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223, Washington, DC 20227, or by 

electronic mail to 

Tom.Dugan@fms.treas.gov. Comments 

received will be available for inspection 

at the same address between the hours 

of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through 

Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Dungan, Financial Management Service, 

Debt Management Services, (202) 874–

7349. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Financial Management Service (FMS) 

operates several programs to facilitate 

collection or resolution of debts owed to 

the Federal Government and states, 

including past due support being 

enforced by states. One of these 

programs is FMS’s cross-servicing 

program, wherein Federal agencies refer 

their debts to FMS for a broad range of 

debt collection actions. FMS maintains 

records on individuals who owe debts 

to the Federal Government, and such 

records are maintained in its ‘‘Debt 

Collection Operations System’’ system 

of records. 

In 2006, FMS will begin obtaining 

data from the Department of Health and 

Human Service’s new hire database to 

assist in the collection of delinquent 

debts, as authorized by statute (42 

U.S.C. 653(j)(9)). In anticipation of this 

event, FMS conducted a complete 

review of its system of records notice 

entitled ‘‘Treasury/FMS .014—Debt 

Collection Operations System,’’ to 

determine if any alterations were 

necessary. FMS has determined that the 

system of records notice should be 

clarified in certain respects. 

First, FMS is altering this system of 

records to clarify the categories of 

records in the system by specifically 

listing ‘‘information concerning the 

financial status of the debtor and his/her 

household’’ as part of the information 

about the debtor the system may 

include. Financial information about the 

debtor and or his/her household is used 

in considering debt collection actions, 

such as whether to consider a 

compromise or installment payment 

agreement. Financial information is 

included in the existing system, but is 

not independently identified as a 

separate record category. FMS believes 

that the system of records notice should 

state explicitly that the records could 

include financial information about an 

individual and/or his/her household. 

Second, FMS is revising its routine 

use disclosure number (6), which 

currently authorizes disclosure to the 

Department of Justice (DOJ) for the 

purpose of litigation to enforce 

collection of a delinquent debt or to 

obtain DOJ’s concurrence in a decision 

to compromise, suspend, or terminate 

collection action on a debt. The revision 

authorizes disclosure to any Federal 

agency when requested in connection 

with any legal proceeding, not just for 

litigation to enforce collection on a 

delinquent debt. This routine use is 

being revised because records contained 

in this system may be relevant and 

pertinent to a variety of proceedings, 

including administrative proceedings, 

though not specifically to enforce 

collection of a debt. Where records 

maintained in this system are relevant 

and pertinent to official legal 

proceedings, disclosure of those records 

to federal agencies should be 

authorized. 

Finally, FMS is altering the record 

source categories to indicate that a 

source federal agency may include an 

agency that has financial or employment 

information about the debtor but is not 

the debtor’s employer. For example, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services will be a source agency for this 

system, and the records provided will 

not necessarily be limited to records of 

those individuals who are employed by 

HHS. 

The report of an altered system of 

records, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) 

of the Privacy Act, has been submitted 

to the Committee on Government 

Reform of the House of Representatives, 

the Committee on Homeland Security 

and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget, pursuant to Appendix I to OMB 

Circular A–130, ‘‘Federal Agency 

Responsibilities for Maintaining 

Records About Individuals,’’ dated 

November 30, 2000. 

For the reasons set forth above, FMS 

proposes to alter system of records 

Treasury/FMS .014, ‘‘Debt Collection 

Operations System—Treasury/Financial 

Management Service,’’ as follows: 

Treasury/FMS .014 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Debt Collection Operations System—

Treasury/Financial Management 

Service. 

* * * * * 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

* * * * * 

Description of changes: The second 

sentence is revised to read as follows: 

‘‘The records may contain identifying 

information, such as name(s) and 

taxpayer identifying number (i.e., Social 

Security number or employer 

identification number); debtor contact 

information, such as work and home 

address, and work and home telephone 

numbers; information concerning the 

financial status of the debtor and his/her 

household, including income, assets, 

liabilities or other financial burdens, 

and any other resources from which the 

debt may be recovered; and name of 

employer and employer address.’’

* * * * * 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

* * * * * 

Description of changes: Routine use 

(6) is revised to read as follows: 

‘‘(6) The Department of Justice or 

other Federal agency: 

a. When requested in connection with 

a legal proceeding, or 

b. To obtain concurrence in a decision 

to compromise, suspend, or terminate 

collection action on a debt.’’

* * * * * 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Description of changes: The current 

paragraph is revised to read as follows: 

‘‘Information in this system is 

provided by the individual on whom 

the record is maintained; Federal and 

state agencies to which the debt is 

owed; Federal agencies and other 

entities that employ the individual or 

have information concerning the 

individual’s employment or financial 

resources; Federal and state agencies 

issuing payments; collection agencies, 

locator and asset search companies; 

credit bureaus; Federal, state or local 

agencies furnishing identifying 

information and/or address of debtor 

information; or from public 

documents.’’

* * * * * 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Wesley T. Foster, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Prosthetics 

and Special Disabilities Programs; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Prosthetics and Special 

Disabilities Program will be held March 

20–21, 2007 in Room 230, at VA Central 

Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The sessions will 

convene at 8:30 a.m. each day and will 

adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on March 20 and 


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will end at 12 noon on March 21. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on VA’s prosthetic programs designed to 

provide state-of-the-art prosthetics and 

the associated rehabilitation research, 

development, and evaluation of such 

technology. The Committee also 

provides advice to the Secretary on 

special disability programs which are 

defined as any program administered by 

the Secretary to serve veterans with 

spinal cord injury, blindness or vision 

impairment, loss of or loss of use of 

extremities, deafness or hearing 

impairment, or other serious 

incapacities in terms of daily life 

functions. 

On March 20, the Committee will be 

briefed by the Chief of Rehabilitation 

Service; the Director, Blind 

Rehabilitation Service; the Chief 

Consultant, Prosthetics and Clinical 

Logistics; the Chief Consultant, Spinal 

Cord Injury and Disorder Service; and 

the Acting Director of Rehabilitation 

Research and Development Service. On 

March 21, the Committee will be briefed 

by the Director of the Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Compensation and 

Pension Service. 

No time will be allocated for receiving 

oral presentations from the public. 

However, members of the public may 

direct questions or submit written 

statements for review by the Committee 

in advance of the meeting to Ms. 

Cynthia Wade, Designated Federal 

Officer, Veterans Health Administration, 

Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation 

Strategic Healthcare Group (117), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. any member of the public 

wishing to attend the meeting should 

contact Ms. Wade at (202) 273–8485. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–976 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

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