Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 17, 2012 / Notices 2299 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Office of Child Support Enforcement; 

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer 

Matching Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of Child Support 

Enforcement (OCSE), ACF, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of a Computer Matching 

Program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 522a), as 

amended, OCSE is publishing notice of 

a computer matching program between 

OCSE and state agencies administering 

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP). 

DATES: HHS invites interested parties to 

review, submit written data, comments 

or arguments to the agency about the 

matching program until February 16, 

2012. As required by the Privacy Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552a(r)), HHS on January 5, 

2012, sent a report of a Computer 

Matching Program to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform of 

the House of Representatives and the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs of the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit written comment on this notice 

by writing to Linda Deimeke, Director, 

Division of Federal Systems, Office of 

Child Support Enforcement, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, 370 L’Enfant Promenade SW., 

4th Floor East, Washington, DC 20447. 

Comments received will be available for 

public inspection at this address from 

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Deimeke, Director, Division of 

Federal Systems, Office of Child 

Support Enforcement, Administration 

for Children and Families, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade SW., 4th Floor East, 

Washington, DC 20447, (202) 401–5439. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, provides for certain 

protections for individuals applying for 

and receiving federal benefits. The law 

governs the use of computer matching 

by federal agencies when records in a 

system of records are matched with 

other federal, state or local government 

records. The Privacy Act requires 

agencies involved in computer matching 

programs to: 

1. Negotiate written agreements with 

the other agency or agencies 

participating in the matching programs; 

2. Provide notification to applicants 

and beneficiaries that their records are 

subject to matching; 

3. Verify information produced by 

such matching program before reducing, 

making a final denial of, suspending or 

terminating an individual’s benefits or 

payments; 

4. Publish notice of the computer 

matching program in the Federal 

Register; 

5. Furnish reports about the matching 

program to Congress and OMB; and 

6. Obtain the approval of the 

matching agreement by the Data 

Integrity Board of any Federal agency 

participating in a matching program. 

This matching program meets these 

requirements. 

Dated: December 16, 2011. 

Vicki Turetsky, 

Commissioner, Office of Child Support 

Enforcement. 

Notice of New Computer Matching 

Program 

A. Participating Agencies 

The participating agencies are OCSE, 

which is the ‘‘source agency,’’ and state 

agencies administering the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP), which are the ‘‘nonfederal agencies.’’ 

B. Purpose of the Matching Program 

The purpose of the matching program 

is to provide new hire, quarterly wage 

(QW) and unemployment insurance (UI) 

information from OCSE’s National 

Directory of New Hires (NDNH) to state 

agencies administering SNAP for the 

purpose of establishing or verifying the 

eligibility of SNAP applicants and 

recipients. The state agencies 

administering SNAP may also use the 

NDNH information for the purpose of 

updating the recipients’ reported 

participation in work activities and 

updating recipients’ and their 

employers’ contact information 

maintained by the state agencies 

administering SNAP. 

C. Authority for Conducting the Match 

The authority for conducting the 

matching program is contained in 

Section 453(j)(10) of the Social Security 

Act. 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(10). 

D. Categories of Individuals Involved 

and Identification of Records Used in 

the Matching Program 

The categories of individuals involved 

in the matching program are adult 

members of households that receive or 

have applied for SNAP benefits. The 

system of records maintained by OCSE 

from which records will be disclosed for 

the purpose of this matching program is 

the ‘‘OCSE National Directory of New 

Hires’’ (NDNH), No. 09–80–0381, last 

published in the Federal Register at 76 

FR 560 on January 5, 2011. The NDNH 

contains new hire, QW and UI 

information. The disclosure of NDNH 

information by OCSE to the state 

agencies administering SNAP is a 

‘‘routine use’’ under this system of 

records. Records resulting from the 

matching program and which are 

disclosed to state agencies 

administering the SNAP include names, 

Social Security numbers, home 

addresses and employment information. 

E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching 

Program 

The computer matching agreement 

will be effective and matching activity 

may commence the later of the 

following: 

(1) 30 days after this notice is 

published in the Federal Register or (2) 

40 days after OCSE sends a report of the 

matching program to the Congressional 

committees of jurisdiction under 5 

U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(A); and to OMB, 

unless OMB disapproves the agreement 

within the 40-day review period or 

grants a waiver of 10 days of the 40-day 

review period. The matching agreement 

will remain in effect for 18 months from 

its effective date, unless one of the 

parties to the agreement advises the 

other by written request to terminate or 

modify the agreement. The agreement is 

subject to renewal by the HHS Data 

Integrity Board for 12 additional months 

if the matching program will be 

conducted without any change and each 

party to the agreement certifies to the 

Board in writing that the program has 

been conducted in compliance with the 

agreement. 

[FR Doc. 2012–627 Filed 1–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–42–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2012–N–0018] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Healthcare 

Professional Survey of Prescription 

Drug Promotion 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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