82_FR_43217 82 FR 43041 - Proposed Designation of Databases for Treasury's Working System Under the Do Not Pay Initiative

82 FR 43041 - Proposed Designation of Databases for Treasury's Working System Under the Do Not Pay Initiative

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 176 (September 13, 2017)

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FR Document2017-19433

Section 5(b)(1)(B) of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 (IPERIA) provides that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with agencies, may designate additional databases for inclusion under the Do Not Pay (DNP) Initiative. IPERIA further requires OMB to provide public notice and an opportunity for comment prior to designating additional databases. In fulfillment of this requirement, OMB is publishing this Notice of Proposed Designation to designate the following six databases: (1) The Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals List (OFAC List), (2) data from the General Services Administration's (GSA) System for Award Management (SAM) sensitive financial data from entity registration records (including those records formerly housed in the legacy Excluded Parties List System), (3) the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (ARL), (4) the IRS's Exempt Organizations Select Check (EO Select Check), (5) the IRS's e-Postcard database, and (6) the commercial database American InfoSource (AIS) Deceased Data for inclusion in the Do Not Pay Initiative. This notice has a 30-day comment period.

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Proposed Designation of Databases for Treasury's Working System 
Under the Do Not Pay Initiative

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice of proposed designation.

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SUMMARY: Section 5(b)(1)(B) of the Improper Payments Elimination and 
Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 (IPERIA) provides that the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with 
agencies, may designate additional databases for inclusion under the Do 
Not Pay (DNP) Initiative. IPERIA further requires OMB to provide public 
notice and an opportunity for comment prior to designating additional 
databases. In fulfillment of this requirement, OMB is publishing this 
Notice of Proposed Designation to designate the following six 
databases: (1) The Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Office of 
Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals List (OFAC 
List), (2) data from the General Services Administration's (GSA) System 
for Award Management (SAM) sensitive financial data from entity 
registration records (including those records formerly housed in the 
legacy Excluded Parties List System), (3) the Internal Revenue 
Service's (IRS) Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (ARL), (4) the 
IRS's Exempt Organizations Select Check (EO Select Check), (5) the 
IRS's e-Postcard database, and (6) the commercial database American 
InfoSource (AIS) Deceased Data for inclusion in the Do Not Pay 
Initiative. This notice has a 30-day comment period.

DATES: Please submit comments on or before October 13, 2017. At the 
conclusion of the 30-day comment period, if OMB decides to finalize the 
designation, OMB will publish a notice in the Federal Register to 
officially designate the database.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted electronically before the comment 
closing date to www.regulations.gov. The public comments received by 
OMB will be a matter of public record and will be posted at 
www.regulations.gov. Accordingly, please do not include in your 
comments any confidential business information or information of a 
personal-privacy nature.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Nichols at the OMB Office of

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Federal Financial Management at 202-395-3993.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Among other things, IPERIA codified the DNP 
Initiative that was already underway across the Federal Government. The 
DNP Initiative includes multiple resources to help Federal agencies 
review payment eligibility for purposes of identifying and preventing 
improper payments. As part of the DNP Initiative, OMB designated 
Treasury to host Treasury's Working System, which is the primary system 
through which Federal agencies can verify payment eligibility.
    Pursuant to IPERIA,\1\ OMB has the authority to designate 
additional databases for inclusion in the DNP Initiative.\2\ OMB 
Memorandum M-13-20 \3\ provides guidance related to IPERIA and explains 
the process by which OMB will consider designating additional 
databases. The OMB guidance provides that OMB will only consider 
designating databases that are relevant and necessary to meet the 
objectives of section 5 of IPERIA. In addition, the guidance explains 
that six factors will inform OMB when considering additional databases 
for designation. These factors include: (1) Statutory or other 
limitations on the use and sharing of specific data; (2) privacy 
restrictions and risks associated with specific data; (3) likelihood 
that the data will strengthen program integrity across programs and 
agencies; (4) benefits of streamlining access to the data through the 
central DNP Initiative; (5) costs associated with expanding or 
centralizing access, including modifications needed to system 
interfaces or other capabilities in order to make data accessible; and 
(6) other policy and stakeholder considerations, as appropriate.
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    \1\ 31 U.S.C. 3321 note, Public Law 112-248 (2013).
    \2\ OMB designated the Department of the Treasury to host 
Treasury's Working System, which helps Federal agencies verify that 
their payments are proper. Treasury's Working System is part of the 
broader DNP Initiative.
    \3\ ``Protecting Privacy while Reducing Improper Payments with 
the Do Not Pay Initiative''--August 16, 2013.
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    For commercial databases, the OMB guidance establishes additional 
requirements. The guidance requires that the commercial data meet the 
following general standards: (1) Information in commercial databases 
must be relevant and necessary to meet the objectives described in 
section 5 of IPERIA; (2) information in commercial databases must be 
sufficiently accurate, up-to-date, relevant, and complete to ensure 
fairness to the individual record subjects; and (3) information in 
commercial databases must not contain information that describes how 
any individual exercises rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, 
unless use of the data is expressly authorized by statute. In addition, 
when OMB designates commercial databases for use in Treasury's Working 
System, Treasury must meet the following specific requirements: (1) 
Treasury shall establish rules of conduct for persons involved in the 
use of, or access to, commercial databases and instruct each person 
with respect to such rules, including penalties for noncompliance, as 
appropriate; and (2) Treasury shall establish appropriate 
administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to ensure the 
security and confidentiality of information in commercial databases 
when such information is under Treasury's control.

Considerations for Designating the Office of Foreign Assets Control's 
Specially Designated Nationals List (OFAC List)

    OMB proposes to designate the Treasury OFAC List for inclusion in 
Treasury's Working System. Acting under Presidential national emergency 
powers, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) derives its 
authority from a variety of U.S. Federal laws regarding embargoes and 
economic sanctions such as those terrorism-related mandates found in 31 
CFR parts 595-597. This database is a list of persons and entities 
whose assets are blocked and generally prohibited from entering into 
financial transactions with United States (U.S.) financial institutions 
and the U.S. Government.
    Currently, each payment-issuing agency has its own procedure for 
blocking or rejecting payments to persons or entities on the OFAC List. 
By designating the OFAC List as an additional database in Treasury's 
Working System, Treasury would improve and streamline access by 
allowing agencies to verify payment eligibility at multiple points in 
the payment process.
    OMB has reached the following initial determinations and is seeking 
public comment before finalizing the designation of the database.
    1. There are no statutory or other limitations that would prevent 
including this public database within Treasury's Working System for the 
purposes of verifying payment eligibility. Due to the broad audience of 
government agencies required to check OFAC's List, this database was 
made accessible to agencies matching against Treasury's Working System 
soon after IPERIA became effective and before the issuance of OMB 
Memorandum M-13-20 establishing this designation process. The database 
is formatted for information processing on OFAC's Web site and requires 
no changes to existing processes or any additional expense for 
Treasury.
    2. There are no prohibitive privacy restrictions or risks for 
Treasury to make this publicly facing database already available on 
OFAC's Web site also available in Treasury's Working System. Risk 
mitigation measures include maintaining a current and compliant 
Security Accreditation and Authorization (SA&A) package for Treasury's 
Working System in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-130, Managing 
Information as a Strategic Resource, and complying with the Federal 
Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) requirements. To reduce 
the likelihood of incidents triggered by unauthorized access, login to 
Treasury's Working System requires public key infrastructure (PKI) or 
personal identity verification (PIV) credentials. All users and 
administrators are required to sign rules of behavior stipulating their 
responsibilities to minimize risks and support DNP's mission to 
``Protect the integrity of the government's payment process by 
assisting agencies in mitigating and eliminating improper payments in a 
cost-effective manner while safeguarding the privacy of individuals.'' 
In this vein, Treasury has also dedicated resources to establish a 
Privacy Program based on applicable requirements, the Fair Information 
Practice Principles (FIPPs), and industry best practices. Treasury's 
Privacy Program champions various internal controls in concert with 
agency leadership and counsel such as a data usage governance process 
charged with vetting projects that support a data driven approach to 
reducing improper payments for Treasury's specific customers and 
government-wide.
    3. Designating the OFAC List would likely strengthen program 
integrity. With access to the OFAC List through Treasury's Working 
System, an agency will be better equipped to minimize the risk that it 
makes a payment to a person or entity on the list and the potentially 
catastrophic impact of such a payment.
    4. It would be beneficial to streamline access to the OFAC List 
through its inclusion as an additional database within Treasury's 
Working System. IPERIA requires agencies to check the Act's enumerated 
databases prior to making a payment with Federal funds. Federal 
regulations, such as 31 CFR parts 595-597, require paying agencies to 
check the OFAC List. Many of DNP's

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customers are paying agencies that are required to check the OFAC List. 
They will now be able to check it along with the other databases that 
comprise Treasury's Working System. This will enable agencies to make 
more informed payment decisions, increase efficiency, and strengthen 
internal controls.
    5. There are no additional costs associated with expanding or 
centralizing access to the OFAC List within Treasury's Working System.
    6. No additional stakeholder considerations were identified. 
Regarding policy, the designation further ensures that Treasury 
customers adhere to terrorism-related mandates set forth in Federal 
regulations, such as those found in 31 CFR parts 595-597.

Considerations for Designating System for Award Management (SAM) 
Sensitive Financial Data From Entity Registration Records

    OMB proposes to designate SAM sensitive financial data from entity 
registration records specifically the sensitive financial data and 
exclusion data for use in the DNP initiative via Treasury's Working 
System. SAM is the single registration point for entities seeking 
Federal contracts or grants (with limited exceptions defined in the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or Title 2 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations). As such, key data that are essential to appropriately 
identifying unique entities for DNP are included in the entity 
registration records in SAM and identified as sensitive data, meaning 
they are not disclosed publically. These data include information used 
in financial transactions.
    By designating SAM sensitive financial data from entity 
registration records as an additional data source in DNP via Treasury's 
Working System, agencies using the system will have greater confidence 
in results returned from the Treasury Working System and used in 
analysis for processing payments. This would reduce the administrative 
burden for agencies having to check both systems prior to finalizing 
pre- and post-payment analysis.
    OMB has reached the following initial determinations and is seeking 
public comment before finalizing the designation of the database.
    1. There are no statutory or other limitations that would prevent 
the DNP Initiative from using SAM sensitive financial data from entity 
registration records for the purposes of verifying payment eligibility. 
GSA is authorized to maintain SAM pursuant to the FAR Subparts 4.11, 
9.4, 28.2, and 52.204, 2 CFR part 25, and 40 U.S.C. 121(c), and the 
data collection requirements from entities is governed by the FAR and 
Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The records in SAM 
sensitive financial data from entity registration records are covered 
by a Privacy Act system of records. Pursuant to the system of records 
notice's (SORN) \4\ routine use (m), GSA is permitted to disclose SAM 
sensitive entity registration data for the purposes of the DNP 
Initiative. DNP currently receives SAM sensitive financial data from 
entity registration records and comports with the GSA routine use when 
re-disclosing the data to Federal agencies `for the purpose of 
identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments to an applicant 
for, or recipient of, Federal funds, including funds disbursed by a 
state in a state-administered, federally funded program' (78 FR 11648, 
Feb. 19, 2013). Adding this data source to the DNP Initiative will not 
require any additional action because this database was made accessible 
to agencies for DNP soon after IPERIA became effective and before the 
issuance of OMB Memorandum M-13-20 establishing this designation 
process and Treasury's Working System.
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    \4\ SAM SORN: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/mediaId/205455/fileName/2013-03743.action.
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    2. There are some privacy restrictions and risks associated with 
the DNP Initiative's use of the SAM sensitive entity registration data. 
For example, SAM is a system of records, so the Privacy Act governs the 
DNP Initiative's use of these records. As mentioned above with respect 
to the first consideration, DNP would comport with the SORN's routine 
use (m), which mitigates the privacy risks with respect to the Privacy 
Act. Risk mitigation measures also include maintaining a current and 
compliant SA&A package for Treasury's Working System in accordance with 
OMB Circular No. A-130 requirements. To reduce the likelihood of 
incidents triggered by unauthorized access, login to Treasury's Working 
System requires PKI or PIV credentials. All users and administrators 
are required to sign rules of behavior stipulating their 
responsibilities to minimize risks and support DNP's mission to 
``Protect the integrity of the government's payment process by 
assisting agencies in mitigating and eliminating improper payments in a 
cost-effective manner while safeguarding the privacy of individuals.'' 
In this vein, Treasury has also dedicated resources to establish a 
Privacy Program based on applicable requirements, FIPPs, and industry 
best practices. Treasury's Privacy Program champions various internal 
controls in concert with agency leadership and counsel such as a data 
usage governance process charged with vetting projects that support a 
data driven approach to reducing improper payments for Treasury's 
specific customers and government-wide.
    3. Designating SAM sensitive financial data from entity 
registration records would strengthen program integrity. With SAM 
sensitive financial data from entity registration records as a data 
source in DNP, agencies would have more convenient access to these 
data, strengthening their ability to make stronger and more efficient 
payment determinations and reducing false positives that result in 
improper withholding of or late payments.
    4. It would be beneficial to streamline access to SAM sensitive 
financial data from entity registration records as an additional 
database within Treasury's Working System. Many of Treasury's Working 
System users are payment-issuing agencies that are required to check 
SAM prior to payment. They will now be able to check SAM sensitive 
financial data from entity registration records alongside the other 
Treasury's Working System databases. This will enable agencies to make 
more informed and efficient payment decisions.
    5. There are no additional costs associated with expanding or 
centralizing access to SAM sensitive financial data from entity 
registration records because Treasury's Working System already includes 
this data. As a result, Treasury's Working System already has 
interfaces in place to allow for access to GSA's existing SAM 
technology feeds.
    6. No additional policy or stakeholder considerations were 
identified.

