83 FR 18396 - Privacy Act of 1974: Matching Program
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 81 (April 26, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 81 (April 26, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-08747 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 18396-18397] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-08747] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Privacy Act of 1974: Matching Program AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. ACTION: Notice of a new computer matching program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to conduct a recurring computer matching program. This will match personnel records of the Department of Defense (DoD) with VA records of benefit recipients under the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve, Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve Educational Assistance Program. The goal of these matches is to identify the eligibility status of veterans, servicemembers, and reservists who have applied for or who are receiving education benefit payments under the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve, Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve Educational Assistance Program. The purpose of the match is to enable VA to verify that individuals meet the conditions of military service and eligibility criteria for payment of benefits determined by VA under the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve, Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve Educational Assistance Program. DATES: Comments on this match must be received no later than 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. If no public comment is received during the period allowed for comment or unless otherwise published in the Federal Register by VA, the match will become effective 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. If VA receives public comments, VA shall review the comments to determine whether any changes to the notice are necessary. This matching program will continue to be in effect for 18 months. At the expiration of 18 months after the commencing date, the Departments may renew the agreement for another 12 months. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to Director, Regulation Policy and Management (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Room 1064, Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to (202) 273-9026 (not a toll-free number). Comments should indicate that they are submitted in response to CMA VBA/DoD MGIB. All comments received will be available for public inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Room 1063B, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays). Please call (202) 461-4902 (this is not a toll-free number) for an appointment. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Patterson, Strategy, Legislative Development and Implementation Chief, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9830. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information is required by paragraph 6c of the ``Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs'' issued by OMB (54 FR 25818), as amended by OMB Circular A-130, 65 FR 77677 (2000). The current matching agreement with the Department of Defense (DoD) expires March 27, 2018. The legal authority to conduct this match is 38 U.S.C. 5106, which requires any Federal department or agency to provide VA such information as VA requests for the purposes of determining eligibility for benefits, or verifying other information with respect to payment of benefits. A copy of the notice has been provided to both Houses of Congress and OMB. The matching program is subject to their review. Participating Agencies: This computer match is between the Department of [[Page 18397]] Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD). Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: The authority to conduct this match is the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a and 38 U.S.C. 3684A(a)(1). Purpose(s): This agreement establishes the conditions under which the Department of Defense (DoD) agrees to disclose information regarding eligibility to education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Educational Assistance Program, and the Post-9/11 GI Bill to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The purpose of this computer matching program between VA and DoD is to verify that individuals meet the conditions of military service and eligibility criteria for payment of benefits determined by VA under four enacted programs. Categories of Individuals: Veterans, Servicemembers, Reservists and Dependents. Categories of Records: Department of Defense (DoD), as the source agency, will provide to VA the eligibility records on DoD individuals consisting of data elements which contains specific data relating to the requirements for eligibility including data on member contribution amounts, service periods, and transfer of entitlement. VA will match on attributes, including Social Security Number (SSN), DoD Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier (EDIPI--or VA_ID), Date-of-Birth, Last Name, and File Identification Number. System(s) of Records: The records covered include eligibility records extracted from DoD personnel files and benefit records that VA establishes for all individuals who have applied for and/or are receiving, or have received education benefit payments under the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve, Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve Educational Assistance Program. These benefit records are contained in a VA system of records identified as 58VA21/22/28 entitled: Compensation, Pension, Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Records--VA, first published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 9294 (March 3, 1976), and last amended at 77 F42593 (July 19, 2012), and DoD updated their Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting Systems (DEERS) 81 FR 49210 (July 27, 2016) with other amendments as cited therein. Signing Authority The Senior Agency Official for Privacy, or designee, approved this document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. John Oswalt, Executive Director for Privacy, Department of Veterans Affairs approved this document on March 19, 2018 for publication. Dated: April 23, 2018. Kathleen M. Manwell, Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Privacy Information and Identity Protection, Office of Quality, Privacy and Risk, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. 2018-08747 Filed 4-25-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320-01-P
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Information Return Master File (IRMF), VBA applicant or beneficiary and (when DATES: Comments on this match must be
Treasury/IRS 22.061, at 80 FR 54081– applicable) of such individual’s spouse received no later than 30 days after date
082 (September 8, 2015). from the Information Return Master File of publication in the Federal Register. If
In accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 (IRMF), Treasury/IRS 22.061, as no public comment is received during
U.S.C. 552a(o)(2) and (r), copies of the published at 80 FR 54081–082 the period allowed for comment or
agreement are being sent to both Houses (September 8,2015). unless otherwise published in the
of Congress and to the Office of Federal Register by VA, the match will
SIGNING AUTHORITY:
Management and Budget. This notice is become effective 30 days after date of
provided in accordance with the The Senior Agency Official for publication in the Federal Register. If
provisions of Privacy Act of 1974 as Privacy, or designee, approved this VA receives public comments, VA shall
amended by Public Law 100–503. document and authorized the review the comments to determine
undersigned to sign and submit the whether any changes to the notice are
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: document to the Office of the Federal necessary. This matching program will
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Register for publication electronically as continue to be in effect for 18 months.
an official document of the Department At the expiration of 18 months after the
AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING
PROGRAM:
of Veterans Affairs. John Oswalt, commencing date, the Departments may
Executive Director for Privacy, renew the agreement for another 12
The Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, and
Department of Veterans Affairs months.
