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proposed ocean salmon fishery 

management options adopted by the 

Pacific Council. Written comments 

received at the public hearings and a 

summary of oral comments at the 

hearings will be provided to the Pacific 

Council at its April meeting. 

All public hearings begin at 7 p.m. at 

the following locations: 

March 24, 2014: Chateau Westport, 

Beach Room, 710 W Hancock, Westport, 

WA 98595, telephone: (360) 268–9101. 

March 24, 2014: Red Lion Hotel, 

South Umpqua Room, 1313 N Bayshore 

Drive, Coos Bay, OR 97420, telephone: 

(541) 267–4141. 

March 25, 2014: Hilton Sonoma Wine 

Country, Golden Gate CD Room, 3555 

Round Barn Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA 

95403, telephone: (707) 523–7555. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the STT meeting agendas 

may come before the STT for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal STT action during 

these meetings. STT action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this document and to any 

issues arising after publication of this 

document requiring emergency action 

under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the STT’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These public meetings and hearings 

are physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2280 (voice), 

or (503) 820–2299 (fax) at least 5 days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 4, 2013. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0226] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a 

Computer Matching Program 

AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data 

Center, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of a computer matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 

U.S.C. 552a) requires agencies to 

publish advance notice of any proposed 

or revised computer matching program 

by the matching agency for public 

comment. The Department of Defense 

(DoD), as the matching agency under the 

Privacy Act is hereby giving notice to 

the record subjects of a computer 

matching program between the Office of 

the Inspector General (OIG), Department 

of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the DoD 

that their records are being matched by 

computer. The purpose of this 

agreement is to verify an individual’s 

eligibility for receipt of benefits under 

programs administered by the Veterans 

Benefits Administration. 

DATES: This proposed action will 

become effective January 8, 2014 and 

matching may commence unless 

changes to the matching program are 

required due to public comments or by 

Congressional or by Office of 

Management and Budget objections. 

Public comments must be received 

before January 8, 2014. 

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: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

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: Mr. 

Samuel P. Jenkins at telephone (703) 

571–0070. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the 

Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) 

and VA have concluded an agreement to 

conduct a computer matching program 

between the agencies. The purpose of 

this agreement is to verify an 

individual’s eligibility for receipt of 

benefits under programs administered 

by the Veterans Benefits 

Administration. 

The parties to this agreement have 

determined that a computer matching 

program is the most efficient, 

expeditious, and effective means of 

obtaining the information needed by the 

VA to identify individuals that have not 

separated from military service and/or 

confirm elements of military service 

relevant to the adjudication of VA 

benefits. If this identification is not 

accomplished by computer matching, 

but is done manually, the cost would be 

prohibitive and it is possible that not all 

individuals would be identified. 

A copy of the computer matching 

agreement between VA and DMDC is 

available upon request to the public. 

Requests should be submitted to the 

Director, Defense Privacy and Civil 

Liberties Office, 241 18th Street South, 

Suite 101, Arlington, VA 22202 or to the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Veterans Benefit Administration, 810 

Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20420. 

Set forth below is the notice of the 

establishment of a computer matching 

program required by paragraph 6.c. of 

the Office of Management and Budget 

Guidelines on computer matching 

published in the Federal Register at 54 

FR 25818 on June 19, 1989. 

The matching agreement, as required 

by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended, and an advance copy 

of this notice was submitted on 

November 27, 2013, to the House 

Committee on Government Reform, the 

Senate Committee on Governmental 

Affairs, and the Administrator of the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget pursuant to paragraph 4d of 

Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A–130, 

‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities for 

Maintaining Records about 

Individuals,’’ February 8, 1996 

(February 20, 1996; 61 FR 6427). 

Dated: December 3, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

Notice of a Computer Matching 

Program Between the Office of the 

Inspector General, the Department of 

Veterans Affairs and the Department of 

Defense for Verification of Eligibility 

A. Participating Agencies: 

Participants in this computer matching 

program are the Office of the Inspector 

General of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) and the Defense Manpower 

Data Center (DMDC) of the Department 

of Defense (DoD). The VA is the source 

agency, i.e., the activity disclosing the 

records for the purpose of the match. 

The DMDC is the specific recipient 

activity or matching agency, i.e., the 

agency that actually performs the 

computer matching. 

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B. Purpose of the Match: The purpose 

of this agreement is to verify an 

individual’s eligibility for receipt of 

benefits under programs administered 

by the Veterans Benefits 

Administration. 

The VA, as the source agency, will 

provide DMDC with two electronic files, 

the VA Compensation and Pension 

(C&P) and Veterans Assistance and 

Discharge System (VADS) files. The C&P 

file contains names of veterans, SSNs, 

and compensation and pension records. 

The VADS file contains names of 

veterans, SSNs, and DD214 data. Upon 

receipt of the electronic files, DMDC 

will perform a match using the SSNs in 

the VA C&P file and the VADS file 

against the DMDC Active Duty 

Transaction, Reserve Transaction, and 

Reserve Master files. DMDC will 

provide VA OIG an electronic listing of 

VA C&P and VADS records for which 

there is no matching record from any of 

the three DMDC files, and an electronic 

listing of records that contain data that 

are inconsistent with data contained in 

the VA C&P or VADS files. VA OIG is 

responsible for verifying and 

determining that the data on the DMDC 

electronic reply file are consistent with 

the VA source file and for resolving any 

discrepancies or inconsistencies on an 

individual basis. 

