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Federal agency to provide RRB with 

information in its possession that RRB 

may require for the purposes of making 

a timely determination of the amount of 

reduction under section 224 of the 

Social Security Act. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

Section 552a(b)(3) OPM has established 

routine uses to disclose the subject 

information to RRB. 

D. Categories of Records and 

Individuals Covered 

The records to be used in the match 

and the roles of the matching 

participants are described as follows: 

OPM will provide the RRB once a year 

via secure encrypted electronic transfer, 

data extracted from its annuity and 

survivor master file of its Civil Service 

Retirement and Insurance Records. The 

Privacy Act System of Records 

designation is OPM/Central-1, (Civil 

Service Retirement and Insurance 

Records), Published in the Federal 

Register on October 8, 1999 (64 FR 

54930) and amended on May 3, 2000 (65 

FR 25775). The RRB Privacy Act System 

of Records is RRB–22, Railroad 

Retirement, Survivor, and Pensioner 

Benefit System, published in the 

Federal Register on July 26, 2010 (75 FR 

43727). 

Normally in December of each year, 

OPM transmits to us approximately 2.5 

million electronic records for matching. 

The records contain these data 

elements: Name, social security number, 

date of birth, civil service claim number, 

first potential month and year of 

eligibility for civil service benefits, first 

month, day, year of entitlement to civil 

service benefits, amount of current gross 

civil service benefits, and effective date 

(month, day, year) of civil service 

amount, and where applicable, civil 

service disability indicator, civil service 

FICA covered month indicator, and civil 

service total service months. The RRB 

will match the Social Security number, 

name, and date of birth contained in the 

OPM file against approximately the 1.2 

million records in our files. For records 

that match, the RRB will extract the 

civil service payment information. 

E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching 

Program 

This matching program will become 

effective 40 days after a copy of the 

agreement, as approved by the Data 

Integrity Board of each agency, is sent 

to Congress and the Office of 

Management and Budget, or 30 days 

after publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, whichever date is 

later. The matching program will 

continue for 18 months after the 

effective date and may be extended for 

an additional 12 months, if the 

conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 

552a(o)(2)(D) have been met. 

Dated: August 24, 2010. 

By authority of the Board. 

Beatrice Ezerski, 

Secretary to the Board. 

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BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended; 

Notice of Computer Matching Program 

(Railroad Retirement Board and Social 

Security Administration, Match 

Number 1007) 

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board 

(RRB). 

ACTION: Notice of a renewal of an 

existing computer-matching program 

that expires on January 6, 2011. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy 

Act of 1974, as amended, the RRB is 

issuing public notice of its renewal of an 

ongoing computer-matching program 

with the Social Security Administration 

(SSA). The purpose of this notice is to 

advise individuals applying for or 

receiving benefits under the Railroad 

Retirement Act of the use made by RRB 

of this information obtained from SSA 

by means of a computer match. The RRB 

is also issuing public notice, on behalf 

of the SSA, of their intent to conduct a 

computer-matching program based on 

information provided to them by the 

RRB. 

DATES: This matching program becomes 

effective as proposed without further 

notice on October 12, 2010. We will file 

a report of this computer-matching 

program with the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform of 

the House of Representatives; and the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

comment on this publication by writing 

to Ms. Beatrice Ezerski, Secretary to the 

Board, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 

North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60611–2092. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Timothy Grant, Chief Privacy Officer, 

Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North 

Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611– 

2092, telephone 312–751–4869 or e-mail 

at tim.grant@rrb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. General 

The Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988, (Pub. L. 100– 

503), amended by the Privacy Act of 

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

requires a Federal agency participating 

in a computer matching program to 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

for all matching programs. 

The Privacy Act, as amended, 

regulates the use of computer matching 

by Federal agencies when records 

contained in a Privacy Act System of 

Records are matched with other Federal, 

State, or local government records. 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 approval of the 

matching agreement by the Data 

Integrity Boards (DIB) of the 

participating Federal agencies; 

(3) Publish notice of the computer 

matching program in the Federal 

Register; 

(4) Furnish detailed reports about 

matching programs to Congress and 

OMB; 

(5) Notify applicants and beneficiaries 

that their records are subject to 

matching; and 

(6) Verify match findings before 

reducing, suspending, terminating, or 

denying a person’s benefits or 

payments. The last notice for this 

matching program was published at 73 

FR 31516–31517 (June 2, 2008). 

B. RRB Computer Matches Subject to 

the Privacy Act 

We have taken appropriate action to 

ensure that all of our computer 

matching programs comply with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act, as 

amended. 

Notice of Computer Matching Program, 

RRB With the SSA, Match 1007 

A. Name of Participating Agencies 

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) and 

the Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

B. Purpose of the Matching Program 

The RRB will, on a daily basis, obtain 

from SSA a record of the wages reported 

to SSA for persons who have applied for 

benefits under the Railroad Retirement 

Act and a record of the amount of 

benefits paid by that agency to persons 

who are receiving or have applied for 

benefits under the Railroad Retirement 

Act. The wage information is needed to 

compute the amount of the tier I annuity 

component provided by sections 3(a), 

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Act (45 U.S.C. 231b(a), 45 U.S.C. 231c(a) 

and 45 U.S.C. 231c(f)). The benefit 

information is needed to adjust the tier 

I annuity component for the receipt of 

the Social Security benefit. This 

information is available from no other 

source. 

