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Personnel Management, and whether it

will have practical utility;

• Whether our estimate of the public

burden of this collection is accurate,

and based on valid assumptions and

methodology; and

• Ways in which we can minimize

the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through use of the appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

For copies of this proposal, contact

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 202/606–

8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.

Comments on this proposal should be

received within 10 calendar days from

the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments

to:

Mara T. Patermaster, Office of

Extragovernmental Affairs, CFC

Operations, US Office of Personnel

Management, 1900 ‘‘E’’ Street, NW,

Room 5450, Washington, DC 20415

and

Joseph Lackey, OPM Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office

Building, NW, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Excepted Service

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This gives notice of positions

placed or revoked under Schedules

placed under Schedule C in the

excepted service, as required by Civil

Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the

Competitive Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Shivery, Director, Washington Service

Center, Employment Service (202) 606–

1015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Personnel Management published its

last monthly notice updating appointing

authorities established or revoked under

the Expected Service provisions of 5

CFR part 213 October 10, 2000 (65 FR

60226). Individual authorities

established or revoked under Schedule

C between September 1, 2000, and

September 30, 2000, appear in the

listing below. Future notices will be

published on the fourth Tuesday of each

month, or as soon as possible thereafter.

A consolidated listing of all authorities

as of June 30 will also be published.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C authorities

were established during September

2000:

Department of Agriculture

Staff Assistant to the Director, Office

of Communications. Effective

September 12, 2000.

Special Assistant to the

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing

Service. Effective September 21, 2000.

Staff Assistant to the Confidential

Assistant, Office of the Secretary.

Effective September 26, 2000.

Staff Assistant to the Administrator,

Foreign Agriculture Service. Effective

September 26, 2000.

Department of Commerce

Confidential Assistant to the

Executive Assistant to the Secretary.

Effective September 12, 2000.

Department of Defense

Staff Specialist to the Deputy Under

Secretary of Defense (Environmental

Secretary). Effective September 7, 2000.

Defense Fellow to the Special

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for

White House Liaison. Effective

September 20, 2000.

Department of Education

Confidential Assistant to the Senior

Advisor to the Secretary. Effective

September 7, 2000.

Confidential Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Legislation and

Congressional Affairs. Effective

September 12, 2000.

Department of Energy

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of Management and

Administration. Effective September 7,

2000.

Director, Office of Nuclear Materials

Management Policy to the Director of

Policy. Effective September 7, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Natural Gas and

Petroleum Technology. Effective

September 28, 2000.

Deputy Director, Office of Scheduling

and Advance to the Director, Office of

Scheduling and Advance. Effective

September 28, 2000.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development

Staff Assistant to the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Congressional and

Intergovernmental Relations. Effective

September 7, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Congressional

Relations, Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Congressional Relations.

Effective September 12, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Advisor for

Management Reform and Operations.

Effective September 18, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of Executive Scheduling.

Effective September 25, 2000.

Security/Advance Coordinator to the

Director, Office of Executive

Scheduling. Effective September 28,

2000.

Department of Justice

Staff Assistant to the Assistant

Attorney General, Criminal Division.

Effective September 7, 2000.

Department of State

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Oceans and International

Environmental and Scientific Affairs.

Effective September 12, 2000.

Legislative Management Officer to the

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of

Legislative Affairs. Effective September

25, 2000.

Department of Transportation

Director, Office of Public Affairs to

the Administrator, Federal Railroad

Administration. Effective September 5,

2000.

Special Assistant to the Associate

Director for Media Relations and Special

Projects. Effective September 12, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Maritime

Administrator. Effective September 20,

2000.

Farm Credit Administration

Congressional and Public Affairs

Specialist to the Director, Office of

Congressional and Public Affairs.

Effective September 25, 2000.

National Endowment for the Humanities

Director of Governmental Affairs to

the Chief of Staff. Effective September

19, 2000.

Small Business Administration

Confidential Advisor to the Deputy

Administrator. Effective September 25,

2000.

Senior Director of Scheduling and

Advance to the Chief of Staff. Effective

September 25, 2000.

Associate Director for Field

Operations to the Associate

Administrator for Field Operations.

Effective September 26, 2000.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O.

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., P.218.

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Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program, Office of Personnel

Management/Social Security

Administration

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management (OPM).

ACTION: Publication of notice of

computer matching program to comply

with Public Law 100–503, the Computer

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of

1988.

SUMMARY: OPM is publishing notice of

its computer matching program with the

Social Security Administration (SSA) to

meet the reporting and publication

requirements of Public Law 100–503.

The purpose of the computer match is

to establish the conditions under which

SSA agrees to the disclosure of tax

return information to OPM.

