U.S. Department of the Treasury

Annual Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Report

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DATA INTEGRITY BOARD
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I am pleased to present the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Annual 

Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Report for calendar year 2018. 

This report is published pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 

and Office of Management and Budget guidance. 

Inquiries about this report may be directed to privacy@treasury.gov. This 

report, as well as previous Computer Matching and Privacy Protection 

Reports, can be found on the Department’s Privacy Act website. 

Ryan Law 

Chairman of the Data Integrity Board 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy Transparency, and Records 

U.S. Department of the Treasury 

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2018 Annual Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Report 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Message from the Chairman of the Data Integrity Board ...............................................................2

Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................3

Treasury Data Integrity Board.........................................................................................................4

Matching Programs for Calendar Year 2018...................................................................................5

Appendix I: Agencies Participating in the DIFSLA Data Exchange Program..............................11

Federal Agencies .......................................................................................................................11

State Agencies ...........................................................................................................................11

Appendix II: Agencies Participating in the Treasury Offset Program ..........................................13

Federal Agencies .......................................................................................................................13

State and Local Agencies ..........................................................................................................14

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TREASURY DATA INTEGRITY BOARD 

Ryan Law, Chairman of the Data Integrity Board 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, Transparency, and Records 

Office of Privacy, Transparency, and Records 

Departmental Offices 

David F. Eisner 

Assistant Secretary for Management 

Departmental Offices 

David Ambrose 

Chief Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service 

James Jackson 

Acting Deputy Inspector General for Investigations 

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 

Richard Dodson 

Senior Counsel 

Departmental Offices 

Eric Olson 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Systems 

and Chief Information Officer 

Office of the Chief Information Officer 

Edward T. Killen 

Chief, Privacy Officer 

Privacy, Governmental Liaison, and Disclosure 

Internal Revenue Service 

Patrick Mezzetta 

Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer 

Departmental Offices 

Eric Thorson 

Inspector General 

Office of the Inspector General 

Fawn-Marie Golden, Secretary 

Office of Privacy, Transparency, and Records 

Telephone: (202) 622-5710 

Email: privacy@treasury.gov 

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MATCHING PROGRAMS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2018 

During calendar year 2018, the Board reviewed and approved eight matching agreements and all 

were re-established for 18 months. The Board did not disapprove any of the proposed 

agreements and all requested extensions were granted. No violations of any of the Department’s 

matching agreements were alleged or identified. 

On April 26, 2017, at the Annual Treasury Data Integrity Board Meeting, the Board was 

informed of the new Inspector General (IG) exemption. The Inspector General Empowerment 

Act of 2016 includes an Inspector General (IG) exemption to the Computer Matching and 

Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (CMPPA). This exemption excuses IGs from obtaining formal 

matching agreements before matching data with other agencies and entities to identify fraud and 

waste. As a result, Treasury will not discuss any computer matching agreements in which the 

Treasury Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Treasury Inspector General for Tax 

Administration (TIGTA), or the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief 

Program (SIGTARP) are participants. 

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Title Federal 

Register 

Notice 

Source Agency Recipient 

Agency 

Purpose CostBenefits 

Analysis 

The Disclosure of 

Information to 

Federal, State and 

Local Agencies 

(DIFSLA) Data 

Exchange 

83 FR 27082 

(June 11, 

2018) 

Department of the 

Treasury-Internal 

Revenue Service 

(IRS) 

See Appendix I The Disclosure of Information to Federal, 

State and Local Agencies (DIFSLA) Data 

Exchange program reduces fraud and abuse 

in certain federally-assisted benefit 

programs. 

$4.91:1 

Medicare 

Prescription Drug 

Subsidy Program 

82 FR 49691 

(October 26, 

2017) 

Social Security 

Administration 

Department of 

the Treasury 

The Medicare Prescription Drug Subsidy 

Program is a matching program between 

Treasury and Social Security 

Administration (SSA) that assists with the 

verification of eligibility, as well as the 

calculation of the subsidy percentage, for 

benefits provided under section 1860D-14 

of the Social Security Act. 

