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20 September 2006
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[Federal Register: September 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 182)]
[Notices]
[Page 54981-54982]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20se06-43]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary of Defense
[DOD-2006-OS-0197]
Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program
AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data Center, Defense Logistics Agency, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of a computer matching program.
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SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a), requires agencies to publish advanced notice of any
proposed or revised computer matching program by the matching agency
for public comment. The Department of Defense (DoD) as the matching
agency under the Privacy Act, is hereby giving notice to the record
subjects of a computer matching program between Social Security
Administration (SSA) and the DoD that their records are being matched
by computer.
The Social Security Act requires SSA to verify, with independent or
collateral sources, information provided to SSA by recipients of SSI
payments and beneficiaries of SVB benefits. The SSI and SVB recipient/
beneficiary provides information about eligibility/entitlement factors
and other relevant information. SSA obtains additional information as
necessary before making any determinations of eligibility/payment or
entitlement/benefit amounts or adjustments thereto. With respect to
military retirement payments to SSI recipients and SVB beneficiaries
who are retired members of the Uniformed Services or their survivors,
SSA proposes to accomplish this task by computer matching with the DoD.
DATES: This proposed action will become effective October 20, 2006, and
matching may commence unless changes to the matching program are
required due to public comments or by Congressional or by 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. Vahan Moushegian, Jr. at (703)
607-2943.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (o) of the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Defense Manpower Data
Center (DMDC) and SSA have concluded an agreement to conduct a computer
matching program.
The parties to this agreement have determined that a computer
matching program is the efficient, expeditious, and effective means of
obtaining and processing the information needed by the SSA under the
Social Security Act to verify the eligibility/entitlement of, and to
verify payment/benefit amounts for, certain SSI and SVB recipients/
beneficiaries. Computer matching also will produce the required data to
calculate and make any necessary adjustments of SSI payments and SVB
benefits. The principal alternative to using a computer matching
program would be to conduct a manual comparison of DoD payment records
with a list of SSI and SVB recipients/beneficiaries. Conducting such a
manual match would clearly impose a considerable administrative burden,
constitute a greater intrusion on the individual's privacy, and would
result in additional delay in the eventual SSI payment and SVB benefit
or recovery of unauthorized or erroneous payments/benefits. Using the
computer matching program, the information exchange between the parties
can be accomplished within 30 days.
A copy of the computer matching agreement between SSA and DoD is
available upon request. Requests should be submitted to the address
caption above or to the Office of Payment Policy, Office of Income
Security Programs, Office of Disability and Income Security Programs,
Social Security Administration, 0106 RRCC, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21235.
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 on June 19, 1989,
at 54 FR 2518.
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
September 12, 2006, to the House Committee on Government Reform, the
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 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
(February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427).
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Dated: September 14, 2006.
C.R. Choate,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Office, Department of Defense.
Computer Matching Program Between the Social Security Administration
and the Department of Defense for Verification of Social Security
Supplemental Security Income Payments and Special Veterans Benefits
A. Participating Agencies
Participants in this computer matching program are the Social
Security Administration (SSA) and the Defense Manpower Data Center
(DMDC) of the Department of Defense (DoD). The SSA 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 Social Security Act requires SSA to verify, with independent or
collateral sources, information provided to SSA by recipients of SSI
payments and beneficiaries of SVB benefits. The SSI and SVB recipient/
beneficiaries provides information about eligibility/entitlement
factors and other relevant information. SSA obtains additional
information as necessary before making any determinations of
eligibility/payment or entitlement/benefit amounts or adjustments
thereto. With respect to military retirement payments to SSI recipients
and SVB beneficiaries who are retired members of the Uniformed Services
or their survivors, SSA proposes to accomplish this task by computer
matching with the DOD.
C. Authority for Conducting the Match
The legal authority for the matching program is contained in
sections 1631(e)(1)(B), (f), and 806(b) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1383(e)(1)(B), (f) and 1006(b)).
D. Records to be Matched
The systems of records maintained by the respective agencies under
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, from which records will be
disclosed for the purpose of this computer match are as follows:
SSA will use records from a system of records identified as 60-
0103, entitled ``Supplemental Security Income Record and Special
Veterans Benefits, SSA/ODSSIS'', last published in the Federal Register
at 71 FR 1830, January 11, 2006.
DMDC will use records from a system of records identified as
S322.10 DMDC, entitled ``Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base,'' last
published in the Federal Register at 69 FR 31974, June 8, 2004, as
amended at 69 FR 67117, November 16, 2004.
E. Description of Computer Matching Program
SSA, as the source agency, will provide DMDC with an electronic
file which contains the data elements. Upon receipt of the electronic
file, DMDC, as the recipient agency, will perform a computer match
using all nine digits of the SSN of the SSI/SVB file against a DMDC
database which contains the data elements. The DMDC database consists
of extracts of personnel and pay records of retired members of the
uniformed services or their survivors. The ``hits'' or matches will be
furnished to SSA. SSA is responsible for verifying and determining that
the data on the DMDC electronic reply file are consistent with the SSA
source file and resolving any discrepancies or inconsistencies on an
individual basis. SSA will also be responsible for making final
determinations as to eligibility for /entitlement to, or amount of
payments/benefits, their continuation or needed adjustments, or any
recovery of overpayments as a result of the match.
1. The electronic file provided by SSA will contain approximately
8.6 million records extracted from the SSR/SVB.
2. The electronic DMDC database contains records on approximately
2.3 million retired uniformed service members or their survivors.
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. 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
on a quarterly basis, shifting to a monthly basis, provided DoD
consents, when and if the computer system work can be completed to
effectuate the increased frequency. By agreement between SSA 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.
[FR Doc. 06-7923 Filed 9-19-06; 8:45 am]
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