b (Title IV–D of 

the Social Security Act, Child Support 

and Establishment of Paternity), child 

and family services programs operated 

under 42 U.S.C. 621 through 639 (Title 

IV–B of the Social Security Act), Foster 

Care and Adoption Assistance programs 

operated under 42 U.S.C. 670 through 

679A (Title IV–E of the Social Security 

Act) and assistance programs funded 

under 42 U.S.C. 601 through 619 (Title 

IV–A of the Social Security Act, 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families). 

9. Disclosure to the Commissioner of 

Social Security 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(4), 

information may be disclosed to the 

Commissioner of Social Security for the 

purpose of verifying eligibility for Social 

Security Administration programs and 

administering such programs. 

10. Disclosure for Authorized 

Research Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(5), data in 

the NDNH, including information 

reported by employers pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. 653a(b), may be disclosed, 

without personal identifiers, for 

research purposes found by the 

Secretary to be likely to contribute to 

achieving the purposes of 42 U.S.C. 651 

through 669b (Title IV–D of the Social 

Security Act, Child Support and 

Establishment of Paternity) and 42 

U.S.C. 601 through 619 (Title IV–A of 

the Social Security Act, Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families). 

11. Disclosure to Secretary of 

Education for Collection of Defaulted 

Student Loans 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(6), the 

results of a comparison of information 

in this system with information in the 

custody of the Secretary of Education 

may be disclosed to the Secretary of 

Education for the purpose of collection 

of debts owed on defaulted student 

loans, or refunds on overpayments of 

grants, made under title IV of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 

et seq. and 42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) and, 

after removal of personal identifiers, for 

the purpose of conducting analyses of 

student loan defaults. 

12. Disclosure to Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development for Verification 

Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(7), 

information regarding an individual 

participating in a housing assistance 

program (United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); 12 U.S.C. 

1701s, 1701q, 1715l(d)(3), 1715l(d)(5), 

1715z–1; or 42 U.S.C. 8013) may be 

disclosed to the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development for the purpose 

of verifying the employment and 

income of the individual and, after 

removal of personal identifiers, for the 

purpose of conducting analyses of the 

employment and income reporting of 

such individuals. 

13. Disclosure to State Unemployment 

Compensation Agency for Program 

Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(8), 

information on an individual for whom 

a State agency administering an 

unemployment compensation program 

under Federal or State law has 

furnished the name and Social Security 

number, and information on such 

individual’s employer, may be disclosed 

to the State agency for the purposes of 

administering the unemployment 

compensation program. 

14. Disclosure to Secretary of the 

Treasury for Debt Collection Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(9), 

information pertaining to a person who 

owes the United States delinquent 

nontax debt and whose debt has been 

referred to the Secretary of the Treasury 

in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3711(g), 

may be disclosed to the Secretary of the 

Treasury for purposes of collecting the 

debt. 

15. Disclosure to State Agency for 

Food Stamp Program Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(10), 

information on an individual and the 

individual’s employer may be disclosed 

to a State agency responsible for 

administering a supplemental nutrition 

assistance program under the Food and 

Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

seq.) for the purposes of administering 

the program. 

16. Disclosure to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs for Verification 

Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(11), 

information about an individual 

applying for or receiving the following 

benefits, compensation or services may 

be disclosed to the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs for the purpose of verifying the 

employment and income of the 

individual and, after removal of 

personal identifiers, to conduct analyses 

of the employment and income 

reporting of such individuals: (i) Needsbased pension benefits provided under 

38 U.S.C. chapter 15, or under any other 

law administered by the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs; (ii) parents’ 

dependency and indemnity 

compensation provided under 38 U.S.C. 

1315; (iii) health care services furnished 

under subsections 38 U.S.C. 

1710(a)(2)(G), (a)(3), (b); or (iv) 

compensation paid under 38 U.S.C. 

chapter 11, at the 100 percent rate based 

solely on unemployability and without 

regard to the fact that the disability or 

disabilities are not rated as 100 percent 

disabling under the rating schedule. 

17. Disclosure for Law Enforcement 

Purpose 


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Records may be disclosed to the 

appropriate Federal, State, local, tribal, 

or foreign agency responsible for 

identifying, investigating, prosecuting, 

enforcing or implementing a statute, 

rule, regulation or order, if the 

information is relevant to a violation or 

potential violation of civil or criminal 

law or regulation within the jurisdiction 

of the receiving entity. 

18. Disclosure to Department of 

Justice 

Records may be disclosed to support 

the Department of Justice when: (1) 

HHS, or any component thereof; or (2) 

any employee of HHS in his or her 

official capacity; or (3) any employee of 

HHS in his or her individual capacity 

where the Department of Justice or HHS 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

(4) the United States is a party to 

litigation or has an interest in such 

litigation, and the use of such records by 

the Department of Justice is deemed by 

HHS to be relevant and necessary to the 

litigation; provided, however, that in 

each case it has been determined that 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

19. Disclosure to Court or 

Adjudicative Body 

Records may be disclosed to a court 

or adjudicative body when: (1) HHS, or 

any component thereof; or (2) any 

employee of HHS in his or her official 

capacity; or (3) any employee of HHS in 

his or her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or HHS has agreed 

to represent the employee; or (4) the 

United States is a party to litigation or 

has an interest in such litigation, and 

the use of such records is deemed by 

HHS to be relevant and necessary to the 

litigation; provided, however, that in 

each case it has been determined that 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

20. Disclosure to Contractor to 

Perform Duties 

Records may be disclosed to a 

contractor performing or working on a 

contract for HHS and who has a need to 

have access to the information in the 

performance of its duties or activities for 

HHS in accordance with law and with 

the contract. 

