Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 214 / Friday, November 3, 2000 / Notices 66279

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OCR–SM

Number of Respondents .......................................................................................................................................... 920,000 800,000

Frequency of Response .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1

Average Burden Per Response (minute) ................................................................................................................ 17 8

Estimated Annual Burden (hours) ........................................................................................................................... 260,667 106,667

(SSA Address), Social Security

Administration, DCFAM, Attn:

Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 6401

Security Blvd., 1–A–21 Operations

Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235.

(OMB Address), Office of

Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn:

Desk Officer for SSA, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th

St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: October 30, 2000.

Frederick W. Brickenkamp,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–28227 Filed 11–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–U

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of New

Routine Use

AGENCY: Social Security Administration

(SSA).

ACTION: Notification of New Routine

Use.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)

and (11)), we are notifying the public of

our intent to establish a new routine use

of information maintained in the

Privacy Act system of records entitled

Master Files of Social Security Number

(SSN) Holders and SSN Applications.

The proposed new routine use allows

SSA to verify SSNs for State bureau of

vital statistics (BVS) in the States’

Electronic Death Registration (EDR)

process. The EDR process will assist

SSA in making timely terminations of

Social Security benefits in death cases.

DATES: We filed a report of the routine

use proposal with the President of the

Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the Director, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget on

October 26, 2000. The proposed new

routine use will become effective on

December 5, 2000, unless we receive

comments on or before that date which

could result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

comment on this publication by writing

to the SSA Privacy Officer, Social

Security Administration, 3–A–6

Operations Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235.

All comments received will be available

for public inspection at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Patricia Smith, Office of Disclosure

Policy, Social Security Administration,

6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21235, telephone (410) 965–

1552 or E-mail at patgrimmett@gov.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion of the Proposed New

Routine Use

A. General

SSA received funding in fiscal year

1999 to enter into a contract with the

National Association for Public Health

Statistics and Information Systems

(NAPHSIS) to develop standards and

guidelines for States to implement an

Electronic Death Registration (EDR)

Process. EDR will result in significant

programmatic and workyear savings for

SSA, in that, SSA will receive more

accurate and timely death reports from

the States.

Under EDR, SSA’s requirements are to

receive a death report from the State

within 24 hours of receipt in the State

bureau of vital statistics (BVS) and to

verify the Social Security number (SSN)

at the beginning of the death registration

process. The result of the verification

will be that the states will allow SSA to

take an immediate termination action on

those verified numbers without

independently verifying the accuracy of

the report.

There are many participants in the

death registration process including

hospitals, medical examiners, coroners,

funeral homes and local and State

registrars. The EDR process will require

the participant who collects the SSN to

transmit the request for verification to

the State BVS who will forward the

request to SSA. In most states, funeral

directors are responsible by State law

for certifying the accuracy of that

portion of the death certificate. SSA will

send a ‘‘yes’’ or a code response if the

SSN does not verify. The codes are:

• 1—SSN not in file (never issued to

anyone)

• 2—Name and date of birth (DOB)

match, sex code does not

• 3—Name and sex code match, DOB

does not

• 4—Name matches, DOB and sex

code do not

• 5—Name does not match, DOB and

sex code not checked.

The BVS will, in turn, forward the

response to the original requestor. This

will allow the funeral director or

whoever made the request a chance to

obtain better information from the

informant in cases where the number

does not verify.

Because our records will not have any

indication of death at the time the SSN

verifications are requested, we must

treat the individuals’ records as if they

are alive. We, therefore, are proposing to

establish a new routine use under the

Privacy Act to permit the verifications.

The proposed routine use is applicable

to the Privacy Act system of records

entitled Master Files of Social Security

Numbers (SSN) and SSN Applications

and will appear as routine use number

30 in the notice of the system. The

routine use provides for the following

disclosure:

Disclosures will be made to a State bureau

of vital statistics (BVS) that is authorized by

States to issue electronic death reports when

the State BVS requests SSA to verify the

Social Security number of an individual on

whom an electronic death report will be filed

after SSN verification.

B. Compatibility of the Proposed

Routine Use

The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7)

and (b)(3)) and our disclosure regulation

(20 CFR part 401) permits us to disclose

information for routine uses; i.e.,

disclose information about individuals

without their consents for purposes

compatible with the purpose for which

the information is collected. Section

401.150 of the regulation (20 CFR

401.150) allows us to disclose

information under a routine use to

administer our programs. The SSN

verifications that will be made under

the proposed routine use would allow

SSA to receive timely death information

from the States that will result in timely

termination of Social Security benefits

when Social Security beneficiaries die.

Thus, the proposed routine use meets

the compatibility criteria of the Privacy

Act and our disclosure regulation.

