[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 102 (Thursday, May 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29774-29775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12750]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Office of Child Support Enforcement; Privacy Act of 1974; 
Computer Matching Agreement

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of a computer matching program.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 522a), as 
amended, OCSE is publishing notice of a computer matching program 
between OCSE and state agencies administering the Temporary Assistance 
for Needy Families (TANF) program.

DATES: HHS invites interested parties to review, submit written data, 
comments, or arguments to the agency about the matching program until 
June 28, 2010. As required by the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(r)), HHS 
on May 21, 2010, sent a report of a Computer Matching Program to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives, and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The matching program 
effective date is estimated to be July 13, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit written comment on this notice 
by writing to Linda Deimeke, Director, Division of Federal Systems, 
Office of Automation and Program Operations, Office of Child Support 
Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447. Comments received will be 
available for public inspection at this address from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Monday through Friday. Comments may also be submitted electronically 
via the Internet at: http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Deimeke, Director, Division of 
Federal Systems, Office of Automation and Program Operations, Office of 
Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, 
370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447; telephone (202) 401-
5439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 
amended, provides for certain protections for individuals applying for 
and receiving federal benefits. The law governs the use of computer 
matching by federal agencies when records in a system of records are 
matched with other federal, state or local government records. The 
Privacy Act requires agencies involved in computer matching programs 
to:
    1. Negotiate written agreements with the other agency or agencies 
participating in the matching programs;
    2. Provide notification to applicants and beneficiaries that their 
records are subject to matching;
    3. Verify information produced by such matching program before 
reducing, making a final denial of, suspending, or terminating an 
individual's benefits or payments;
    4. Publish notice of the computer matching program in the Federal 
Register;
    5. Furnish reports about the matching program to Congress and OMB; 
and
    6. Obtain the approval of the matching agreement by the Data 
Integrity Board of any federal agency participating in a matching 
program.
    This matching program meets these requirements.


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    Dated: May 17, 2010.
Vicki Turetsky,
Commissioner, Office of Child Support Enforcement.

Notice of Computer Matching Program

A. Participating Agencies

    The participating agencies are OCSE, which is the ``recipient 
agency,'' and state agencies administering TANF programs, which are the 
``source agencies.''

B. Purpose of the Matching Program

    The purpose of the matching program is to provide new hire, 
unemployment insurance (UI), and quarterly wage (QW) information from 
OCSE's National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) to state agencies 
administering TANF programs for the purpose of verifying the 
eligibility of adult TANF recipients residing in the state and, if 
ineligible, to take such action as may be authorized by law and 
regulation. State agencies administering the TANF programs may also use 
the NDNH information for the purpose of updating the recipients' 
reported participation in work activities and updating contact 
information of recipients and their employers.

C. Authority for Conducting the Match

    The authority for conducting the matching program is contained in 
section 453(j)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)(3)).

D. Categories of Individuals Involved and Identification of Records 
Used in the Matching Program

    The categories of individuals involved in the matching program are 
adult recipients of benefits under TANF programs administered by state 
agencies. The system of records maintained by OCSE from which records 
will be disclosed for the purpose of this matching program is the 
``Location and Collection System'' (LCS), No. 09-90-0074, last 
published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 51446 on September 7, 2007. 
The LCS includes the NDNH, which contains new hire, QW, and UI 
information. Disclosures of NDNH information to the state agencies 
administering TANF programs is a ``routine use'' under this system of 
records. Records resulting from the matching program and which are 
disclosed to state agencies administering TANF programs include names, 
Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment information.

E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching Program

    The computer matching agreement will be effective and matching 
activity may commence the later of the following: (1) July 13, 2010; 
(2) 30 days after this Notice is published in the Federal Register; or 
(3) 40 days after OCSE sends a report of the matching program to the 
Congressional committees of jurisdiction under 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(A) 
and to OMB, unless OMB disapproves the agreement within the 40-day 
review period or grants a waiver of 10 days of the 40-day review 
period. The matching agreement will remain in effect for 18 months from 
its effective date, unless one of the parties to the agreement advises 
the other by written request to terminate or modify the agreement. The 
agreement is subject to renewal by the HHS Data Integrity Board for 12 
additional months if the matching program will be conducted without any 
change and each party to the agreement certifies to the Board in 
writing that the program has been conducted in compliance with the 
agreement.

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