21. Disclosure in the Event of a 

Security Breach 

Records may be disclosed to 

appropriate Federal agencies and 

Department contractors that have a need 

to know the information for the purpose 

of assisting the Department’s efforts to 

respond to a suspected or confirmed 

breach of the security or confidentiality 

of information maintained in this 

system of records and the information 

disclosed is relevant and necessary for 

that assistance. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records in the NDNH are stored 

electronically at the Social Security 

Administration’s National Computer 

Center. Historical logs and system 

backups are stored off-site at an 

alternate location. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records maintained in the NDNH are 

retrieved by the SSN of the individual 

to whom the record pertains. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Specific administrative, technical and 

physical controls are in place to ensure 

that the records collected and 

maintained in the NDNH are secure 

from unauthorized access. 

Access to the records is restricted to 

authorized personnel who are advised 

of the confidentiality of the records and 

the civil and criminal penalties for 

misuse and who sign a nondisclosure 

oath to that effect. Personnel are 

provided privacy and security training 

before being granted access to the 

records and annually thereafter. 

Logical access controls are in place to 

limit access to the records to authorized 

personnel and to prevent browsing. The 

records are processed and stored in a 

secure environment. 

All records are stored in an area that 

is physically safe from access by 

unauthorized persons at all times. 

Safeguards conform to the HHS 

Information Security Program, http:// 

www.hhs.gov/ocio/securityprivacy/ 

index.html. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records maintained in the NDNH are 

retained for 24 months after the date of 

entry and then deleted from the 

database pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

653(i)(2)(A). In accordance with 42 

U.S.C. 653(i)(2)(B), OCSE shall not have 

access for child support enforcement 

purposes to quarterly wage and 

unemployment insurance information 

in the NDNH if 12 months have elapsed 

since the information is provided by a 

State Directory of New Hires pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. 653A(g)(2)(B) and there has 

not been a match resulting from the use 

of such information in any information 

comparison. Notwithstanding these 

retention and disposal requirements, 

OCSE may retain such samples of data 

entered into the NDNH as OCSE may 

find necessary to assist in carrying out 

its responsibility to provide access to 

data in the NDNH for research purposes 

found by OCSE to be likely to contribute 

to achieving the purposes of Part A or 

Part D of Title IV of the Act, but without 

personal identifiers, pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. 653(i)(2)(C), (j)(5). Samples are 

retained only so long as necessary to 

complete such research. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Director, Division of Federal Systems, 

Office of Automation and Program 

Operations, Office of Child Support 

Enforcement, Administration for 

Children and Families, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, 4th Floor East, SW., 

Washington, DC 20447. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether this system of records contains 

information about themselves should 

address written inquiries to the System 

Manager. The request should include 

the name, telephone number and/or 

email address, SSN, and address of the 

individual, and the request must be 

signed by the individual to whom such 

information pertains. The requester’s 

letter must provide sufficient particulars 

to enable the System Manager to 

distinguish between records on subject 

individuals with the same name. 

Verification of identity as described in 

HHS’s Privacy Act regulations may be 

required. 45 CFR 5b.5. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to a record 

about themselves in this system of 

records should address written inquiries 

to the System Manager. The request 

should include the name, telephone 

number and/or email address, SSN, and 

address of the individual, and should be 

signed by the individual to whom such 

information pertains. The requester’s 

letter must provide sufficient particulars 

to enable the System Manager to 

distinguish between records on subject 

individuals with the same name. 

Verification of identity as described in 

HHS’s Privacy Act regulations may be 

required. 45 CFR 5b.5. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to amend a record 

about themselves in this system of 

records should address the request for 

amendment to the System Manager. The 

request should (1) Include the name, 

telephone number and/or email address, 

SSN, and address of the individual, and 

should be signed; (2) identify the system 

of records that the individual believes 

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provide enough information to enable 

the identification of the individual’s 

record; (3) identify the information that 

the individual believes is not accurate, 

relevant, timely, or complete; (4) 

indicate what corrective action is 

sought; and (5) include supporting 

justification or documentation for the 

requested amendment. Verification of 

identity as described in HHS’s Privacy 

Act regulations may be required. 45 CFR 

5b.5. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information is obtained from 

departments, agencies, or 

instrumentalities of the United States or 

any State. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

SYSTEM NUMBER: 

09–80–0383. This system was 

formerly part of OCSE Location and 

Collection System HHS, OCSE (09–90– 

0074). 

SYSTEM NAME: 

OCSE Debtor File HHS/ACF/OCSE. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

National Computer Center, Social 

Security Administration, Baltimore, MD 

21235. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals owing past-due child 

support, as reported by a State agency 

administering a child support 

enforcement program pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. 651 through 669b (Title IV, Part 

D, of the Social Security Act). 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

1. Records pertaining to individuals 

owing past-due child support, as 

indicated by a State agency 

administering a child support 

enforcement program. Categories of 

records in the system are the name and 

Social Security number (SSN) of such 

individual, the amount of past-due child 

support owed by the individual, 

adjustments to such amount, 

information on each enforcement 

remedy applicable to the individual to 

whom the record pertains, as indicated 

by a State IV–D child support agency; 

the amount of past-due support 

collected as a result of each such 

remedy; and a history of updates by the 

State agency to the records. 

