Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 57 / Friday, March 24, 1995 / Notices 15543

Defense Logistics Agency

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program Between the Armed

Forces Retirement Home and the

Defense Manpower Data Center of the

Department of Defense

AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data

Center, Defense Logistics Agency,

Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of a computer matching

program between the Armed Forces

Retirement Home (AFRH) and the

Department of Defense (DoD) for public

comment.

SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (5

U.S.C. 552a) requires agencies to

publish advance notice of any proposed

or revised computer matching program

by the matching agency for public

comment. The DoD, as the matching

agency under the Privacy Act is hereby

giving public notice of a computer

matching program between AFRH and

DoD that certain records are being

matched by computer. The record

subjects are AFRH resident whose

average age is 70 years, and many have

physical or mental impairments; thus, it

has been found that requested income

information submitted by residents are

not reliable, or is difficult or impossible

to acquire. A computer match will

provide accurate benefit information on

the residents. This is a pilot project and

no figures are available at this time. No

cost-benefit analysis has been

accomplished for this match and a

waiver of the analysis was granted by

the respective agency Data Integrity

Boards. By actually conducting a

verification of Federal payments to

residents, the AFRH can accurately and

fairly determine and fix the individual

fees from time to time as required by

law.

DATES: This proposed action will

become effective April 24, 1995, and the

computer matching will proceed

accordingly without further notice,

unless comments are received which

would result in a contrary

determination or if the Office of

Management and Budget or Congress

objects thereto. Any public comment

must be received before the effective

date.

ADDRESSES: Any interested party may

submit written comments to the

Director, Defense Privacy Office, Crystal

Mall 4, Room 920, 1941 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202–4502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Aurelio Nepa, Jr. at telephone (703)

607–2943.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of

1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a), the

DMDC and AFRH have concluded an

agreement to conduct a computer

matching program between the agencies.

The purpose of the match is to exchange

personal data between the agencies for

verification of Federal payments to

residents. The match will yield the

benefit information on the residents so

that AFRH can accurately and fairly

determine and fix the individual fees

from time to time as required by law.

Computer matching appeared to be the

most efficient and effective manner to

accomplish this task with the least

amount of intrusion of personal privacy

of the individuals concerned. It was

therefore concluded and agreed upon

that computer matching would be the

best and least obtrusive manner and

choice for accomplishing this

requirement.

A copy of the computer matching

agreement between AFRH and DMDC is

available upon request to the public.

Requests should be submitted to the

address caption above or to the Budget

Officer, Management Information

Systems, Armed Forces Retirement

Home, 3700 North Capitol Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20317–0002.

Telephone (202) 722–3216.

Set forth below is the notice of the

establishment of a computer matching

program required by paragraph 6.c. of

the Office of Management and Budget

Guidelines on computer matching

published in the Federal Register at 54

FR 25818 on June 19, 1989.

The matching agreement, as required

by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act,

and an advance copy of this notice was

submitted on March 10, 1995, to the

Committee on Government Operations

of the House of Representatives, the

Committee on Governmental Affairs of

the Senate, and the Administrator of the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget pursuant to paragraph 4d of

Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A–130,

‘Federal Agency Responsibilities for

Maintaining Records about Individuals,’

dated July 15, 1994 (59 FR 37906, July

25, 1994). The matching program is

subject to review by OMB and Congress

and shall not become effective until that

review period has elapsed.

Dated: March 17, 1995.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

Notice of a Computer Matching

Program Between the Armed Forces

Retirement Home and the Department

of Defense for Verification of Federal

Payments to Residents

A. Participating agencies:

Participants in this computer matching

program are the Armed Forces

Retirement Home (AFRH) and the

Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)

of the Department of Defense (DoD). The

AFRH is the source agency, i.e., the

activity disclosing the records for the

purpose of the match. The DMDC is the

specific recipient activity or matching

agency, i.e., the agency that actually

performs the computer matching.

B. Purpose of the match: Upon the

execution of this agreement, the

conditions will be established under

which the DoD, VA and OPM agree to

a computer matching program for the

disclosure of military retired or retainer

pay, civil service annuity, and

compensation or pension from the VA

for the residents of the AFRH, which

includes the United States Soldiers’ and

Airmen’s Home (USSAH) and the

United States Naval Home (USNH). This

disclosure will provide the AFRH with

information necessary to verify the

payment information currently provided

by residents for the computation of their

monthly fee, and identify any

unreported benefit payments received

by residents.