DATES: The matching program will begin

in October 2000, or 40 days after

agreements by the parties participating

in the match have been submitted to

Congress and the Office of Management

and Budget, or 30 days after notice of

the match is published in the Federal

Register, whichever is later. The data

exchange will begin at a date mutually

acceptable between OPM and SSA,

unless comments are received which

will result in a contrary determination.

Subsequent matches will take place

annually on a recurring basis until one

of the parties advises the other, in

writing, of its intention to reevaluate,

modify and/or terminate the agreement.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to

William J. Washington, Acting Assistant

Director for Systems, Finance, and

Administration, 1900 E. Street, NW.,

Room 4312, Washington, DC 20415.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marc Flaster, (202) 606–2115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM and

SSA intend to conduct a computer

matching program, as described below.

The purpose of this agreement is to

establish the conditions under which

SSA agrees to the disclosure of tax

return information to OPM. The SSA

records will be used in a matching

program in which OPM will match

SSA’s tax return records with OPM’s

records on disability retirees under age

60, disabled adult child survivors,

certain retirees in receipt of a

supplemental benefit under the Federal

Employees Retirement System, and

certain annuitants receiving a

discontinued service retirement benefit

under the Civil Service Retirement

System. By law, these annuitants and

survivors are limited in the amount they

can earn and still retain benefits paid to

them. In the case of the discontinued

service annuitants, retirement benefits

will cease upon re-employment in

federal service. OPM will use the SSA

data to determine continued eligibility

for benefits being paid.

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

Report of Computer Matching Program

Between the Office of Personnel

Management and the Social Security

Administration

A. Participating Agencies

OPM and SSA.

B. Purpose of the Matching Program

Chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United

States Code (U.S.C.) require OPM to

verify earnings data supplied by civil

service annuitants. Section 6103(11) of

the Internal Revenue Code requires SSA

to disclose tax return information to

OPM to administer programs under

chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United

States Code. The purpose of this

agreement is to establish the conditions

under which SSA agrees to the

disclosure of tax return information to

OPM.

C. Authority for Conducting the

Matching Program

Public Law 97–253, Chapters 83 and

84, title 5, United States Code and 26

U.S.C. 6103(11).

D. Categories of Records and

Individuals Covered by the Match

The SSA records involved in the

match are earnings, self-employment

and other data which constitute tax

return information pursuant to 26 U.S.C.

6103. The Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System, SSA/OSR,

60–0059 (last published in the Federal

Register at 59 FR 62407, December 5,

1994), maintains records of individuals’

wages or self-employment income from

employment under Social Security. The

OPM records consist of annuity data

from its system of records entitled OPM/

Central 1—Civil Service Retirement and

Insurance Records (last published in the

Federal Register at 64 FR 54930,

October 8, 1999), as amended May 3,

2000 (65 FR 25775).

E. Description of Matching Program

OPM provides an annual electronic

finder file containing identifying

information for those records that SSA

will verify. SSA will then provide an

electronic reply file containing

information in response to OPM’s finder

file.

F. Privacy Safeguards and Security

The personal privacy of the

individuals whose names are included

in the data exchange is protected by

strict adherence to the provisions of the

Privacy Act and OMB’s ‘‘Guidance

Interpreting the Provisions of Public

Law 100–503, the Computer Matching

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988’’.

Access to the records used in the data

exchange is restricted to only those

authorized employees and officials who

need it to perform their official duties in

connection with the uses of the

information authorized in this

agreement. Records matched or created

will be stored in an area that is

physically safe. Records used in the

exchange and any records created by

this exchange will be processed under

the immediate supervision and control

of authorized personnel in a manner

which will protect the confidentiality of

the records, and in such a way that

unauthorized persons cannot retrieve

any such records by means of computer,

remote terminal or other means. The

records matched and any records

created by this agreement will be

transported under appropriate

safeguards consistent with the manner

in which they are stored and processed.

All personnel who will have access to

the records matched and to any records

created by the match will be advised of

the confidential nature of the

information, the safeguards required to

protect the information and the civil

and criminal sanctions for

noncompliance contained in applicable

federal laws.

G. Inclusive Dates of the Matching

Program

This computer matching program is

subject to review by the Congress and

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB). OPM’s report to these parties

must be received at least 40 days prior

to the initiation of any matching

activity. If no objections are raised by

either Congress or OMB, and the

mandatory 30 day public notice period

for comment for this Federal Register

notice expires, with no significant

receipt of adverse public comments

resulting in a contrary determination,

then this computer matching program

becomes effective. By agreement