Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2001 / Notices 30049

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 01–13849 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of

Amended Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

intends to conduct a recurring computer

program matching Internal Revenue

Service (IRS) records with VA pension

and parents’ dependency and indemnity

compensation (DIC) records.

The goal of this match is to compare

income status as reported to VA with

records maintained by IRS.

VA plans to match records of

veterans, surviving spouses and

children who receive pension, and

parents who receive DIC, with data from

the IRS income tax return information

as it relates to unearned income.

VA will use this information to adjust

VA benefit payments as prescribed by

law. The proposed matching program

will enable VA to ensure accurate

reporting of income.

Records To Be Matched: VA records

involved in the match are the VA

system of records, Compensation,

Pension, Education and Rehabilitation

Records—VA (58 VA 21/22). The IRS

records will come from the Wage and

Information Returns (IRP) Processing

File, Treas/IRS 22.061, hereafter referred

to as the Information Return Master File

(IRMF), as published at 63 FR 69852

(December 17, 1998) through the

Disclosure of Information to Federal,

State and Local Agencies (DIFSLA)

program. 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 of this

Notice in the Federal Register, or 40

days after copies of this Notice and the

agreement of the parties are submitted

to Congress and OMB, whichever is

later, 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 persons are

invited to submit written comments,

suggestions, or objections regarding the

proposal to conduct the matching

program to the Director, Office of

Regulations Management (02D),

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810

Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 1154,

Washington, DC 20420. All written

comments received will be available for

public inspection in the Office of

Regulations Management, Room 1158,

810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20420, between 8 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday

except holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Trowbridge (212A), (202) 273–7218.

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 Houses of Congress

and OMB.

Approved: May 21, 2001.

Anthony J. Principi,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 01–13847 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974, Addition of

Routine Use to System of Records

Veterans and Beneficiaries

Identification and Records Location

Subsystem—VA

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice; addition of routine use.

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy

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

is hereby given that the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to add a

routine use to the system of records

‘‘Veterans and Beneficiaries

Identification and Records Location

Subsystem—VA (38VA21).’’

DATES: The proposed routine use will be

effective July 5, 2001, unless comments

are received before this date which

would result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

concerning the proposed amendment to

the routine use may be mailed to the

Office of Regulations Management

(02D), Department of Veterans Affairs,

810 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC

20420.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Trowbridge, Consultant, Compensation

and Pension Service, Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave.,

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

7218.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There is

an ongoing computer matching program

between the Department of Veterans

Affairs (VA) and the Department of

Education (ED) to provide ED with

information about the veteran status of

applicants for Federal financial aid.

Veteran status is relevant to the

financial aid process because ED treats

veterans as independent applicants—

which means that they are not required

to provide parental financial

information. ED uses the computer

match with VA to quickly verify the

veteran status of many financial aid

applicants. In a memorandum dated

September 30, 1998, VA’s Office of

General Counsel stated that routine use

#2 in the system of records 38VA21 was

legally sufficient to support the existing

computer match with ED but

recommended that VA promulgate a

new routine use in this system of

records specifically authorizing

disclosure for the purpose of conducting

computer matches.

VA proposes to add this routine use

to the following system of records

which is contained in the Federal

Register: ‘‘Veterans and Beneficiaries

Identification and Records Location

Subsystem—VA (38VA21).’’

A ‘‘Report of Altered System’’ and an

advance copy of the revised system have

been sent to the Chairmen and Ranking

Minority Members of the Committee on

Government Reform of the U.S. House

of Representatives and the Committee

on Governmental Affairs of the U.S.

Senate, and to the Office of Management

and Budget, as required by 5 U.S.C.

552a(o) and guidelines issued by the

Office of Management and Budget.

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments, suggestions,

or objections regarding the proposed

amended routine use statement to the

Director, Office of Regulations

Management (02D), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave.,

NW, Washington, DC 20420. All

relevant material received on or before

July 5, 2001 will be considered. All

written comments received will be

available for public inspection at the

above address in the Office of

Regulations Management, Room 1158,