Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 22, 1996 / Notices 25723

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Data Collection Available for Public

Comments and Recommendations

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Small Business

Administration’s intentions to request

approval of a new, and/or currently

approved information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

on or before July 22, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst,

Small Business Administration, 409 3rd

Street, S.W., Suite 5000, Washington DC

20416. Phone Number: 202–205–6629.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: ‘‘Application For Small

Business Size Determination’’.

Type of Request: Extension of a

Currently Approved Collection.

Description of Respondents: Small

Businesses Requesting an SBA Size

Status Determination.

Annual Responses: 4,125.

Annual Burden: 16,500.

Comments: Send all comments

regarding this information collection to

Joan Bready, Small Business

Administration, 409 3rd Street, S.W.,

Suite 8300 Washington, D.C. 20416.

Phone No.: 202–205–7323.

Send comments regarding whether

this information collection is necessary

for the proper performance of the

function of the agency, accuracy of

burden estimate, in addition to ways to

minimize this estimate, and ways to

enhance the quality.

Jacqueline White,

Chief, Administrative Information Branch.

[FR Doc. 96–12791 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program (SSA/Department of

the Treasury, Bureau of the Public

Debt (BPD))—Match Number 1038

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Computer Matching

Program.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Privacy Act, as

amended, this notice announces a

computer matching program that SSA

plans to conduct with BPD.

DATES: SSA will file a report of the

subject matching program with the

Committee on Governmental Affairs of

the Senate, the Committee on

Government Reform and Oversight of

the House of Representatives and the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB). The matching program

will be effective as indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may

comment on this notice by either telefax

to (410) 966–5138 or writing to the

Associate Commissioner for Program

and Integrity Reviews, 860 Altmeyer

Building, 6401 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21235. All comments

received will be available for public

inspection at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Associate Commissioner for Program

and Integrity Reviews as shown above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. General

The Computer Matching and Privacy

Protection Act of 1988 (Public Law

(Pub. L.) 100–503) amended the Privacy

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) by establishing the

conditions under which computer

matching involving the Federal

Government could be performed and

adding 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 or agencies

participating in the matching programs;

(2) Obtain the Data Integrity Boards’

approval of the match agreements;

(3) Furnish detailed reports about

matching programs to Congress and

OMB;

(4) Notify applicants and beneficiaries

that their records are subject to

matching; and

(5) Verify match findings before

reducing, suspending, terminating or

denying an individual’s benefits or

payments.

B. SSA Computer Matches Subject to

the Privacy Act

We have taken action to ensure that

this computer matching program

complies with the requirements of the

Privacy Act, as amended.

Dated: May 9, 1996.

Shirley S. Chater,

Commissioner of Social Security.

Notice of Computer Matching Program,

Social Security Administration (SSA)

with the Department of the Treasury,

Bureau of Public Debt (BPD)— Match

Number 1038

A. Participating Agencies

SSA and BPD.

B. Purpose of the Matching Program

The purpose of this matching program

is to establish conditions and

procedures for BPD disclosure of certain

savings bond information useful to SSA

in verifying eligibility and payment

amount under the supplemental

security income (SSI) program provided

under title XVI of the Social Security

Act (Act) to individuals with income

and resources below levels established

by law and regulations.

C. Authority for Conducting the

Matching Program

Section 1631(e)(1)(B) and (f) of the

Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(e)(1)(B) and (f)).

D. Categories of Records and

Individuals Covered by the Match

SSA will provide BPD with a finder

file, extracted from SSA’s Supplemental

Security Income Record System,

containing Social Security numbers of

individuals who receive SSI payments.

This information will be matched with

BPD files in BPD’s savings bond

registration system of records (United

States savings-type securities) and a

reply file of matched records will be

furnished to SSA. Upon receipt of BPD’s

reply file, SSA will match identifying

information from the BPD file with

SSA’s records to ensure that the data

pertain to the relevant SSI recipients.

E. Inclusive Dates of the Match

The matching program shall become

effective no sooner than 40 days after a

copy of the agreement, as approved by

the Data Integrity Boards of both

agencies, is sent to Congress and the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) (or later if OMB objects to some

or all of the agreement), or 30 days after

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, whichever date is later. The

matching program will continue for 18

months from the effective date and may

be extended for an additional 12 months

thereafter, if certain conditions are met.

[FR Doc. 96–12832 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

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