[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13511-13512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6025]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Amended Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
intends to conduct a recurring computer matching program matching 
Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) active 
duty records with VA disability Compensation records.
    The goal of this match is to identify VA disability compensation 
benefit recipients who return to active duty, and to adjust or 
terminate benefits, if appropriate.
    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to match records of 
veterans who receive disability compensation from VA with active duty 
records maintained by DOD. The match with DOD will provide VA with data 
from the Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base. VA will use the data 
to update the master records of VA beneficiaries receiving disability 
compensation benefits and to adjust VA benefit payments as prescribed 
by law. Otherwise, information about a VA beneficiary's return to 
active duty is obtained from reporting by the beneficiary. The proposed 
matching program will enable VA to ensure accurate reporting of return 
to active duty.
    Records to be Matched: The VA records involved in the match are the 
VA system of records, Compensation, Pension, Education and 
Rehabilitation Records--VA (58 VA 21/22) contained in the Privacy Act 
Issuances, 1991 compilation, Volume II, pages 967-971 as amended. The 
DOD records consist of information from the system of records 
identified as S322.10 DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base 
published at 58 FR 10872, February 22, 1993.
    In accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. subsection 552a(o)(2) and (r), 
copies of the agreement are being sent to both Houses of Congress and 
to the Office of Management and Budget.
    This notice is provided in accordance with the provisions of the 
Privacy Act of 1974 as amended by Public Law 100-503.
    The match is estimated to start June 1, 1995, but will start no 
sooner than 40 days after publication of this Notice in the Federal 
Register, or 40 days after copies of this Notice and the agreement of 
the parties is submitted to Congress and the Office of Management and 
Budget, 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: Interested individuals may comment on the proposed matches 
by writing to the Director, Compensation and Pension Service (21), 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20420.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David G. Spivey (213B), (202) 273-
7258.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information is required by Title 5 
U.S.C. subsection 552a(e)(12), the Privacy Act [[Page 13512]] of 1974. 
A copy of this notice has been provided to both Houses of Congress and 
the Office of Management and Budget.

    Approved: March 2, 1995.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-6025 Filed 3-10-95; 8:45 am]
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