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maintain accurate records. In a joint

effort, State and Federal agencies are

working together to create, in each State,

a statewide childhood immunization

registry which contains, for each

individual, not the details of the

immunization history, but the location

of the immunization information system

that contains the history.

In such a system, immunization

details would be maintained locally by

providers themselves in their own data

systems. Subject to applicable privacy

safeguards and requirements, including

the consent of parents or guardians

when legally required, a statewide

record system would provide a means

for exchanging immunization

information between providers when

(and only when) necessary, transferring

immunization histories when

individuals move from one State to

another, and assessing the

immunization status of the State and

nation. Using the SSN as the primary

identifying record number would

facilitate the process and lower the cost

of creating and operating a national

network of coordinated statewide

immunization registries. To ensure that

the registries contain a complete census

of preschool children for the purposes

described in the routine use proposal,

SSA will, on a one time, retroactive

basis, provide the participating States’

BVSs with the SSNs of children born

after December 31, 1990.

SSA discloses information from its

systems of records to certain entities

that use the information for a purpose

that is compatible with the purpose for

which SSA collects it. Such disclosures

may include providing an individual’s

correct SSN to an entity which has

either no record of the individual’s SSN

or an incorrect one, or verifying only the

fact that an entity has an individual’s

correct SSN. In the case of State BVSs,

SSA would provide the correct SSN or

verify correct SSNs under the proposed

routine use.

The proposed routine use will read as

follows:

To State vital records and statistics

agencies, the SSNs of newborn children

for administering public health and

income maintenance programs,

including conducting statistical studies

and evaluation projects.

We are not publishing in its entirety

the notice of the system of records to

which we are adding the new routine

use statement. A notice of that system,

the Master Files of Social Security

Number (SSN) Holders and SSN

Applications, HHS/SSA/OSR, 09–60–

0058, was last published in the Federal

Register at 60 FR 2144, January 6, 1995.

II. Compatibility of Proposed Routine

Use

We are proposing the changes

discussed above in accordance with the

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7),

(b)(3), and (e)(11)) and our disclosure

regulation (20 CFR 401.310).

As discussed above, the Privacy Act

permits us to disclose information about

individuals without their consent for a

routine use, i.e., for a purpose that is

compatible with the purpose for which

we collected the information. Consistent

with the Privacy Act, under 20 CFR

401.310 we may disclose information

under a routine use for administering

our programs, for income or health

maintenance programs of other

agencies, and for epidemiological and

similar research. SSA assigns SSNs to

children as personal identifiers for

efficient administration of the Social

Security Act (Act), based in part on

section 205(c)(2)(B)(i)(IV) of the Act,

which authorizes SSA to take

affirmative measures to assure that SSNs

are assigned to below school age

children at the request of their parents

or guardians, and for helping detect and

deter the illegal conduct described in

section 208(a)(7) of the Act. States have

authority under their own laws to create

and maintain State registries of births.

They have a compelling interest in

protecting the integrity of their birth

registries and in preventing birth

certificate fraud. The internal use by

States of SSNs for identification

purposes, efficient administration of

health and income maintenance

programs, and statistical studies is

compatible with the purposes for which

SSA assigns and maintains SSNs and,

thus, meets the criteria for the

establishment of a routine use under the

Privacy Act and the regulation.

III. Effect of the Proposal on Individual

Rights

As discussed above, the proposed

new routine use will permit SSA to

send the SSNs of newborns to State

BVSs in which the births are recorded.

The SSN would thus become part of the

confidential portion of the birth record

and would be available only for State

use in health and income maintenance

administration and research. It would

not appear on the public portion of the

record, the birth certificate. Strict

protection of the confidentiality of the

SSN by the State is required by Federal

law. SSA will follow all statutory and

regulatory requirements for disclosure.

Agreements between SSA and the States

will govern access to the SSNs and will

incorporate the required statutory and

regulatory safeguards. In addition, the

agreements will include a provision that

requires States to notify parents that

they may request that their child’s SSN

be removed from the birth record. Thus,

we do not anticipate that the proposed

disclosure to the States will have any

adverse effect on the privacy or other

rights of individuals.

Dated: February 28, 1995.

Shirley S. Chater,

Commissioner of Social Security.

[FR Doc. 95–5632 Filed 3–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of Administration

[Docket No. N–95–3897]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

received on or before April 10, 1995.

Comments should refer to the proposal

by name and should be sent to: Joseph

F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office

of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708–0050. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

The Notice lists the following

information: (1) the title of the

information collection proposal; (2) the

office of the agency to collect the

information; (3) the description of the

need for the information and its
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proposed use; (4) the agency form

number, if applicable; (5) what members

of the public will be affected by the

proposal; (6) how frequently

information submissions will be

required; (7) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (8)

whether the proposal is new or an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (9) the names and telephone

numbers of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3507; Section 7(d)

of the Department of Housing and Urban

Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

Dated: March 2, 1995.

Kay Weaver,

Acting Director, Information Resources

Management Policy and Management

Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

Proposal: Customer Service Initiative

Questionnaire.

Office: Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use:

Complainants and respondents to Fair

Housing cases will be interviewed as

part of Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity’s response to Executive

Order part of Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity’s response to Executive

Order 12862, ‘‘Setting Customer Service

Standards.’’ This order sets customer

standards to ensure that the Federal

Government is providing the highest

quality of service possible. The overall

plan provides a comprehensive

framework of customer satisfaction

studies to determine the kind and

quality of services the customers want

and their satisfaction level with existing

services.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: Individual or

Households.

Reporting Burden:

Number of respondents × Frequency of

response × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Questionnaire .................................................................................. 350 1 .25 88

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 88.

Status: New.

Contact: Leon Garrett, HUD, (202)

708–2740; Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB,

(202) 395–7316.

Dated: March 2, 1995.

[FR Doc. 95–5801 Filed 3–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

[Docket No. N–95–3898]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

received on or before April 10, 1995.

Comments should refer to the proposal

by name and should be sent to: Joseph

F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office

of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708–0050. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

The Notice list the following

information: (1) the title of the

information collection proposal; (2) the

office of the agency to collect the

information; (3) the description of the

need for the information and its

proposed use; (4) the agency form

number, if applicable; (5) what members

of the public will be affected by the

proposal; (6) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (7)

whether the proposal is new or an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (8) the names and telephone

numbers of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3507; Section 7(d)

of the Department of Housing and Urban

Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

Dated: February 27, 1995.

David S. Cristy,

Acting Director, Information Resources,

Management Policy and Management

Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

Proposal: Land Sales Registration,

Purchaser’s Revocation Rights, Sales

Practices and Standards, and Formal

Procedures and Rules of Practice.

Office: Housing.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use: The

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure

Act requires certain subdivision

developers to register with the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development or to operate under certain

exemptions. The addition of the

Multiple Site Subdivision Exemption

will alleviate certain developers of

subdivisions, unique in nature, from

complying with registration

requirements.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: Individuals or

Household and Businesses or Other ForProfit.

Report Burden:

Number of respondents × Frequency of

response × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Information Collection ...................................................................... 1,230 10.7 1.43 18,913