Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 107 / Friday, June 4, 2010 / Notices 31819 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permits issued under 

the Antarctic Conservation of 1978, 

Public Law 95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

This is the required notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office, 

Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

28, 2010, the National Science 

Foundation published a notice in the 

Federal Register of a permit application 

received. A permit was issued on May 

28, 2010 to: David Ainley; Permit No. 

2011–002. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13410 Filed 6–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

AGENCY: Notice—computer matching 

between the Office of Personnel 

Management and the Social Security 

Administration. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

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

amended by the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. 

L. 100–503), Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the 

Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 

25818 published June 19, 1989), and 

OMB Circular No. A–130, revised 

November 28, 2000, ‘‘Management of 

Federal Information Resources,’’ the 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 

is publishing notice of its new computer 

matching program with the Social 

Security Administration (SSA). 

DATES: OPM will file a report of the 

subject matching program with 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, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The matching program will 

begin 30 days after the Federal Register 

notice has been published or 40 days 

after the date of OPM’s submissions of 

the letters to Congress and OMB, 

whichever is later. The matching 

program will continue for 18 months 

from the beginning date and may be 

extended an additional 12 months 

thereafter. Subsequent matches will run 

until one of the parties advises the other 

in writing of its intention to reevaluate, 

modify and/or terminate the agreement. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Marc 

Flaster, Chief, Resource Management, 

Retirement and Benefits, Office of 

Personnel Management, Room 4332, 

1900 E. Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20415. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Sparrow on (202) 606–1803. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. General 

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

amended, establishes the conditions 

under which computer matching 

involving the Federal government could 

be performed and adds certain 

protections for individuals applying for 

and receiving Federal benefits. Section 

7201 of the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

508) further amended the Privacy Act 

regarding protections for such 

individuals. 

The Privacy Act, as amended, 

regulates 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. Among other things, it requires 

Federal agencies involved in computer 

matching programs to: 

(1) Negotiate written agreements with 

the other agency for agencies 

participating in the matching programs; 

(2) Obtain the approval of the match 

agreement by the Data Integrity Boards 

(DIB) of the participating Federal 

agencies; 

(3) Furnish detailed reports about 

matching programs to Congress and 

OMB; 

(4) Notify applicants and beneficiaries 

that their records are subject to 

matching; 

(5) Verify match findings before 

reducing, suspending, terminating or 

denying an individual’s benefits or 

payments. 

B. OPM Computer Matches Subject to 

the Privacy Act 

We have taken action to ensure that 

all of OPM’s computer matching 

programs comply with the requirements 

of the Privacy Act, as amended. 

Notice of Computer Matching Program, 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 

With the Social Security 

Administration (SSA) 

A. Participating Agencies 

OPM and SSA 

B. Purpose of the Matching Program 

The purpose of this agreement is to 

establish the conditions under which 

SSA agrees to disclose tax return 

information to OPM. The SSA records 

will be used in a matching program in 

which OPM will match SSA’s tax return 

records with OPM’s records on 

disability retirees under age 60, disabled 

adult child survivors, certain retirees in 

receipt of a supplemental benefit under 

the Federal Employees Retirement 

System (FERS), and certain annuitants 

receiving a discontinued service 

retirement benefit under the Civil 

Service Retirement System (CSRS). By 

law, these annuitants and survivors are 

limited in the amount they can earn and 

still retain benefits paid to them. In the 

case of the discontinued service 

annuitants, retirement benefits cease 

upon re-employment in Federal service. 

OPM will use the SSA data to determine 

continued eligibility for benefits being 

paid. 

C. Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program 

Chapters 83 and 84 of title 5 of the 

United States Code provide the basis for 

computing annuities under CSRS and 

FERS, respectively, and require release 

of information by SSA to OPM in order 

to administer data exchanges involving 

military service performed by an 

individual after December 31, 1956. The 

CSRS requirement is codified at section 

8332(j) of title 5 of the United States 

Code; the FERS requirement is codified 

at section 8422(e)(4) of title 5 of the 

United States Code. The responsibilities 

of SSA and OPM with respect to 

information obtained pursuant to this 

agreement are also in accordance with 

the following: the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 

552a), as amended; section 307 of the 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1982 (Pub. L. 97–253), codified at 

section 8332 of title 5 of the United 

States Code; section 1306(a) of title 42 

of the United States Code; and section 

6103(1)(11) of title 26 of the United 

States Code. 

D. Categories of Records and 

Individuals Covered by the Match 

SSA will disclose data from its MBR 

file (60–0090, Master Beneficiary 

Record, SSA/OEEAS) and MEF file (60– 

0059, Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System, SSA/ 


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