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that an open meeting of the Joint 

Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel (TAP) will be held Wednesday, 

February 7, 2007, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time 

via a telephone conference call. If you 

would like to have the Joint Committee 

of TAP consider a written statement, 

please call 1–888–912–1227 or (414) 

231–2360, or write Barbara Toy, TAP 

Office, MS–1006–MIL, PO Box 3205, 

Milwaukee, WI 53201–2105, or FAX to 

(414) 231–2363, or you can contact us 

at http://www.improveirs.org. Due to 

limited conference lines, notification of 

intent to participate in the telephone 

conference call meeting must be made 

with Barbara Toy. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Discussion of issues and 

responses brought to the joint 

committee, office report, and discussion 

of next meeting. 

Dated: January 8, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Wage & 

Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden 

(Notices) Issue Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Wage 

& Investment Reducing Taxpayer 

Burden (Notices) Issue Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be 

conducted (via teleconference). The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comments, ideas and suggestions 

on improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, February 1, 2007, from 11 

a.m. ET. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sallie Chavez at 1–888–912–1227, or 

954–423–7979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Wage & 

Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden 

(Notices) Issue Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held 

Thursday, February 1, 2007, from 11 

a.m. ET via a telephone conference call. 

If you would like to have the TAP 

consider a written statement, please call 

1–888–912–1227 or 954–423–7979, or 

write Sallie Chavez, TAP Office, 1000 

South Pine Island Road, Suite 340, 

Plantation, FL 33324. Due to limited 

conference lines, notification of intent 

to participate in the telephone 

conference call meeting must be made 

with Sallie Chavez. Ms. Chavez can be 

reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 954–

423–7979, or post comments to the Web 

site: http://www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include: Various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: January 8, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of a computer-matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with subsection 

(e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a) this notice 

announces that the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), recipient agency, 

intends to conduct a recurring 

computer-matching program with the 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 

source agency. 

The VA will match pension and 

parents’ dependency and indemnity 

compensation (DIC) records with OPM 

recipient records. The goal of this match 

is to compare income status as reported 

to VA with benefit records maintained 

by OPM. The authority to conduct this 

match is 38 U.S.C. 5106. 

DATES: VA will file a report of the 

subject matching agreement with the 

Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs; the 

House Committee on Government 

Reform; and the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OBM). The 

matching program will be effective as 

indicated in this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http:// 

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

Management (00REG), 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) 273–9515 for an appointment. 

In addition, during the comment period, 

comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Liverman (212C), (202) 273–

7280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of 

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

and VA have determined that a 

computer matching agreement is the 

most cost effective and efficient way to 

verify statements of applicants and 

recipients. 

VA has an obligation to verify the 

income information submitted by 

individuals in receipt of incomedependent benefits. Title 38 U.S.C. 5106 

requires that Federal agencies disclose 

this information to VA upon request. By 

comparing the information received 

through the matching program between 

VA and OPM on a recurring basis, VA 

will be able to make timely and more 

accurate adjustments in the benefits 

payable. 

A. Participating Agencies 

The U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management and the U.S. Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

B. Purpose of the Match 

The purpose of the matching 

agreement is to identify beneficiaries 

receiving VA income dependent 

benefits and OPM benefits, to update 

VA’s master records and adjust VA 

income dependent benefit payments as 

prescribed by law. This agreement 

reflects both agencies’ responsibilities 

under the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) 

and the regulations promulgated. 

C. Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program 

The authority to conduct this match is 

38 U.S.C. 5106. 

D. Records to Be Matched 

The VA records involved in the match 

are the VA system of records, 

Compensation, Pension and Education 

and Rehabilitation Records—VA (58 VA 

21/22), first published at 41 FR 9294 

(March 3, 1976), and last amended at 70 

FR 34186 (June 13, 2005), with other 

amendments as cited therein. 

The OPM records consist of 

information from the OPM Civil Service 

Retirement Pay File identified as OPM 

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Insurance Records, published at 60 FR 

63081, December 8, 1995, and last 

amended on May 3, 2000, at 65 FR 

25775. 

E. Description of Computer Matching 

Program 

VA plans to match records of veterans 

and surviving spouses and children who 

receive pension, and parents who 

receive DIC, with benefit records 

maintained by OPM. The match with 

OPM will provide VA with data from 

OPM civil service benefit records. 

VA will provide OPM with a tape, 

which contains the names, VA claim 

numbers, social security numbers, 

verification codes and VA regional 

office identifiers for all individuals in 

receipt of income-dependent benefits. 

OPM will return a tape to VA, which 

contains information on OPM payment 

amounts and the surnames in OPM’s 

records that match the names and social 

security numbers provided by VA. 

VA will use this information to 

update the master records of VA 

beneficiaries receiving income 

dependent benefits and to adjust VA 

benefit payments as prescribed by law. 

Otherwise, information about a VA 

beneficiary’s income is obtained only 

from reporting by the beneficiary. The 

proposed matching program will enable 

VA to ensure accurate reporting of 

income. 

F. Inclusive Dates of the Matching 

Program 

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. 

This computer-matching program is 

subject to public comment and review 

by Congress and the Office of 

Management and Budget. 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 the Privacy Act 

of 1974 as amended by Public Law 100–

503. 

Approved: December 19, 2006. 

Gordon H. Mansfield, 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

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