Consideration for Designating the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) 
Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (ARL)

    OMB proposes to designate the IRS's ARL, which maintains records of 
entities that have lost tax-exempt status due to failure to file an 
annual information return or notice with the IRS for three consecutive 
years. The Federal government administers a number of grant programs 
that pertain specifically to tax-exempt entities. As such, verification 
against ARL will assist grant-making agencies in verifying tax-exempt 
status prior to payment.
    OMB has reached the following initial determinations and is seeking 
public comment before finalizing the designation of the database.

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    1. There are no statutory or other limitations that would prevent 
including this public database within Treasury's Working System.
    2. There are no prohibitive privacy restrictions or risks for 
Treasury to make this publicly facing database also available in 
Treasury's Working System. Risk mitigation measures include maintaining 
a current and compliant SA&A package for Treasury's Working System in 
accordance with OMB Circular No. A-130. To reduce the likelihood of 
incidents triggered by unauthorized access, login to Treasury's Working 
System requires PKI or PIV credentials. All users and administrators 
are required to sign rules of behavior stipulating their 
responsibilities to minimize risks and support DNP's mission to 
``Protect the integrity of the government's payment process by 
assisting agencies in mitigating and eliminating improper payments in a 
cost-effective manner while safeguarding the privacy of individuals.'' 
In this vein, Treasury has also dedicated resources to establish a 
Privacy Program based on applicable requirements, FIPPs, and industry 
best practices. This Treasury's Privacy Program champions various 
internal controls in concert with agency leadership and counsel such as 
a data usage governance process charged with vetting projects that 
support foster a data driven approach to reducing improper payments for 
Treasury's specific customers and government-wide.
    3. Designating IRS' ARL would likely strengthen program integrity. 
With access to this database through Treasury's Working System, an 
agency will be better equipped to minimize the risk that it makes a 
payment to an entity that has not had its tax-exempt status verified.
    4. It would be beneficial to streamline access to the ARL through 
its inclusion within Treasury's Working System. Many of DNP's customers 
are grant-issuing agencies. This will enable agencies to make more 
informed payment decisions, increase efficiency, and strengthen 
internal controls.
    5. Aside from budgeted system development costs, there are no 
additional costs associated with expanding or centralizing access to 
this publically available database within Treasury's Working System.
    6. No additional policy or stakeholder considerations were 
identified.

Consideration for Designating the IRS's Exempt Organizations Select 
Check (EO Select Check)

    OMB proposes to designate the IRS's EO Select Check, which 
maintains records of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible 
charitable contributions. IRS Publication 78 requires organizations 
with gross receipts over $50,000 to file Form 990 once every three 
years in order to remain eligible for tax-exempt status. The EO Select 
Check database is even more valuable when used in concert with ARL, and 
will allow agencies to verify an entity's tax-exempt status prior to 
payment.
    OMB has reached the following initial determinations and is seeking 
public comment before finalizing the designation of the database.
    1. There are no statutory or other limitations that would prevent 
including this public database within Treasury's Working System.
    2. There are no prohibitive privacy restrictions or risks for 
Treasury to make this publicly facing database also available in 
Treasury's Working System. Risk mitigation measures include maintaining 
a current and compliant SA&A package for Treasury's Working System in 
accordance with OMB Circular No. A-130. To reduce the likelihood of 
incidents triggered by unauthorized access, login to Treasury's Working 
System requires PKI or PIV credentials. All users and administrators 
are required to sign rules of behavior stipulating their 
responsibilities to minimize risks and support DNP's mission to 
``Protect the integrity of the government's payment process by 
assisting agencies in mitigating and eliminating improper payments in a 
cost-effective manner while safeguarding the privacy of individuals.'' 
In this vein, Treasury has also dedicated resources to establish a 
Privacy Program based on applicable requirements, the FIPPs, and 
industry best practices. This Treasury's Privacy Program champions 
various internal controls in concert with agency leadership and counsel 
such as a data usage governance process charged with vetting projects 
that support foster a data driven approach to reducing improper 
payments for Treasury's specific customers and government-wide.
    3. Designating IRS's EO Select Check database would likely 
strengthen program integrity. With access to this database through 
Treasury's Working System, an agency will be better equipped to 
minimize the risk that it makes a payment to an entity that has not had 
its tax-exempt status verified.
    4. It would be beneficial to streamline access to the EO Select 
Check through its inclusion as an additional database within Treasury's 
Working System. Many of DNP's customers are grant issuing agencies. 
This will enable agencies to make more informed payment decisions, 
increase efficiency, and strengthen internal controls.
    5. Aside from budgeted system development costs, there are no 
additional costs associated with expanding or centralizing access to 
this publically available database within Treasury's Working System.
    6. No additional policy or stakeholder considerations were 
identified.

Consideration for Designating the IRS's e-Postcard

    OMB proposes to designate the IRS's e-Postcard database, which 
maintains records of small entities eligible to receive tax-deductible 
charitable contributions. Entities within e-Postcard are considered 
both small businesses and tax-exempt, with gross receipts under 
$50,000. These organizations are required to file a Form 990-N once 
every three years in order to remain eligible for tax-exempt status. As 
with the EO Select Check database, e-Postcard will allow agencies to 
verify tax-exempt status before making a payment.
    OMB has reached the following initial determinations and is seeking 
public comment before finalizing the designation of the database.
    1. There are no statutory or other limitations that would prevent 
including this public database within Treasury's Working System.
    2. There are no prohibitive privacy restrictions or risks for 
Treasury to make this publicly facing database also available in 
Treasury's Working System. Risk mitigation measures include maintaining 
a current and compliant SA&A package for Treasury's Working System in 
accordance with OMB Circular No. A-130. To reduce the likelihood of 
incidents triggered by unauthorized access, login to Treasury's Working 
System requires PKI or PIV credentials. All users and administrators 
are required to sign rules of behavior stipulating their 
responsibilities to minimize risks and support DNP's mission to 
``Protect the integrity of the government's payment process by 
assisting agencies in mitigating and eliminating improper payments in a 
cost-effective manner while safeguarding the privacy of individuals.'' 
In this vein, Treasury has also dedicated resources to establish a

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Privacy Program based on applicable requirements, the FIPPs, and 
industry best practices. This Treasury's Privacy Program champions 
various internal controls in concert with agency leadership and counsel 
such as a data usage governance process charged with vetting projects 
that support foster a data driven approach to reducing improper 
payments for Treasury's specific customers and government-wide.
    3. Designating IRS' e-Postcard database would likely strengthen 
program integrity. With access to this database through Treasury's 
Working System, an agency will be better equipped to minimize the risk 
that it makes a payment to an entity that has not had its tax-exempt 
status verified.
    4. It would be beneficial to streamline access to the e-Postcard 
through its inclusion as additional database within Treasury's Working 
System. Many of DNP's customers are grant issuing agencies. This will 
enable agencies to make more informed payment decisions, increase 
efficiency, and strengthen internal controls.
    5. Aside from budgeted system development costs, there are no 
additional costs associated with expanding or centralizing access to 
this publically available database within Treasury's Working System.
    6. No additional policy or stakeholder considerations were 
identified.

Considerations for Designating American InfoSource (AIS) Deceased Data

    OMB has considered Treasury's recommendation and assessment of the 
suitability of AIS Deceased Data for designation within Treasury's 
Working System. OMB proposes to designate AIS Deceased Data for 
inclusion in Treasury's Working System. Treasury's suitability 
assessment, which evaluates the suitability of AIS Deceased Data, is 
attached.
    Highlights of Treasury's assessment on AIS Deceased Data against 
the considerations and factors outlined in Section 5(b) of OMB 
Memorandum M-13-20 follow:
    1. There are no statutory or other limitations that would prevent 
Treasury from using or sharing AIS Deceased Data through Treasury's 
Working System.
    2. Treasury assessed privacy restrictions and risks by reviewing 
AIS' responses to a questionnaire based on Federal Trade Commission 
(FTC) vendor management guidance and conducting a data source profile. 
The information AIS provided regarding data restrictions and risks 
helped inform Treasury's decision to request this OMB designation of 
AIS.
    The questionnaire includes sections on Products and Services, 
Breach Notification, Consumer Access and Redress, and Legal Action/
Complaints/Inquiries. AIS' response indicated that there are no 
consumer access or redress procedures in place because their data is 
not directly acquired from the consumer. AIS data is gathered through 
public records and additional data sources. AIS maintains that 
policies, practices and procedures relating to the monitoring, 
auditing, or evaluation of the accuracy of personally identifiable 
information may be customized and approved by Treasury as its customer.
    Treasury evaluated AIS Deceased Data in various areas, including a 
data quality assessment at the attribute level, and at the level of the 
source as a whole. Per-data element measures include quantifications of 
accuracy, coverage, and conformity. Whole-source measures include 
assessments of the freshness, completeness, and uniqueness of all 
records. These six assessments factors, some of which are multi-part, 
reduce to six quantitative scores, and these six scores are combined 
into an overall data source quality benchmark. The quality assessment 
was performed on a snapshot of the data source from July 14, 2014, for 
December and January deaths and from March 28, 2014, for November 
deaths.
    3. Designating AIS Deceased Data will strengthen program integrity. 
Treasury performed an analysis, in which it was conservatively 
estimated, that the program's use of just three months of AIS Deceased 
Data would have resulted in the identification of 226 additional 
improper payments, with a corresponding reduction of roughly $450,000 
in improper payments to deceased persons. Please see sections IV(A)(5) 
and IV(B)(2) of the AIS Deceased Data suitability assessment for more 
detail on the results of this analysis.
    4. Streamlining Federal officials' access to AIS Deceased Data as 
an additional database within Treasury's Working System supports the 
Administration's objectives to reduce duplication and costs to 
taxpayers. Adding in this needed data source without streamlining 
through Treasury would require each agency to purchase the data set 
separately, resulting in delays to access and redundant.
    5. There will be some additional costs associated with expanding or 
centralizing access to AIS Deceased Data. However, Treasury has 
performed a trial assessment with respect to AIS Deceased Data, and has 
determined that the return on investment (ROI) is positive and 
outweighs the costs. Please see sections IV(A)(5) and IV(B)(2) of the 
AIS Deceased Data suitability assessment for more detail on how this 
analysis was performed and the results.
    6. No additional policy or stakeholder considerations were 
identified.
    We invite public comments on the proposed designation of each of 
the six databases described in this notice.