2. Records of the results of a 

comparison between records in the 

Debtor File pertaining to individuals 

owing past-due child support and 

information maintained by the Secretary 

of the Treasury concerning the 

following amounts payable to such 

individuals: refunds of Federal taxes; 

salary, wage and retirement benefits; 

vendor payments and expense 

reimbursement payments and travel 

payments; 

3. Records of the results of a 

comparison between records in the 

Debtor File pertaining to individuals 

owing past-due child support and 

information provided by financial 

institutions doing business in two or 

more States, including the name, record 

address, SSN, or other identifying 

number of each such individual and 

information about any account held by 

the individual and maintained at such 

institution; and 

4. Records of the results of a 

comparison between records in the 

Debtor File pertaining to individuals 

owing past-due child support and 

information maintained by insurers (or 

their agents) concerning insurance 

claims, settlements, awards, and 

payments to collect past-due child 

support from those sources. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

42 U.S.C. 652, 653 and 664. 

PURPOSES: 

The primary purpose of the Debtor 

File is to improve States’ abilities to 

collect past-due child support by 

identifying sources of income and assets 

of individuals owing past-due child 

support. The Debtor File facilitates 

OCSE’s execution of its responsibility to 

perform the following duties: assisting 

the Department of State with respect to 

denial, revocation or limitation of 

passports of individuals owing 

arrearages of child support in an amount 

exceeding $2,500 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

652(k)(1); through the Federal Parent 

Locator Service (FPLS), to aid State IV– 

D agencies and financial institutions 

doing business in two or more States to 

identify sources of income at financial 

institutions for individuals owing pastdue child support pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

652(l). (See also 42 U.S.C. 

666(a)(17)(A)(i)); through the FPLS, to 

compare information regarding 

individuals owing past-due support 

with specified information maintained 

by insurers (or their agents) and furnish 

information resulting from the data 

matches to the State agencies 

responsible for collecting child support 

from the individuals pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. 652(l) (to be redesignated 

652(m)); to assist the Secretary of the 

Treasury in withholding from refunds of 

Federal taxes paid an amount owed by 

an individual owing past-due child 

support pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 664; and 

to assist State IV–D child support 

enforcement agencies in the collection 

of past-due child support through the 

administrative offset of certain Federal 

payments pursuant to the Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996 

(Pub. L. 104–134), Executive Order 

13019, and 31 CFR 285. OCSE operates 

the FPLS pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

652(a)(9), and 42 U.S.C. 653(a)(1). 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

These routine uses specify 

circumstances under which ACF may 

disclose information from this system of 

records without the consent of the data 

subject. Each proposed disclosure of 

information under these routine uses 

will be evaluated to ensure that the 

disclosure is legally permissible, 

including but not limited to ensuring 

that the purpose of the disclosure is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

the information was collected. 

Any information defined as ‘‘return’’ 

or ‘‘return information’’ under 26 U.S.C. 

6103 (Internal Revenue Code) will not 

be disclosed unless authorized by a 

statute, the Internal Revenue Service 

(IRS) or IRS regulations. 

1. Disclosure to the Treasury to 

Withhold Past-Due Support 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 664 and the 

Debt Collection Improvement Act of 

1996 (Pub. L. 104–134), information 

pertaining to an individual owing pastdue child support may be disclosed to 

the Secretary of the Treasury for the 

purpose of withholding the past-due 

support from amounts payable as 

refunds of Federal taxes; salary, wage 

and retirement payments; vendor 

payments; and expense reimbursement 

payments and travel payments. 

2. Disclosure to State Department for 

Passport Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 652(k), 

information pertaining to an individual 

owing past-due child support in a 

specified amount, as certified by a State 

child support enforcement agency, may 

be disclosed to the Secretary of State for 

the purpose of revoking, restricting, 

limiting, or denying a passport to the 

individual. 

3. Disclosure to Financial Institution 

to Collect Past-Due Support 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 652(l), 

information pertaining to an individual 

owing past-due child support may be 

disclosed to a financial institution doing 

business in two or more States to 

identify an individual who maintains an 

account at the institution for the 

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4. Disclosure to Insurer To Collect 

Past-Due Support 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 652(l) (to be 

redesignated (m)), information 

pertaining to an individual owing pastdue child support may be disclosed to 

an insurer (or its agent) to identify an 

individual with an insurance claim, 

settlement, award or payment for the 

purpose of collecting past-due support. 

5. Disclosure to State Child Support 

Enforcement Agency of Comparison 

Information for Assistance in Collecting 

Past-Due Support 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 664 and the 

Debt Collection Improvement Act 1996 

(Pub. L. 104–134), the results of a 

comparison of information pertaining to 

an individual owing past-due child 

support and information maintained by 

the Secretary of Treasury pertaining to 

amounts payable to the individual for 

refunds of Federal taxes; salary, wage 

and retirement benefits; vendor 

payments; expense reimbursement 

payments; or travel payments may be 

disclosed to a State IV–D child support 

agency for the purpose of assisting State 

agencies in collecting past-due support. 

5. Disclosure to Multistate Financial 

Institution for Assistance in Collecting 

Past-Due Support 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 652(l), the 

results of a comparison between 

information pertaining to an individual 

owing past-due child support and 

information on account holders 

provided by multistate financial 

institutions may be disclosed to a State 

child support agency for the purpose of 

assisting State agencies in collecting 

past-due support. 

