[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14407-14408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06335]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[CPCLO Order No. 002-2015]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-130, notice is hereby 
given that the Department of Justice (Department or DOJ) proposes to 
amend an existing Department-wide system of records notice titled, 
``Debt Collection

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Enforcement System,'' JUSTICE/DOJ-016, last published at 77 FR 9965, on 
February 21, 2012. The Department is adding one new routine use to the 
Debt Collection Enforcement System.

DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), the public is 
given a 30-day period in which to comment. Therefore, please submit any 
comments by April 20, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The public, OMB, and Congress are invited to submit any 
comments to the Department of Justice, ATTN: Privacy Analyst, Office of 
Privacy and Civil Liberties, National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20530, or by facsimile at (202) 
307-0693.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Dauphin, Director, Debt 
Collection Management Staff, Justice Management Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, 145 N. Street NE., Washington, DC 20530, phone 
202-514-7322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOJ published a new Department-wide 
Privacy Act system of records notice on February 21, 2012, titled 
``Debt Collection Enforcement System,'' JUSTICE/DOJ-016, to reflect the 
consolidation of the Department's debt collection enforcement systems 
that were previously maintained in various individual DOJ components 
into a single, centralized system. This system of records is maintained 
by the Department to cover records used by the Department's components 
or offices, and/or contract private counsel retained by DOJ to perform 
legal, financial and administrative services associated with the 
collection of debts due the United States, including related 
negotiation, settlement, litigation, and enforcement efforts. The DOJ 
also published an accompanying exemption regulation on April 18, 2012 
(77 FR 23117), to exempt certain records in this system of records from 
certain provisions of the Privacy Act.
    In this modification, DOJ proposes to add a new routine use, 
paragraph ``u'', to allow information from the Debt Collection 
Enforcement System to be disclosed to Federal or state agencies for the 
purpose of identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments to 
an applicant for, or recipient of, Federal funds, including funds 
disbursed by a state in a state-administered, federally-funded program. 
This transfer of information is authorized pursuant to the Improper 
Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010, as amended by the 
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012; 
E.O. 13520, dated November 20, 2009; and Presidential Memorandum--
Enhancing Payment Accuracy Through a ``Do Not Pay List,'' dated June 
18, 2010, which required agencies to review existing databases known 
collectively as the ``Do Not Pay List'' before the release of any 
Federal funds. The purpose of the ``Do Not Pay List'' is to help 
prevent, reduce, and stop improper payments from being made, and to 
identify and mitigate fraud, waste, and abuse.
    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), the Department has provided a 
report to OMB and Congress on this modified system of records.

    Dated: February 25, 2015.
Erika Brown Lee,
Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, United States Department of 
Justice.
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    (u) For the purpose of identifying, preventing, or recouping 
improper payments to an applicant for, or recipient of, Federal funds, 
including funds disbursed by a state in a state-administered, 
Federally-funded program, information from this system may be disclosed 
to (a) a Federal or state agency, its employees, agents (including 
contractors of its agents) or contractors; or (b) a fiscal or financial 
agent designated by the Financial Management Service or other 
Department of the Treasury bureau or office, including employees, 
agents or contractors of such agent; or (c) a contractor of the 
Financial Management Service.
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[FR Doc. 2015-06335 Filed 3-18-15; 8:45 am]
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