[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 26847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11372]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA) intends to continue a recurring computer program matching Social 
Security Administration (SSA) records with VA pension and parents' 
dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) records.
    The goal of this match is to compare income and employment status 
as reported to VA with wage records maintained by SSA.
    VA plans to match records of veterans, surviving spouses and 
children who receive pension, and parents who receive DIC, with SSA 
income tax return information as it relates to earned income. VA will 
also match records of veterans receiving disability compensation at the 
100 percent rate based on unemployability with SSA income tax return 
information as it relates to earned 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 and employment status.
    The authority for this matching program is 38 U.S.C. 5106, which 
requires Federal agencies to furnish VA with information necessary to 
determine eligibility for or amount of benefits. In addition, 26 U.S.C. 
6103(l)(7) authorizes the disclosure of tax return information to VA.
    Records to be Matched: VA records involved in the match are the VA 
system of records, ``Compensation, Pension, Education, and Vocational 
Rehabilitation and Employment Records--VA (58VA21/22/28),'' published 
at 74 FR 29275 (June 19, 2009). The SSA records will come from the 
Earnings Recording and Self-Employment Income System, SSA/OSR, 60-0059. 
In accordance with title 5, U.S.C., subsection 552a(o)(2) and (r), 
copies of the agreement are being sent to the appropriate Congressional 
committees 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: Written comments may be submitted through http://www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to the Director, 
Regulations Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Ave., NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to (202) 
273-9026. Copies of comments received will be available for public 
inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Room 
1063B, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday 
(except holidays). Please call (202) 461-4902 for an appointment. In 
addition, during the comment period, comments may be viewed online 
through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.Regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janise Johnson (212B), (202) 461-9700.

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 the appropriate Congressional committees 
and OMB.

    Approved: April 23, 2010.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-11372 Filed 5-11-10; 8:45 am]
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