98-16470. Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33909-33910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16470]


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AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: American Battle Monuments Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), 
American Battle Monuments Commission is issuing notice of our intent to 
amend the system of records entitled the Official Personnel Records and 
the General Financial Records to include a new routine use. The 
disclosure is required by the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, Pub. L. 104-193). We invite 
public comment on this publication.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on the proposed routine use must do 
so by June 30, 1998.
    The proposed routine use will become effective as proposed without 
further notice on June 30, 1998 unless comments dictate otherwise.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may comment on this publication by 
writing to LTC Theodore Gloukhoff, Courthouse Plaza II, Suite 500, 2300 
Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, 22201-3367, Fax: (703) 696-
6666. All comments received will be available for public inspection at 
that address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LTC Theodore Gloukhoff, Courthouse 
Plaza II, Suite 500, 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, 
22201-3367, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 
American Battle Monuments Commission will disclose data from its 
Official Personnel Records and General Financial Records system of 
records to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for 
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services for use 
in the National Database of New Hires, part of the Federal Parent 
Locator Service (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset System, DHHS/OCSE No. 09-
90-0074. A description of the Federal Parent Locator Service may be 
found at 62 FR 51663 (October 2, 1997).
    FPLS is a computerized network through which States may request 
location information from Federal and State agencies to find non-
custodial parents and their employers for purposes of establishing 
paternity and securing support. On October 1, 1997, the FPLS was 
expanded to include the National Directory of New Hires, a database 
containing employment information on employees recently hired, 
quarterly wage data on private and public sector employees, and 
information on unemployment compensation benefits. On October 1, 1998, 
the FPLS will be expanded further to include a Federal Case Registry. 
The Federal Case Registry will contain abstracts on all participants 
involved in child support enforcement cases. When the Federal Case 
Registry is instituted, its files will be matched on an ongoing basis 
against the files in the National Directory of New Hires to determine 
if an employee is a participant in a child support case anywhere in the 
country. If the FPLS identifies a person as being a participant in a 
State child support case, that State will be notified. State requests 
to the FPLS for location information will also continue to be processed 
after October 1, 1998.
    When individuals are hired by American Battle Monuments Commission, 
we may disclose to the FPLS their names, social security numbers, home 
addresses, dates of birth, dates of hire, and information identifying 
us as the employer. We also may disclose to FPLS names, social security 
numbers, and quarterly earnings of each American Battle Monuments 
Commission employee, within one month of the end of the quarterly 
reporting period.
    Information submitted by American Battle Monuments Commission to 
the FPLS will be disclosed by the Office of

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Child Support Enforcement to the Social Security Administration for 
verification to ensure that the social security number provided is 
correct. The data disclosed by American Battle Monuments Commission to 
the FPLS will also be disclosed by the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement to the Secretary of the Treasury for use in verifying 
claims for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit or to 
verify a claim of employment on a tax return.
    Accordingly, the Official Personnel Records and the General 
Financial Records system notice is amended by addition of the following 
routine use:

Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
* * * * *
    The names, social security numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, 
dates of hire, quarterly earnings, employer identifying information, 
and State of hire of employees may be disclosed to the Office of Child 
Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, 
Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of locating 
individuals to establish paternity, establishing and modifying orders 
of child support, identifying sources of income, and for other child 
support enforcement actions as required by the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Welfare Reform law, Pub. L. 
104-193).
Theodore Gloukhoff,
Director, Personnel and Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-16470 Filed 6-19-98; 8:45 am]
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