Mark Reger,
Deputy Controller.

Do Not Pay: Written Assessment of the Suitability of the AIS Deceased 
Data Commercial Database

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-13-20 
requires the Department of the Treasury to prepare and submit to OMB a 
written assessment to document the suitability of any commercial 
database proposed for use in Treasury's Working System. Section 11(d) 
of M-13-20 requires the assessment to address four topics:
    (i) The need to use or access the data;
    (ii) how the data will be used or accessed;
    (iii) a description of the data, including each data element that 
will be used or accessed; and
    (iv) how the database meets all applicable requirements of M-13-20.
    Treasury has completed its assessment of the suitability of 
American InfoSource (AIS) Deceased Data for inclusion as a database in 
Treasury's Working System. Based on its assessment, Treasury recommends 
that OMB propose the inclusion of AIS Deceased Data into Treasury's 
Working System. Below are Treasury's evaluations and conclusions 
regarding the Section 11(d) topics.

I. Explanation of the Need To Use or Access the Data

    Decedent persons are ineligible to receive payments with few 
exceptions, such as to payments to survivors under the deceased name or 
payments to an estate for work completed before death. As such, the 
deceased are ineligible for most benefits, grants, or awards. There is 
a business need for the government to use the most complete, timely, 
and accurate data to ensure an improper payment is not made to these 
persons. Currently, government sources of death data include the Social 
Security Administration's (SSA) Death Master File (DMF), the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Vital Statistics 
System, and data maintained by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 
derived from Table 2000CM of tax returns.

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    The AIS Deceased Data database includes information about deceased 
persons from all 50 states. AIS Deceased Data provides death data from 
states currently unavailable to Treasury customers through SSA's DMF. 
Treasury's Working System currently uses the public version of SSA's 
DMF. There is also a restricted version of DMF (known as the ``public 
plus state'' DMF), which is more comprehensive and contains more data 
reported from states than the public version. The Social Security Act 
limits the disclosure of state death records contained in the ``public 
plus state'' DMF to only benefit paying agencies. SSA has determined 
that Treasury's Working System does not meet the requirements for 
access to the ``public plus state'' DMF. Therefore, Treasury evaluated 
the coverage of AIS Deceased Data by state ``public plus state'' DMF 
and found that AIS does have significant coverage in many states above 
and beyond public DMF which are not contained within ``public plus 
state'' DMF. In addition to inputs from SSA's public DMF, AIS gathers 
information from probate court records and published obituaries. 
Obituaries are obtained by AIS from over 3,000 funeral homes and 
thousands of newspapers, and probate records are collected from the 
county courts. These sources are not currently available to agencies 
accessing Treasury's Working System. Out of 600,000 records Treasury 
received from AIS when assessing the suitability of the database, 
approximately 230,000 came from sources (obituaries and probationary 
records) other than the public version of DMF. The positive return on 
investment (ROI) analysis (Section IV) removed DMF files from its 
calculations further supporting that including records from AIS in 
Treasury's Working System will create value to Federal agencies that 
require this additional death data to make payment decisions.

II. Explanation of How the Data Will Be Used or Accessed

    Generally, when payment-issuing agencies identify a business need 
to match against a specific type of database, Treasury will work with 
the payment-issuing agency to complete an Initial Questionnaire. An 
Initial Questionnaire is the form that Treasury must approve for each 
payment-issuing agency to initiate the onboarding process, and begin 
the process of accessing the requested databases. The objectives of the 
onboarding process are to:
     Allow the payment-issuing agency to gain access to 
Treasury's Working System;
     Outline business needs and legal authorities for the 
payment-issuing agency to access Treasury's Working System; and
     Ensure that payment-issuing agency files are ready for use 
in Treasury's Working System.
    During the onboarding process, if an agency determines it has a 
business need to access death data like AIS Deceased Data--typically, 
to assist the agency in making eligibility determinations for payments 
or awards, customers will also identify the method by which their 
agency will search, or be disclosed, AIS Deceased Data (via online 
single search, batch matching, continuous monitoring, DNP Analytics, or 
a combination of these services). To access the batch matching and 
continuous monitoring matching functions, customers must establish a 
secure file transfer process with Treasury. Treasury then works with 
customers to provision access credentials and obtain supplementary 
information necessary to access Treasury's Working System. Each 
customer must certify and agree to Rules of Behavior for Treasury's 
Working System and certify and execute several legal agreements. 
Customers will then identify AIS Deceased Data as the specific database 
relevant to their matching needs.
    Upon obtaining access to use Treasury's Working System, a 
comparison between AIS data and agency payment data could be made, 
resulting in the return of positive matches. Users may either use 
Treasury's online portal to view automated match results on a regular 
basis, or request analytical services to be performed in order to gain 
additional insight. It is then the customer's responsibility to review 
the information received and make a determination, or request 
additional services.
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    \5\ The Acquired and Age data elements reflect the timeliness of 
the data, and document when AIS compiled the specific death record.
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III. Description of the Data (Including Each Data Element That Will Be 
Used or Accessed)

                        Data Element Definitions
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                                                      Related fields in
           Header              Description of data           DMF
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Last Name...................  The last name of the  lastname.
                               deceased individual.
First Name..................  The first name of     firstname.
                               the deceased
                               individual.
Middle Name.................  The middle name of    middlename.
                               the deceased
                               individual.
City........................  The city of           ....................
                               residence for the
                               deceased individual.
State.......................  The state of          ....................
                               residence for the
                               deceased individual.
Social Security Number (SSN)  A 9-digit             ssn.
                               identification
                               number used by the
                               SSA. It is
                               exclusively issued
                               by SSA and is
                               predominantly used
                               for the individual
                               classification.
Date of Death (Dod).........  The date of death     dateofdeath.
                               for the deceased
                               individual, used to
                               determine if
                               payment date is
                               before or after
                               death date.
Date of birth (Dob).........  The date of birth     dateofbirth.
                               for the deceased
                               individual, which
                               is a supplemental
                               matching element
                               payment-issuing
                               agencies may use as
                               an additional
                               unique identifier
                               to increase
                               confidence in match
                               accuracy.
Acquired \5\................  Identifies when the   ....................
                               data was first
                               acquired by AIS.
Age.........................  Identifies the        ....................
                               number of days
                               between the
                               acquired date and
                               the date of death.
Confidence..................  Level of confidence   verifyproof_cd.
                               in the data within
                               the record,
                               determined by the
                               source of the death
                               report (DMF,
                               probate court,
                               obituary, and/or
                               independent
                               verification by
                               AIS).
Source count................  The number of death   ....................
                               sources in which
                               the record was
                               found.
Source......................  The source from       ....................
                               which the record
                               was first acquired.
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IV. Explanation of How the Database Meets All the Applicable 
Requirements of OMB M-13-20

    M-13-20 outlines three distinct sets of requirements for including 
additional databases in Treasury's Working System.

A. M-13-20 Section 5(b)--Considerations for Designation of Additional 
Databases

    M-13-20 section 5(b) requires that when considering additional 
databases for designation, OMB will consider:
    1. Statutory or other limitations on the use and sharing of 
specific data;
    2. Privacy restrictions and risks associated with specific data;
    3. Likelihood that the data will strengthen program integrity 
across programs and agencies;
    4. Benefits of streamlining access to the data through the central 
DNP Initiative;
    5. Costs associated with expanding or centralizing access, 
including modifications needed to system interfaces or other 
capabilities in order to make data accessible; and
    6. Other policy and stakeholder considerations, as appropriate.
    Treasury has assessed AIS Deceased Data against the considerations 
and factors outlined in Section 5(b) of M-13-20. Treasury has 
determined that:
    1. There are no statutory or other limitations that would prevent 
Treasury from using or sharing AIS Deceased Data through Treasury's 
Working System.
    2. Treasury assessed privacy restrictions and risks by reviewing 
AIS' responses to a questionnaire based on Federal Trade Commission 
(FTC) vendor management guidance and conducting a data source profile. 
These inputs that considered data restrictions and risks informed 
Treasury's decision to request this designation request.
    The questionnaire includes sections on Products and Services, 
Breach Notification, Consumer Access and Redress, and Legal Action/
Complaints/Inquiries. AIS' response indicated that there are no 
consumer access or redress procedures in place because their data is 
not directly acquired from the consumer. AIS data is gathered through 
public records and additional data sources. AIS maintains that 
policies, practices and procedures relating to the monitoring, 
auditing, or evaluation of the accuracy of personally identifiable 
information may be customized and approved by the Treasury as its 
customer.
    Treasury evaluated AIS Deceased Data in various areas, including a 
data quality assessment at the attribute level, and at the level of the 
source as a whole. Per-data element measures include quantifications of 
accuracy, coverage, and conformity. Whole-source measures include 
assessments of the freshness, completeness, and uniqueness of all 
records. These six assessments factors, some of which are multi-part, 
reduce to six quantitative scores, and these six scores are combined 
into an overall data source quality benchmark. The quality assessment 
was performed on a snapshot of the data source, from July 14, 2014 for 
December and January deaths and from March 28, 2014 for November 
deaths.
    3. Designating AIS Deceased Data will strengthen program integrity. 
Treasury performed an analysis in which it was conservatively estimated 
that the program's use of just three months of AIS Deceased Data would 
have resulted in the identification of 226 additional improper 
payments, with a corresponding reduction of roughly $450,000 in 
improper payments to deceased persons. Please see section IV(A)(5) and 
IV(B)(2) for more detail on how this analysis was performed and the 
results.
    4. It is beneficial to the Federal government and to taxpayers to 
streamline access to AIS Deceased Data as an additional database within 
Treasury's Working System. Currently, in order to access AIS Deceased 
Data, customer agencies must each procure the data themselves. This 
process can take up to six months to complete and is costly and 
duplicative. With over 140 programs currently accessing Treasury's 
Working System, the amount of time saved with a single procurement will 
have a positive ROI.
    5. There will be some additional costs associated with expanding or 
centralizing access to AIS Deceased Data. However, Treasury has 
performed a trial assessment with respect to AIS Deceased Data, and it 
has determined that the ROI is positive and outweighs the costs. 
Specifically, the trial assessment compared three months of AIS data to 
current and historical payment data in order to determine which 
payments would result in matches. Agency-specific business rules 
identified in Treasury's current processes were then applied to reduce 
false positives. ROI was 400%. Recurring payments were then eliminated 
to simulate an agency stopping the first payment, thus nullifying 
benefit from future payments. ROI was found to be 315%.
    6. No additional policy or stakeholder considerations were 
identified.

