61022 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 199 / Friday, October 13, 2000 / Notices

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports, Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–26296 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of Computer Matching

Program.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

intends to conduct a recurring computer

program matching records from the

Bureau of Prisons (BOP) of the

Department of Justice with VA

compensation pension and dependency

and indemnity compensation (DIC)

records.

The purpose of the match is to verify

continuing eligibility for Federal benefit

programs of those who are confined for

a period exceeding 60 days due to a

conviction for a felony or misdemeanor.

VA has the obligation to reduce or

suspend compensation, pension, and

dependency and indemnity

compensation benefit payments to

veterans and VA beneficiaries on the

61st day following conviction and

incarceration in the Federal institution

for a felony or misdemeanor. VA also

has the obligation to reduce educational

assistance to any recipient who is

incarcerated for a felony conviction.

VA plans to match records of VA

beneficiaries with those reported by

BOP as being incarcerated and to adjust

their VA benefits accordingly. VA will

use the BOP records provided in the

match to update the master records of

VA beneficiaries and to adjust their VA

benefits, accordingly, if needed.

Records To Be Matched

The VA records involved in the match

are the VA system of records,

Compensation, Pension, Education and

Rehabilitation Records—VA (58 VA 21/

22) first published at 41 FR 9294, March

3, 1976 and last amended at 65 FR

37605 (June 15, 2000). The data

elements provided to VA will be taken

from BOP’s Inmate Central Records

System, Justice/BOP–005, published on

June 7, 1884. In accordance with Title

5 U.S.C. subsection 552a(o)(2) and (r),

copies of the agreement are being sent

to both Houses of Congress and to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB).

This notice is provided in accordance

with the provisions of the Privacy Act

of 1974 as amended by Public Law 100–

503.

DATES: The match will start no sooner

than 30 days after publication in the

Federal Register and end not more than

18 months after the agreement is

properly implemented by the parties.

The involved agencies’ Data Integrity

Boards (DIB) may extend this match for

12 months provided the agencies certify

to their DIBs within three months of the

ending date of the original match that

the matching program will be conducted

without change and that the matching

program has been conducted in

compliance with the original matching

program.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

submit written comments to the

Director, Office of Regulations

Management (02D), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Room 1154, Washington, DC

20420. Comments will be available for

public inspection at the above address

in the Office of Regulations

Management, Room 1158, between 8

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Mondays through

Fridays, except holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Trowbridge (212), (202) 273–7318.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

information is required by Title 5 U.S.C.

subsection 552a(e)(12), the Privacy Act

of 1974. A copy of this notice has been

provided to both House of Congress and

OMB.

Approved: September 29, 2000.

Hershel W. Gober,

Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–26293 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA).

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to System

of Records—Veterans, Dependents of

Veterans, and VA Beneficiary Survey

Records—VA (43VA008) (formerly

43VA71).

SUMMARY: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5

U.S.C. 552(e)(4)) requires that all

agencies publish in the Federal Register

a notice of the existence and character

of their system of records. Notice is

hereby given that VA is amending a

system of records entitled ‘‘Veterans,

Dependents of Veterans, and VA

Beneficiary Survey Records (43VA71)’’

as set forth in the Federal Register 40

FR 38095 (August 26, 1975) and

amended at 48 FR 52798 (November 22,

1983) and 54 FR 20667 (May 12, 1989).

VA is amending the system number and

the paragraphs on System Location;

Categories of Records in the System;

Authority for Maintenance of the

System; Policies and Practices for

Storing, Retrieving, Accessing,

Retaining, and Disposing of Records in

the System; including Safeguards;

System Manager(s) and Address; and

Record Source Categories. VA is adding

paragraphs on Purpose(s) and Routine

Uses of Records Maintained in the

System, including Categories of Users

and the Purpose of Such Uses.

DATES: Comments on the establishment

of this amended system of records must

be received no later than November 13,

2000. If no public comment is received

during the period allowed for comment

or unless otherwise published in the

Federal Register by VA, the system will

become effective November 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted to Director, Office of

Regulations Management (02D),

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810

Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

20420. Comments will be available for

public inspection at the above address

in the Office of Regulations

Management, Room 1154, between the

hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding Federal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Krumhaus, Department of

Veterans Affairs, Program Analysis

Service (008A1), 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

5108.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

number of the system is changed to

43VA008 to reflect the new designation

for the Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Planning and Analysis.

The system location is changed to

reflect the new name of VA Data

Processing Center in Austin, Texas,

which is now known as the Austin

Automation Center (AAC).

The paragraph concerning the

categories of records in the system has

been amended to more accurately reflect

the records maintained in the system.

Additionally, VA is amending the

categories of records to reflect the fact

that VA may also include information

obtained from other VA systems of

records, the Department of Defense

(DoD), and the Department of Health

and Human Services (HHS).

Information in this system of records

is obtained from survey questionnaire