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I. Effect of the Proposed Routine Use on

the Individuals Rights

Under the proposed routine use SSN

verifications will be provided to State

BVS for individuals for whom the BVS

is preparing an electronic death report.

Since the individuals would be dead,

there would be no adverse effects on

individual rights. In the event that an

SSN verification may be inadvertently

provided for an individual who is alive,

the individual’s rights would be

protected through an agreement with

the State BVS that restricts their use or

disclosure of such information.

Kenneth S. Apfel,

Commissioner of Social Security.

[FR Doc. 00–28226 Filed 11–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–29–U

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3448]

Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice

of Open Meeting

The Defense Trade Advisory Group

(DTAG) will meet in open session

beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday,

November 21, 2000, in Room F–3420 at

the National Foreign Affairs Training

Center (NFATC), 4000 Arlington Blvd.,

Arlington, VA. The membership of this

advisory committee consists of private

sector defense trade specialists,

appointed by the Assistant Secretary of

State for Political-Military Affairs, who

advise the Department on policies,

regulations, and technical issues

affecting defense trade.

As the DTAG has not met in plenary

session for some time, this meeting is

primarily organizational in nature and

will focus on establishing future work

programs.

Members of the public may attend the

open session as seating capacity allows,

and will be permitted to participate in

the discussion in accordance with the

Chairman’s instructions.

As access to the Department of State

facilities is controlled, persons wishing

to attend the meeting must notify the

DTAG Executive Secretariat by COB

Thursday, November 16, 2000. If

notified after this date, the DTAG

Secretariat cannot guarantee that State’s

Bureau of Diplomatic Security can

complete the necessary processing

required to attend the November 21

plenary.

Each non-member observer wishing to

attend should provide his/her name,

company or organizational affiliation,

date of birth, and social security number

to the DTAG Secretariat by fax to (202)

647–4232 (Attention: Mike Slack). A list

will be made up for Diplomatic Security

and the Reception Desk at the NFATC

Visitor Center. Attendees must present a

valid photo ID for entry.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Slack, DTAG Secretariat, U.S.

Department of State, Office of Regional

Security and Arms Transfers (PM/

RSAT), Room 7424 Main State,

Washington, DC 20520–2422. Phone:

(202) 647–2882, Fax (202) 647–9779.

Dated: October 30, 2000.

Timothy J. Dunn,

Executive Secretary, Defense Trade Advisory

Group.

[FR Doc. 00–28269 Filed 11–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Agreements Filed; Weekly Receipts:

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements

Filed During the Week Ending

September 15, 2000

The following Agreements were filed

with the Department of Transportation

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 412

and 414. Answers may be filed within

21 days after the filing of the

application.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7914.

Date Filed: September 11, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject: PTC COMP 0682 dated 12

September 2000, Mail Vote 084—

Resolution 010e, TC3/TC31 Special

Passenger Amending Resolution from

Japan to USA/US Territories, Intended

effective date: 15 September 2000.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7915.

Date Filed: September 11, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject: PTC2 EUR–AFR 0119 dated

12 September 2000, Mail Vote 085—

Resolution 010f, TC2 Europe-Africa

Special Passenger Amending Resolution

Fares between Durban and points in

Europe, Intended effective date: 1

October 2000.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7939.

Date Filed: September 15, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject: PTC2 EUR 0333 dated 12

September 2000, Within Europe

Expedited Resolutions r1–r13,

Minutes—PTC2 EUR 0332 dated 12

September 2000, Tables—None

Intended effective date: 1 October 2000.

Dorothy Y. Beard,

Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 00–28249 Filed 11–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements

Filed During the Week Ending October

6, 2000

The following Agreements were filed

with the Department of Transportation

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 412

and 414. Answers may be filed within

21 days after the filing of the

application.

Docket Number: OST–2000–8065.

Date Filed: October 4, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

CTC COMP 0285 dated 26 May 2000

Expedited Resolutions 002nn, 015aa

CTC COMP 0305 dated 1 September

2000—technical correction

Intended effective date: 1 August 2000.

Docket Number: OST–2000–8066.

Date Filed: October 4, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

CTC COMP 0283 dated 26 May 2000

Expedited Composite Resolutions

Intended effective date: 1 August 2000.

Docket Number: OST–2000–8067.

Date Filed: October 4, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

CTC COMP 0288 dated 2 June 2000

Worldwide Area Resolutions

(USA/US Territories)

Intended effective date: 1 October 2000.

Docket Number: OST–2000–8075.

Date Filed: October 5, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC23/TC123AFR–TC3 0107 dated 3

October 2000

Expedited Africa—TC3 Resolutions r1–

r7

Intended effective date 1 November

2000.

Docket Number: OST–2000–8076.

Date Filed: October 5, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC23/TC123 EUR–SWP 0046 dated 3

October 2000