45910 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 11, 2018 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charlie Thornton, AAC Designated 

Federal Officer, at 202–418–5145 or 

cthornton@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

AAC’s objectives and scope of activities 

are to assist the Commission in 

assessing issues affecting agricultural 

producers, processors, lenders and 

others interested in or affected by the 

agricultural commodity derivatives 

markets through public meetings, and 

Committee reports and 

recommendations. The AAC will 

operate for two years from the date of 

renewal unless the Commission directs 

that the AAC terminate on an earlier 

date. A copy of the AAC renewal charter 

has been filed with the Commission; the 

Senate Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition and Forestry; the House 

Committee on Agriculture; the Library 

of Congress; and the General Services 

Administration’s Committee 

Management Secretariat. A copy of the 

renewal charter will be posted on the 

Commission’s website at http://

www.cftc.gov. 

Dated: September 6, 2018. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19673 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2018–OS–0064] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Information collection notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Personnel and Readiness announces 

a proposed public information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by November 13, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Chief Management Officer, 

Directorate for Oversight and 

Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to Non-Medical Counseling 

Program Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

Room 14E08, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

2300, ATTN: Lee Kelley, or call (571) 

372–4530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Military One-Source Case 

Management System (CMS) Intake; 

OMB Control Number 0704–0528. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection is necessary to support the 

Military One-Source Case Management 

System, which was established for the 

purpose of providing comprehensive 

information to members of the Armed 

Forces and their families about the 

benefits and services available to them. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 56,396. 

Number of Respondents: 225,584. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 225,584. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: As required. 

Dated: September 6, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19739 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2018–FSA–0063] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended by the Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 

1988 and the Computer Matching and 

Privacy Protections Amendments of 

1990 (Privacy Act), and Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

guidance on the conduct of matching 

programs, notice is hereby given of the 

re-establishment of the matching 

program between the Department of 

Education (ED or Department) (recipient 

agency) and the Social Security 

Administration (SSA) (source agency). 

DATES: The period of this matching 

program is estimated to cover the 18- 

month period from October 10, 2018 

through April 9, 2020. However, the 

computer matching agreement (CMA) 

will become applicable at the later of 

the following two dates: October 10, 

2018 or 30 days after the publication of 

this notice, on September 11, 2018, 

unless comments have been received 

from interested members of the public 

requiring modification and 

republication of the notice. The 

matching program will continue for 18 

months after the applicable date and 

may be extended for an additional 12 

months, if the respective agency Data 

Integrity Boards (DIBs) determine that 

the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 

552a(o)(2)(D) have been met. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email 

or those submitted after the comment 

period. To ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies, please submit your 

comments only once. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under the ‘‘help’’ tab. 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments about this new 

matching program, address them to: 

Marya Dennis, Management and 

Program Analyst, U.S. Department of 


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Education, Federal Student Aid, Union 

Center Plaza, 830 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20202–5454. 

Telephone: (202) 377–3385. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy is to make all comments received 

from members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marya Dennis, Management and 

Program Analyst, U.S. Department of 

Education, Federal Student Aid, Union 

Center Plaza, 830 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20202–5454. 

Telephone: (202) 377–3385. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Privacy Act; OMB 

Final Guidance Interpreting the 

Provisions of Public Law 100–503, the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988, published in the 

Federal Register on June 19, 1989 (54 

FR 25818); and OMB Circular No. A– 

108, notice is hereby provided of the reestablishment of the matching program 

between SSA and ED to assist ED in the 

verification of Social Security numbers 

(SSNs) and confirmation of citizenship 

status as recorded in SSA records in 

order to verify the eligibility of 

applicants for student financial 

assistance under title IV of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA). 

Participating Agencies 

ED and SSA. 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

ED is authorized to participate in the 

matching program under sections 

428B(f) (20 U.S.C. 1078–2(f)), 483(a)(12) 

(20 U.S.C. 1090(a)(12)), 484(g) (20 U.S.C. 

1091(g)), and 484(p) (20 U.S.C. 1091(p)) 

of the HEA. 

SSA is authorized to participate in the 

matching program under section 1106 of 

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1306)) 

and the regulations promulgated 

pursuant to that section (20 CFR part 

401). 

