Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 12, 2010 / Notices 26847 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Vivian Drake, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11322 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 SelfEmployment 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 handdelivery 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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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA). 

ACTION: Notice of Establishment of New 

System of Records. 

SUMMARY: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552(e) (4)) requires that all 

agencies publish in the Federal Register 

a notice of the existence and character 

of their systems of records. Notice is 

hereby given that the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA) is establishing a 

new system of records entitled 

‘‘Investigative Database-OMI–VA’’ 

(162VA10MI). 

DATES: Comments on this new system of 

records must be received no later than 

June 11, 2010. If no public comment is 

received, the new system will become 

effective June 11, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http:// 

www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to Director, Regulations 

Management (02REG), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 

20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026. 

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 (this is not a toll-free 

number) 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: 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 

Privacy Officer, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420; telephone (704) 

245–2492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Description of Proposed System of 

Records 

The Office of the Medical Inspector 

(OMI) conducts two different types of 

investigations for the VHA—case 

investigations and national quality 

assessments—both of which usually 

involve the collection of personal 

identifiable information (PII). National 

quality assessments result from a 

specific requirement assigned by the 

Secretary, the Under Secretary for 

Health (USH), or the Principal Deputy 

Under Secretary for Health (PDUSH). 

The OMI may also identify critical 

quality of care issues and initiate 

assessment projects. These assessments 

may include Web-based surveys, site 

visits, extraction of source data from VA 

data systems at the Austin Information 

and Technology Center, or use of the 

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