[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 170 (Friday, September 2, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-21740]
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[Federal Register: September 2, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Amended Matching Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
intends to conduct a recurring computer matching program matching
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) benefit recipient records with VA
pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation records.
The goal of this match is to compare income status as reported to
VA with benefit records maintained by RRB.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to match records of
veterans and surviving spouses and children who receive pension and
parents who receive dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) from VA
with Railroad Retirement benefit records maintained by RRB. The match
with RRB will provide VA with data from the RRB Research File of
Retirement and Survivor Benefits.
VA will use the data to update the master records of VA
beneficiaries receiving income dependent benefits and to adjust VA
benefit payments as prescribed by law. Currently, information about a
VA beneficiary's receipt of RRB benefits is obtained from reporting by
the beneficiary. The proposed matching program will enable VA to ensure
accurate reporting of income.
Records to be matched
The VA records involved in the match are the VA system of records,
Compensation, Pension, Education and Rehabilitation Records--VA (58 VA
21/22) contained in the Privacy Act Issuances, 1991 compilation, Volume
II, pages 967-971 as amended. The RRB records consist of information
from the Research File of Retirement and Survivor Benefits, Systems of
Records RRB 225 and RRB 26 contained in the Privacy Act Issuances, 1991
compilation, Volume V, Pages 518-519. In accordance with Title 5.
U.S.C. subsection 552a (o)(2) or (r), copies of the agreement are being
sent to both Houses of Congress and to the Office of Management and
Budget.
This notice is provided in accordance with the provisions of the
Privacy Act of 1974 as amended by Public Law 100-503.
The match is estimated to start August 1, 1994, but will start no
sooner than 40 days after publication of this Notice in the Federal
Register, or 40 days after copies of this Notice and the agreement of
the parties is submitted to Congress and the Office of Management and
Budget, whichever is later, and end not more than 18 months after the
agreement is properly implemented by the parties. The involved
agencies; Data Integrity Boards (DIB) may extend this match for 12
months provided the agencies certify to their DIBs, within three months
of the ending date of the original match, that the matching program
will be conducted without change and that the matching program has been
conducted in compliance with the original matching program.
ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may comment on the proposed matches
by writing to the Director, Compensation and Pension Service (21),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David G. Spivey (213B), (202) 273-
7258.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information is required by Title 5
U.S.C. subsection 552a(e)(12), the Privacy Act of 1974. A copy of this
notice has been provided to both Houses of Congress and the Office of
Management and Budget.
Approved: August 16, 1994.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-21740 Filed 9-1-94; 8:45 am]
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