38 U.S.C. § 6103 authorize VA to enter
approved this document on March 7,
into this CMA with IRS. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
2018 for publication.
PURPOSE(S):
submitted through
Dated: April 23, 2018.
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand-
To re-establish a CMA with IRS to Kathleen M. Manwell, delivery to Director, Regulation Policy
provide VBA with certain return Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office and Management (00REG), Department
information needed to determine of Privacy Information and Identity of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave.
eligibility for and amount of benefits for Protection, Office of Quality, Privacy and
NW, Room 1064, Washington, DC
VBA applicants and beneficiaries of Risk, Office of Information and Technology,
Department of Veterans Affairs. 20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026 (not
needs-based benefits and to adjust
a toll-free number). Comments should
income-dependent benefit payments as [FR Doc. 2018–08745 Filed 4–25–18; 8:45 am]
indicate that they are submitted in
prescribed by law. BILLING CODE 8320–01–P
response to CMA VBA/DoD MGIB. All
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS: comments received will be available for
Veterans and beneficiaries who apply DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS public inspection in the Office of
for VA income benefits. AFFAIRS Regulation Policy and Management,
Room 1063B, between the hours of 8:00
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS: a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Privacy Act of 1974: Matching Program
VBA will furnish the IRS with records Friday (except holidays). Please call
in accordance with the current IRS AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. (202) 461–4902 (this is not a toll-free
Publication 3373, DIFSLA Handbook. ACTION:Notice of a new computer number) for an appointment.
The requests from VBA will include: matching program. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
The Social Security Number (SSN) and Patterson, Strategy, Legislative
name Control (first four characters of the SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Development and Implementation
surname) for each individual for whom Chief, Education Service, Veterans
unearned income information is intends to conduct a recurring computer
matching program. This will match Benefits Administration, Department of
requested. IRS will provide a response Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
record for each individual identified by personnel records of the Department of
Defense (DoD) with VA records of NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–
VBA. The total number of records will 9830.
be equal to or greater than the number benefit recipients under the
Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
of records submitted by VBA. In some
instances, an individual may have more Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve, information is required by paragraph 6c
than one record on file. When there is Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve of the ‘‘Guidelines on the Conduct of
a match of individual SSN and name Educational Assistance Program. The Matching Programs’’ issued by OMB (54
control, IRS will disclose the following goal of these matches is to identify the FR 25818), as amended by OMB
to VBA: Payee account number; payee eligibility status of veterans, Circular A–130, 65 FR 77677 (2000).
name and mailing address; payee TIN; servicemembers, and reservists who The current matching agreement with
payer name and address; payer TIN; and have applied for or who are receiving the Department of Defense (DoD)
income type and amount. education benefit payments under the expires March 27, 2018. The legal
Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty, authority to conduct this match is 38
SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS: Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve, U.S.C. 5106, which requires any Federal
VBA records involved in this match Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve department or agency to provide VA
are in ‘‘VA Compensation, Pension, Educational Assistance Program. The such information as VA requests for the
Education, and Vocational purpose of the match is to enable VA to purposes of determining eligibility for
Rehabilitation and Employment verify that individuals meet the benefits, or verifying other information
amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES
Records—VA’’ (58 VA 21/22/28), a conditions of military service and with respect to payment of benefits. A
system of records that was first eligibility criteria for payment of copy of the notice has been provided to
published at 41 FR 9294 (March 3, benefits determined by VA under the both Houses of Congress and OMB. The
1976), amended and republished in its Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty, matching program is subject to their
entirety at 77 FR 42593 (July 19, 2012). Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve, review.
IRS will extract return information Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve Participating Agencies: This computer
with respect to unearned income of the Educational Assistance Program. match is between the Department of
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Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Register for publication electronically as and Management (00REG), Department
Department of Defense (DoD). an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave.
Authority for Conducting the of Veterans Affairs. John Oswalt, NW, Room 1064, Washington, DC
Matching Program: The authority to Executive Director for Privacy, 20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026 (not
conduct this match is the Privacy Act, Department of Veterans Affairs a toll-free number). Comments should
5 U.S.C. 552a and 38 U.S.C. 3684A(a)(1). approved this document on March 19, indicate that they are submitted in
Purpose(s): This agreement 2018 for publication. response to SSA–VA/VHA CMA #1052.
establishes the conditions under which Dated: April 23, 2018. Copies of comments received will be
the Department of Defense (DoD) agrees available for public inspection in the
Kathleen M. Manwell,
to disclose information regarding Office of Regulation Policy and
eligibility to education benefits under Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office
of Privacy Information and Identity Management, Room 1063B, between the
the Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Protection, Office of Quality, Privacy and hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Educational Assistance Program, and Risk, Office of Information and Technology, Monday through Friday (except
the Post-9/11 GI Bill to the Department Department of Veterans Affairs. holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 for
of Veterans Affairs (VA). The purpose of [FR Doc. 2018–08747 Filed 4–25–18; 8:45 am] an appointment. (This is not a toll-free
this computer matching program BILLING CODE 8320–01–P number.) In addition, comments may be
between VA and DoD is to verify that viewed online at www.Regulations.gov.
individuals meet the conditions of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
military service and eligibility criteria DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS LeRoy F. Garcia, Acting Director, Health
for payment of benefits determined by AFFAIRS Eligibility Center (HEC), (404) 848–5300
VA under four enacted programs.