$26.00:1 

The Medicare Part B 

Premium Reduction 

80 FR 48950 

(August 14, 

2015) 

Department of the 

Treasury- IRS 

Social Security 

Administration 

The Medicare Part B Premium Reduction 

program is a statutorily required matching 

program between Treasury and SSA (see 42 

U.S.C. § 1395r(i)(4)(b)). The program 

establishes the correct amount of Medicare 

Part B premium subsidy adjustments and 

Medicare prescription drug coverage 

premium increases. 

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Title Federal 

Register 

Notice 

Source Agency Recipient 

Agency 

Purpose CostBenefits 

Analysis 

The Taxpayer 

Address Request 

Program 

82 FR 29581 

(June 29, 

2017) 

Treasury- IRS Department of 

Justice 

The Taxpayer Address Request Program 

assists agencies with recouping payments 

and delinquent debts. 

$49.00:1 

Insurance 

Affordability 

Programs and 

Exemptions 

83 FR 45130 

(October 1, 

2018) 

Treasury- IRS Department of 

Health and 

Human Services 

(HHS) Centers 

for Medicare and 

Medicaid 

Services (CMS) 

Section 6103(l)(21) of the Internal Revenue 

Code authorizes the IRS to disclose certain 

items of return information to the Centers 

for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 

as a part of the eligibility determination 

process for programs covered by various 

sections of the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act (ACA) 

N/A 

IRS Data Loss 

Prevention Program 

83 FR 42980 

(August 28, 

2018) 

Treasury- IRS Treasury- IRS 

(internal 

agreement) 

The IRS matches computerized data to 

detect and deter breaches of security policy 

by IRS employees, contractors, or other 

individuals who have been granted access 

to IRS information, or to IRS equipment 

and resources, who send electronic 

communications in an unsecure, 

unencrypted manner. 

N/A 

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Title Federal 

Register 

Notice 

Source Agency Recipient 

Agency 

Purpose CostBenefits 

Analysis 

Medicare Part D 83 FR 44687 Department of the Social Security BFS discloses ownership of Savings $50.9:1 

Prescription Drug (August 31, Treasury- Bureau of Administration Securities to SSA, which will provide SSA 

Program 2018) Fiscal Service 

(BFS) 

(SSA) with information necessary to verify an 

individual’s self-certification of his or her 

financial status to determine eligibility for 

low income subsidy assistance (Extra Help) 

in the Medicare Part D prescription drug 

benefit program established under the 

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 

and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public 

Law 108-173). 

Supplemental 83 FR 55446 Department of the Social Security The purpose of this agreement is to $4.86:1 

Security Income (November 5, Treasury- (BFS) Administration establish the conditions, safeguards, and 

2018) (SSA) procedures for the disclosure of savings 

security data (as described in section VI.C 

and section VI.D of computer matching 

agreement 1038 Fiscal Service-SSA 

Supplemental Security Income) by the 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal 

Service) to the Social Security 

Administration (SSA). 

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Title Federal 

Register 

Notice 

Source Agency Recipient 

Agency 

Purpose CostBenefits 

Analysis 

Do Not Pay Program 81 FR 94402 Department of the Centers for The purpose of this matching program is to $171:1 

(January 23, Treasury- (BFS) Medicare & reduce improper payments by authorizing 

2017) Medicaid 

Services (CMS) 

Fiscal Service to provide Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), 

through the U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Working System as defined by 

OMB Memorandum M–13–20 Protecting 

Privacy while Reducing Improper Payments 

with the Do Not Pay Initiative, identifying 

information from Treasury/Fiscal Service 

.023 Do Not Pay Payment Verification 

Records system of records about 

individuals and entities excluded from 

receiving federal payments, contract 

awards, and other benefits. 