C. Authority for Conducting the 

Match: The authority for VA to conduct 

this match is 5 U.S.C. App. 3, the 

Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act). 

The IG Act authorizes the VA OIG to 

conduct audits and investigations 

relating to the programs and operations 

of VA, IG Act, § 2. In addition, § 4 of the 

IG Act provides that the IG will conduct 

activities designed to promote economy 

and efficiency and to prevent and detect 

fraud and abuse in VA’s programs and 

operations. 

D. Records To Be Matched: The 

systems of records maintained by the 

respective agencies under the Privacy 

Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, 

from which records will be disclosed for 

the purpose of this computer match are 

as follows: 

VA will use personal data from the 

following Privacy Act record system for 

the match: Compensation, Pension, 

Education, and Vocational 

Rehabilitation and Employment 

Records-VA, 58VA21/22/28, April 2010. 

DoD will use personal data from the 

following Privacy Act record system for 

the match: Defense Manpower Data 

Center Data Base—DMDC 01, published 

in the Federal Register at November 23, 

2011, 76 FR 72391. 

E. Description of Computer Matching 

Program: VA, as the source agency, will 

provide DMDC with two electronic files, 

the C&P and VADS files. The C&P file 

contains names of veterans, SSNs, and 

compensation and pension records. The 

VADS file contains names of veterans, 

SSNs, and DD214 data. Upon receipt of 

the electronic files, DMDC will perform 

a match using the SSNs in the VA C&P 

file and the VADS file against the DMDC 

Active Duty Transaction, Reserve 

Transaction, and Reserve Master files. 

DMDC will provide VA OIG an 

electronic listing of VA C&P and VADS 

records for which there is no matching 

record from any of the three DMDC files, 

and an electronic listing of records that 

contain data that are inconsistent with 

data contained in the VA C&P or VADS 

files. VA OIG is responsible for verifying 

and determining that the data on the 

DMDC electronic reply file are 

consistent with the VA source file and 

for resolving any discrepancies or 

inconsistencies on an individual basis. 

The VADS file provided by VA 

contains approximately 308,000 records 

per year that include data elements 

showing veteran’s name, SSN, VA claim 

number, Date of Birth, Date of 

Discharge, and Character of Service. 

The C&P file provided by VA contains 

approximately 3.6 million records per 

year that includes data elements 

showing veteran’s stub name, SSN, Date 

of Birth, Date of Discharge, Entitlement 

Code, File Number, Combined Degree of 

Disability, Station Number/Regional 

Office Number, Suspense Segment 

Indicator, Address Line 1, Branch of 

Service, Additional Service Indicator, 

Net Award Amount, and Net Award 

Date. 

The Active Duty Transaction file 

provided by DMDC contains 

approximately 2.7 million records per 

year historically dating from 1971 to the 

present. This file includes data elements 

showing service member’s name, SSN, 

Date of Birth, Separation Program 

Designator, Interservice Separation 

code, Date of Separation, and Branch of 

Service. 

The Reserve Transaction file provided 

by DMDC contains approximately 1.5 

million records per year historically 

dating from 1977 to the present. This 

file includes data elements showing 

reserve service member’s name, SSN, 

Date of Birth, Separation Program 

Designator, Interservice Separation 

code, Date of Separation, and Branch of 

Service. 

The Reserve Master file provided by 

DMDC contains approximately 1.3 

million records per year historically 

dating from 1977 to the present. This 

file does not include character of 

service. However, a match on this file 

may indicate that the Reserve service 

member spent time on active duty while 

a member of the Reserve Forces. 

F. Inclusive Dates of the Matching 

Program: This computer matching 

program is subject to public comment 

and review by Congress and the Office 

of Management and Budget. If the 

mandatory 30 day period for comment 

has expired and no comments are 

received and if no objections are raised 

by either Congress or the Office of 

Management and Budget within 40 days 

of being notified of the proposed match, 

the computer matching program 

becomes effective and the respective 

agencies may begin the exchange at a 

mutually agreeable time and thereafter 

on a quarterly basis. By agreement 

between VA and DMDC, the matching 

program will be in effect for 18 months 

with an option to renew for 12 

additional months unless one of the 

parties to the agreement advises the 

other by written request to terminate or 

modify the agreement. 

G. For Questions, Contact: Director, 

Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties 

Office, 241 18th Street South, Suite 101, 

Arlington, VA 22202. Telephone (703) 

571–0070. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Army Science Board Winter Plenary 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 

Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR 

102–3.140 through 160, the Department 

of the Army announces the following 

committee meeting: 

Name of Committee: Army Science 

Board (ASB) Winter Plenary Session. 

Date: January 15, 2014. 

Time: 0830–0945. 

Location: Grand Hyatt San Antonio, 

600 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX 

78205. 

Purpose of Meeting: The purpose of 

the meeting is for the Army Science 

Board to review the results of the FY13 

study titled, ‘‘Creating an Innovation 

Culture in the Army’’ in an open session 

and begin work on the FY14 study 

topics. 

Agenda: The board will convene on 

January 15, 0830–0945, at the hotel 

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