7. Disclosure of Insurance Information 

to State Child Support Enforcement 

Agency for Assistance in Collecting 

Past-Due Support 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 652(l) (to be 

redesignated subsection(m)), the results 

of a comparison between information 

pertaining to an individual owing pastdue child support and information 

maintained by an insurer (or its agent) 

concerning insurance claims, 

settlements, awards, and payments may 

be disclosed to a State IV–D child 

support agency for the purpose of 

assisting State agencies in collecting 

past-due support. 

8. Disclosure for Law Enforcement 

Purpose 

Records may be disclosed to the 

appropriate Federal, State, local, tribal, 

or foreign agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

or order, if the information is relevant 

to a violation or potential violation of 

civil or criminal law or regulation 

within the jurisdiction of the receiving 

entity. 

9. Disclosure to Department of Justice 

Records may be disclosed to support 

the Department of Justice when: (1) 

HHS, or any component thereof; or (2) 

any employee of HHS in his or her 

official capacity; or (3) any employee of 

HHS in his or her individual capacity 

where the Department of Justice or HHS 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

(4) the United States is a party to 

litigation or has an interest in such 

litigation, and the use of such records by 

the Department of Justice is deemed by 

HHS to be relevant and necessary to the 

litigation; provided, however, that in 

each case it has been determined that 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

10. Disclosure to Court or 

Adjudicative Body 

Records may be disclosed to a court 

or adjudicative body when: (1) HHS, or 

any component thereof; or (2) any 

employee of HHS in his or her official 

capacity; or (3) any employee of HHS in 

his or her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or HHS has agreed 

to represent the employee; or (4) the 

United States is a party to litigation or 

has an interest in such litigation, and 

the use of such records deemed by HHS 

to be relevant and necessary to the 

litigation; provided, however, that in 

each case it has been determined that 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

11. Disclosure to Contractor to 

Perform Duties 

Records may be disclosed to a 

contractor performing or working on a 

contract for HHS and who has a need to 

have access to the information in the 

performance of their duties or activities 

for HHS in accordance with law and 

with the contract. 

12. Disclosure in the Event of a 

Security Breach 

Records may be disclosed to 

appropriate Federal agencies and 

Department contractors that have a need 

to know the information for the purpose 

of assisting the Department’s efforts to 

respond to a suspected or confirmed 

breach of the security or confidentiality 

of information maintained in this 

system of records and the information 

disclosed is relevant and necessary for 

that assistance. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records in the Debtor File are stored 

electronically at the Social Security 

Administration’s National Computer 

Center. Historical logs and system 

backups are stored off-site at an 

alternate location. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records maintained in the Debtor File 

are retrieved by the SSN of the 

individual to whom the record pertains; 

provided, however, that for the purpose 

of comparing information in the Debtor 

File with information maintained by 

insurers (or their agents) concerning 

insurance claims, settlements, awards 

and payments, records in the Debtor 

File may be retrieved by the name of the 

individual and either the date of birth 

or the address of the individual. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Specific administrative, technical, 

and physical controls are in place to 

ensure that the records collected and 

maintained in the Debtor File are secure 

from unauthorized access. 

Access to the records is restricted to 

authorized personnel who are advised 

of the confidentiality of the records and 

the civil and criminal penalties for 

misuse and who sign a nondisclosure 

oath to that effect. Personnel are 

provided privacy and security training 

before being granted access to the 

records and annually thereafter. 

Logical access controls are in place to 

limit access to the records to authorized 

personnel and to prevent browsing. The 

records are processed and stored in a 

secure environment. 

All records are stored in an area that 

is physically safe from access by 

unauthorized persons at all times. 

Safeguards conform to the HHS 

Information Security Program, http:// 

www.hhs.gov/ocio/securityprivacy/ 

index.html. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records maintained in the Debtor File 

are retained until the IV–D child 

support case is in deleted status and 

there has been no activity on the case 

for seven years and are then deleted. 

Records resulting from a comparison 

between the Debtor File and both 

records maintained by a financial 

institution doing business in two or 

more States and records maintained by 

an insurer (or its agent) concerning 

insurance claims, settlements, awards 

and payments, are retained for one year 

and are then deleted; provided, 

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identifiers, the results of a comparison 

may be retained for such period 

necessary to conduct analyses for the 

purpose of estimating potential 

collections of past-due support by State 

child support agencies and are then 

deleted. If an extract from the Debtor 

File is disclosed for a routine use to an 

authorized user, including the Secretary 

of the Treasury for the purpose of 

withholding past-due support from 

amounts payable as refunds of Federal 

taxes or specified payments, a copy of 

the extract is retained for one year and 

is then deleted. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Director, Division of Federal Systems, 

Office of Automation and Program 

Operations, Office of Child Support 

Enforcement, Administration for 

Children and Families, Department of 

Health and Human Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, 4th Floor East, 

SW., Washington, DC 20447. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether this system of records contains 

information about themselves should 

address written inquiries to the System 

Manager. The request should include 

the name, telephone number and/or 

email address, SSN, and address of the 

individual, and the request must be 

signed by the individual to whom such 

information pertains. The requester’s 

letter must provide sufficient particulars 

to enable the System Manager to 

distinguish between records on subject 

individuals with the same name. 