B. M-13-20 Section 11(b)--General Standards for the Use or Access to 
Commercial Databases

    M-13-20 Section 11(b) provides that Treasury may use or access a 
commercial database for Treasury's Working System only if OMB has 
officially, previously designated such database for inclusion following 
a period of public notice and comment, as described in section 5(b) of 
this Memorandum. Because commercial databases used or accessed for 
purposes of the DNP Initiative will be used to help agencies make 
determinations about persons, it is important that agencies apply 
safeguards that are similarly rigorous to those that apply to systems 
of records under the Privacy Act. Thus, commercial data may only be 
used or accessed for the DNP Initiative when the commercial data in 
question would meet the following general standards:
    1. Information in commercial databases must be relevant and 
necessary to meet the objectives described in section 5 of IPERIA.
    2. Information in commercial databases must be sufficiently 
accurate, up-to-date, relevant, and complete to ensure fairness to the 
individual record subjects.
    3. Information in commercial databases must not contain information 
that describes how any individual exercises rights guaranteed by the 
First Amendment, unless use of the data is expressly authorized by 
statute.
    Treasury has assessed AIS Deceased Data against the considerations 
and factors outlined in Section 11(b) of M-13-20. Treasury has 
determined that:
    1. AIS Deceased Data is relevant and necessary to meet objectives 
set out in the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement 
Act of 2012 (IPERIA). IPERIA requires payment-issuing agencies to 
verify eligibility of payments and awards by reviewing the SSA DMF, as 
appropriate. Treasury has access to the public DMF, but does not 
currently have access to the ``public plus state'' DMF or probate court 
records and obituaries. AIS Deceased Data provides the latter two 
categories, creating value for payment-issuing agencies in this 
additional death data. Additionally, AIS Deceased Data includes records 
from states, including 18 states that do not report deaths to SSA via 
the Internet Electronic Death Registration (I-EDR), and would not be 
included in the ``public plus state'' DMF anyway. AIS Deceased Data 
will supplement the existing data provided by SSA in the public DMF and 
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inform the payment decisions of Treasury customers.
    2. In its trial assessment, Treasury determined that AIS Deceased 
Data is sufficiently accurate, up-to-date, relevant, and complete to 
ensure fairness. Treasury compared the AIS Deceased Data city and state 
data to other databases that are considered ``gold standards'' and over 
99 percent of these data were accurate. Treasury also assessed AIS 
Deceased Data social security number (SSN), date of death, and date of 
birth data elements and determined that: over 99 percent of the SSN 
data are accurate; all records contain a date of death; and 89 percent 
of the data contain a date of birth, which is sufficiently accurate for 
a supplemental matching element. The data elements that AIS will 
provide to Treasury's Working System all directly relate to confirming 
the identification of a person's status as deceased and would be fully 
refreshed on a quarterly basis. Extraneous fields are not included to 
ensure that data minimization standards (see M-13-20 section 5(c)) are 
applied. In addition, Treasury only receives records from AIS, which 
contain a SSN, first name, and last name. These practices and the data 
elements will ensure fewer false positives and fairness to the record 
subjects.
    3. AIS Deceased Data does not contain information that describes 
how an individual exercises rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.

C. M-13-20 Section 11(c)--Specific Requirements for Use or Access to 
Commercial Databases

    M-13-20 Section 11(c) provides that in addition to the general 
standards provided above, Treasury shall meet the following specific 
requirements whenever agencies use or access a commercial database as 
part of Treasury's Working System:
    1. Treasury shall establish rules of conduct for persons involved 
in the use of or access to commercial databases and instruct each 
person with respect to such rules, including penalties for 
noncompliance, as appropriate.
    2. Treasury shall establish appropriate administrative, technical, 
and physical safeguards to ensure the security and confidentiality of 
information in commercial databases when such information is under 
Treasury's control.
    Treasury has assessed AIS Deceased Data against the considerations 
and factors outlined in Section 11(c) of M-13-20. Treasury has 
determined that it has fulfilled the requirements of Section 11(c) 
because:
    1. Treasury has established rules of conduct for users of the 
Treasury's Working System. Users must agree to the following:
     To use information to perform job duties and to only 
access data necessary to perform said duties;
     To not use data for fraud;
     To not browse or access data without authorization;
     To make no changes to data delivered;
     To not use data for personal gain;
     To report conflicts of interest immediately;
     To terminate access when access is no longer required for 
job duties; and
     To not disclose information to unauthorized persons.
    Terms and conditions which must be accepted each time a customer 
accesses the Treasury's Working System include a description of 
penalties for misuse of data. These include:
     Criminal and civil penalties.
     disciplinary actions and other consequences including the 
loss of system access.
    2. Treasury has strong safeguards to protect the security and 
confidentiality of information. Access to the Treasury's Working System 
is available only by authorized persons on a need-to-know basis. 
External access logs to Treasury's Working System are reviewed to 
ensure compliance with the Rules of Behavior agreed to by credentialed 
users. Internal access log control measures are reviewed to ensure 
compliance with security guidelines governing access to Privacy Act 
data. Audit logs allow system managers to monitor external and internal 
user actions and address any misuse or violation of access privileges. 
Access to computerized records is limited through the use of internal 
mechanisms available to only those whose official duties require 
access. Facilities where records are physically located are secured by 
various means, such as security guards, locked doors with key entry, 
and equipment requiring a physical token to gain access. The Bureau of 
the Fiscal Service may agree to additional safeguards for some data 
through a written agreement with the entity supplying the data.
    Treasury's Working System recently completed its Security 
Assessment and Authorization (SA&A), which is reviewed at the Bureau of 
the Fiscal Service level. The SA&A adheres to the processes outlined in 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special 
Publication (SP) 800 series. More specifically, NIST SP 800-115; NIST 
SP 800-53, Rev. 3; NIST SP-800-53A, Rev. 1; NIST SP 800-37, Rev. 1; and 
NIST SP 800-30. Treasury's Working System also complies with the 
Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). For example, 
detailed SA&A information is currently safeguarded within the Treasury 
FISMA Information Management System; in the event of an audit, this 
documentation may be made available.

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                                                        TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN MET’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION—
                                                                                                  Continued
                                                                        Test standard                                                                          Test standard title

                                                UL 61010–2–81* ....................................................   Standard for Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and
                                                                                                                        Laboratory Use—Part 2–081: Particular Requirements for Automatic and Semi-Automatic
                                                                                                                        Laboratory Equipment for Analysis and Other Purposes.
                                                   * Represents a new standard that OSHA is adding to the NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate Test Standards, as specified in Table 2 below.

                                                      TABLE 2—TEST STANDARD OSHA IS ADDING TO THE NRTL PROGRAM’S LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS
                                                                        Test standard                                                                          Test standard title

                                                UL 61010–2–91 .....................................................   Standard for   Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and
                                                                                                                        Laboratory   Use—Part 2–091: Particular Requirements for Cabinet X-Ray Systems.
                                                UL 61010–2–81 .....................................................   Standard for   Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and
                                                                                                                        Laboratory   Use—Part 2–081: Particular Requirements for Automatic and Semi-Automatic
                                                                                                                        Laboratory   Equipment for Analysis and Other Purposes.