Categories of Individuals: Veterans, (this is not a toll free number).
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
Servicemembers, Reservists and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Dependents. AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans Affairs has
Categories of Records: Department of (VA). statutory authorization under 38 U.S.C.
Defense (DoD), as the source agency, ACTION:Notice of a new matching 5317, 38 U.S.C. 5106, 26 U.S.C.
will provide to VA the eligibility program. 6103(l)(7)(D)(viii) and 5 U.S.C. 552a to
records on DoD individuals consisting establish matching agreements and
SUMMARY: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a, the request and use income information
of data elements which contains specific
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and from other agencies for purposes of
data relating to the requirements for
the Office of Management and Budget verification of income for determining
eligibility including data on member
(OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of eligibility for benefits. 38 U.S.C.
contribution amounts, service periods,
Matching Programs, notice is hereby 1710(a)(2)(G), 1710(a)(3), and 1710(b)
and transfer of entitlement. VA will
given that the Department of Veterans identify those veterans whose basic
match on attributes, including Social
Affairs (VA) intends to conduct a eligibility for medical care benefits is
Security Number (SSN), DoD Electronic
computer matching program with the dependent upon their financial status.
Data Interchange Personal Identifier
Social Security Administration (SSA). Eligibility for nonservice-connected and
(EDIPI—or VA_ID), Date-of-Birth, Last
Data from the proposed match will be zero percent noncompensable service-
Name, and File Identification Number.
System(s) of Records: The records used to verify the earned income of connected veterans is determined based
covered include eligibility records nonservice-connected veterans, and on the veteran’s inability to defray the
extracted from DoD personnel files and those veterans who are zero percent expenses for necessary care as defined
benefit records that VA establishes for service-connected (noncompensable), in 38 U.S.C. 1722. This determination
all individuals who have applied for whose eligibility for VA medical care is can affect their responsibility to
and/or are receiving, or have received based on their inability to defray the participate in the cost of their care
education benefit payments under the cost of medical care. These veterans through copayments and their
Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty, supply household income information assignment to an enrollment priority
Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve, that includes their spouses and group. The goal of this match is to
Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve dependents at the time of application obtain SSA earned income information
Educational Assistance Program. These for VA health care benefits. data needed for the income verification
benefit records are contained in a VA DATES: Comments on this matching process. The VA records involved in the
system of records identified as 58VA21/ program must be received no later than match are ‘‘Enrollment and Eligibility
22/28 entitled: Compensation, Pension, May 29, 2018. If no public comment is Records—VA’’ (147VA16). The SSA
Education, and Vocational received during the period allowed for records are from the Earnings Recording
Rehabilitation and Employment comment or unless otherwise published and Self-Employment Income System,
Records—VA, first published in the in the Federal Register by VA, the new SSA/OEEAS 09–60–0059 and Master
Federal Register at 74 FR 9294 (March agreement will become effective a Files of Social Security Number Holders
3, 1976), and last amended at 77 F42593 minimum of 30 days after date of and SSN Applications, SSA/OEEAS,
(July 19, 2012), and DoD updated their publication in the Federal Register or 60–0058, (referred to as ‘‘the
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting April 9, 2018, whichever is later. If VA Numident’’). A copy of this notice has
Systems (DEERS) 81 FR 49210 (July 27, receives public comments, VA shall been sent to both Houses of Congress
2016) with other amendments as cited review the comments to determine and OMB.
therein. whether any changes to the notice are Participating Agencies: The Social
amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES
necessary. This matching program will Security Administration is the source
Signing Authority be valid for 18 months from the effective agency, and the Department of Veterans
The Senior Agency Official for date of this notice. Affairs is the recipient agency.
Privacy, or designee, approved this ADDRESSES: Written comments may be Authority for Conducting the
document and authorized the submitted through Matching Program: Public Law 101–508,
undersigned to sign and submit the www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, as
document to the Office of the Federal delivery to Director, Regulation Policy amended, and Public Law 104–262,
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of a new computer matching program. | |
| Dates | Comments on this match must be received no later than 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. If no public comment is received during the period allowed for comment or unless otherwise published in the Federal Register by VA, the match will become effective 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. If VA receives public comments, VA shall review the comments to determine whether any changes to the notice are necessary. This matching program will continue to be in effect for 18 months. At the expiration of 18 months after the commencing date, the Departments may renew the agreement for another 12 months. | |
| Contact | Eric Patterson, Strategy, Legislative Development and Implementation Chief, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9830. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 18396 |
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