SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In accordance with OMB Memorandum M-25-32, the DoD has conducted a review of its Privacy Act SORNs to ensure alignment with E.O. 14249 and Federal efforts to reduce improper payments and strengthen program integrity. As a result of this review, the agency has identified 18 SORNs requiring modification to support disclosures to the Department of Treasury's Do Not Pay Working System. The change involves adding a new routine use to each of the identified SORNs. This routine use will authorize ( printed page 54313) the disclosure of information relevant to verifying payment and award eligibility through the Do Not Pay Working System. The purpose of this modification notice is to enhance the agency's ability to prevent improper payments, comply with government-wide financial integrity mandates, and improve operational efficiency in determining eligibility for Federal funds. This modification notice does not alter the categories of individuals or records maintained in the systems, nor does it change the authority or method of collection. Instead, it strengthens the agency's data sharing posture in support of transparency and accountability.

DoD SORNs are published in the Federal Register and are available from the address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or at the Privacy and Civil Liberties Division website at https://dpcld.defense.gov.

II. Privacy Act

Under the Privacy Act, a “system of records” is a group of records under the control of an agency from which information is retrieved by the name of an individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual. In the Privacy Act, an individual is defined as a U.S. citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, DoD has provided a report of this consolidated notice to OMB and Congress.

SYSTEM NAMES AND NUMBERS:

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified.

SYSTEMS LOCATION:

This modification notice does not alter the system location information for each of the listed systems.

SYSTEMS MANAGERS:

This modification notice does not alter the system manager information for each of the listed systems. For details regarding the system manager, please refer to the most recently published full system of records notice for each system.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

Each of these systems will be updated to include the following routine use:

“To the U.S. Department of the Treasury when disclosure of the information is relevant to review payment and award eligibility through the Do Not Pay Working System for the purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments to an applicant for, or recipient of, Federal funds, including funds disbursed by a state (meaning a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, or a federally recognized Indian tribe) in a state-administered, federally funded program.”

HISTORY:

90 FR 54312