                                                   OSHA’s recognition of any NRTL for                            MET’s scope of recognition, in all areas               to provide public notice and an
                                                a particular test standard is limited to                         for which it has recognition.                          opportunity for comment prior to
                                                equipment or materials for which OSHA                              Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR                  designating additional databases. In
                                                standards require third-party testing and                        1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the scope                  fulfillment of this requirement, OMB is
                                                certification before using them in the                           of recognition of MET, subject to the                  publishing this Notice of Proposed
                                                workplace. Consequently, if a test                               limitation and conditions specified                    Designation to designate the following
                                                standard also covers any products for                            above.                                                 six databases: (1) The Department of the
                                                which OSHA does not require such                                 III. Authority and Signature                           Treasury’s (Treasury) Office of Foreign
                                                testing and certification, a NRTL’s scope                                                                               Assets Control’s Specially Designated
                                                of recognition does not include these                               Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant                      Nationals List (OFAC List), (2) data from
                                                products.                                                        Secretary of Labor for Occupational                    the General Services Administration’s
                                                   The American National Standards                               Safety and Health, 200 Constitution                    (GSA) System for Award Management
                                                Institute (ANSI) may approve the test                            Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210,                      (SAM) sensitive financial data from
                                                standards listed above as American                               authorized the preparation of this                     entity registration records (including
                                                National Standards. However, for                                 notice. Accordingly, the Agency is                     those records formerly housed in the
                                                convenience, we may use the                                      issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C.              legacy Excluded Parties List System), (3)
                                                designation of the standards-developing                          657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No.              the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS)
                                                organization for the standard as opposed                         1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and                Automatic Revocation of Exemption List
                                                to the ANSI designation. Under the                               29 CFR 1910.7.                                         (ARL), (4) the IRS’s Exempt
                                                NRTL Program’s policy (see OSHA                                    Signed at Washington, DC, on August 30,              Organizations Select Check (EO Select
                                                Instruction CPL 1–0.3, Appendix C,                               2017.                                                  Check), (5) the IRS’s e-Postcard
                                                paragraph XIV), any NRTL recognized                              Loren Sweatt,                                          database, and (6) the commercial
                                                for a particular test standard may use                           Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for                database American InfoSource (AIS)
                                                either the proprietary version of the test                       Occupational Safety and Health.                        Deceased Data for inclusion in the Do
                                                standard or the ANSI version of that                             [FR Doc. 2017–19403 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am]            Not Pay Initiative. This notice has a 30-
                                                standard. Contact ANSI to determine                              BILLING CODE 4510–26–P                                 day comment period.
                                                whether a test standard is currently                                                                                    DATES:  Please submit comments on or
                                                ANSI-approved.                                                                                                          before October 13, 2017. At the
                                                A. Conditions                                                    OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND                               conclusion of the 30-day comment
                                                                                                                 BUDGET                                                 period, if OMB decides to finalize the
                                                   In addition to those conditions                                                                                      designation, OMB will publish a notice
                                                already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, MET                           Proposed Designation of Databases                      in the Federal Register to officially
                                                must abide by the following conditions                           for Treasury’s Working System Under                    designate the database.
                                                of the recognition:                                              the Do Not Pay Initiative
                                                   1. MET must inform OSHA as soon as                                                                                   ADDRESSES:  Comments must be
                                                                                                                 AGENCY:    Office of Management and                    submitted electronically before the
                                                possible, in writing, of any change of                           Budget.
                                                ownership, facilities, or key personnel,                                                                                comment closing date to
                                                and of any major change in its                                   ACTION:   Notice of proposed designation.              www.regulations.gov. The public
                                                operations as a NRTL, and provide                                                                                       comments received by OMB will be a
                                                                                                                 SUMMARY:    Section 5(b)(1)(B) of the
                                                details of the change(s);                                                                                               matter of public record and will be
                                                                                                                 Improper Payments Elimination and
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                                                   2. MET must meet all the terms of its                                                                                posted at www.regulations.gov.
                                                                                                                 Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
                                                recognition and comply with all OSHA                                                                                    Accordingly, please do not include in
                                                                                                                 (IPERIA) provides that the Director of
                                                policies pertaining to this recognition;                                                                                your comments any confidential
                                                                                                                 the Office of Management and Budget
                                                and                                                                                                                     business information or information of a
                                                                                                                 (OMB), in consultation with agencies,
                                                                                                                                                                        personal-privacy nature.
                                                   3. MET must continue to meet the                              may designate additional databases for
                                                requirements for recognition, including                          inclusion under the Do Not Pay (DNP)                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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                                                Federal Financial Management at 202–                    commercial databases must not contain                 issuance of OMB Memorandum M–13–
                                                395–3993.                                               information that describes how any                    20 establishing this designation process.
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Among                        individual exercises rights guaranteed                The database is formatted for
                                                other things, IPERIA codified the DNP                   by the First Amendment, unless use of                 information processing on OFAC’s Web
                                                Initiative that was already underway                    the data is expressly authorized by                   site and requires no changes to existing
                                                across the Federal Government. The                      statute. In addition, when OMB                        processes or any additional expense for
                                                DNP Initiative includes multiple                        designates commercial databases for use               Treasury.
                                                resources to help Federal agencies                      in Treasury’s Working System, Treasury                   2. There are no prohibitive privacy
                                                review payment eligibility for purposes                 must meet the following specific                      restrictions or risks for Treasury to make
                                                of identifying and preventing improper                  requirements: (1) Treasury shall                      this publicly facing database already
                                                payments. As part of the DNP Initiative,                establish rules of conduct for persons                available on OFAC’s Web site also
                                                OMB designated Treasury to host                         involved in the use of, or access to,                 available in Treasury’s Working System.
                                                Treasury’s Working System, which is                     commercial databases and instruct each                Risk mitigation measures include
                                                the primary system through which                        person with respect to such rules,                    maintaining a current and compliant
                                                Federal agencies can verify payment                     including penalties for noncompliance,                Security Accreditation and
                                                eligibility.                                            as appropriate; and (2) Treasury shall                Authorization (SA&A) package for
                                                   Pursuant to IPERIA,1 OMB has the                     establish appropriate administrative,                 Treasury’s Working System in
                                                authority to designate additional                       technical, and physical safeguards to                 accordance with OMB Circular No. A–
                                                databases for inclusion in the DNP                      ensure the security and confidentiality               130, Managing Information as a
                                                Initiative.2 OMB Memorandum                             of information in commercial databases                Strategic Resource, and complying with
                                                M–13–20 3 provides guidance related to                  when such information is under                        the Federal Information Security
                                                IPERIA and explains the process by                      Treasury’s control.                                   Modernization Act (FISMA)
                                                which OMB will consider designating                                                                           requirements. To reduce the likelihood
                                                                                                        Considerations for Designating the                    of incidents triggered by unauthorized
                                                additional databases. The OMB                           Office of Foreign Assets Control’s
                                                guidance provides that OMB will only                                                                          access, login to Treasury’s Working
                                                                                                        Specially Designated Nationals List                   System requires public key
                                                consider designating databases that are                 (OFAC List)
                                                relevant and necessary to meet the                                                                            infrastructure (PKI) or personal identity
                                                objectives of section 5 of IPERIA. In                      OMB proposes to designate the                      verification (PIV) credentials. All users
                                                addition, the guidance explains that six                Treasury OFAC List for inclusion in                   and administrators are required to sign
                                                factors will inform OMB when                            Treasury’s Working System. Acting                     rules of behavior stipulating their
                                                considering additional databases for                    under Presidential national emergency                 responsibilities to minimize risks and
                                                designation. These factors include: (1)                 powers, the Office of Foreign Assets                  support DNP’s mission to ‘‘Protect the
                                                Statutory or other limitations on the use               Control (OFAC) derives its authority                  integrity of the government’s payment
                                                and sharing of specific data; (2) privacy               from a variety of U.S. Federal laws                   process by assisting agencies in
                                                restrictions and risks associated with                  regarding embargoes and economic                      mitigating and eliminating improper
                                                specific data; (3) likelihood that the data             sanctions such as those terrorism-                    payments in a cost-effective manner
                                                will strengthen program integrity across                related mandates found in 31 CFR parts                while safeguarding the privacy of
                                                programs and agencies; (4) benefits of                  595–597. This database is a list of                   individuals.’’ In this vein, Treasury has
                                                streamlining access to the data through                 persons and entities whose assets are                 also dedicated resources to establish a
                                                the central DNP Initiative; (5) costs                   blocked and generally prohibited from                 Privacy Program based on applicable
                                                associated with expanding or                            entering into financial transactions with             requirements, the Fair Information
                                                centralizing access, including                          United States (U.S.) financial                        Practice Principles (FIPPs), and industry
                                                modifications needed to system                          institutions and the U.S. Government.                 best practices. Treasury’s Privacy
                                                interfaces or other capabilities in order                  Currently, each payment-issuing                    Program champions various internal
                                                to make data accessible; and (6) other                  agency has its own procedure for                      controls in concert with agency
                                                policy and stakeholder considerations,                  blocking or rejecting payments to                     leadership and counsel such as a data
                                                as appropriate.                                         persons or entities on the OFAC List. By              usage governance process charged with
                                                   For commercial databases, the OMB                    designating the OFAC List as an                       vetting projects that support a data
                                                guidance establishes additional                         additional database in Treasury’s                     driven approach to reducing improper
                                                requirements. The guidance requires                     Working System, Treasury would                        payments for Treasury’s specific
                                                that the commercial data meet the                       improve and streamline access by                      customers and government-wide.
                                                following general standards: (1)                        allowing agencies to verify payment                      3. Designating the OFAC List would
                                                Information in commercial databases                     eligibility at multiple points in the                 likely strengthen program integrity.
                                                must be relevant and necessary to meet                  payment process.                                      With access to the OFAC List through
                                                the objectives described in section 5 of                   OMB has reached the following initial              Treasury’s Working System, an agency
                                                IPERIA; (2) information in commercial                   determinations and is seeking public                  will be better equipped to minimize the
                                                databases must be sufficiently accurate,                comment before finalizing the                         risk that it makes a payment to a person
                                                up-to-date, relevant, and complete to                   designation of the database.                          or entity on the list and the potentially
                                                                                                           1. There are no statutory or other                 catastrophic impact of such a payment.
                                                ensure fairness to the individual record
                                                                                                        limitations that would prevent                           4. It would be beneficial to streamline
                                                subjects; and (3) information in
                                                                                                        including this public database within                 access to the OFAC List through its
                                                                                                        Treasury’s Working System for the                     inclusion as an additional database
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                                                  1 31  U.S.C. 3321 note, Public Law 112–248 (2013).
                                                  2 OMB   designated the Department of the Treasury     purposes of verifying payment                         within Treasury’s Working System.
                                                to host Treasury’s Working System, which helps          eligibility. Due to the broad audience of             IPERIA requires agencies to check the
                                                Federal agencies verify that their payments are         government agencies required to check                 Act’s enumerated databases prior to
                                                proper. Treasury’s Working System is part of the        OFAC’s List, this database was made                   making a payment with Federal funds.
                                                broader DNP Initiative.
                                                  3 ‘‘Protecting Privacy while Reducing Improper        accessible to agencies matching against               Federal regulations, such as 31 CFR
                                                Payments with the Do Not Pay Initiative’’—August        Treasury’s Working System soon after                  parts 595–597, require paying agencies
                                                16, 2013.                                               IPERIA became effective and before the                to check the OFAC List. Many of DNP’s


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                                                customers are paying agencies that are                  CFR part 25, and 40 U.S.C. 121(c), and                practices. Treasury’s Privacy Program
                                                required to check the OFAC List. They                   the data collection requirements from                 champions various internal controls in
                                                will now be able to check it along with                 entities is governed by the FAR and                   concert with agency leadership and
                                                the other databases that comprise                       Title 2 of the Code of Federal                        counsel such as a data usage governance
                                                Treasury’s Working System. This will                    Regulations. The records in SAM                       process charged with vetting projects
                                                enable agencies to make more informed                   sensitive financial data from entity                  that support a data driven approach to
                                                payment decisions, increase efficiency,                 registration records are covered by a                 reducing improper payments for
                                                and strengthen internal controls.                       Privacy Act system of records. Pursuant               Treasury’s specific customers and
                                                  5. There are no additional costs                      to the system of records notice’s                     government-wide.
                                                associated with expanding or                            (SORN) 4 routine use (m), GSA is                         3. Designating SAM sensitive
                                                centralizing access to the OFAC List                    permitted to disclose SAM sensitive                   financial data from entity registration
                                                within Treasury’s Working System.                       entity registration data for the purposes             records would strengthen program
                                                  6. No additional stakeholder                          of the DNP Initiative. DNP currently                  integrity. With SAM sensitive financial
                                                considerations were identified.                         receives SAM sensitive financial data                 data from entity registration records as
                                                Regarding policy, the designation                       from entity registration records and                  a data source in DNP, agencies would
                                                further ensures that Treasury customers                 comports with the GSA routine use                     have more convenient access to these
                                                adhere to terrorism-related mandates set                when re-disclosing the data to Federal                data, strengthening their ability to make
                                                forth in Federal regulations, such as                   agencies ‘for the purpose of identifying,             stronger and more efficient payment
                                                those found in 31 CFR parts 595–597.                    preventing, or recouping improper                     determinations and reducing false
                                                Considerations for Designating System                   payments to an applicant for, or                      positives that result in improper
                                                for Award Management (SAM)                              recipient of, Federal funds, including                withholding of or late payments.
                                                Sensitive Financial Data From Entity                    funds disbursed by a state in a state-                   4. It would be beneficial to streamline
                                                Registration Records                                    administered, federally funded program’               access to SAM sensitive financial data
                                                                                                        (78 FR 11648, Feb. 19, 2013). Adding                  from entity registration records as an
                                                   OMB proposes to designate SAM                        this data source to the DNP Initiative
                                                sensitive financial data from entity                                                                          additional database within Treasury’s
                                                                                                        will not require any additional action                Working System. Many of Treasury’s
                                                registration records specifically the                   because this database was made
                                                sensitive financial data and exclusion                                                                        Working System users are payment-
                                                                                                        accessible to agencies for DNP soon after             issuing agencies that are required to
                                                data for use in the DNP initiative via                  IPERIA became effective and before the
                                                Treasury’s Working System. SAM is the                                                                         check SAM prior to payment. They will
                                                                                                        issuance of OMB Memorandum M–13–                      now be able to check SAM sensitive
                                                single registration point for entities                  20 establishing this designation process
                                                seeking Federal contracts or grants (with                                                                     financial data from entity registration
                                                                                                        and Treasury’s Working System.                        records alongside the other Treasury’s
                                                limited exceptions defined in the                          2. There are some privacy restrictions
                                                Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or                                                                       Working System databases. This will
                                                                                                        and risks associated with the DNP
                                                Title 2 of the Code of Federal                                                                                enable agencies to make more informed
                                                                                                        Initiative’s use of the SAM sensitive
                                                Regulations). As such, key data that are                                                                      and efficient payment decisions.
                                                                                                        entity registration data. For example,
                                                essential to appropriately identifying                  SAM is a system of records, so the                       5. There are no additional costs
                                                unique entities for DNP are included in                 Privacy Act governs the DNP Initiative’s              associated with expanding or
                                                the entity registration records in SAM                  use of these records. As mentioned                    centralizing access to SAM sensitive
                                                and identified as sensitive data,                       above with respect to the first                       financial data from entity registration
                                                meaning they are not disclosed                          consideration, DNP would comport with                 records because Treasury’s Working
                                                publically. These data include                          the SORN’s routine use (m), which                     System already includes this data. As a
                                                information used in financial                           mitigates the privacy risks with respect              result, Treasury’s Working System
                                                transactions.                                           to the Privacy Act. Risk mitigation                   already has interfaces in place to allow
                                                   By designating SAM sensitive                         measures also include maintaining a                   for access to GSA’s existing SAM
                                                financial data from entity registration                 current and compliant SA&A package                    technology feeds.
                                                records as an additional data source in                 for Treasury’s Working System in                         6. No additional policy or stakeholder
                                                DNP via Treasury’s Working System,                      accordance with OMB Circular No. A–                   considerations were identified.
                                                agencies using the system will have                     130 requirements. To reduce the                       Consideration for Designating the
                                                greater confidence in results returned                  likelihood of incidents triggered by                  Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS)
                                                from the Treasury Working System and                    unauthorized access, login to Treasury’s              Automatic Revocation of Exemption
                                                used in analysis for processing                         Working System requires PKI or PIV                    List (ARL)
                                                payments. This would reduce the                         credentials. All users and administrators
                                                administrative burden for agencies                      are required to sign rules of behavior                  OMB proposes to designate the IRS’s
                                                having to check both systems prior to                   stipulating their responsibilities to                 ARL, which maintains records of
                                                finalizing pre- and post-payment                        minimize risks and support DNP’s                      entities that have lost tax-exempt status
                                                analysis.                                               mission to ‘‘Protect the integrity of the             due to failure to file an annual
                                                   OMB has reached the following initial                government’s payment process by                       information return or notice with the
                                                determinations and is seeking public                    assisting agencies in mitigating and                  IRS for three consecutive years. The
                                                comment before finalizing the                           eliminating improper payments in a                    Federal government administers a
                                                designation of the database.                            cost-effective manner while                           number of grant programs that pertain
                                                   1. There are no statutory or other                                                                         specifically to tax-exempt entities. As
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                                                                                                        safeguarding the privacy of
                                                limitations that would prevent the DNP                  individuals.’’ In this vein, Treasury has             such, verification against ARL will
                                                Initiative from using SAM sensitive                     also dedicated resources to establish a               assist grant-making agencies in verifying
                                                financial data from entity registration                 Privacy Program based on applicable                   tax-exempt status prior to payment.
                                                records for the purposes of verifying                   requirements, FIPPs, and industry best                  OMB has reached the following initial
                                                payment eligibility. GSA is authorized                                                                        determinations and is seeking public
                                                to maintain SAM pursuant to the FAR                      4 SAM SORN: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/               comment before finalizing the
                                                Subparts 4.11, 9.4, 28.2, and 52.204, 2                 mediaId/205455/fileName/2013-03743.action.            designation of the database.