C. Authority for conducting the

match: The legal authority for

conducting the matching program is

contained in the Armed Forces

Retirement Home Act of 1991, Pub. L.

101–510, 24 U.S.C. 401–441. The law

also incorporated the U.S. Naval Home

and the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s

Home into a single independent

establishment in the Executive branch

of the Federal government as the Armed

Forces Retirement Home.

D. Records to be matched: The

systems of records maintained by the

respective agencies under the Privacy

Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a,

from which records will be disclosed for

the purpose of this computer match are

as follows:

The AFRH will use personal data

from the Privacy Act record system

identified as AFRH–1, entitled ‘Armed

Forces Retirement Home Resident Fee

Maintenance System’ last published in
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the Federal Register at 58 FR 68629 on

December 28, 1993.

DMDC will use personal data from the

record system identified as S322.10

DMDC, entitled ‘Defense Manpower

Data Center Data Base,’ last published in

the Federal Register at 59 FR 55462 on

November 7, 1994.

Agencies must publish routine uses

pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of the

Privacy Act for those systems of records

from which they intend to disclose this

information. Otherwise they must

obtain the written consent of the record

subjects to disclose outside the agency.

Moreover, the routine use, with respect

to the disclosure of a record, must be

compatible with the purpose for which

it was collected.

E. Description of computer matching

program: The AFRH, as the source

agency, will provide DMDC with a

magnetic computer tape which contains

the name, SSN and date of birth of each

resident. Upon receipt of the computer

tape file of residents, DMDC will

perform a computer match using all

nine digits of the SSN of the AFRH file

against a DMDC computer database of

personnel/employment/pay records of

all uniformed services officers and

enlisted personnel who served on active

duty or retired, including individuals

receiving any Federal compensation,

pension or annuity from the VA or

OPM. Matching records (hits) based on

the SSN, will produce the member’s

military retired or retainer pay, civil

service annuity and VA compensation

and pension. The match results will be

furnished to AFRH. AFRH is

responsible for verifying and

determining that the data on the DMDC

reply tape file are consistent with

AFRH’s source file and for resolving any

discrepancies or inconsistencies on an

individual basis. AFRH will also be

responsible for making final

determinations as to positive

identification and the amount of Federal

payment received by the resident as a

result of the match.

The AFRH will provide a magnetic

computer tape in a format defined by

DMDC on a semiannual basis. This file

will contain the name and SSN of

approximately 2,700 residents whose

records DMDC will verify.

The DMDC computer database file

contains approximately 10 million

records of active duty and retired

military members, including the Reserve

and Guard; the VA compensation and

pension records on military retirees; and

the OPM compensation and annuity

records on military retirees.

F. Inclusive dates of the matching

program: This computer matching

program is subject to review by the

Office of Management and Budget and

Congress. If no objections are raised by

either, and the mandatory 30 day public

notice period for comment has expired

for this Federal Register notice with no

significant adverse public comments in

receipt resulting in a contrary

determination, then this computer

matching program becomes effective

and the respective agencies may begin

the exchange of data 30 days after the

date of this published notice at a

mutually agreeable time and will be

repeated annually. Under no

circumstances shall the matching

program be implemented before the 30

day public notice period for comment

has elapsed as this time period cannot

be waived. By agreement between AFRH

and DMDC, the matching program will

be in effect and continue for 18 months

with an option to renew for 12

additional months unless one of the

parties to the agreement advises the

other by written request to terminate or

modify the agreement.

G. Address for receipt of public

comments or inquiries: Director,

Defense Privacy Office, Crystal Mall 4,

Room 920, 1941 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202–4502.

Telephone (703) 607–2943.

[FR Doc. 95–7223 Filed 3–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–F

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, invites comments on

the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before April 24,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok: Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 3208, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–9915.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Director of the

Information Resources Group, publishes

this notice containing proposed

information collection requests prior to

submission of these requests to OMB.

Each proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Frequency

of collection; (4) The affected public; (5)

Reporting burden; and/or (6)

Recordkeeping burden; and (7) Abstract.

OMB invites public comment at the

address specified above. Copies of the

requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: March 20, 1995.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Lender’s Interest and Special

Allowance Request.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 10,544.

Burden Hours: 102,804.

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0.

Burden Hours: 0.

Abstract: The Lender’s Interest and

Special Allowance Request and

Report (ED Form 799) is used by

approximately 9,000 lenders

participating in the Title IV, Part B

loan programs. The ED Form 799 is

used to pay interest and special

allowance to holders of the Part B