45634 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 167 / Thursday, August 28, 1997 / Notices

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public

Law 92–463, as amended by Section 5

of Pub. L. 94–409, notice is hereby given

that a closed meeting of the DIA Science

and technology Advisory Board has

been scheduled as follows.

DATES: 15 September 1997 (800 am to

1600 pm).

ADDRESSES: The Defense Intelligence

Agency, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.

20340–5100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maj Michael W. Lamb, USAF, Executive

Secretary, DIA Science and Technology

Advisory Board, Washington, D.C.

20340–1328 (202) 231–4930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The entire

meeting is devoted to the discussion of

classified information as defined in

Section 552b(c)(I), Title 5 of the U.S.

Code and therefore will be closed to the

public. The Board will receive briefings

on and discuss several current critical

intelligence issues and advise the

Director, DIA, on related scientific and

technical matters.

Dated: August 25, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–22904 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Logistics Agency

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program Between the

National Science Foundation and the

Defense Manpower Data Center of the

Department of Defense

AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data

Center, Defense Logistics Agency,

Department of Defense.

ACTION: Proposed computer matching

program between the National Science

Foundation and the Defense Manpower

Data Center of the Department of

Defense (DoD).

SUMMARY: DMDC, as the matching

agency under the Privacy Act of 1974,

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

giving constructive notice in lieu of

direct notice to the record subjects of a

proposed computer matching program

between the National Science

Foundation (NSF) and DMDC that their

records are being matched by computer.

The record subjects are delinquent

debtors of the National Science

Foundation, who are current or former

Federal employees or military members

receiving Federal salary or benefit

payments and indebted and delinquent

in their payment of debts owed to the

United States Government under certain

programs administered by the National

Science Foundation so as to permit the

National Science Foundation to pursue

and collect the debt by voluntary

repayment or by administrative or salary

offset procedures under the provisions

of the Debt Collection Act of 1982.

DATES: This proposed action will

become effective September 29, 1997,

and the computer matching will

proceed accordingly without further

notice, unless comments are received

which would result in a contrary

determination or if the Office of

Management and Budget or Congress

objects thereto.

ADDRESSES: Any interested party may

submit written comments to the

Director, Defense Privacy Office, Crystal

Mall 4, Room 920, 1941 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202–4502.

Telephone (703) 607–2943.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of

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

National Science Foundation and

DMDC have concluded an agreement to

conduct a computer matching program

between the agencies. The purpose of

the match is to exchange personal data

between the agencies for debt collection

from defaulters of obligations held by

the National Science Foundation under

the Debt Collection Act of 1982. The

match will yield the identity and

location of the debtors within the

Federal government so that the

Foundation can pursue recoupment of

the debt by voluntary payment or by

administrative or salary offset

procedures. Computer matching

appeared to be the most efficient and

effective manner to accomplish this task

with the least amount of intrusion of

personal privacy of the individuals

concerned. It was therefore concluded

and agreed upon that computer

matching would be the best and least

obtrusive manner and choice for

accomplishing this requirement.

A copy of the computer matching

agreement between the National Science

Foundation and DMDC is available to

the public upon request. Requests

should be submitted to the address

caption above or to the Debt

Management Officer, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 22230.

Set forth below is a public notice of

the establishment of the computer

matching program required by

paragraph (e)(12) of the Privacy Act.

The matching agreement, as required

by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act,

and an advance copy of this notice were

submitted on August 15, 1997, to the

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight of the House of

Representatives, the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and

the Administrator of the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

pursuant to paragraph 4d of Appendix

I to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘Federal

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining

Records about Individuals,’ dated

February 8, 1996 (61 FR 6435, February

20, 1996). This matching program is

subject to review by OMB and Congress

and shall not become effective until that

review period of 40 days has elapsed.

Dated: August 25, 1997.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

Computer Matching Program Between

the National Science Foundation, and

the Defense Manpower Data Center of

the Department of Defense for Debt

Collection

A. Participating agencies: Participants

in this computer matching program are

the National Science Foundation (NSF)

and the Defense Manpower Data Center

(DMDC), Department of Defense (DoD).

The National Science Foundation is the

source agency, i.e., the agency

disclosing the records for the purpose of

the match. DMDC is the specific

recipient or matching agency, i.e., the

agency that actually performs the

computer matching.

B. Purpose of the match: The purpose

of the match is to identify and locate

any matched Federal personnel,

employed or retired, who owe deliquent

debts to the Federal Government under

certain programs administered by NSF.

NSF will use this information to initiate

independent collection of those debts

under the provisions of the Debt

Collection Act of 1982.

C. Authority for conducting the

match: The legal authority for

conducting the matching program is

contained in the Debt Collection Act of

1982 (Pub. L. 97–365), as amended by

the Debt Collection Improvement Act of

1996 (Pub. L. 104–134, section 31001);

31 U.S.C. Chapter 37, Subchapter I

(General) and Subchapter II (Claims of

the United States Government), 31

U.S.C. 3711 Collection and

Compromise, 31 U.S.C. 3716

Administrative Offset, 5 U.S.C. 5514, as

amended, Installment Deduction for
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Indebtedness (Salary Offset); 10 U.S.C.

