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electronic copy determined to be an 

accurate and complete copy of the paper 

record imaged. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Official responsible for policies and 

procedures: Chief Business Officer (16), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Veterans Health Administration, VA 

Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420. Official 

Maintaining the System: Director, 

National Fee Program Office, VHA Chief 

Business Office, P.O. Box 469066, 

Denver, CO 80246. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

An individual who wishes to 

determine whether a record is being 

maintained in this system under the 

individual’s name or other personal 

identifier, or who wants to determine 

the contents of such record, should 

submit a written request or apply in 

person to the last VA healthcare facility 

where care was authorized or rendered. 

Addresses of VA healthcare facilities 

may be found in VA Appendix 1 of the 

Biennial Publication of Privacy Act 

Issuances. All inquiries must reasonably 

identify the portion of the fee basis 

record involved and the place and 

approximate date that medical care was 

provided. Inquiries should include the 

patient’s full name, social security 

number, and return address. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking information 

regarding access to and contesting of VA 

fee basis records may write, call or visit 

the VA facility where medical care was 

last authorized or provided. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

(See Record Access Procedures 

above.) 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The veteran or other VA beneficiary, 

family members or accredited 

representatives, and other third parties; 

military service departments; private 

medical facilities and healthcare 

professionals; electronic trading 

partners; other Federal agencies; 

Veterans Health Administration 

facilities and automated systems; 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

facilities and automated systems; and 

deployment status and availability. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of Computer Matching 

Program. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

intends to conduct a recurring computer 

matching program matching Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM), civil 

service payment records with VA 

pension, compensation, and 

dependency and indemnity 

compensation (DIC) records. The goal of 

this match is to identify beneficiaries 

receiving VA income-dependent 

benefits and civil service retirement 

benefits in order to adjust VA incomedependent benefits payment as 

prescribed by law. The match will 

include records of current VA 

beneficiaries. 

DATES: The match will start no sooner 

than 30 days after publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register, or 40 

days after copies of this Notice and the 

agreement of the parties is submitted to 

Congress and the Office of Management 

and Budget, whichever is later, and end 

not more than 18 months after the 

agreement is properly implemented by 

the parties. The involved agencies’ Data 

Integrity Boards (DIB) may extend this 

match for 12 months provided the 

agencies certify to their DIBs, within 

three months of the ending date of the 

original match, that the matching 

program will be conducted without 

change and that the matching program 

has been conducted in compliance with 

the original matching program. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http:// 

www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to the Director, Regulations 

Management (02REG), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave., 

NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 

20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026. 

Copies of comments received will be 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of Regulation Policy and 

Management, Room 1063B, between the 

hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday 

through Friday (except holidays). Please 

call (202) 461–4902 for an appointment. 

In addition, during the comment period, 

comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) at http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Burd (212B), (202) 461–9149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA will 

use this information to identify 

beneficiaries receiving VA incomedependent benefits and civil service 

retirement benefits in order to adjust VA 

income-dependent benefits payment as 

prescribed by law. The proposed 

matching program will enable VA to 

accurately identify beneficiaries who are 

improperly receiving benefits. 

The legal authority to conduct this 

match is 38 U.S.C. 5106. Section 5106 

requires any Federal department or 

agency to provide VA such information 

as VA requests for the purposes of 

determining eligibility for, or the 

amount of VA benefits, or verifying 

other information with respect thereto. 

The VA records involved in the match 

are the VA system of records, VA 

Compensation, Pension and Education 

and Rehabilitation Records—VA (58 VA 

21/22/28), first published at 41 FR 9294 

(March 3, 1976), and last amended at 74 

FR 14865 (April 1, 2009), with other 

amendments as cited therein. The OPM 

records consist of information from the 

OPM Civil Service Retirement Pay File 

identified as OPM Central—1, Civil 

Service Retirement and Insurance 

Records, published as 64 FR 54930, 

October 8, 1999, and amended as 65 FR 

25775 (May 3, 2000). 

In accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. 

subsection 552a(o)(2) and (r), copies of 

the agreement are being sent to both 

Houses of Congress and to the Office of 

Management and Budget. This notice is 

provided in accordance with the 

provisions of Privacy Act of 1974 as 

amended by Public Law 100–503. 

Approved: August 14, 2009. 

John R. Gingrich, 

Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of computer matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

intends to conduct a recurring 

computer-matching program matching 

Social Security Administration (SSA) 

Master Beneficiary Records (MBRs) with 

VA pension, compensation, and 

dependency and indemnity 

compensation (DIC) records. The goal of 

this match is to identify beneficiaries 

who are receiving VA benefits, and to 


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reduce or terminate benefits, if 

appropriate. The match will include 

records of current VA beneficiaries. 

DATES: The match will start no sooner 

than 30 days after publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register, or 40 

days after copies of this Notice and the 

agreement of the parties is submitted to 

Congress and the Office of Management 

and Budget, whichever is later, and end 

not more than 18 months after the 

agreement is properly implemented by 

the parties. The involved agencies’ Data 

Integrity Boards (DIB) may extend this 

match for 12 months provided the 

agencies certify to their DIBs, within 

three months of the ending date of the 

original match, that the matching 

program will be conducted without 

change and that the matching program 

has been conducted in compliance with 

the original matching program. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http:// 

www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to the Director, Regulations 

Management (02REG), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave., 

NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 

20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026. 

Copies of comments received will be 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of Regulation Policy and 

Management, Room 1063B, between the 

hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday 

through Friday (except holidays). Please 

call (202) 461–4902 for an appointment. 

In addition, during the comment period, 

comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) at http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Burd (212B), (202) 461–9149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA will 

use this information to verify the 

income information submitted by 

income dependent beneficiaries and 

adjust VA benefit payments as 

prescribed by law. The proposed 

matching program will enable VA to 

accurately identify beneficiaries who are 

in receipt of SSA benefits and have not 

reported the income as required by law. 

The legal authority to conduct this 

match is 38 U.S.C. 5106, which requires 

any Federal department or agency to 

provide VA such information as VA 

requests for the purposes of determining 

eligibility for, or the amount of VA 

benefits, or verifying other information 

with respect thereto. 

The VA records involved in the match 

are the VA system of records, VA 

Compensation, Pension and Education 

and Rehabilitation Records—VA (58 VA 

21/22/28)’’, first published at 41 FR 

9294 (March 3, 1976), and last amended 

at 74 FR 14865 (April 1, 2009), with 

other amendments as cited therein. The 

SSA records consist of information from 

the system of records identified as the 

SSA MBR, SSA/ORSIS, 60–0090, 

routine use number 23 and SSA MEF, 

SSA/OEEAS, 60–0059, routine use 

numbers 15 and 25. 

In accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. 

subsection 552a(o)(2) and (r), copies of 

the agreement are being sent to both 

Houses of Congress and to the Office of 

Management and Budget. This notice is 

provided in accordance with the 

provisions of Privacy Act of 1974 as 

amended by Public Law 100–503. 

Approved: August 14, 2009. 

John R. Gingrich, 

Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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