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Officer for the Defense Task Force on 

Sexual Assault in the Military Services 

with one (1) written copy of the 

presentation by 5 p.m. EDT, 

Wednesday, June 17, 2009, and bring 15 

written copies of any material that is 

intended for distribution at the meeting. 

Morgan E. Frazier, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2009–OS–0073] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a 

Computer Matching Program 

AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data 

Center, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of a computer matching 

program. 

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 notice to the record subjects of a 

computer matching program between 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

and DoD that their records are being 

matched by computer. The purpose of 

this agreement is to verify an 

individual’s continuing eligibility for 

VA benefits by identifying VA disability 

benefit recipients who return to active 

duty and to ensure that benefits are 

terminated if appropriate. 

DATES: This proposed action will 

become effective June 29, 2009, and 

matching may commence unless 

changes to the matching program are 

required due to public comments or by 

Congressional or Office of Management 

and Budget objections. Any public 

comment must be received before the 

effective date. 

ADDRESSES: Any interested party may 

submit written comments to the 

Director, Defense Privacy Office, 1901 

South Bell Street, Suite 920, Arlington, 

VA 22202–4512. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Samuel P. Jenkins 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 VA have concluded an 

agreement to conduct a computer 

matching program between the agencies. 

The purpose of this agreement is to 

verify an individual’s continuing 

eligibility for VA benefits by identifying 

VA disability benefit recipients who 

return to active duty and to ensure that 

benefits are terminated if appropriate. 

The parties to this agreement have 

determined that a computer matching 

program is the most efficient, 

expeditious, and effective means of 

obtaining the information needed by the 

VA to identify ineligible VA disability 

compensation recipients who have 

returned to active duty. This matching 

agreement will identify those veterans 

who have returned to active duty, but 

are still receiving disability 

compensation. If this identification is 

not accomplished by computer 

matching, but is done manually, the cost 

would be prohibitive and it is possible 

that not all individuals would be 

identified. 

A copy of the computer matching 

agreement between VA and DMDC is 

available upon request to the public. 

Requests should be submitted to the 

address caption above or to the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Veterans Benefit Administration, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. 

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 May 20, 2009, to the 

House Committee on Government 

Reform, the Senate Committee on 

Governmental Affairs, 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 

February 8, 1996 (61 FR 6435). 

Dated: May 26, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

Notice of a Computer Matching 

Program Between the Department of 

Veterans Affairs and the Department of 

Defense for Verification of Disability 

Compensation 

A. Participating Agencies: 

Participants in this computer matching 

program are the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) and the Defense Manpower 

Data Center (DMDC) of the Department 

of Defense (DoD). The VA 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: The purpose 

of this agreement is to verify an 

individual’s continuing eligibility for 

VA benefits by identifying VA disability 

benefit recipients who return to active 

duty and to ensure that benefits are 

terminated if appropriate. VA will 

provide identifying information on 

disability compensation recipients to 

DMDC to match against a file of active 

duty (including full-time National 

Guard and Reserve) personnel. The 

purpose is to identify those recipients 

who have returned to active duty and 

are ineligible to receive VA 

compensation so that benefits can be 

adjusted or terminated, if in order. 

C. Authority for Conducting the 

Match: The legal authority for 

conducting the matching program for 

use in the administration of VA’s 

Compensation and Pension Benefits 

Program is contained in 38 U.S.C. 

5304(c), Prohibition Against Duplication 

of Benefits, which precludes pension, 

compensation, or retirement pay on 

account of any person’s own service, for 

any period for which he receives active 

duty pay. The head of any Federal 

department or agency shall provide, 

pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 5106, such 

information as requested by VA for the 

purpose of determining eligibility for, or 

amount of benefits, or verifying other 

information with respect thereto. 

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: 

VA will use the system of records 

identified as ’’VA Compensation, 

Pension and Education and Vocational 

Rehabilitation and Employment 

Records—VA (58 VA 21/22/28),’’ first 

published at 41 FR 9294, March 3, 1976, 

and last amended at 74 FR 14685, April 

1, 2009, with other amendments, as 

cited therein. Attachment 4 is a copy of 

the system notice with the appropriate 

routine use, i.e., RU 39, annotated. 

DoD will use the system of records 

identified as DMDC 01, entitled, 

‘‘Defense Manpower Data Center Data 

Base,’’ last published at 73 FR 5820, 

January 31, 2008. Attachment 5 is a 

copy of the system notice with the 

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appropriate routine use, i.e., RU 1(e)(1), 

annotated. 