Verification of identity as described in 

HHS’s Privacy Act regulations may be 

required. 45 CFR 5b.5. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to a record 

about themselves in this system of 

records should address written inquiries 

to the System Manager. The request 

should include the name, telephone 

number and/or email address, SSN, and 

address of the individual, and should be 

signed by the individual to whom such 

information pertains. The requester’s 

letter must provide sufficient particulars 

to enable the System Manager to 

distinguish between records on subject 

individuals with the same name. 

Verification of identity as described in 

HHS’s Privacy Act regulations may be 

required. 45 CFR 5b.5. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to amend a record 

about themselves in this system of 

records should address the request for 

amendment to the System Manager. The 

request should (1) include the name, 

telephone number and/or e-mail 

address, SSN, and address of the 

individual, and should be signed; (2) 

identify the system of records that the 

individual believes includes his or her 

records or otherwise provide enough 

information to enable the identification 

of the individual’s record; (3) identify 

the information that the individual 

believes in not accurate, relevant, 

timely, or complete; (4) indicate what 

corrective action is sought; and (5) 

include supporting justification or 

documentation for the requested 

amendment. Verification of identity as 

described in HHS’s Privacy Act 

regulations may be required. 45 CFR 

5b.5. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information is obtained from 

departments, agencies, or 

instrumentalities of the United States or 

any State and from multistate financial 

institutions and insurers (or their 

agents). 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

SYSTEM NUMBER: 

09–80–0202. 

SYSTEM NAME: 

OCSE Federal Case Registry of Child 

Support Orders (FCR) HHS/ACF/OCSE. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

National Computer Center, Social 

Security Administration, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21235. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals involved in child support 

cases in which services are being 

provided by the State IV–D child 

support agencies, and/or individuals 

who are subject to child support orders 

established or modified on or after 

October 1, 1998, and the children of 

such individuals. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

The FCR collects and maintains 

records provided by State child support 

registries. These records include 

abstracts of support orders and 

information from child support cases. 

The records may include the following 

information: name, Social Security 

number (SSN), State case identification 

number, State Federal Information 

Processing Standard (FIPS) code, county 

code, case type (cases in which services 

are being provided by the State child 

support agencies under Title IV–D of the 

Social Security Act and those cases in 

which services are not being provided 

by the State child support agencies), 

sex, date of birth, mother’s maiden 

name, father’s name, participant type 

(custodial party, noncustodial parent, 

putative father, child), family violence 

indicator (domestic violence or child 

abuse), indication of whether a child 

support or paternity order is in effect, 

purpose of request, source of location 

information. These records are 

maintained within the FCR and are 

regularly compared (matched) to the 

National Directory of New Hires 

(NDNH) and other Federal agencies’ 

databases to locate information for the 

State child support agencies or other 

authorized persons. 

The records disseminated, depending 

upon the requestor’s specific authority, 

may include information retrieved from 

the FCR, from the NDNH, or from other 

Federal agencies. Records from the 

NDNH and other agencies disseminated 

through the FCR may include categories 

of information such as name, SSN, 

address, phone number, employer, 

employment status and wages, 

retirement status and pay, assets, 

military status and pay, Federal benefits 

status and amount, representative 

payees, unemployment status and 

amount, children’s health insurance, 

incarceration status, financial 

institution accounts, assets, and date of 

death. The FCR also contains 

information related to those categories 

of records; for example, the date of 

receipt of Federal benefits. 

The FCR also maintains: (1) Records 

(logs) of transactions involving the 

receipt of locate requests and the 

dissemination of requested information; 

(2) copies of the disseminated 

information for audit purposes; and (3) 

copies of certain disseminated locate 

information for the purpose of 

electronically filtering and suppressing 

the transmission of redundant locate 

information. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

42 U.S.C. 653(h), 652(a)(9), 653(a)(1). 

PURPOSES: 

The Office of Child Support 

Enforcement (OCSE) uses the FCR 

primarily to assist States in 

administering programs under 42 U.S.C. 

651 to 669b (Title IV–D of the Social 

Security Act, Child Support and 

Establishment of Paternity) to improve 

States’ abilities to locate parents and 

collect child support. OCSE is required 

to compare records transmitted to or 

maintained within the FCR to records 

maintained within the NDNH and other 

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discloses information about the 

individuals within the records to State 

child support agencies or other 

authorized persons. The information 

assists State child support agencies or 

other authorized persons by locating 

individuals and their employment and 

asset information who are involved in 

child support cases. The FCR also 

conducts FCR to FCR comparisons to 

locate information about individuals 

who are involved in child support cases 

in more than one State and provides the 

information to those States. Additional 

purposes of the FCR are specified in 

sections 453 and 463 of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653, 663 and 

include assisting States in administering 

programs under 42 U.S.C. 601 to 619 

(Title IV–A of the Social Security Act, 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families); assisting States in carrying 

out their responsibilities under child 

and family services programs operated 

under 42 U.S.C. 621 through 639 (Title 

IV–B of the Social Security Act), Foster 

Care and Adoption Assistance programs 

operated under 42 U.S.C. 670 through 

679A (Title IV–E of the Social Security 

Act); providing locate information (State 

of residence) pertaining to individuals 

sought pursuant to the Convention on 

the Civil Aspects of International Child 

Abduction to authorized persons in a 

Central Authority; to assist the Attorney 

General of the United States in locating 

any parent or child for the purpose of 

enforcing State or Federal law with 

respect to the unlawful taking or 

restraint of a child, or making or 

enforcing a child custody or visitation 

determination; and to assist the 

Secretary of the Treasury in 

administering the sections of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which 

grant tax benefits based on support or 

residence of children. FCR records may 

also be disclosed for research purposes 

likely to contribute to achieving the 

purposes of the Temporary Assistance 

for Needy Families (TANF) or the 

Federal/State child support program. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES: 

These routine uses specify 

circumstances under which ACF may 

disclose information from this system of 

records without the consent of the data 

subject. Each proposed disclosure of 

information under these routine uses 

will be evaluated to ensure that the 

disclosure is legally permissible, 

including but not limited to ensuring 

that the purpose of the disclosure is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

the information was collected. 

