[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47065-47066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23576]


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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, U.S. SECTION


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: International Boundary and Water Commission.

ACTION: Amendment of system of records to include new routine uses.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11), the 
International Boundary & Water Commission is issuing notice of our 
intent to amend the system of records to include new routine uses. We 
invite public comment on this publication.

DATES: The changes will become effective as proposed, on October 1, 
1997, unless comments which would warrant our preventing the changes 
from taking effect are received on or before 30 days from the date of 
this notice.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may comment on this publication by 
writing to (Richard L. Livengood, IBWC, 4171 N. Mesa, Suite C-310, El 
Paso, TX 79902). All comments received will be available for public 
inspection at that address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(Richard L. Livengood, IBWC, 4171 N. Mesa, Suite C-310, El Paso, TX 
79902).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion of Proposed Additions to Routine Use

    Pursuant to the Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the International Boundary 
and Water Commission will disclose data from its payroll system of 
records to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for 
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services for use 
in its Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset 
System, DHHS/OCSE No. 09-90-0074. Information on this system was last 
published at 61 FR 38754, July 25, 1996.
    FPLS is a computerized network through which States may request 
location information from Federal and State agencies to find non-
custodial parents and/or their employers for purposes of establishing 
paternity and securing support. Effective October 1, 1997, the FPLS 
will be enlarged to include the National Directory of New Hires, a 
database containing information on employees commencing employment, 
quarterly wage data on private and public sector employees, and 
information on unemployment compensation benefits. Effective October 1, 
1998, the FPLS will be expanded to include a Federal Case Registry. The 
Federal Case Registry will contain abstracts on all participants 
involved in child support enforcement cases. When the Federal Case 
Registry is instituted, its files will be matched on an ongoing basis 
against the files in the National Directory of New Hires to determine 
if an employee is a participant in a child support case anywhere in the 
country. If the FPLS identifies a person as being a participant in a 
State Child support case, that State will be notified of the 
participant's current employer. State requests to the FPLS for location 
information will also continue to be processed after October 1, 1998.
    The data to be disclosed by The International Boundary and Water 
Commission to the FPLS include: Wages earned, income taxes paid both 
state and federal.

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    In addition, names and social security numbers submitted by The 
International Boundary & Water Commission to the FPLS will be disclosed 
by the Office of Child Support Enforcement to the Social Security 
Administration for verification to ensure that the social security 
number provided is correct.
    The data disclosed by The International Boundary & Water Commission 
to the FPLS will also be disclosed by the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement to the Secretary of the Treasury for use in verifying 
claims for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit or to 
verify a claim of employment on a tax return.

II. Compatibility of Proposed Routine Uses

    We are proposing these routine uses in accordance with the Privacy 
Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)). The Privacy Act permits the disclosure of 
information about individuals without their consent for a routine use 
where the information will be used for a purpose which is compatible 
with the purpose for which the information was originally collected. 
The Office of Management and Budget has indicated that a ``compatible'' 
use is a use which is necessary and proper. See OMB Guidelines, 51 FR 
18982, 18985 (1986). Since the proposed uses of the data are required 
by Pub. L. 104-193, they are clearly necessary and proper uses, and 
therefore ``compatible'' uses which meet Privacy Act requirements.

III. Effect of the Proposed Changes on Individuals

    We will disclose information under the proposed routine uses only 
as required by Pub. L. 104-193 and as permitted by the Privacy Act.
IBWC/US SEC.-1

system name: Attendance, Leave and Payroll Records of Employees.
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routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
    (1). To the Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for 
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services Federal 
Parent Locator System (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset System for use in 
locating individuals and identifying their income sources to establish 
paternity, establish and modify orders of support and for enforcement 
action.
    (2). To the Office of Child Support Enforcement for release to the 
Social Security Administration for verifying social security numbers in 
connection with the operation of the FPLS by the Office of Child 
Support Enforcement;
    (3). To Office of Child Support Enforcement for release to the 
Department of Treasury for purposes of administering the Earned Income 
Tax Credit Program (Section 32, Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and 
verifying a claim with respect to employment in a tax return.

    Dated: August 28, 1997.
Richard L. Livengood,
Chief, Financial Services Division.
[FR Doc. 97-23576 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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