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the U.S. have been selected to provide 

industry-specific assistance to small 

businesses, and to develop industry 

relationships and supply chains within 

their regions. Clusters—geographically 

concentrated groups of interconnected 

businesses, suppliers, service providers, 

and associated institutions in a 

particular industry or field—act as a 

networking hub to convene a number of 

resources to help navigate the funding, 

procurement, and supply-chain 

opportunities in a specific industry. 

SBA is conducting an evaluation of 

the Regional Innovation Clusters 

initiative to determine how the clusters 

have developed, the type and volume of 

services they provided to small 

businesses, client perceptions of the 

program, and the various outcomes 

related to their existence, including 

collaboration among firms, innovation, 

and small business growth. Small 

business growth will be compared to the 

overall growth of firms in those same 

regions and industries. This evaluation 

will also include lessons learned and 

success stories. SBA proposes the use of 

three instruments for data collection 

and analysis of three distinct 

populations. These instruments are: (1). 

Small Business Survey, (2.) Large 

Organization Survey and (3.) Cluster 

Administrator Survey. In addition, SBA 

plans to interview each of the 11 cluster 

administrators several times a year 

regarding program impact and successes 

or challenges, and to obtain 

clarifications on information provided 

in quarterly reports. Each of the 

proposed surveys will be administered 

electronically and will contain both 

open- and close-ended questions. The 

information collected and analyzed 

from these instruments will contribute 

to monitoring performance metrics and 

program goals, as well as 

recommendations on improving 

program practices. 

Solicitation of Public Comments 

Comments may be submitted on (a) 

whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to properly 

perform its functions; (b) whether the 

burden estimates are accurate; (c) 

whether there are ways to minimize the 

burden, including through the use of 

automated techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) whether 

there are ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information. 

OMB Control Number: 3245–0392. 

Title: Regional Innovation Clusters 

(RIC) Initiative Evaluation Study. 

Description of Respondents: 

Interconnected businesses, Suppliers, 

Service providers, and associated 

institutions. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 1,240. 

Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 388. 

Curtis Rich, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2022–0019] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Privacy Act, as 

amended, this notice announces a new 

matching program with the Center for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

This matching agreement establishes the 

terms, conditions, and safeguards under 

which CMS will disclose to SSA 

Medicare non-utilization information 

for Social Security Title II beneficiaries 

aged 90 and above. CMS will identify 

Medicare enrollees whose records have 

been inactive for three or more years. 

SSA will use this data as an indicator 

to select and prioritize cases for review 

to determine continued eligibility for 

benefits under Title II of the Social 

Security Act (Act). SSA will contact 

these individuals to verify ongoing 

eligibility. SSA will use this data for the 

purposes of fraud discovery and the 

analysis of fraud program operations; 

this agreement allows for SSA’s Office 

of Anti-Fraud Programs (OAFP) to 

evaluate the data for the purposes of 

fraud detection. SSA will refer 

individual cases of suspected fraud, 

waste, or abuse to the Office of the 

Inspector General (OIG) for 

investigation. 

DATES: The deadline to submit 

comments on the proposed matching 

program is August 1, 2022. The 

matching program will be applicable on 

July 1, 2022, or once a minimum of 30 

days after publication of this notice has 

elapsed, whichever is later. The 

matching program will be in effect for 

a period of 18 months. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of three methods—internet, 

fax, or mail. Do not submit the same 

comments multiple times or by more 

than one method. Regardless of which 

method you choose, please state that 

your comments refer to Docket No. 

SSA–2022–0019 so that we may 

associate your comments with the 

correct regulation. 

Caution: You should be careful to 

include in your comments only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. We strongly urge you 

not to include in your comments any 

personal information, such as Social 

Security numbers or medical 

information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

that you submit your comments via the 

internet. Please visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function to find docket number SSA– 

2022–0019 and then submit your 

comments. The system will issue you a 

tracking number to confirm your 

submission. You will not be able to 

view your comment immediately 

because we must post each submission 

manually. It may take up to a week for 

your comments to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966– 

0869. 

3. Mail: Matthew Ramsey, Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, G–401 WHR, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–6401, or emailing 

Matthew.Ramsey@ssa.gov. Comments 

are also available for public viewing on 

the Federal eRulemaking portal at 

https://www.regulations.gov or in 

person, during regular business hours, 

by arranging with the contact person 

identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Interested parties may submit general 

questions about the matching program 

to Melissa Feldhan, Division Director, 

Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office 

of the General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, G–401 WHR, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–6401, at telephone: (410) 965– 

1416, or send an email to 

Melissa.Feldhan@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Matthew Ramsey, 

Executive Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

Participating Agencies 

SSA and CMS. 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

The legal authority for this agreement 

is executed in compliance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended by the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Act (CMPPA) of 

1988 (Pub. L. 100–503), including 5 

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3); section 1106 of the 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1306); and Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 


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1Section 202(t) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 402(t). 

2Section 202(t)(2), (4), (11) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

402(t)(2), (4), (11). 

guidelines pertaining to computer 

matching at 54 FR 25818 (June 19, 

1989). 

Section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 402) 

outlines the requirements for eligibility 

to receive Old-Age, Survivors, and 

Disability Insurance Benefits under Title 

II of the Act. Section 205(c) of the Act 

(42 U.S.C. 405) directs the 

Commissioner of Social Security to 

verify the eligibility of a beneficiary. 

This matching program employs CMS 

systems containing Protected Health 

Information (PHI) as defined by Health 

and Human Services (HHS) regulation 

‘‘Standards for Privacy of Individually 

Identifiable Health Information’’ (45 

CFR 160 and 164 (78 FR 5566, Parts A 

and E, published January 25, 2013)). PHI 

authorized by the routine uses may only 

be disclosed by CMS if, and as 

permitted or required by the ‘‘Standard 

for Privacy in Individually Identifiable 

Health Information,’’ (45 CFR 164.512d). 