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                                                   1. There are no statutory or other                   Consideration for Designating the IRS’s               makes a payment to an entity that has
                                                limitations that would prevent                          Exempt Organizations Select Check (EO                 not had its tax-exempt status verified.
                                                including this public database within                   Select Check)                                            4. It would be beneficial to streamline
                                                Treasury’s Working System.                                                                                    access to the EO Select Check through
                                                                                                           OMB proposes to designate the IRS’s                its inclusion as an additional database
                                                   2. There are no prohibitive privacy                  EO Select Check, which maintains                      within Treasury’s Working System.
                                                restrictions or risks for Treasury to make              records of organizations eligible to                  Many of DNP’s customers are grant
                                                this publicly facing database also                      receive tax-deductible charitable                     issuing agencies. This will enable
                                                available in Treasury’s Working System.                 contributions. IRS Publication 78                     agencies to make more informed
                                                Risk mitigation measures include                        requires organizations with gross                     payment decisions, increase efficiency,
                                                maintaining a current and compliant                     receipts over $50,000 to file Form 990                and strengthen internal controls.
                                                SA&A package for Treasury’s Working                     once every three years in order to                       5. Aside from budgeted system
                                                System in accordance with OMB                           remain eligible for tax-exempt status.                development costs, there are no
                                                Circular No. A–130. To reduce the                       The EO Select Check database is even                  additional costs associated with
                                                likelihood of incidents triggered by                    more valuable when used in concert                    expanding or centralizing access to this
                                                unauthorized access, login to Treasury’s                with ARL, and will allow agencies to                  publically available database within
                                                Working System requires PKI or PIV                      verify an entity’s tax-exempt status prior            Treasury’s Working System.
                                                credentials. All users and administrators               to payment.                                              6. No additional policy or stakeholder
                                                are required to sign rules of behavior                     OMB has reached the following initial              considerations were identified.
                                                stipulating their responsibilities to                   determinations and is seeking public                  Consideration for Designating the IRS’s
                                                minimize risks and support DNP’s                        comment before finalizing the                         e-Postcard
                                                mission to ‘‘Protect the integrity of the               designation of the database.
                                                                                                           1. There are no statutory or other                    OMB proposes to designate the IRS’s
                                                government’s payment process by                                                                               e-Postcard database, which maintains
                                                assisting agencies in mitigating and                    limitations that would prevent
                                                                                                        including this public database within                 records of small entities eligible to
                                                eliminating improper payments in a                                                                            receive tax-deductible charitable
                                                cost-effective manner while                             Treasury’s Working System.
                                                                                                                                                              contributions. Entities within e-Postcard
                                                safeguarding the privacy of                                2. There are no prohibitive privacy                are considered both small businesses
                                                individuals.’’ In this vein, Treasury has               restrictions or risks for Treasury to make            and tax-exempt, with gross receipts
                                                also dedicated resources to establish a                 this publicly facing database also                    under $50,000. These organizations are
                                                Privacy Program based on applicable                     available in Treasury’s Working System.               required to file a Form 990–N once
                                                requirements, FIPPs, and industry best                  Risk mitigation measures include                      every three years in order to remain
                                                practices. This Treasury’s Privacy                      maintaining a current and compliant                   eligible for tax-exempt status. As with
                                                                                                        SA&A package for Treasury’s Working                   the EO Select Check database, e-
                                                Program champions various internal
                                                                                                        System in accordance with OMB                         Postcard will allow agencies to verify
                                                controls in concert with agency
                                                                                                        Circular No. A–130. To reduce the                     tax-exempt status before making a
                                                leadership and counsel such as a data                   likelihood of incidents triggered by
                                                usage governance process charged with                                                                         payment.
                                                                                                        unauthorized access, login to Treasury’s                 OMB has reached the following initial
                                                vetting projects that support foster a                  Working System requires PKI or PIV
                                                data driven approach to reducing                                                                              determinations and is seeking public
                                                                                                        credentials. All users and administrators             comment before finalizing the
                                                improper payments for Treasury’s                        are required to sign rules of behavior
                                                specific customers and government-                                                                            designation of the database.
                                                                                                        stipulating their responsibilities to                    1. There are no statutory or other
                                                wide.                                                   minimize risks and support DNP’s                      limitations that would prevent
                                                   3. Designating IRS’ ARL would likely                 mission to ‘‘Protect the integrity of the             including this public database within
                                                strengthen program integrity. With                      government’s payment process by                       Treasury’s Working System.
                                                access to this database through                         assisting agencies in mitigating and                     2. There are no prohibitive privacy
                                                Treasury’s Working System, an agency                    eliminating improper payments in a                    restrictions or risks for Treasury to make
                                                will be better equipped to minimize the                 cost-effective manner while                           this publicly facing database also
                                                risk that it makes a payment to an entity               safeguarding the privacy of                           available in Treasury’s Working System.
                                                that has not had its tax-exempt status                  individuals.’’ In this vein, Treasury has             Risk mitigation measures include
                                                verified.                                               also dedicated resources to establish a               maintaining a current and compliant
                                                                                                        Privacy Program based on applicable                   SA&A package for Treasury’s Working
                                                   4. It would be beneficial to streamline              requirements, the FIPPs, and industry                 System in accordance with OMB
                                                access to the ARL through its inclusion                 best practices. This Treasury’s Privacy               Circular No. A–130. To reduce the
                                                within Treasury’s Working System.                       Program champions various internal                    likelihood of incidents triggered by
                                                Many of DNP’s customers are grant-                      controls in concert with agency                       unauthorized access, login to Treasury’s
                                                issuing agencies. This will enable                      leadership and counsel such as a data                 Working System requires PKI or PIV
                                                agencies to make more informed                          usage governance process charged with                 credentials. All users and administrators
                                                payment decisions, increase efficiency,                 vetting projects that support foster a                are required to sign rules of behavior
                                                and strengthen internal controls.                       data driven approach to reducing                      stipulating their responsibilities to
                                                   5. Aside from budgeted system                        improper payments for Treasury’s                      minimize risks and support DNP’s
                                                                                                        specific customers and government-                    mission to ‘‘Protect the integrity of the
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                                                development costs, there are no
                                                additional costs associated with                        wide.                                                 government’s payment process by
                                                expanding or centralizing access to this                   3. Designating IRS’s EO Select Check               assisting agencies in mitigating and
                                                publically available database within                    database would likely strengthen                      eliminating improper payments in a
                                                Treasury’s Working System.                              program integrity. With access to this                cost-effective manner while
                                                                                                        database through Treasury’s Working                   safeguarding the privacy of
                                                   6. No additional policy or stakeholder               System, an agency will be better                      individuals.’’ In this vein, Treasury has
                                                considerations were identified.                         equipped to minimize the risk that it                 also dedicated resources to establish a


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                                                Privacy Program based on applicable                     Treasury’s decision to request this OMB               the return on investment (ROI) is
                                                requirements, the FIPPs, and industry                   designation of AIS.                                   positive and outweighs the costs. Please
                                                best practices. This Treasury’s Privacy                    The questionnaire includes sections                see sections IV(A)(5) and IV(B)(2) of the
                                                Program champions various internal                      on Products and Services, Breach                      AIS Deceased Data suitability
                                                controls in concert with agency                         Notification, Consumer Access and                     assessment for more detail on how this
                                                leadership and counsel such as a data                   Redress, and Legal Action/Complaints/                 analysis was performed and the results.
                                                usage governance process charged with                   Inquiries. AIS’ response indicated that                 6. No additional policy or stakeholder
                                                vetting projects that support foster a                  there are no consumer access or redress               considerations were identified.
                                                data driven approach to reducing                        procedures in place because their data                  We invite public comments on the
                                                improper payments for Treasury’s                        is not directly acquired from the                     proposed designation of each of the six
                                                specific customers and government-                      consumer. AIS data is gathered through                databases described in this notice.
                                                wide.                                                   public records and additional data
                                                                                                        sources. AIS maintains that policies,                 Mark Reger,
                                                   3. Designating IRS’ e-Postcard
                                                database would likely strengthen                        practices and procedures relating to the              Deputy Controller.
                                                program integrity. With access to this                  monitoring, auditing, or evaluation of                Do Not Pay: Written Assessment of the
                                                database through Treasury’s Working                     the accuracy of personally identifiable               Suitability of the AIS Deceased Data
                                                System, an agency will be better                        information may be customized and                     Commercial Database
                                                equipped to minimize the risk that it                   approved by Treasury as its customer.
                                                                                                           Treasury evaluated AIS Deceased Data                  The Office of Management and Budget
                                                makes a payment to an entity that has
                                                                                                        in various areas, including a data                    (OMB) Memorandum M–13–20 requires
                                                not had its tax-exempt status verified.
                                                   4. It would be beneficial to streamline              quality assessment at the attribute level,            the Department of the Treasury to
                                                access to the e-Postcard through its                    and at the level of the source as a whole.            prepare and submit to OMB a written
                                                inclusion as additional database within                 Per-data element measures include                     assessment to document the suitability
                                                Treasury’s Working System. Many of                      quantifications of accuracy, coverage,                of any commercial database proposed
                                                DNP’s customers are grant issuing                       and conformity. Whole-source measures                 for use in Treasury’s Working System.
                                                agencies. This will enable agencies to                  include assessments of the freshness,                 Section 11(d) of M–13–20 requires the
                                                make more informed payment                              completeness, and uniqueness of all                   assessment to address four topics:
                                                decisions, increase efficiency, and                     records. These six assessments factors,                  (i) The need to use or access the data;
                                                strengthen internal controls.                           some of which are multi-part, reduce to                  (ii) how the data will be used or
                                                   5. Aside from budgeted system                        six quantitative scores, and these six                accessed;
                                                development costs, there are no                         scores are combined into an overall data                 (iii) a description of the data,
                                                additional costs associated with                        source quality benchmark. The quality                 including each data element that will be
                                                expanding or centralizing access to this                assessment was performed on a                         used or accessed; and
                                                publically available database within                    snapshot of the data source from July                    (iv) how the database meets all
                                                Treasury’s Working System.                              14, 2014, for December and January                    applicable requirements of M–13–20.
                                                   6. No additional policy or stakeholder               deaths and from March 28, 2014, for                      Treasury has completed its
                                                considerations were identified.                         November deaths.                                      assessment of the suitability of
                                                                                                           3. Designating AIS Deceased Data will              American InfoSource (AIS) Deceased
                                                Considerations for Designating                          strengthen program integrity. Treasury                Data for inclusion as a database in
                                                American InfoSource (AIS) Deceased                      performed an analysis, in which it was                Treasury’s Working System. Based on
                                                Data                                                    conservatively estimated, that the                    its assessment, Treasury recommends
                                                   OMB has considered Treasury’s                        program’s use of just three months of                 that OMB propose the inclusion of AIS
                                                recommendation and assessment of the                    AIS Deceased Data would have resulted                 Deceased Data into Treasury’s Working
                                                suitability of AIS Deceased Data for                    in the identification of 226 additional               System. Below are Treasury’s
                                                designation within Treasury’s Working                   improper payments, with a                             evaluations and conclusions regarding
                                                System. OMB proposes to designate AIS                   corresponding reduction of roughly                    the Section 11(d) topics.
                                                Deceased Data for inclusion in                          $450,000 in improper payments to
                                                                                                                                                              I. Explanation of the Need To Use or
                                                Treasury’s Working System. Treasury’s                   deceased persons. Please see sections
                                                                                                                                                              Access the Data
                                                suitability assessment, which evaluates                 IV(A)(5) and IV(B)(2) of the AIS
                                                the suitability of AIS Deceased Data, is                Deceased Data suitability assessment for                 Decedent persons are ineligible to
                                                attached.                                               more detail on the results of this                    receive payments with few exceptions,
                                                   Highlights of Treasury’s assessment                  analysis.                                             such as to payments to survivors under
                                                on AIS Deceased Data against the                           4. Streamlining Federal officials’                 the deceased name or payments to an
                                                considerations and factors outlined in                  access to AIS Deceased Data as an                     estate for work completed before death.
                                                Section 5(b) of OMB Memorandum M–                       additional database within Treasury’s                 As such, the deceased are ineligible for
                                                13–20 follow:                                           Working System supports the                           most benefits, grants, or awards. There
                                                   1. There are no statutory or other                   Administration’s objectives to reduce                 is a business need for the government to
                                                limitations that would prevent Treasury                 duplication and costs to taxpayers.                   use the most complete, timely, and
                                                from using or sharing AIS Deceased                      Adding in this needed data source                     accurate data to ensure an improper
                                                Data through Treasury’s Working                         without streamlining through Treasury                 payment is not made to these persons.
                                                System.                                                 would require each agency to purchase                 Currently, government sources of death
                                                   2. Treasury assessed privacy                                                                               data include the Social Security
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                                                                                                        the data set separately, resulting in
                                                restrictions and risks by reviewing AIS’                delays to access and redundant.                       Administration’s (SSA) Death Master
                                                responses to a questionnaire based on                      5. There will be some additional costs             File (DMF), the Centers for Disease
                                                Federal Trade Commission (FTC)                          associated with expanding or                          Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National
                                                vendor management guidance and                          centralizing access to AIS Deceased                   Vital Statistics System, and data
                                                conducting a data source profile. The                   Data. However, Treasury has performed                 maintained by the Internal Revenue
                                                information AIS provided regarding                      a trial assessment with respect to AIS                Service (IRS) derived from Table
                                                data restrictions and risks helped inform               Deceased Data, and has determined that                2000CM of tax returns.