136, as amended, Under Secretary of

Defense for Personnel Readiness; 10

U.S.C. 138, as amended, Assistant

Secretaries of Defense; section 101(1) of

Executive Order 12731; 4 CFR Ch. II,

Federal Claims Collection Standards

(General Accounting Office -

Department of Justice); 5 CFR 550.1101

– 550.1108, Collection by Offset from

Indebted Government Employees

(OPM); 45 CFR part 607 (NSF).

D. Records to be matched: The

systems of records maintained by the

respective agencies under the Privacy

Act of 1974, as amended, from which

records will be disclosed for the

purpose of this computer match are as

follows:

1. NSF will use personal data from the

following Privacy Act record system for

the match: NSF-57, ‘Delinquent Debtors’

File,’ which was published in the

Federal Register at 58 FR 33674 on June

18, 1993.

2. DOD will use personal data from

the record system identified as S322.11

DMDC, entitled ‘Federal Creditor

Agency Debt Collection Data Base,’ last

published in the Federal Register at 61

FR 32779 on June 25, 1996.

The categories of records in the NSF

record system are delinquent debtors.

The categories of records in the DoD

system consists of employment records

of active and retired military members,

including the Reserve and Guard, and

the OPM government-wide Federal

active and retired civilian records. Both

record systems contain an appropriate

routine use disclosure provision

required by the Privacy Act permitting

the disclosure of the affected personal

information between the National

Science Foundation and DoD. The

routine uses are compatible with the

purpose for collecting the information

and establishing and maintaining the

record systems.

E. Description of computer matching

program: NSF, as the source agency,

will provide DMDC with an electronic

file containing the names and SSN of its

delinquent debtors. Upon receipt of

debtor accounts, DMDC will perform a

computer match using all nine digits of

the SSN of the NSF list against a DMDC

computer database. The DMDC

database, established under an

interagency agreement between DOD,

OPM, OMB, and the Department of the

Treasury, consists of employment

records of non-postal Federal employees

and military members, active, and

retired. Matching records (’hits’), based

on the SSN, will produce the member’s

name, service or agency, category of

employee, and current work or home

address. The hits or matches will be

furnished to NSF. NSF is responsible for

verifying and determining that the data

on the DMDC reply hard copy list are

consistent with NSF’s source file and for

resolving any discrepancies or

inconsistencies on an individual basis.

NSF will also be responsible for making

final determinations as to positive

identification, amount of indebtedness

and recovery efforts as a result of the

match.

F. Individual notice and opportunity

to contest: Due process procedures will

be provided by the NSF to those

individuals matched (hits) consisting of

the NSF’s verification of debt; a

minimum of 30–day written notice to

the debtor explaining the debtor’s rights;

provision for debtor to examine and

copy NSF’s documentation of the debt;

provision for debtor to seek the NSF’s

review of the debt (or in the case of the

salary offset provision, opportunity for a

hearing before an individual who is not

under the supervision or control of the

agency); and opportunity for the

individual to enter into a written

agreement satisfactory to the NSF for

repayment. Only when all of the steps

have been taken will the NSF disclose,

pursuant to a routine use, to effect an

administrative or salary offset. Unless

the individual notifies the Foundation

otherwise within 30 days from the date

of the notice, NSF will conclude that the

data provided to the individual is

correct and will take the next necessary

action to recoup the debt. Failure to

respond to the notice will be construed

as to the correctness of the notice and

justification for taking the next step to

collect the debt under the law.

G. Inclusive dates of the matching

program: This computer matching

program is subject to review by the

Office of Management and Budget and

Congress. If no objections are raised by

either, and the mandatory 40 day public

notice period for comment has expired

for this Federal Register notice with no

significant adverse public comments in

receipt resulting in a contrary

determination, then this computer

matching program becomes effective

and the respective agencies may begin

the exchange of data 30 days after the

date of this published notice at a

mutually agreeable time and will be

repeated on an annual basis, unless

OMB or the National Science

Foundation request a match twice a

year. Under no circumstances shall the

matching program be implemented

before this 30 day public notice period

for comment has elapsed as this time

period cannot be waived. By agreement

between the National Science

Foundation and DoD, the matching

program will be in effect and continue

for 18 months with an option to extend

for 12 additional months unless one of

the parties to the agreement advises the

other by written request to terminate or

modify the agreement.

H. Address for receipt of public

comments or inquiries: Director,

Defense Privacy Office, Crystal Mall 4,

Room 920, 1941 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202–4502.

Telephone (703) 607–2943.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Technology Center;

Notice of Inventions Available for

Licensing

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE),

Federal Energy Technology Center

(FETC).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center hereby announces that the

inventions listed below are available for

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C.

207–209 to achieve expeditious

commercialization of results of federally

funded research and development.

Foreign patents rights have been

retained on selected inventions to

extend market coverage and may also be

available for licensing. A copy of issued

patents may be obtained, for a modest

fee, from the U.S. Patent and Trademark

Office, Washington, DC 20231.

ADDRESSES: Technology Transfer

Program Manager, U.S. Department of

Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV

26505.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.

Diane Manilla, Technology Transfer

Program Manager, U.S. Department of

Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV

26505; Telephone (304) 285–4086; Email: RMANIL@FETC.DOE.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C.

207 authorizes licensing of Governmentowned inventions. Implementing

regulations are contained in 37 CFR Part

404. 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) authorizes

exclusive licensing of Governmentowned inventions under certain

circumstances, provided that notice of

the invention’s availability for licensing

has been announced in the Federal

Register.