Purpose(s) 

This matching program establishes 

the terms, conditions, and safeguards 

under which CMS will disclose to SSA 

Medicare non-utilization information 

for Social Security Title II beneficiaries 

aged 90 and above. 

CMS will identify Medicare enrollees 

whose records have been inactive for 

three or more years. SSA will use this 

data as an indicator to select and 

prioritize cases for review to determine 

continued eligibility for benefits under 

Title II of the Act. SSA will contact 

these individuals to verify ongoing 

eligibility. In addition, SSA will use this 

data for the purposes of fraud discovery 

and the analysis of fraud program 

operations; this agreement allows for 

SSA’s OAFP to evaluate the data for 

purposes of fraud detection. SSA will 

refer individual cases of suspected 

fraud, waste, or abuse to OIG for 

investigation. 

Categories of Individuals 

The individuals whose information is 

involved in this matching program are 

Social Security Title II beneficiaries 

aged 90 and above. 

Categories of Records 

SSA will provide CMS with a finder 

file containing the following 

information for each individual: (a) Title 

II Claim Account Number (CAN); (b) 

Title II Beneficiary Identification Code 

(BIC); (c) First Name, (d) Last Name, and 

(e) Date of birth. 

CMS will provide SSA with a 

response file containing the following 

information for each individual: (a) 

CMS File Number (identified as a 

Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) 

or Medicare Beneficiary Identifier 

(MBI)); (b) Whether CMS matched 

Beneficiary or individual is a Medicare 

beneficiary; (c) Whether individual is a 

Medicaid recipient, (d) Whether 

Medicare was used in the last 3 years; 

(e) Whether the beneficiary is a part of 

an HMO; (f) Whether the beneficiary 

lives in a nursing home; (g) Whether the 

beneficiary has private health insurance; 

(h) Whether the beneficiary has 

veteran’s health insurance; or (i) 

Whether the beneficiary has Tricare 

insurance. 

System(s) of Records 

SSA will disclose to CMS information 

from the Master Beneficiary Record 

(MBR) (60–0090), last fully published 

January 11, 2006 (71 FR 1826), amended 

on December 10, 2007 (72 FR 69723), 

July 5, 2013 (78 FR 40542), July 3, 2018 

(83 FR 31250–31251), and November 1, 

2018 (83 FR 54969). 

SSA will retain any information from 

the CMS response file in the Anti-Fraud 

Enterprise Solution (AFES) System of 

Records for OAFP fraud-related 

analytics, or data that leads to OAFP to 

initiate a fraud investigation (60–0388) 

published May 3, 2018 (83 FR 19588). 

CMS will disclose to SSA information 

from the following Systems of Record 

(SORs): (a) National Claims History 

(NCH) (09–70–0558), published 

November 20, 2006 (71 FR 67137); (b) 

Enrollment Data Base (EDB) (09–70– 

0502), published February 26, 2008 at 

73 FR 10249; and (c) The Long Term 

Care—Minimum Data Set (MDS) (90– 

70–0528), published March 19, 2007 at 

72 FR 12801. 

SSA’s and CMS’s SORs have routine 

uses permitting the disclosures needed 

to conduct this match. 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2020–0054] 

Finding Regarding Foreign Social 

Insurance or Pension System of 

Mongolia 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of finding regarding 

foreign social insurance or pension 

system of Mongolia. 

SUMMARY: We find that, under the Alien 

Nonpayment Provision of the Social 

Security Act (Act), as amended, citizens 

of Mongolia may not continue to receive 

Social Security benefits under title II 

after 6 consecutive calendar months of 

absence from the United States, unless 

they meet an exception not related to 

citizenship of Mongolia. This finding is 

based on law, information, and data we 

received about the social insurance 

system of Mongolia. The Commissioner 

of Social Security delegated the 

authority to make this finding to the 

Deputy Commissioner for Retirement 

and Disability Policy. 

DATES: We will implement this finding 

on July 1, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Icie 

K. Allen, Office of Income Security 

Programs, 2500 Robert Ball Building, 

6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–6401, (410) 965–8945. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

prohibited by law from paying benefits 

under title II of the Act to non-U.S. 

citizens who remain outside the United 

States for more than six consecutive 

calendar months, unless they meet an 

exception provided in the law. We refer 

to this portion of the law as the Alien 

Nonpayment Provision (ANP).1

We recently reviewed the Mongolian 

social insurance system to determine if 

it meets the criteria for an ANP 

exception. This is our first finding about 

the social insurance system of Mongolia 

under the ANP. As a result of this 

finding, citizens of Mongolia will still 

be required to meet an exception 

unrelated to citizenship in order to 

continue receiving benefits under title II 

of the Act after six consecutive calendar 

months outside the United States. 

Background: The ANP, section 202(t) 

of the Act, prohibits payment of title II 

benefits to individuals who are not U.S. 

citizens or nationals for any month after 

they have been outside the United 

States for more than six consecutive 

calendar months. Beneficiaries who 

meet one of the exceptions described in 

the ANP may continue to receive 

benefits under title II without regard to 

absence from the United States. Some of 

these exceptions require that 

dependents and survivors meet a 5-year 

U.S. residency requirement for benefits 

to continue after six consecutive 

calendar months of absence from the 

United States.2

To determine whether the social 

insurance or pension system meets the 

criteria for an exception under section 

202(t) of the Act, we review the foreign 

country’s laws. In addition, we review 

information and data that we receive 

from the administrators of the social 

insurance or pension system of that 

country. The Commissioner of the 

Social Security Administration 

publishes these findings in the Federal 

Register. 


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