14056 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 15, 1995 / Notices

6. On occasion

7. 5,000 respondents.

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Privacy Act of 1974; Report of

Amended Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

intends to conduct a recurring computer

matching program matching Social

Security Administration (SSA) benefit

recipient records with VA pension and

parents’ dependency and indemnity

compensation records.

The goal of this match is to compare

income status as reported to VA with

benefit records maintained by SSA.

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) plans to match records of veterans

and surviving spouses and children who

receive pension and parents who

receive dependency and indemnity

compensation (DIC) from VA with

Social Security Administration benefit

records maintained by SSA. The match

with SSA will provide VA with data

from the SSA Master Beneficiary

Record. VA will use the data to update

the master records of VA beneficiaries

receiving income dependent benefits

and to adjust VA benefit payments as

prescribed by law. Otherwise,

information about a VA beneficiary’s

receipt of SSA benefits is obtained from

reporting by the beneficiary. The

proposed matching program will enable

VA to ensure accurate reporting of

income.

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 SSA records consist of

information from the SSA Master

Beneficiary Record 09–60–0090

published at 58 FR 35302, June 30,

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 April

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 are 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

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.

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