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                                                   The AIS Deceased Data database                                         public version of DMF. The positive                             customers will also identify the method
                                                includes information about deceased                                       return on investment (ROI) analysis                             by which their agency will search, or be
                                                persons from all 50 states. AIS Deceased                                  (Section IV) removed DMF files from its                         disclosed, AIS Deceased Data (via
                                                Data provides death data from states                                      calculations further supporting that                            online single search, batch matching,
                                                currently unavailable to Treasury                                         including records from AIS in                                   continuous monitoring, DNP Analytics,
                                                customers through SSA’s DMF.                                              Treasury’s Working System will create                           or a combination of these services). To
                                                Treasury’s Working System currently                                       value to Federal agencies that require                          access the batch matching and
                                                uses the public version of SSA’s DMF.                                     this additional death data to make                              continuous monitoring matching
                                                There is also a restricted version of DMF                                 payment decisions.                                              functions, customers must establish a
                                                (known as the ‘‘public plus state’’ DMF),                                                                                                 secure file transfer process with
                                                which is more comprehensive and                                           II. Explanation of How the Data Will Be
                                                                                                                          Used or Accessed                                                Treasury. Treasury then works with
                                                contains more data reported from states                                                                                                   customers to provision access
                                                than the public version. The Social                                          Generally, when payment-issuing                              credentials and obtain supplementary
                                                Security Act limits the disclosure of                                     agencies identify a business need to                            information necessary to access
                                                state death records contained in the                                      match against a specific type of                                Treasury’s Working System. Each
                                                ‘‘public plus state’’ DMF to only benefit                                 database, Treasury will work with the
                                                                                                                                                                                          customer must certify and agree to Rules
                                                paying agencies. SSA has determined                                       payment-issuing agency to complete an
                                                                                                                                                                                          of Behavior for Treasury’s Working
                                                that Treasury’s Working System does                                       Initial Questionnaire. An Initial
                                                                                                                                                                                          System and certify and execute several
                                                not meet the requirements for access to                                   Questionnaire is the form that Treasury
                                                                                                                                                                                          legal agreements. Customers will then
                                                the ‘‘public plus state’’ DMF. Therefore,                                 must approve for each payment-issuing
                                                Treasury evaluated the coverage of AIS                                                                                                    identify AIS Deceased Data as the
                                                                                                                          agency to initiate the onboarding
                                                Deceased Data by state ‘‘public plus                                      process, and begin the process of                               specific database relevant to their
                                                state’’ DMF and found that AIS does                                       accessing the requested databases. The                          matching needs.
                                                have significant coverage in many states                                  objectives of the onboarding process are                          Upon obtaining access to use
                                                above and beyond public DMF which                                         to:                                                             Treasury’s Working System, a
                                                are not contained within ‘‘public plus                                       • Allow the payment-issuing agency                           comparison between AIS data and
                                                state’’ DMF. In addition to inputs from                                   to gain access to Treasury’s Working                            agency payment data could be made,
                                                SSA’s public DMF, AIS gathers                                             System;                                                         resulting in the return of positive
                                                information from probate court records                                       • Outline business needs and legal                           matches. Users may either use
                                                and published obituaries. Obituaries are                                  authorities for the payment-issuing                             Treasury’s online portal to view
                                                obtained by AIS from over 3,000 funeral                                   agency to access Treasury’s Working                             automated match results on a regular
                                                homes and thousands of newspapers,                                        System; and                                                     basis, or request analytical services to be
                                                and probate records are collected from                                       • Ensure that payment-issuing agency                         performed in order to gain additional
                                                the county courts. These sources are not                                  files are ready for use in Treasury’s                           insight. It is then the customer’s
                                                currently available to agencies accessing                                 Working System.                                                 responsibility to review the information
                                                Treasury’s Working System. Out of                                            During the onboarding process, if an                         received and make a determination, or
                                                600,000 records Treasury received from                                    agency determines it has a business                             request additional services.
                                                AIS when assessing the suitability of the                                 need to access death data like AIS
                                                database, approximately 230,000 came                                      Deceased Data—typically, to assist the                          III. Description of the Data (Including
                                                from sources (obituaries and                                              agency in making eligibility                                    Each Data Element That Will Be Used
                                                probationary records) other than the                                      determinations for payments or awards,                          or Accessed)

                                                                                                                                   DATA ELEMENT DEFINITIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Related fields in
                                                                          Header                                                                            Description of data                                                       DMF

                                                Last Name ................................................          The last name of the deceased individual ................................................................    lastname.
                                                First Name ................................................         The first name of the deceased individual ................................................................   firstname.
                                                Middle Name ............................................            The middle name of the deceased individual ...........................................................       middlename.
                                                City ............................................................   The city of residence for the deceased individual ....................................................
                                                State .........................................................     The state of residence for the deceased individual ..................................................
                                                Social Security Number (SSN) .................                      A 9-digit identification number used by the SSA. It is exclusively issued by SSA                             ssn.
                                                                                                                      and is predominantly used for the individual classification.
                                                Date of Death (Dod) .................................               The date of death for the deceased individual, used to determine if payment date                             dateofdeath.
                                                                                                                      is before or after death date.
                                                Date of birth (Dob) ....................................            The date of birth for the deceased individual, which is a supplemental matching                              dateofbirth.
                                                                                                                      element payment-issuing agencies may use as an additional unique identifier to
                                                                                                                      increase confidence in match accuracy.
                                                Acquired 5 .................................................        Identifies when the data was first acquired by AIS ...................................................
                                                Age ...........................................................     Identifies the number of days between the acquired date and the date of death ....
                                                Confidence ................................................         Level of confidence in the data within the record, determined by the source of the                           verifyproof_cd.
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                                                                                                                      death report (DMF, probate court, obituary, and/or independent verification by
                                                                                                                      AIS).
                                                Source count ............................................           The number of death sources in which the record was found .................................
                                                Source ......................................................       The source from which the record was first acquired ...............................................



                                                  5 The Acquired and Age data elements reflect the

                                                timeliness of the data, and document when AIS
                                                compiled the specific death record.

