[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60367-60368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29983]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-3918-N-16]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a Computer Matching Program
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of a Computer Matching Program--HUD and the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
(Pub. L. 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on
the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989)), and OMB
Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting Computer Matching Programs
to the Office of Management (OMB), Congress and the Public,'' the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is issuing a public
notice of its intent to conduct a computer matching program with the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Under the terms of the agreement IRS
agrees to disclose to HUD taxpayer mailing addresses as authorized by
the Commissioner or her delegate pursuant to Section 6103(m)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) for use in locating individuals to collect
or compromise Federal claims in accordance with 31 United States Code
(U.S.C.) 3711, 3717 and 3718. This program is called the Taxpayer
Address Request Program (TAR). It was established by the IRS to
facilitate the retrieval of taxpayer mailing addresses from the
individual Master File on a volume basis. The volume of addresses and
the method in which the IRS maintains the information make computer
matching the most feasible method of extracting the data for disclosure
to other agencies. Using the TAR computer matching program, current
addresses can be obtained from the IRS within a one-week period,
thereby avoiding the expenditure of substantial Federal resources in
the manual execution of a matching process or investigations by a large
workforce to ascertain the current address of individuals against whom
the agency has a claim or indebtedness.
DATES: Effective date: Computer matching is expected to begin 40 days
after publication of this notice in the Federal Register (December 21,
1998), unless comments are received which will result in a contrary
determination, or 40 days from the date a computer matching agreement
is signed, whichever is later.
Comments due by: December 9, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Room
10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20410. Communications should refer to the above
docket number and title. 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 PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM RECIPIENT
AGENCY CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, Departmental Privacy Act Officer,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-2374 or FAX (202) 708-
3577. (These are not toll-free numbers.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM SOURCE AGENCY CONTACT: M.R. Taylor,
Internal Revenue Service, Office of FedState Relations, 1111
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20224, telephone number (202)
622-5145 or Fax (202) 622-3041. (These are not toll-free numbers.)
Reporting
In accordance with Pub. L. 100-503, the Computer Matching and
Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as amended, and Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting Computer
Matching Programs to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Congress and the Public;'' copies of this notice and report are being
provided to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, and the Office of Management and Budget.
Authority
The matching program will be conducted under the authority of
section 6103(m)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code and 31 United States
Code 3711, 3717 and 3718.
Objectives to be Met by the Matching Program
HUD expects that this computer matching program will enable it to
quickly and effectively identify and locate individual debtors, and to
obtain current mailing addresses of defaulted debtors.
Records to be Matched
HUD will utilize its system of records entitled, Accounting
Records, HUD/Dept-2. HUD will submit approximately 40,000 records
annually of individuals with outstanding Federal debts for matching
purposes. These records are extracted from the Privacy Act system of
records, HUD/Dept-2, Accounting Records, maintained in the following
programs and automated systems: (1) Title I--Debt Management Collection
Systems; (2) Section 312--Loan Mortgage System; and (3) Departmental
Claims--Delinquent Debt Control System. The IRS will extract taxpayer
address information from Privacy Act System of Records: Individual
Master File, Treas/IRS 24.030, maintained at the Martinsburg Computing
Center, Martinsburg, WV. This file contains approximately 20 million
records of taxpayers who have filed U.S. Individual Income Tax returns.
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Notice Procedures
The IRS provides direct notice to taxpayers in the instructions to
Form 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ that information provided on U.S.
Individual Income Tax Returns may be given to other Federal agencies,
as provided by law. HUD agrees to ensure that each applicant, at the
time of application, receives written notice that the information
provided on the application is subject to verification through computer
matching with other Federal agencies for the purpose of locating
delinquent debtors. Direct notice consists of appropriate language
printed on its application forms or a separate handout provided to the
individual.
Categories of Records/Individuals Involved
The debtor records include these data elements: SSN, claim number,
program code, and indication of indebtedness. Categories of records
include: records of claims and defaults, repayment agreements, credit
reports, financial statements, and records of foreclosures.
Period of the Match
Matching will begin at least 40 days from the date copies of the
signed (by both Data Integrity Boards) computer matching agreement are
sent to both Houses of Congress or at least 40 days from the date this
Notice is published in the Federal Register, whichever is later,
providing no comments are received which will result in a contrary
determination. The matching program will be in effect and continue for
18 months with an option to renew for 12 additional months unless one
of the parties to the agreement advises the other in writing to
terminate or modify the agreement.
Dated: October 29, 1998.
Leslie H. Graham, Jr.,
Deputy Director, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 98-29983 Filed 11-6-98; 8:45 am]
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