E. Description of Computer Matching 

Program: The Veterans Benefits 

Administration will provide DMDC 

with an electronic file which contains 

specified data elements of individual 

VA disability compensation recipients. 

Upon receipt of the electronic file, 

DMDC will perform a computer match 

using all nine digits of the SSNs in the 

VA file against a DMDC computer 

database. The DMDC database consists 

of personnel records of active duty 

(including full-time National Guard and 

Reserve) military members. Matching 

records, ‘‘hits’’ based on the SSN, will 

produce the member’s name, branch of 

service, and unit designation, and other 

pertinent data elements. The hits will be 

furnished to the Veterans Benefits 

Administration which is responsible for 

verifying and determining that the data 

on the DMDC electronic reply file are 

consistent with the source file and for 

resolving any discrepancies or 

inconsistencies on an individual basis. 

The Veterans Benefits Administration 

will also be responsible for making final 

determinations as to positive 

identification, eligibility for benefits, 

and verifying any other information 

with respect thereto. 

The electronic file provided by VA 

will contain information on 

approximately 3.2 million disability 

compensation recipients. 

The DMDC computer database file 

contains approximately 1 million 

records of active duty military members, 

including full-time National Guard and 

Reserve. 

F. Inclusive Dates of the Matching 

Program: This computer matching 

program is subject to public comment 

and review by Congress and the Office 

of Management and Budget. If the 

mandatory 30 day period for comment 

has expired and no comments are 

received and if no objections are raised 

by either Congress or the Office of 

Management and Budget within 40 days 

of being notified of the proposed match, 

the computer matching program 

becomes effective and the respective 

agencies may begin the exchange at a 

mutually agreeable time and thereafter 

on a quarterly basis. By agreement 

between VA and DMDC, the matching 

program will be in effect 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, 1901 South Bell 

Street, Suite 920, Arlington, VA 22202– 

4512. Telephone (703) 607–2943. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DOD–2009–OS–0071] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of 

Records 

AGENCY: Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to Add a New System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service (DFAS) is proposing 

to add a system of records notice to its 

inventory of record systems subject to 

the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), 

as amended. 

DATES: This Action will be effective 

without further notice on June 29, 2009 

unless comments are received that 

would result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

FOIA/PA Program Manager, Corporate 

Communications and Legislative 

Liaison, Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, 8899 East 56th 

Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249–0150. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Linda Krabbenhoft at (720) 242–6631. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service notices for systems of records 

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have been 

published in the Federal Register and 

are available from the address above. 

The proposed system report, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was 

submitted on May 20, 2009, to the 

House Committee on Government 

Reform, the Senate Committee on 

Governmental Affairs, and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I 

to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘Federal 

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining 

Records about Individuals,’ dated 

December 12, 2000, 65 FR 239. 

Dated: May 20, 2009. 

Morgan E. Frazier, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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SYSTEM NAME: 

Law Office Management System 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service (DFAS), Office of General 

Counsel, Indianapolis, 8899 E. 56th 

Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249–0160. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Active Duty, Reserve, Guard, retired, 

separated military members including 

their dependents, spouses, ex-spouses, 

annuitants, legal guardians, current, 

retired or separated DoD civilian 

employees, non-DoD civilian employees 

paid by DFAS. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Individual’s name, Social Security 

Number (SSN), or other personal 

identifier, home address, home or office 

telephone numbers, pay and personnel 

information, dependent or annuitant 

information, marital status, birth date, 

employment information, personal email addresses, business e-mail 

addresses, tax information, personal 

letters, memorandums, legal opinions, 

pleading, and miscellaneous documents 

related to judicial or administrative 

proceedings or benefit/pay inquiries, 

and all other information necessary to 

provide advice and assistance to 

personnel seeking legal assistance. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C 301, Departmental 

Regulations, Department of Defense 

Directive (DoDD) 5145.01, General 

Counsel of the Department of Defense, 

and E.O. 9397 (SSN). 

PURPOSE(S): 

The system will be used as a 

repository for opinions issued and 

researched by the Office of General 

Counsel. In addition, it will facilitate 

the recording, processing, management, 

and tracking of all requests for legal 

assistance related to personnel, military 

and civilian pay, and commercial pay 

issues. The system will also maintain a 

record of the Office of General Counsel 

replies to each request or inquiry. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a 

(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, these 

records contained therein may 

specifically be disclosed outside the 

DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552a (b)(3) as follows: 

The DoD ‘‘Blanket Routine Uses’’ set 

forth at the beginning of the DFAS 

compilation of system of records notices 

apply to this system of records. 

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