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                                                IV. Explanation of How the Database                     quality assessment at the attribute level,            B. M–13–20 Section 11(b)—General
                                                Meets All the Applicable Requirements                   and at the level of the source as a whole.            Standards for the Use or Access to
                                                of OMB M–13–20                                          Per-data element measures include                     Commercial Databases
                                                  M–13–20 outlines three distinct sets                  quantifications of accuracy, coverage,
                                                                                                                                                                 M–13–20 Section 11(b) provides that
                                                of requirements for including additional                and conformity. Whole-source measures
                                                                                                                                                              Treasury may use or access a
                                                databases in Treasury’s Working                         include assessments of the freshness,
                                                                                                                                                              commercial database for Treasury’s
                                                System.                                                 completeness, and uniqueness of all
                                                                                                                                                              Working System only if OMB has
                                                                                                        records. These six assessments factors,
                                                A. M–13–20 Section 5(b)—                                                                                      officially, previously designated such
                                                                                                        some of which are multi-part, reduce to
                                                Considerations for Designation of                                                                             database for inclusion following a
                                                                                                        six quantitative scores, and these six
                                                Additional Databases                                                                                          period of public notice and comment, as
                                                                                                        scores are combined into an overall data
                                                                                                                                                              described in section 5(b) of this
                                                   M–13–20 section 5(b) requires that                   source quality benchmark. The quality
                                                                                                                                                              Memorandum. Because commercial
                                                when considering additional databases                   assessment was performed on a
                                                                                                                                                              databases used or accessed for purposes
                                                for designation, OMB will consider:                     snapshot of the data source, from July
                                                                                                                                                              of the DNP Initiative will be used to
                                                   1. Statutory or other limitations on the             14, 2014 for December and January
                                                                                                                                                              help agencies make determinations
                                                use and sharing of specific data;                       deaths and from March 28, 2014 for
                                                                                                                                                              about persons, it is important that
                                                   2. Privacy restrictions and risks                    November deaths.
                                                                                                                                                              agencies apply safeguards that are
                                                associated with specific data;                             3. Designating AIS Deceased Data will
                                                                                                                                                              similarly rigorous to those that apply to
                                                   3. Likelihood that the data will                     strengthen program integrity. Treasury
                                                                                                                                                              systems of records under the Privacy
                                                strengthen program integrity across                     performed an analysis in which it was
                                                                                                                                                              Act. Thus, commercial data may only be
                                                programs and agencies;                                  conservatively estimated that the
                                                                                                                                                              used or accessed for the DNP Initiative
                                                   4. Benefits of streamlining access to                program’s use of just three months of
                                                                                                                                                              when the commercial data in question
                                                the data through the central DNP                        AIS Deceased Data would have resulted
                                                                                                                                                              would meet the following general
                                                Initiative;                                             in the identification of 226 additional
                                                                                                                                                              standards:
                                                   5. Costs associated with expanding or                improper payments, with a
                                                                                                        corresponding reduction of roughly                       1. Information in commercial
                                                centralizing access, including                                                                                databases must be relevant and
                                                modifications needed to system                          $450,000 in improper payments to
                                                                                                        deceased persons. Please see section                  necessary to meet the objectives
                                                interfaces or other capabilities in order                                                                     described in section 5 of IPERIA.
                                                to make data accessible; and                            IV(A)(5) and IV(B)(2) for more detail on
                                                   6. Other policy and stakeholder                      how this analysis was performed and                      2. Information in commercial
                                                considerations, as appropriate.                         the results.                                          databases must be sufficiently accurate,
                                                   Treasury has assessed AIS Deceased                      4. It is beneficial to the Federal                 up-to-date, relevant, and complete to
                                                Data against the considerations and                     government and to taxpayers to                        ensure fairness to the individual record
                                                factors outlined in Section 5(b) of M–                  streamline access to AIS Deceased Data                subjects.
                                                13–20. Treasury has determined that:                    as an additional database within                         3. Information in commercial
                                                   1. There are no statutory or other                   Treasury’s Working System. Currently,                 databases must not contain information
                                                limitations that would prevent Treasury                 in order to access AIS Deceased Data,                 that describes how any individual
                                                from using or sharing AIS Deceased                      customer agencies must each procure                   exercises rights guaranteed by the First
                                                Data through Treasury’s Working                         the data themselves. This process can                 Amendment, unless use of the data is
                                                System.                                                 take up to six months to complete and                 expressly authorized by statute.
                                                   2. Treasury assessed privacy                         is costly and duplicative. With over 140                 Treasury has assessed AIS Deceased
                                                restrictions and risks by reviewing AIS’                programs currently accessing Treasury’s               Data against the considerations and
                                                responses to a questionnaire based on                   Working System, the amount of time                    factors outlined in Section 11(b) of M–
                                                Federal Trade Commission (FTC)                          saved with a single procurement will                  13–20. Treasury has determined that:
                                                vendor management guidance and                          have a positive ROI.                                     1. AIS Deceased Data is relevant and
                                                conducting a data source profile. These                    5. There will be some additional costs             necessary to meet objectives set out in
                                                inputs that considered data restrictions                associated with expanding or                          the Improper Payments Elimination and
                                                and risks informed Treasury’s decision                  centralizing access to AIS Deceased                   Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
                                                to request this designation request.                    Data. However, Treasury has performed                 (IPERIA). IPERIA requires payment-
                                                   The questionnaire includes sections                  a trial assessment with respect to AIS                issuing agencies to verify eligibility of
                                                on Products and Services, Breach                        Deceased Data, and it has determined                  payments and awards by reviewing the
                                                Notification, Consumer Access and                       that the ROI is positive and outweighs                SSA DMF, as appropriate. Treasury has
                                                Redress, and Legal Action/Complaints/                   the costs. Specifically, the trial                    access to the public DMF, but does not
                                                Inquiries. AIS’ response indicated that                 assessment compared three months of                   currently have access to the ‘‘public
                                                there are no consumer access or redress                 AIS data to current and historical                    plus state’’ DMF or probate court
                                                procedures in place because their data                  payment data in order to determine                    records and obituaries. AIS Deceased
                                                is not directly acquired from the                       which payments would result in                        Data provides the latter two categories,
                                                consumer. AIS data is gathered through                  matches. Agency-specific business rules               creating value for payment-issuing
                                                public records and additional data                      identified in Treasury’s current                      agencies in this additional death data.
                                                sources. AIS maintains that policies,                   processes were then applied to reduce                 Additionally, AIS Deceased Data
                                                practices and procedures relating to the                false positives. ROI was 400%.                        includes records from states, including
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                                                monitoring, auditing, or evaluation of                  Recurring payments were then                          18 states that do not report deaths to
                                                the accuracy of personally identifiable                 eliminated to simulate an agency                      SSA via the Internet Electronic Death
                                                information may be customized and                       stopping the first payment, thus                      Registration (I–EDR), and would not be
                                                approved by the Treasury as its                         nullifying benefit from future payments.              included in the ‘‘public plus state’’ DMF
                                                customer.                                               ROI was found to be 315%.                             anyway. AIS Deceased Data will
                                                   Treasury evaluated AIS Deceased Data                    6. No additional policy or stakeholder             supplement the existing data provided
                                                in various areas, including a data                      considerations were identified.                       by SSA in the public DMF and further


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                                                inform the payment decisions of                         Working System. Users must agree to                   Federal Information Security
                                                Treasury customers.                                     the following:                                        Management Act (FISMA). For example,
                                                   2. In its trial assessment, Treasury                    • To use information to perform job                detailed SA&A information is currently
                                                determined that AIS Deceased Data is                    duties and to only access data necessary              safeguarded within the Treasury FISMA
                                                sufficiently accurate, up-to-date,                      to perform said duties;                               Information Management System; in the
                                                relevant, and complete to ensure                           • To not use data for fraud;                       event of an audit, this documentation
                                                fairness. Treasury compared the AIS                        • To not browse or access data                     may be made available.
                                                Deceased Data city and state data to                    without authorization;                                [FR Doc. 2017–19433 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am]
                                                other databases that are considered                        • To make no changes to data
                                                                                                                                                              BILLING CODE 3110–01–P
                                                ‘‘gold standards’’ and over 99 percent of               delivered;
                                                these data were accurate. Treasury also                    • To not use data for personal gain;
                                                assessed AIS Deceased Data social                          • To report conflicts of interest
                                                security number (SSN), date of death,                   immediately;                                          NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                                                and date of birth data elements and                        • To terminate access when access is               SPACE ADMINISTRATION
                                                determined that: over 99 percent of the                 no longer required for job duties; and                [Notice: (17–063)]
                                                SSN data are accurate; all records                         • To not disclose information to
                                                contain a date of death; and 89 percent                 unauthorized persons.                                 Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel;
                                                of the data contain a date of birth, which                 Terms and conditions which must be                 Charter Renewal
                                                is sufficiently accurate for a                          accepted each time a customer accesses
                                                                                                        the Treasury’s Working System include                 AGENCY: National Aeronautics and
                                                supplemental matching element. The                                                                            Space Administration (NASA).
                                                data elements that AIS will provide to                  a description of penalties for misuse of
                                                                                                        data. These include:                                  ACTION: Notice of renewal of charter of
                                                Treasury’s Working System all directly
                                                relate to confirming the identification of                 • Criminal and civil penalties.                    the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.
                                                                                                           • disciplinary actions and other
                                                a person’s status as deceased and would                                                                       SUMMARY:   Pursuant to sections 14(b)(1)
                                                                                                        consequences including the loss of
                                                be fully refreshed on a quarterly basis.                                                                      and 9(c) of the Federal Advisory
                                                                                                        system access.
                                                Extraneous fields are not included to                      2. Treasury has strong safeguards to               Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), and
                                                ensure that data minimization standards                 protect the security and confidentiality              after consultation with the Committee
                                                (see M–13–20 section 5(c)) are applied.                 of information. Access to the Treasury’s              Management Secretariat, U.S. General
                                                In addition, Treasury only receives                     Working System is available only by                   Services Administration, the NASA
                                                records from AIS, which contain a SSN,                  authorized persons on a need-to-know                  Acting Administrator has determined
                                                first name, and last name. These                        basis. External access logs to Treasury’s             that renewal of the Aerospace Safety
                                                practices and the data elements will                    Working System are reviewed to ensure                 Advisory Panel (ASAP) is in the public
                                                ensure fewer false positives and fairness               compliance with the Rules of Behavior                 interest in connection with the
                                                to the record subjects.                                 agreed to by credentialed users. Internal             performance of duties imposed on
                                                   3. AIS Deceased Data does not contain                                                                      NASA by law. The renewed charter is
                                                                                                        access log control measures are
                                                information that describes how an                                                                             for a two-year period ending on August
                                                                                                        reviewed to ensure compliance with
                                                individual exercises rights guaranteed                                                                        15, 2019.
                                                                                                        security guidelines governing access to
                                                by the First Amendment.                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
                                                                                                        Privacy Act data. Audit logs allow
                                                C. M–13–20 Section 11(c)—Specific                       system managers to monitor external                   Carol Hamilton, Designated Federal
                                                Requirements for Use or Access to                       and internal user actions and address                 Officer, Office of International and
                                                Commercial Databases                                    any misuse or violation of access                     Interagency Relations, NASA
                                                  M–13–20 Section 11(c) provides that                   privileges. Access to computerized                    Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546;
                                                in addition to the general standards                    records is limited through the use of                 phone (202) 358–1857; email
                                                provided above, Treasury shall meet the                 internal mechanisms available to only                 carol.j.hamilton@nasa.gov.
                                                following specific requirements                         those whose official duties require                   Patricia D. Rausch,
                                                whenever agencies use or access a                       access. Facilities where records are
                                                                                                                                                              Advisory Committee Management Officer,
                                                commercial database as part of                          physically located are secured by                     National Aeronautics and Space
                                                Treasury’s Working System:                              various means, such as security guards,               Administration.
                                                  1. Treasury shall establish rules of                  locked doors with key entry, and                      [FR Doc. 2017–19406 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am]
                                                conduct for persons involved in the use                 equipment requiring a physical token to
                                                                                                                                                              BILLING CODE 7510–13–P
                                                of or access to commercial databases                    gain access. The Bureau of the Fiscal
                                                and instruct each person with respect to                Service may agree to additional
                                                such rules, including penalties for                     safeguards for some data through a                    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                                                noncompliance, as appropriate.                          written agreement with the entity                     SPACE ADMINISTRATION
                                                  2. Treasury shall establish appropriate               supplying the data.
                                                administrative, technical, and physical                    Treasury’s Working System recently                 [Notice: 17–061]
                                                safeguards to ensure the security and                   completed its Security Assessment and
                                                                                                        Authorization (SA&A), which is                        International Space Station Advisory
                                                confidentiality of information in
                                                                                                        reviewed at the Bureau of the Fiscal                  Committee; Charter Renewal
                                                commercial databases when such
                                                information is under Treasury’s control.                Service level. The SA&A adheres to the                AGENCY:  National Aeronautics and
                                                                                                        processes outlined in the National
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                                                  Treasury has assessed AIS Deceased                                                                          Space Administration (NASA).
                                                Data against the considerations and                     Institute of Standards and Technology                 ACTION: Notice of renewal of charter of
                                                factors outlined in Section 11(c) of M–                 (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800                   the International Space Station
                                                13–20. Treasury has determined that it                  series. More specifically, NIST SP 800–               Advisory Committee.
                                                has fulfilled the requirements of Section               115; NIST SP 800–53, Rev. 3; NIST SP–
                                                11(c) because:                                          800–53A, Rev. 1; NIST SP 800–37, Rev.                 SUMMARY:   Pursuant to sections 14(b)(1)
                                                  1. Treasury has established rules of                  1; and NIST SP 800–30. Treasury’s                     and 9(c) of the Federal Advisory
                                                conduct for users of the Treasury’s                     Working System also complies with the                 Committee Act, and after consultation


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Document Created: 2017-09-13 00:09:07
Document Modified: 2017-09-13 00:09:07
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of proposed designation.
DatesPlease submit comments on or before October 13, 2017. At the conclusion of the 30-day comment period, if OMB decides to finalize the designation, OMB will publish a notice in the Federal Register to officially designate the database.
ContactBrian Nichols at the OMB Office of Federal Financial Management at 202-395-3993.
FR Citation82 FR 43041 

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