If any record contains a ‘‘family 

violence indicator’’ associated to the 

record by State child support agencies if 

there is reasonable evidence of domestic 

violence or child abuse, and that 

disclosure could be harmful to the party 

or the child, the record may only be 

disclosed as determined by a court as 

provided in 42 U.S.C. 653(b)(2). 

Any information defined as ‘‘return’’ 

or ‘‘return information’’ under 26 U.S.C. 

6103 (Internal Revenue Code) will not 

be disclosed unless authorized by a 

statute, the Internal Revenue Service 

(IRS) or IRS regulations. 

1. Disclosure for Child Support 

Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(a)(2), 

653(b)(1)(A), and 653 (c), information 

about the location of an individual or 

information that would facilitate the 

discovery of the location of an 

individual may be disclosed, upon 

request filed in accordance with law, to 

an ‘‘authorized person’’ for the purpose 

of establishing parentage or establishing, 

setting the amount of, modifying or 

enforcing child support obligations. 

Information disclosed may include 

information about an individual’s wages 

(or other income) from, and benefits of, 

employment, and information on the 

type, status, location, and amount of any 

assets of, or debts owed by or to, the 

individual. An ‘‘authorized person’’ is 

defined under 42 U.S.C. 653(c) as 

follows: (1) Any agent or attorney of a 

State who has a duty or authority to 

seek or recover any amounts owed as 

child and spousal support or to seek to 

enforce orders providing child custody 

or visitation rights; (2) a court which has 

authority to issue an order against a 

noncustodial parent for support of a 

child, or to issue an order against a 

resident parent for child custody or 

visitation rights, or any agent of such 

court; (3) the resident parent, legal 

guardian, attorney, or agent of a child 

that is not receiving assistance under a 

State program funded under title IV–A 

of the Social Security Act (Temporary 

Assistance to/for Needy Families); and 

(4) a State agency that is administering 

a program operated under title IV–B 

(child and family services programs) or 

IV–E (Foster Care and Adoption 

Assistance programs) of the Social 

Security Act. 

2. Disclosure to any Department, 

Agency, or Instrumentality of the United 

States or of any State to Locate an 

Individual or Information Pertaining to 

an Individual 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(e)(1), 

information from the FCR (names and 

SSNs) may be disclosed to any 

department, agency, or instrumentality 

of the United States or of any State in 

order to obtain information for an 

‘‘authorized person’’ as defined in 42 

U.S.C. 653(c) which pertains to an 

individual’s location, wages (or other 

income) from, and benefits of, 

employment (including rights to or 

enrollment in group health care 

coverage); on the type, status, location, 

and amount of any assets of, or debts 

owed by or to, the individual. An 

‘‘authorized person’’ is defined under 42 

U.S.C. 653(c) as follows: (1) Any agent 

or attorney of a State who has a duty or 

authority to seek or recover any 

amounts owed as child and spousal 

support or to seek to enforce orders 

providing child custody or visitation 

rights; (2) a court which has authority to 

issue an order against a noncustodial 

parent for support of a child, or to issue 

an order against a resident parent for 

child custody or visitation rights, or any 

agent of such court; (3) the resident 

parent, legal guardian, attorney, or agent 

of a child that is not receiving assistance 

under a State program funded under 

title IV–A of the Social Security Act 

(Temporary Assistance to for Needy 

Families); and (4) a State agency that is 

administering a program operated under 

title IV–B (child and family services 

programs) or IV–E (Foster Care and 

Adoption Assistance programs) of the 

Social Security Act. 

3. Disclosure for Purposes Related to 

the Unlawful Taking or Restraint of a 

Child or Child Custody or Visitation 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(b)(1)(A), 

upon request of an ‘‘authorized person,’’ 

as defined in 42 U.S.C. 663(d)(2), or 

upon request of the Department of 

Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention, pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. 663(f), information as to the most 

recent address and place of employment 

of a parent or child may be disclosed for 

the purpose of enforcing any State or 

Federal law with respect to the unlawful 

taking or restraint of a child or making 

or enforcing a child custody or 

visitation determination. ‘‘Authorized 

person’’ is defined in 42 U.S.C. 663(d)(2) 

as (A) any agent or attorney of any State 

having an agreement under this section, 

who has the duty or authority under the 

law of such State to enforce a child 

custody or visitation determination; (B) 

any court having jurisdiction to make or 

enforce such a child custody or 

visitation determination, or any agent of 

such court; and (C) any agent or attorney 

of the United States, or of a State having 

an agreement under this section, who 

has the duty or authority to investigate, 

enforce, or bring a prosecution with 

respect to the unlawful taking or 

restraint of a child. 

