[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59800-59801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24269]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of computer matching program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA) intends to conduct a recurring computer-matching program matching 
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), retirement and survivor benefits 
records with VA pension, compensation, and dependency and indemnity 
compensation (DIC) records. The goal of this match is to identify 
beneficiaries who are receiving VA benefits, and to reduce or terminate 
benefits, if appropriate. The match will include records of current VA 
beneficiaries.

DATES: The match will start no sooner than 30 days after publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, or 40 days after copies of this 
Notice and the agreement of the parties is 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: Written comments may be submitted through http://www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to the Director, 
Regulations Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Ave., NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to (202) 
273-9026. Copies of comments received will be available for public 
inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Room 
1063B, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday 
(except holidays). Please call (202) 461-4902 for an appointment. In 
addition, during the comment period, comments may be viewed online 
through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.Regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Burd (212B), (202) 461-9149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA will use this information to verify the 
income information submitted by

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income dependent beneficiaries and adjust VA benefit payments as 
prescribed by law. The proposed matching program will enable VA to 
accurately identify beneficiaries who are in receipt of RRB benefits 
and have not reported the income as required by law.
    The legal authority to conduct this match is 38 U.S.C. 5106, which 
requires any Federal department or agency to provide VA such 
information as VA requests for the purposes of determining eligibility 
for, or the amount of VA benefits, or verifying other information with 
respect thereto.
    The VA records involved in the match are the VA system of records, 
Compensation, Pension and Education and Vocational Rehabilitation and 
Employment Records--VA (58 VA 21/22/28), published at 74 FR 29275, June 
19, 2009. The RRB records consist of information from the system of 
records identified as the RRB Research File of Retirement and Survivor 
Benefits, System of Records RRB-25 and RRB-26 contained in the Privacy 
Act Issuances, 1991 compilation, Volume V, pages 518--519.
    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 Privacy Act of 1974 as amended by 
Public Law 100-503.

    Approved: September 10, 2010.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-24269 Filed 9-27-10; 8:45 am]
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