Purpose(s) 

The purpose of this matching program 

between ED and SSA is to assist the 

Secretary of Education with verification 

of immigration status and SSNs under 

20 U.S.C. 1091(g) and (p). SSA will 

verify the issuance of an SSN and a date 

of death (if applicable) to students and 

the parent(s) of dependent students, and 

will confirm the citizenship status of 

those students applying for financial 

assistance programs authorized under 

title IV of the HEA. Verification of this 

information by SSA will help ED satisfy 

its obligation to ensure that individuals 

applying for financial assistance meet 

eligibility requirements of the HEA. 

Verification by this matching program 

effectuates the purpose of the HEA 

because it provides an efficient and 

comprehensive method of verifying the 

accuracy of each individual’s SSN, date 

of death if applicable and claim to a 

citizenship status that permits that 

individual to qualify for title IV, HEA 

assistance. 

Categories of Individuals 

ED’s systems of records involved in 

the matching program maintain 

information on individuals who apply 

for Federal student financial assistance 

through the Free Application for Federal 

Student Aid (FAFSA) and on 

individuals who apply to receive Person 

Authentication Service (PAS) 

Credentials, a user ID and password to 

electronically access their FAFSA 

record. 

SSA’s system of records involved in 

the matching program maintains records 

about each individual who has applied 

for, and obtained an, SSN. 

Categories of Records 

ED’s systems of records involved in 

the matching program contain (1) the 

information to determine an applicant’s 

eligibility for Federal student financial 

assistance, and (2) the applicant’s 

information to receive PAS Credentials, 

a user ID and password. The specific 

data elements that ED will transmit to 

SSA are: Students’ and parent(s) of 

dependent students’ SSN, first name, 

last name, and date of birth (DOB). 

SSA’s system of records involved in 

the matching program maintains 

information required to apply for, and 

obtain, an SSN. The specific data 

elements that SSA will send back to ED 

include: SSN, first name, last name, 

DOB, and an SSA verification code on 

each record to indicate the match 

results. The verification codes are: 1 = 

No match on SSN, 3 = SSN match, name 

match, no match on DOB, 5 = SSN 

match, no match on name, DOB not 

checked, 6 = SSN not verified, Blank = 

SSN match, name match, DOB match. 

SSA will also send a date of death if one 

is present on SSA’s database for the 

record. Records returned from SSA also 

will include a citizenship status code as 

follows: A = U.S. citizen, B = legal alien, 

eligible to work, C = legal alien, not 

eligible to work, D = other, E = alien, 

student restricted, F = conditionally 

legalized alien, * = foreign born, Blank 

= domestic born (U.S. citizen), N = 

unable to verify citizenship due to no 

match on name, DOB, or SSN. 

System(s) of Records 

There are two ED systems of records 

involved in this matching program. The 

first is entitled ‘‘Federal Student Aid 

Application File’’ (18–11–01) last 

published on August 3, 2011 (76 FR 

46774), and the second is entitled 

‘‘Person Authentication Service (PAS)’’ 

(18–11–12) published on March 20, 

2015 (80 FR 14981). 

SSA’s system of records involved in 

this matching program is entitled, 

‘‘Master Files of Social Security Number 

(SSN) Holders and SSN Applications’’ 

(Enumeration System) 60–0058, last 

published in full on December 29, 2010 

(75 FR 82121), modified on July 5, 2013 

(78 FR 40542), February 13, 2014 (79 FR 

8780), and July 3, 2018 (83 FR 31250) 

and (83 FR 31251). 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting the contact person listed in 

the preceding paragraph. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations via the 

Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/ 

fdsys. At this site you can view this 

document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. You may also 

access documents of the Department 

published in the Federal Register by 

using the article search feature at: 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 


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Dated: September 6, 2018. 

James F. Manning, 

Acting Chief Operating Officer, Federal 

Student Aid. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19738 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2018–FSA–0031] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a New System of 

Records and Rescindment of a System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(Privacy Act), the Department of 

Education (Department) publishes this 

new notice of a system of records 

entitled ‘‘Postsecondary Education 

Participants System (PEPS)’’ (18–11–09) 

and a rescinded system of records 

entitled ‘‘Integrated Partner 

Management (IPM) system’’ (18–11–21). 