4. Disclosure to the Social Security 

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Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(1), the 

names, SSNs, and birth dates of 

individuals about whom information is 

maintained may be disclosed to the 

Social Security Administration to the 

extent necessary for verification of the 

information by the Social Security 

Administration. 

5. Disclosure for Locating an 

Individual for Paternity Establishment 

or in Connection with a Support Order 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(2)(B), the 

results of a comparison between records 

in this system and the National 

Directory of New Hires may be 

disclosed to the State IV–D child 

support enforcement agency responsible 

for the case for the purpose of locating 

an individual in a paternity 

establishment case or a case involving 

the establishment, modification, or 

enforcement of a support order. 

6. Disclosure to State Agencies 

Operating Specified Programs 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(3), 

information may be disclosed to a State 

to the extent and with the frequency 

that the Secretary determines to be 

effective in assisting the State to carry 

out its responsibilities under child 

support programs operated under 42 

U.S.C. 651 through 669b (Title IV–D of 

the Social Security Act, Child Support 

and Establishment of Paternity), child 

and family services programs operated 

under 42 U.S.C. 621 through 639 (Title 

IV–B of the Social Security Act), Foster 

Care and Adoption Assistance programs 

operated under 42 U.S.C. 670 through 

679A (Title IV–E of the Social Security 

Act) and assistance programs funded 

under 42 U.S.C. 601 through 619 (Title 

IV–A of the Social Security Act, 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families). 

7. Disclosure to Department of State 

under International Child Abduction 

Remedies Act 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 663(e), the most 

recent address and place of employment 

of a parent or child may be disclosed 

upon request to the Department of State, 

in its capacity as the Central Authority 

designated in accordance with Section 7 

of the International Child Abduction 

Remedies Act, 42 U.S.C. 11601 et seq., 

for the purpose of locating the parent or 

child on behalf of an applicant. 

8. Disclosure to Secretary of the 

Treasury for Certain Tax Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(h)(3), 

information may be disclosed to the 

Secretary of Treasury for the purpose of 

administering sections of the Internal 

Revenue Code which grant tax benefits 

based on support or residence of 

children. 

9. Disclosure for Authorized Research 

Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(5), data in 

the FCR may be disclosed, without 

personal identifiers, for research 

purposes found by the Secretary to be 

likely to contribute to achieving the 

purposes of 42 U.S.C. 651 through 669b 

(Title IV–D of the Social Security Act, 

Child Support and Establishment of 

Paternity) and 42 U.S.C. 601 through 

619 (Title IV–A of the Social Security 

Act, Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families). 

10. Disclosure to a Foreign 

Reciprocating Country for Child 

Support Purposes 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 659a(c)(2), 

information on the State of residence of 

an individual sought for support 

enforcement purposes in cases 

involving residents of the United States 

and residents of foreign countries that 

are the subject of a declaration may be 

disclosed to a foreign reciprocating 

country. 

11. Disclosure for Law Enforcement 

Purpose 

Records may be disclosed to the 

appropriate Federal, State, local, tribal, 

or foreign agency responsible for 

identifying, investigating, prosecuting, 

enforcing or implementing a statute, 

rule, regulation or order, if the 

information is relevant to a violation or 

potential violation of civil or criminal 

law or regulation within the jurisdiction 

of the receiving entity. 

12. Disclosure to Department of 

Justice 

Records may be disclosed to support 

the Department of Justice when: (1) 

HHS, or any component thereof; or (2) 

any employee of HHS in his or her 

official capacity; or (3) any employee of 

HHS in his or her individual capacity 

where the Department of Justice or HHS 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

(4) the United States is a party to 

litigation or has an interest in such 

litigation, and the use of such records by 

the Department of Justice is deemed by 

HHS to be relevant and necessary to the 

litigation; provided, however, that in 

each case it has been determined that 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

13. Disclosure to Court or 

Adjudicative Body 

Records may be disclosed to a court 

or adjudicative body when: (1) HHS, or 

any component thereof; or (2) any 

employee of HHS in his or her official 

capacity; or (3) any employee of HHS in 

his or her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or HHS has agreed 

to represent the employee; or (4) the 

United States is a party to litigation or 

has an interest in such litigation, and 

the use of such records by the 

Department of Justice is deemed by HHS 

to be relevant and necessary to the 

litigation; provided, however, that in 

each case it has been determined that 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

14. Disclosure to Contractor to 

Perform Duties 

Records may be disclosed to a 

contractor performing or working on a 

contract for HHS and who has a need to 

have access to the information in the 

performance of its duties or activities for 

HHS in accordance with law and with 

the contract. 

15. Disclosure in the Event of a 

Security Breach 

Records may be disclosed to 

appropriate Federal agencies and 

Department contractors that have a need 

to know the information for the purpose 

of assisting the Department’s efforts to 

respond to a suspected or confirmed 

breach of the security or confidentiality 

of information maintained in this 

system of records and the information 

disclosed is relevant and necessary for 

that assistance. 

DISCLOSURES TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records are stored electronically at 

the Social Security Administration’s 

National Computer Center. Historical 

logs and system backups are stored offsite at an alternate location. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records can be retrieved by an 

identification number assigned to a 

child support case by the State child 

support agency or an SSN of an 

individual. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Specific administrative, technical and 

physical controls are in place to ensure 

that the records collected and 

maintained in the FCR are secure from 

unauthorized access. Access to the 

records is restricted to authorized 

personnel who are advised of the 

confidentiality of the records and the 

civil and criminal penalties for misuse 

and who sign a nondisclosure oath to 

that effect. Personnel are provided 

privacy and security training before 

being granted access to the records and 

annually thereafter. 

