[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67755-67757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27784]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5386-N-11]


Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a Computer Matching Program 
Between the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the 
United States Small Business Administration (SBA)

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of a computer matching program between the HUD and the 
SBA.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 
amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 
(Pub. L. 100-503), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs (June 19, 1989, 54 FR 
25818), and OMB Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting Computer 
Matching Programs to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
Congress and the Public,'' HUD is issuing a public notice of its intent 
to conduct a recurring computer matching program with the SBA to 
utilize a computer information system of HUD, the Credit Alert 
Interactive Verification System (CAIVRS), with the SBA's debtor files. 
Additionally, the records to be matched section was updated to reflect 
HUD's new Privacy Act Systems of Records involved in the CAIVRS 
matching program. This update does not change the authority and the 
objectives of the existing HUD and SBA computer matching program.

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DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the matching program shall 
begin December 3, 2010 or 40 days from the date copies of the signed 
(by both HUD and SBA's Data Integrity Boards (DIBs)) computer matching 
agreement is sent to both Houses of Congress and the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), whichever is later, providing no comments 
are received which will result in a contrary determination.
    Comments Due Date: December 3, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, HUD, 
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410. 
Communications should refer to the above docket number and title. A 
copy of each communication submitted will be available for public 
inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: From the ``Recipient Agency'' contact 
the Chief Privacy Officer, HUD, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 2256, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 402-8076. From the 
``Source Agency'' contact Walter Intlekofer, Chief, Portfolio 
Management Division, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, 
Suite 8300, SW., Washington, DC 20416, telephone number (202) 205-7543. 
(These are not toll-free numbers.) A telecommunication device for 
hearing- and speech-impaired individuals (TTY) is available at (800) 
877-8339 (Federal Information Relay Service).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD's data in the CAIVRS database includes 
delinquent debt information from the Department of Education, Veterans 
Affairs, Justice, and the Department of Agriculture. This match will 
allow prescreening of applicants for debts owed or loans guaranteed by 
the Federal government to ascertain if the applicant is delinquent in 
paying a debt owed to or insured by the Federal government for HUD or 
SBA direct or guaranteed loans. Before granting a loan, the lending 
agency and/or the authorized lending institution will be able to query 
the CAIVRS debtor files which contains the Social Security Numbers 
(SSNs) of HUD's delinquent debtors and defaulters and defaulted debtor 
records of the SBA and verify that the loan applicant is not in default 
or delinquent on a direct or guaranteed loans of participating Federal 
programs of either agency. As a result of the information produced by 
this match, the authorized users may not deny, terminate, or make a 
final decision of any loan assistance to an applicant or take other 
adverse action against such applicant, until an officer or employee of 
such agency has independently verified such information.

Reporting of a Matching Program

    In accordance with the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act 
of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503), as amended, and Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Congress and the Public; copies of this notice and report 
are being provided to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the 
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the 
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Authority

    This computer matching will be conducted pursuant to Public Law 
100-503, ``The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988,'' 
as amended; and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars A-129 
(Managing Federal Credit Programs). OMB Circulars A-129 is issued under 
the authority of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, as amended; the 
Budget and Accounting Act of 1950, as amended; the Debt Collection Act 
of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365), as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement 
Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-134, section 31001); Section 2653 of Public 
Law 98-369; the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended; the 
Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990; the Chief Financial 
Officers Act of 1990, as amended; Executive Order 8248; the Cash 
Management Improvement Act Amendments of 1992; and pre-existing common 
law authority to charge interest on debts and to offset payments to 
collect debts administratively. One of the purposes of all executive 
departments and agencies--including HUD--is to implement efficient 
management practices for Federal credit programs.

Objectives To Be Met by the Matching Program

    The matching program will allow SBA and HUD authorized users access 
to a system which permits prescreening of applicants for loans owed or 
guaranteed by the Federal government to ascertain if the applicant is 
delinquent in paying a debt owed to or insured by the Government. In 
addition, HUD will be provided access to SBA debtor data for 
prescreening purposes.

Records To Be Matched

    HUD will use records from its systems of records HUD/SFH-01, Single 
Family Default Monitoring System; HUD/SFH-02, Single Family Insurance 
System CLAIMS Subsystem; HUD/HS-55, Debt Collection Asset Management 
System; and HUD/HS-59, Single Family Mortgage Asset Recovery 
Technology. The debtor files for programs involved are included in 
these systems of records. HUD's debtor files contain information on 
borrowers and co-borrowers who are currently in default (at least 90 
days delinquent on their loans) or who have had their partial claim 
subordinate mortgage called due and payable and it has not been repaid 
in full or who have any outstanding claims paid during the last three 
years on a Title I insured or guaranteed home mortgage loan. The Single 
Family Default Monitoring System was published in the Federal Register 
on November 20, 2007 (72 FR 65350); the Single Family Insurance System 
CLAIMS Subsystem was published in the Federal Register on November 20, 
2007 (72 FR 65348); the Debt Collection Asset Management was originally 
published in the Federal Register on June 26, 2006 (71 FR 36351) and 
subsequently amended on November 13, 2007 (72 FR 63919) and the Single 
Family Mortgage Asset Recovery Technology was originally published in 
the Federal Register on July 17, 2008 (73 FR 41105) and subsequently 
amended on June 18, 2010 (75 FR 34755). The SBA will provide HUD with 
debtors files contained in its system of records for disaster home 
loans entitled Loan Case File (SBA 075), along with delinquent business 
(including disaster business) loans/guarantors that have received 60-
day notification letters that their obligations may be referred to 
Treasury for offset or cross-servicing. On September 29, 2004, all SBA 
systems were republished and renumbered in the Federal Register (69 FR 
58598). SBA 075 was re-numbered to SBA 21 Loan System. HUD is 
maintaining SBA's records only as a ministerial action on behalf of 
SBA, not as a part of HUD's systems of records noted above. SBA's data 
contains information on individuals who have defaulted on their 
guaranteed loans. The SBA will retain ownership and responsibility for 
their system of records that they place with HUD. HUD serves only as a 
record location and routine use recipient for SBA's data.

Notice Procedures

    HUD and the SBA will notify individuals at the time of application 
(ensuring that routine use appears on

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the application form) for guaranteed or direct loans that their records 
will be matched to determine whether they are delinquent or in default 
on a Federal debt. HUD and SBA will also publish notices concerning 
routine use disclosures in the Federal Register to inform individuals 
that a computer match may be performed to determine a loan applicant's 
credit status with the Federal government.

Categories of Records/Individuals Involved

    The debtor records include these data elements: SSN, claim number, 
program code, and indication of indebtedness. Categories of records 
include: Records of claims and defaults, repayment agreements, credit 
reports, financial statements, and records of foreclosures. Categories 
of individuals include: Former mortgagors and purchasers of HUD-owned 
and home improvement loan debtors who are delinquent or default on 
their loans or who have had their partial claim subordinate mortgage 
called due and payable and it has not been repaid in full.

Period of the Match

    Matching is expected to begin at least 40 days from the date copies 
of the signed (by both HUD and SBA's Data Integrity Boards) computer 
matching agreement are sent to both Houses of Congress or at least 30 
days from the date this notice is published in the Federal Register, 
which ever is later, providing no comments are received which would 
result in a contrary determination. 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 in writing to terminate or modify the agreement.

    Dated: October 28, 2010.
Jerry E. Williams,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-27784 Filed 11-2-10; 8:45 am]
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