37198 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 130 / Monday, July 9, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Department of 

Defense Task Force on the Future of 

Military Health Care 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 

41 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

102–3.140 through 160, the Department 

of Defense announces the following 

committee meeting: 

Name of Committee: Department of 

Defense Task Force on the Future of 

Military Health Care, a duly established 

subcommittee of the Defense Health 

Board. 

Date of Meeting: July 25, 2007. 

Time of Meeting: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 

p.m. 

Place of Meeting: National 

Transportation Safety Board Conference 

Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, Washington, 

D.C. 20594. 

Purpose of Meeting: To obtain, 

review, and evaluate information related 

to the Task Force’s congressionallydirected mission to examine matters 

relating to the future of military health 

care. The Task Force members will 

receive briefings on topics related to the 

delivery of military health care during 

the public meeting. 

Agenda: Discussion topic will be 

Acquisition and Procurement issued 

related to the military healthcare 

system. 

Prior to the public meeting the Task 

Force will conduct a Preparatory Work 

Meeting from 8 a.m.–8:25 a.m. to solely 

analyze relevant issues and facts in 

preparation for the Task Force’s next 

public meeting. In addition, the Task 

Force, following its public meeting, will 

conduct an additional Preparatory Work 

Meeting from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. to 

analyze relevant issues and facts in 

preparation for the Task Force’s next 

public meeting. Both Preparatory 

Meetings will be held at the National 

Transportation Safety Board Conference 

Center, and pursuant to 41 Code of 

Federal Regulations, Part 102–3.160(a), 

both Preparatory Work Meetings are 

closed to the public. 

Additional information and meeting 

registration is available online at the 

Task Force Web site: 

www.DoDfuturehealthcare.net. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Christine Bader, Executive 

Secretary, Department of Defense Task 

Force on the Future of Military Health 

Care, TMA/Code:DHS, Five Skyline 

Place, Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, Virginia 22041–3206, 

(703) 681–3279, ext. 109 

(christine.bader@ha.osd.mil). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Open 

sessions of the meeting will be limited 

by space accommodations. Any 

interested person may attend; however, 

seating is limited to the space available 

at the National Transportation Safety 

Board Conference Center. Individuals or 

organizations wishing to submit written 

comments for consideration by the Task 

Force should provide their comments in 

an electronic (PDF Format) document 

through the Task Force Web site (http:// 

www.DoDfuturehealthcare.net) at the 

‘‘Contact Us’’ page, no later than five (5) 

business days prior to the scheduled 

meeting. 

Dated: July 3, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[DOD–2007–OS–0068] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data 

Center, Defense Logistics Agency, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of a computer matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 

U.S.C. 552a), requires agencies to 

publish advanced notices of any 

proposed or revised computer matching 

program by the matching agency for 

public comment. The Department of 

Defense (DoD), Defense Manpower Data 

Center (DMDC), as the matching agency 

under the Privacy Act, is hereby giving 

notice to the record subjects of a 

computer matching program between 

Department of Veterans Affairs, Office 

of Inspector General (VA OIG) and the 

Department of Defense (DoD) that their 

records are being matched by computer. 

The purpose of the computer matching 

program is to attempt to verify eligibility 

for VA Compensation and Pension 

(C&P) benefits by matching veteran’s 

record of those benefits with the 

military service record of veterans 

eligible for those benefits for themselves 

or their beneficiaries. 

DATES: This proposed action will 

become effective August 8, 2007 and 

matching may commence unless 

changes to the matching program are 

required due to public comments or by 

Congressional or by Office of 

Management and Budget concerns. Any 

public comment must be received before 

the effective date. 

ADDRESSES: Any interested party may 

submit written comments to the 

Director, Defense Privacy Office, 1901 

South Bell Street, Suite 920, Arlington, 

VA 22202–4512. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Janice Thornton at (703) 607–2943. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of 

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

VA OIG and DMDC have concluded an 

agreement to conduct a computer 

matching program between agencies. 

The purpose of the computer matching 

program is to attempt to verify eligibility 

for VA C&P benefits by matching 

veteran’s record of those benefits with 

the military service record of veterans 

eligible for those benefits for themselves 

or their beneficiaries. 

The parties to this agreement have 

determined that a computer matching 

program is the most efficient, 

expeditious, and effective means of 

obtaining and processing the 

information needed by VA OIG to verify 

the military service record of veterans 

eligible for VA (C&P) benefits, to 

identify potential fraudulent payments 

to fictitious veterans, and to identify 

payments that should be adjusted where 

the beneficiary is not entitled to all or 

part of the VA C&P benefits received. 

The principal alternative to using a 

computer matching program for 

identifying such individuals would be 

to conduct a manual comparison of all 

veterans or their beneficiaries receiving 

VA (C&P) benefits with the other files. 

Conducting a manual match, however, 

would clearly impose a considerable 

administrative burden, constitute a 

greater intrusion on the individual’s 

privacy, and would result in additional 

delay in the eventual response to 

possible fraud and abuse. By comparing 

the information received through the 

computer matching program between 

VA OIG and DMDC on a recurring basis, 

information on successful matches (hits) 

can be provided to VA to initiate 

research on these discrepancies, thus 

assuring that benefit payments are 

proper. 

A copy of the computer matching 

agreement between VA OIG and DoD is 

available upon request. Requests should 

be submitted to the address caption 

above or to the Department of Veterans 


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