Second, the RRB will receive from 

SSA the amount of certain Social 

Security benefits which the RRB pays 

on behalf of SSA. Section 7(b)(2) of the 

Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 

231f(b)(2)) provides that the RRB shall 

make the payment of certain Social 

Security benefits. The RRB also requires 

this information in order to adjust the 

amount of any annuity due to the 

receipt of a Social Security benefit. 

Section 10(a) of the Railroad Retirement 

Act (45 U.S.C. 231i(a)) permits the RRB 

to recover any overpayment from the 

accrual of Social Security benefits. This 

information is not available from any 

other source. 

Third, once a year the RRB will 

receive from SSA a copy of SSA’s 

Master Benefit Record for earmarked 

RRB annuitants. Section 7(b)(7)) of the 

Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 

231f(b)(7) requires that SSA provide the 

requested information. The RRB needs 

this information to make the necessary 

cost-of-living computation adjustments 

quickly and accurately for those RRB 

annuitants who are also SSA 

beneficiaries. 

SSA will receive weekly from RRB 

earnings information for all railroad 

employees. SSA will match the 

identifying information of the records 

furnished by the RRB against the 

identifying information contained in its 

Master Benefit Record and its Master 

Earnings File. If there is a match, SSA 

will use the RRB earnings to adjust the 

amount of Social Security benefits in its 

Annual Earnings Reappraisal Operation. 

This information is available from no 

other source. 

SSA will also receive daily from RRB 

earnings information on selected 

individuals. The transfer of information 

may be initiated either by RRB or by 

SSA. SSA needs this information to 

determine eligibility to Social Security 

benefits and, if eligibility is met, to 

determine the benefit amount payable. 

Section 18 of the Railroad Retirement 

Act (45 U.S.C. 231q(2)) requires that 

earnings considered as compensation 

under the Railroad Retirement Act be 

considered as wages under the Social 

Security Act for the purposes of 

determining entitlement under the 

Social Security Act if the person has 

less than 10 years of railroad service or 

has 10 or more years of service but does 

not have a current connection with the 

railroad industry at the time of his/her 

death. 

C. Authority for Conducting the Match 

Section 7(b)(7) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(7)) 

provides that the Social Security 

Administration shall supply 

information necessary to administer the 

Railroad Retirement Act. Sections 202, 

205(o) and 215(f) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 402, 405(o) and 415(f)) 

relate to benefit provisions, inclusion of 

railroad compensation together with 

wages for payment of benefits under 

certain circumstances, and the recomputation of benefits. 

D. Categories of Records and 

Individuals Covered 

All applicants for benefits under the 

Railroad Retirement Act and current 

beneficiaries will have a record of any 

Social Security wages and the amount of 

any Social Security benefits furnished to 

the RRB by SSA. In addition, all persons 

who ever worked in the railroad 

industry after 1936 will have a record of 

their service and compensation 

furnished to SSA by RRB. 

The applicable RRB Privacy Act 

Systems of Records and their Federal 

Register citation used in the matching 

program are: 

1. RRB–5, Master File of Railroad 

Employees’ Creditable Compensation; 

FR 75 43715 (July 26, 2010); 

2. RRB–22, Railroad Retirement, 

Survivor, Pensioner Benefit System; FR 

75 43727 (July 26, 2010). 

The applicable SSA Privacy Act 

Systems of Records used and their 

Federal Register citation used in the 

matching program are: 

1. SSA 60–0058, Master Files of 

Social Security Number (SSN) Holders 

and SSN Applications (the Enumeration 

System); 74 FR 62866 (December 1, 

2009) 

2. SSA/OSR, 60–0059, Earnings 

Recording and Self-Employment Income 

System (MEF); 71 FR 1819 (January 11, 

2006) 

3. SSA/OSR 60–0090, Master 

Beneficiary Record (MBR); 71 FR 1826 

(January 11, 2006) 

4. SSA/ODISSIS 60–103, 

Supplemental Security Income Record 

and Special Veteran Benefits; 71 FR 

1830 (January 11, 2006) 

5. SSA/OPB 60–0269, Prisoner 

Update Processing System (PUPS); 64 

FR 11076 (March 8, 1999) 

E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching 

Program 

This matching program will become 

effective January 6, 2011 or 40 days after 

a copy of the agreement, as approved by 

the Data Integrity Board of each agency, 

is sent to Congress and the Office of 

Management and Budget, or 30 days 

after publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, whichever date is 

latest. The matching program will 

continue for 18 months after the 

effective date and may be extended for 

an additional 12 months, if the 

conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 

552a(o)(2)(D) have been met. 

Dated: August 24, 2010. 

By authority of the Board. 

Beatrice Ezerski, 

Secretary to the Board. 

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BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12258 and #12259] 

Iowa Disaster #IA–00026 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 2. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Iowa (FEMA–1930–DR), 

dated 07/29/2010. 

Incident: Severe storms, flooding, and 

tornadoes. 

Incident Period: 06/01/2010 and 

continuing. 

Effective Date: 08/23/2010. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 09/27/2010. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 04/29/2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for Private Non-Profit 

organizations in the State of Iowa, dated 

07/29/2010, is hereby amended to 

include the following areas as adversely 

affected by the disaster. 

Primary Counties: Calhoun, Clarke, 

Dallas, Keokuk, Washington, 

Hamilton, Ida. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 


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