Treasury Offset 62 FR 45699 Treasury- IRS See Appendix II The purpose of the Program is to identify N/A 

Program (September 

29, 1997) 

federal payments made to individuals who 

owe delinquent debts to the federal or to 

state governments, as well as individuals 

who owe past-due child support obligations 

eligible to be collected by offset pursuant to 

31 U.S.C. § 3716, and to offset such 

payments where appropriate to satisfy those 

debts. 

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Title Federal 

Register 

Notice 

Source Agency Recipient 

Agency 

Purpose CostBenefits 

Analysis 

Computer Matching 81 FR 94402 Department of the HUD- Office of HUD has approximately 57,000 payments N/A 

Program between (January 23, Treasury- (BFS) Community to grantees, public housing agencies, and 

the Department of 

Housing and Urban 

Development 

(HUD) and the 

Department of the 

Treasury 

2017) Planning and 

Development, 

Office of 

Housing, 

Multifamily 

Housing, and 

Office of Public 

and Indian 

Housing 

property owners (collectively, “payees”) 

that need to be run through Treasury’s 

Working System. By putting a CMA in 

place with the Do Not Pay Business Center 

(DNP), HUD will be able to match files in 

bulk via the batch and/ continuous 

monitoring functionality. 

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Appendix I: Agencies Participating in the DIFSLA Data Exchange Program 

Federal Agencies 

1. Social Security Administration 

2. Veterans Benefit Administration 

3. Veterans Health Administration 

State Agencies 

1. Alaska Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Public Assistance 

2. Alabama Department of Human Resources 

3. Alabama Medicaid Agency 

4. Arizona Department of Economic Security 

5. Arkansas Department of Human Services 

6. California Department of Social Services 

7. Connecticut Department of Social Services 

8. Delaware Health & Social Services 

9. District of Columbia Department of Human Services 

10. Florida Department of Children & Families 

11. Georgia Department of Human Services 

12. Hawaii Department of Human Services 

13. Idaho Department of Health &Welfare 

14. Illinois Department of Human Services 

15. Indiana Family & Social Services Administration 

16. Iowa Department of Human Services 

17. Kansas Department for Children and Families 

18. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services 

19. Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services 

20. Louisiana Department of Health 

21. Maine Department of Health & Human Services 

22. Maryland Department of Human Resources 

23. Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance 

24. Michigan Department of Health & Human Services 

25. Minnesota Department of Human Services 

26. Mississippi Department of Human Services 

27. Mississippi Division of Medicaid 

28. Missouri Department of Social Services 

29. Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services 

30. Nebraska Department of Health & HumanServices 

31. Nevada Division of Welfare & SupportiveServices 

32. New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Family Assistance 

33. New Jersey Department of Human Services 

34. New Mexico Human Service Department 

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36. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services 

37. North Dakota Department of Human Services 

38. Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services 

39. Ohio Department of Medicaid 

40. Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Adult & Family Services 

41. Oregon Health Authority, Department of Human Resources 

42. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services 

43. Rhode Island Department of Human Services 

44. South Carolina Department of Social Services 

45. South Dakota Department of Social Services 

46. Tennessee Department of Human Services 

47. Texas Health & Human Services Commission 

48. Utah Department of Workforce Services 

49. Vermont AHS/DCF Economic Services Division 

50. Virginia Department of Social Services 

51. Washington Department of Social & Health Services 

52. Wisconsin Department of Children & Families 

53. Wyoming Department of Family Services 

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APPENDIX II: AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN THE TREASURY OFFSET 

PROGRAM 

Federal Agencies 

1. U.S. Air Force 

2. U.S. Department of Agriculture 

3. U.S. Department of Defense 

4. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 

5. U.S. Department of Homeland Security 

6. U.S. Department of Treasury 

7. U.S. Navy 

8. Air Force Services Agency 

9. Farm Service Agency (FSA) 

10. Food and Nutrition Service 

11. National Finance Center 

12. Rural Development 

13. Defense Finance & Accounting Services 

14. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

15. Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) 

