[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 198 (Friday, October 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53430-53431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25394]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. FR-3918-N-04]
Privacy Act of 1974; New System of Records
AGENCY: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
ACTION: Establish a New System of Records.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes
to establish a new record system to add to its inventory of systems of
records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This action will be effective without further notice on
November 13, 1995 unless comments are received that would result in a
contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this new system of records to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General
Counsel, room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications should
refer to the above docket number and title. Facsimile (FAX) comments
are not acceptable. A copy of each communication submitted will be
available for public inspection and copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30
p.m. weekdays at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeanette Smith, Departmental Privacy Act Officer, Telephone Number
(202) 708-2374, or William H. Eargle, Director, Office of Finance and
Accounting, Telephone Number (202) 708-3310. (These are not toll free
numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), as amended, notice is given that
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HUD proposes to establish a new system of records identified as HUD/
DEPT- entitled Departmental Accounts Receivable Tracking/Collection
System (DARTS-D21).
Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e) (4) and (11) provide that the public be
afforded a 30-day period in which to comment on the new record system.
The new system report, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the
Privacy Act was submitted to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the United States Senate, the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Office of Management
Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB Circular No.
A-130, Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About
Individuals, dated June 25, 1993 (58 FR 36075, July 2, 1993).
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a.
Issued at Washington, DC, October 4, 1995.
Donald C. Demitros,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management.
HUD/DEPT-
Departmental Accounts Receivable Tracking/Collection System (DARTS-
D21)
HUD Computer Center, Lanham, Maryland.
Current or former HUD employees or individual participants in HUD
programs whose debts to HUD are more than 90 days delinquent.
Delinquent debts owed by current or former HUD employees for
advances, i.e., travel, payroll, etc., and debts owed by individuals
arising from overpayments, audits, court order, et al.
Debt Collection Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97-365.
In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.
552 a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records, or information contained
therein, may specifically be disclosed outside of the agency as a
routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows, provided that
no routine use listed shall be construed to limit or waive any other
routine use specified herein:
(a) Internal Revenue Service--for the purpose of effecting an
administrative offset against the debtor for a delinquent debt owed to
the U.S. Government by the debtor.
(b) Department of Justice--for prosecution of fraud, and for the
institution of suit or other proceedings to effect collection of
claims.
(c) General Accounting Office--for further collection action on any
delinquent account when circumstances warrant.
(d) Outside collection agencies and credit bureaus--for the purpose
of either adding to a credit history file or obtaining a credit history
file on an individual for use in the administration of debt collection
for further collection action.
Disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12) may be made from this
record system to consumer reporting agencies as defined in the Fair
Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f) or the Federal Claims
Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3). The disclosure is limited
to information necessary to establish the identity of the individual,
including name, address, and taxpayer identification number (Social
Security Number); the amount, status, and history of the claim; and the
agency or program under which the claim arose for the sole purpose of
allowing the consumer reporting agency to prepare a commercial credit
report.
Hard copy files are kept in a locked room, computer records are
stored in limited access files in DARTS.
Records are retrieved by social security number (SSN) or name.
The records are available only to those persons whose official
duties require such access. Records are kept in limited access areas
during duty hours and in locked room at all other times.
As prescribed in the General Records Schedule or for 10 years after
debt is paid at a maximum.
Director, Office of Finance and Accounting, 451 7th St S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20410.
Individuals seeking to determine whether information about
themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries
to the particular HUD administrator or component listed in the ``system
manager'' location above.
Individuals should furnish full name, Social Security Number,
current address and telephone number.
Same as above.
Information in this system of records is obtained from the
subjects, Personnel and Payroll systems, HUD's Central Accounting
Program System (CAPS), Office of the Inspector General, Office of
General Counsel, and other government agencies such as the Department
of Justice, General Accounting Office, the Office of Personnel
Management, the Department Claims Officer (DCO) and documents submitted
by various court systems.
None.
[FR Doc. 95-25394 Filed 10-12-95; 8:45 am]
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