[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49959-49960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25273]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

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 
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) is issuing notice of our intent 
to amend the system of records entitled the Personnel Records--CRC-007 
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 Myrna Hernandez--U.S. Commission on Civil Rights--624 9th 
Street NW., Suite 510, Washington, DC 20425. All comments received will 
be available for public inspection at that address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Myrna Hernandez, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 624 9th Street NW., 
Suite 510, Washington, DC 20425.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion of Proposed Changes to Routine Use

    Pursuant to the Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the U.S. Commission on 
Civil Rights will disclose data from its USDA Payroll Personnel System-
National Finance Center 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 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to 
the FPLS include: name, address, social security number and name and 
address of the agency.
    In addition, names and social security numbers submitted by the 
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 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 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 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.
    Accordingly, the Personnel Records system notice originally 
published at FR vol. 40, no. 171, September 3, 1975, is amended as set 
forth below.
CRC-007

SYSTEM NAME:
    Personnel Records.
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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 the 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 on a tax return.
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Ruby G. Moy,
Staff Director.
[FR Doc. 97-25273 Filed 9-23-97; 8:45 am]
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