16. U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

17. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) 

18. Bureau of the Fiscal Service 

19. Internal Revenue Service 

20. Navy Corps Exchange 

21. Navy Personnel Command 

22. Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) 

23. U.S. Department of Education 

24. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

25. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 

26. U.S. Department of Justice 

27. U.S. Department of State 

28. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 

29. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Debt Management Center) 

30. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Canteen Service) 

31. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

32. Marine Corps Exchange 

33. National Labor Relations Board 

34. U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 

35. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 

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36. U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 

37. U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) 

State and Local Agencies 

1. Alabama Department of Labor 

2. Alabama Department of Revenue 

3. Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development 

4. Arizona Department of Revenue 

5. Arizona Labor Department 

6. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration 

7. Arkansas Department of Labor 

8. California Employment Development Department 

9. California Franchise Tax Board 

10. California Labor and Workforce Development 

11. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment 

12. Colorado Department of Revenue 

13. Connecticut Department of Labor 

14. Connecticut Department of Revenue Services 

15. Delaware Department of Finance, Division of Revenue 

16. Delaware Department of Labor 

17. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services 

18. District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue 

19. Florida Employment and Labor 

20. Georgia Department of Labor 

21. Georgia Department of Revenue 

22. Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations 

23. Hawaii Department of Taxation 

24. Idaho Department of Labor 

25. Idaho State Tax Commission 

26. Illinois Department of Labor 

27. Illinois Department of Revenue 

28. Indiana Department of Labor 

29. Indiana Department of Revenue 

30. Iowa Department of Revenue 

31. Iowa Division of Labor 

32. Kansas Department of Labor 

33. Kansas Department of Revenue 

34. Kentucky Department of Revenue 

35. Kentucky Labor Cabinet 

36. Louisiana Department of Revenue 

37. Louisiana Workforce Commission 

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38. Maine Department of Labor 

39. Maine Revenue Services 

40. Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation 

41. Maryland Department of Revenue Administration Division 

42. Massachusetts Office of Labor and Workforce 

Development 

43. Massachusetts Department of Revenue 

44. Michigan Department of the Treasury 

45. Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency 

46. Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic 

Development 

47. Minnesota Department of Revenue 

48. Mississippi Department of Employment Security 

49. Mississippi State Tax Commission 

50. Missouri Department of Labor 

51. Missouri Department of Revenue 

52. Montana Department of Labor and Industry 

53. Montana Department of Revenue 

54. Nebraska Department of Labor 

55. Nebraska Department of Revenue 

56. Nevada Department of Employment, Training and 

Rehabilitation 

57. New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce 

Development 

58. New Jersey Division of Taxation 

59. New Mexico Department of Taxation and Revenue 

60. New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions 

61. New York Department of Labor 

62. New York Department of Taxation and Finance 

63. North Carolina Department of Labor 

64. North Carolina Department of Revenue 

65. North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights 

66. North Dakota Office of the State Tax Commissioner 

67. Ohio Department of Taxation 

68. Ohio Bureau of the Workers Compensation 

69. Oklahoma Department of Labor 

70. Oklahoma Tax Commission 

71. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries 

72. Oregon Department of Revenue 

73. Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry 

74. Pennsylvania Division of Taxation 

75. Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training 

76. Rhode Island Division of Taxation 

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77. South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and 

Regulation 

78. South Carolina Department of Revenue 

79. South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation 

80. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce 

Development 

81. Texas Workforce Commission 

82. Utah Labor Commission 

83. Utah State Tax Commission 

84. Vermont Department of Labor 

85. Vermont Department of Taxes 

86. Virginia Department of Taxation 

87. Virginia Department of Labor and Industry 

88. Washington Department of Labor and Industries 

89. West Virginia Department of Revenue 

90. West Virginia Division of Labor 

91. Wisconsin Department of Revenue 

92. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development 

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