The Department is rescinding the IPM 

system because the Department did not 

implement it and will continue using 

the PEPS system of records. 

DATES: Submit your comments on the 

proposed new PEPS system of records 

notice and rescinded IPM system of 

records notice on or before October 11, 

2018. 

The re-issuance of the PEPS and the 

rescission of the IPM systems of records 

notices will become applicable upon 

publication in the Federal Register on 

September 11, 2018, unless changes are 

made to the systems of records notices 

as a result of public comment. The 

routine uses listed under ‘‘ROUTINE 

USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN 

THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING 

CATEGORIES OF USERS AND 

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES’’ for the 

new system of records will become 

applicable on October 11, 2018, unless 

the new system of records notice needs 

to be revised as a result of public 

comment. The Department will publish 

any changes to the systems of records 

notices or routine uses that result from 

public comment. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email 

or those submitted after the comment 

period. To ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies, please submit your 

comments only once. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID and at the top of 

your comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under the ‘‘help’’ tab. 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments about either system of 

records, address them to: Director, 

Postsecondary Education Participants 

System, Office of Student Financial 

Assistance Programs, U.S. Department 

of Education, 830 First Street NE, Room 

112G1, Washington, DC 20202. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy is to make all comments received 

from members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request, we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or aid, please contact 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Director, Postsecondary Education 

Participants System, Office of Student 

Financial Assistance Programs, U.S. 

Department of Education, 830 First 

Street NE, Room 112G1, Washington, 

DC 20202. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), you may call the 

Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PEPS 

enables the Department of Education 

effectively to administer the approval, 

periodic review, and oversight of 

postsecondary educational institutions 

that participate in the student aid 

programs under title IV of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA). A postsecondary educational 

institution must be accredited by an 

accrediting agency recognized by the 

Department for that purpose, and the 

institution must also be authorized by 

the State in which it is located to be 

eligible for programs under title IV of 

the HEA. An eligible postsecondary 

institution must be approved by the 

Department for participation in 

programs under title IV of the HEA. 

Postsecondary educational 

institutions submit an application 

through the internet for participation in 

programs authorized under title IV of 

the HEA. PEPS is the back-end 

repository where the data provided by 

those institutions resides and can be 

accessed by Department staff to confirm 

compliance with title IV of the HEA. 

Any authorized user can perform an ad 

hoc data extract from PEPS, and the 

PEPS staff provides tailored extracts to 

users on request. A limited number of 

scheduled extracts and uploads are run 

on a routine basis. These are fixed files, 

and no changes are made on either side 

without written approval/notice on both 

sides. 

The PEPS system of records notice 

was last published in full in the Federal 

Register on June 4, 1999 (64 FR 30106, 

30171–30173), and amended on 

December 27, 1999 (64 FR 72384, 

72405). This system of records notice 

was rescinded on August 8, 2017 (82 FR 

37089), with plans for the PEPS 

functions and records to be integrated 

into a new system of records entitled 

‘‘Integrated Partner Management (IPM) 

system.’’ The Department subsequently 

determined not to bring the IPM system 

of records into service, and, as a result, 

PEPS was kept in service. The new 

PEPS system of records notice is being 

republished in full in accordance with 

the Privacy Act with modifications 

being made to system of records notices 

from the last publications in 1999. The 

IPM system of records notice is being 

rescinded. 

The Department is modifying the 

section of the PEPS notice entitled 

‘‘SECURITY CLASSIFICATION’’ to add 

that the system is unclassified and the 

section of the PEPS notice entitled 

‘‘SYSTEM LOCATION’’ to reflect the 

current addresses where the system is 

located. The Department is modifying 

the section entitled ‘‘SYSTEM 

MANAGER(S)’’ to reflect the current 

location of the Office of Student 

Financial Assistance Programs in 

Federal Student Aid. 

The Department is modifying the 

section of the notice entitled ‘‘RECORD 

SOURCE CATEGORIES’’ to include that 

the system may obtain records from 

other persons or entities from which 

data is obtained under the section 

entitled ‘‘ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS 

MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, 

INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS 

AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES.’’ 


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