Logical access controls are in place to 

limit access to the records to authorized 

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records are processed and stored in a 

secure environment. 

All records are stored in an area that 

is physically safe from access by 

unauthorized persons at all times. 

Safeguards conform to the HHS 

Information Security Program, http:// 

www.hhs.gov/ocio/securityprivacy/ 

index.html. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

(1) Records provided from State child 

support agencies. (a) Electronic records 

furnished by the State child support 

agency containing child support case 

and order information (input files) are 

retained for 60 days and then deleted. 

(b) State agency records (as posted to the 

FCR) remain within the FCR until 

removed, upon notification by the State 

agency that the case is closed and 

notifies OCSE to remove it from the 

FCR, provided that, upon request, a 

sample may be retained for research 

purposes found by OCSE to be likely to 

contribute to achieving the purposes of 

child support programs or the TANF 

program, but without personal 

identifiers. (c) Records pertaining to 

closed cases are archived on the fiscal 

year basis and retained for two years. 

Family violence indicators are removed 

from the individual’s record, upon 

request by the State that initiated the 

indicator. (2) Locate requests and match 

results. (a) Locate requests submitted by 

State child support agencies and other 

authorized persons are retained for 60 

days and are then deleted. (b) Audit trail 

records of locate requests and 

disclosures of match results pursuant to 

those requests, which include 

indications of which Federal agencies 

were contacted for locate information, 

whether information was located, and 

the type(s) of information returned to 

the requesting entity are archived once 

a year based on the fiscal year. The 

records are retained for two completed 

fiscal years and then destroyed. These 

records indicate the type of information 

located for the authorized user, not the 

information itself. (c) Records 

containing information from the NDNH 

or from other agencies obtained 

pursuant to locate requests are provided 

to authorized persons through the FCR. 

Copies of records provided are then 

retained within the FCR for the purpose 

of electronically filtering and 

suppressing redundant information 

from being provided. NDNH 

information is retained within the FCR 

for one year and information from other 

agencies is retained for up to three 

years. Thereafter such information is 

deleted. (3) Match results generated as 

a result of FCR to FCR comparisons 

which locate individuals who are 

participants in child support cases or 

orders in more than one State are 

transmitted to the relevant States. 

Copies of FCR to FCR match results are 

retained for 60 days and then deleted. 

(4) Any record relating or potentially 

relating to a fraud or abuse investigation 

or a pending or ongoing legal action 

including a class action, is retained 

until conclusion of the investigation or 

legal action. (5) Copies of the FCR 

records transmitted annually to the IRS 

for the purpose of administering the 

earned income tax credit (routine use 

12) are retained for one year and then 

deleted. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Director, Division of Federal Systems, 

Office of Automation and Program 

Operations, Office of Child Support 

Enforcement, Administration for 

Children and Families, Department of 

Health and Human Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 4th Floor 

East, Washington, DC 20447. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether this system of records contains 

information about themselves should 

address written inquiries to the System 

Manager. The request should include 

the name, telephone number and/or 

email address, SSN, and address of the 

individual, and the request must be 

signed by the individual to whom such 

information pertains. The requester’s 

letter must provide sufficient particulars 

to enable the System Manager to 

distinguish between records on subject 

individuals with the same name. 

Verification of identity as described in 

HHS’s Privacy Act regulations may be 

required. 45 CFR 5b.5. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to a record 

about themselves in this system of 

records should address written inquiries 

to the System Manager. The request 

should include the name, telephone 

number and/or email address, SSN, and 

address of the individual, and should be 

signed by the individual to whom such 

information pertains. The requester’s 

letter must provide sufficient particulars 

to enable the System Manager to 

distinguish between records on subject 

individuals with the same name. 

Verification of identity as described in 

HHS’s Privacy Act regulations may be 

required. 45 CFR 5b.5. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to amend a record 

about themselves in this system of 

records should address the request for 

amendment to the System Manager. The 

request should (1) include the name, 

telephone number and/or email address, 

SSN, and address of the individual, and 

should be signed by the individual to 

whom such information pertains; (2) 

identify the system of records that the 

individual believes includes his or her 

records or otherwise provide enough 

information to enable the identification 

of the individual’s record; (3) identify 

the information that the individual 

believes is not accurate, relevant, 

timely, or complete; (4) indicate what 

corrective action is sought; and (5) 

include supporting justification or 

documentation for the requested 

amendment. Verification of identity as 

described in HHS’s Privacy Act 

regulations may be required. 45 CFR 

5b.5. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records maintained within the FCR 

are furnished by State child support 

agencies. Records disseminated from the 

FCR for the purpose of providing locate 

information from the NDNH and other 

Federal agencies are furnished by 

departments, agencies, or 

instrumentalities of the United States or 

any State, employers, financial 

institutions, and insurers or their agents. 

Records maintained for the purpose of 

filtering redundant data are also 

furnished by these sources. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The portions of this system consisting 

of investigatory material compiled for 

law enforcement purposes have been 

exempted pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(2) from the following provisions 

of the Privacy Act, subject to the 

limitations set forth in that subsection 

and to the limitation in 42 U.S.C. 

653(b)(2): 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (d). 

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