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update the Retention and Disposal
Instructions as follows:
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System (MEF), 60–0059, published at
71 FR 1819 (January 11, 2006).
In accordance with the Privacy Act, 5
U.S.C. 552a(o)(2) and (r), copies of the
agreement are being sent to both Houses
of Congress and to OMB. This notice is
provided in accordance with provisions
of Privacy Act of 1974 as amended by
Public Law 100–503.
[FR Doc. 2015–22620 Filed 9–8–15;8:45 am]
Written comments may be
submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to the Director, Regulations
Management (02REG), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave.
NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC
20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026.
Copies of comments received will be
available for public inspection in the
Office of Regulation Policy and
Management, Room 1063B, between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday (except
holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 for
an appointment. In addition, during the
comment period, comments may be
viewed online through the Federal
Docket Management System (FDMS) at
www.Regulations.gov.
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or
designee, approved this document and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Robert L. Nabors II, Chief of Staff,
approved this document on August 27,
2015, for publication.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Jennifer Copeland, Pension Analyst,
Pension and Fiduciary Service (21PF),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20420, (202) 632–8863.
Dated: September 1, 2015.
Kathleen M. Manwell,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office
of Privacy and Records Management,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Records are maintained and disposed
of in accordance with records
disposition authority approved by the
Archivist of the United States. In
accordance with General Records
Schedule 1.1, Item #10, destroy 6 years
after final payment or cancellation, but
longer retention is authorized if
required for business use.
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Privacy Act of 1974; Report of
Matching Program
Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) provides notice that it
intends to conduct a recurring
computer-matching program matching
Social Security Administration (SSA)
income data from the Earnings
Recording and Self-Employment Income
System (also referred to as the Master
Earnings File (MEF)) with VA pension,
compensation, and parents’ dependency
and indemnity compensation records.
The purpose of this match is to identify
applicants and beneficiaries who have
applied for or who are receiving VA
benefits and received earned income,
and to adjust or terminate VA benefits,
if appropriate.
DATES: The match will start no sooner
than 30 days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register (FR), or
40 days after copies of this Notice and
the agreement of the parties are
submitted to Congress and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
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.
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VA plans
to match records of applicants and
beneficiaries, including veterans and
survivors, and their eligible
dependent(s), who have applied for or
who are receiving needs-based VA
benefits, with earned income
information maintained by SSA. VA
will also match records of veterans, who
have applied for or who are receiving
disability compensation at the 100
percent rate based on unemployability,
with SSA earned income information.
VA will use this information to verify
income information submitted by
beneficiaries and adjust VA benefit
payments as prescribed by law. The
proposed matching program will enable
VA to ensure accurate reporting of
income and employment status.
The legal authority to conduct this
match is 38 U.S.C. 5106, which requires
any Federal department or agency to
provide VA such information as VA
requests for the purposes of determining
eligibility for benefits or verifying other
information concerning to payment of
benefits. In addition, 26 U.S.C.
6103(l)(7) authorizes the disclosure of
tax return information to VA.
VA records involved in the match are
in ‘‘Compensation, Pension, Education,
and Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment Records—VA (58VA21/22/
28),’’ a system of records which was first
published at 41 FR 9294 (March 3,
1976), amended and republished in its
entirety at 77 FR 42593 (July 19, 2012).
The SSA records are from the system of
records identified as the Earnings
Recording and Self-Employment Income
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
AGENCY:
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice to Delete System of
Records.
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) is deleting a system of
records entitled ‘‘Center for Acquisition
and Materiel Management Education
Online (CAMEO)—VA’’ (111VA95E),
which was established at 66 FR 43043,
dated August 16, 2001. The purpose of
CAMEO was to collect and maintain
training and education data for VA’s
acquisition and material management
work force. The system is now obsolete,
and civilian agencies are required, as
mandated by OMB, to use the Federal
Acquisition Institute Training
Application System (FAITAS) as their
acquisition workforce system of records.
FAITAS is owned and managed by GSA.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: September 9,
2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gerard (Jay) Boller, Director,
Acquisition Systems Integration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420, Telephone: (202) 632–6505 (this
is not a toll-free number).
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Matching Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides notice that
it intends to conduct a recurring computer-matching program matching
Social Security Administration (SSA) income data from the Earnings
Recording and Self-Employment Income System (also referred to as the
Master Earnings File (MEF)) with VA pension, compensation, and parents'
dependency and indemnity compensation records. The purpose of this
match is to identify applicants and beneficiaries who have applied for
or who are receiving VA benefits and received earned income, and to
adjust or terminate VA benefits, if appropriate.
DATES: The match will start no sooner than 30 days after publication of
this notice in the Federal Register (FR), or 40 days after copies of
this Notice and the agreement of the parties are submitted to Congress
and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 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: Written comments may be submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to the Director,
Regulations Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Ave. NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to (202)
273-9026. Copies of comments received will be available for public
inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Room
1063B, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday (except holidays). Please call (202) 461-4902 for an
appointment. In addition, during the comment period, comments may be
viewed online through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at
www.Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Copeland, Pension Analyst,
Pension and Fiduciary Service (21PF), Department of Veterans Affairs,
810 Vermont Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-8863.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA plans to match records of applicants and
beneficiaries, including veterans and survivors, and their eligible
dependent(s), who have applied for or who are receiving needs-based VA
benefits, with earned income information maintained by SSA. VA will
also match records of veterans, who have applied for or who are
receiving disability compensation at the 100 percent rate based on
unemployability, with SSA earned income information. VA will use this
information to verify income information submitted by beneficiaries and
adjust VA benefit payments as prescribed by law. The proposed matching
program will enable VA to ensure accurate reporting of income and
employment status.
The legal authority to conduct this match is 38 U.S.C. 5106, which
requires any Federal department or agency to provide VA such
information as VA requests for the purposes of determining eligibility
for benefits or verifying other information concerning to payment of
benefits. In addition, 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7) authorizes the disclosure
of tax return information to VA.
VA records involved in the match are in ``Compensation, Pension,
Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Records--VA
(58VA21/22/28),'' a system of records which was first published at 41
FR 9294 (March 3, 1976), amended and republished in its entirety at 77
FR 42593 (July 19, 2012). The SSA records are from the system of
records identified as the Earnings Recording and Self-Employment Income
System (MEF), 60-0059, published at 71 FR 1819 (January 11, 2006).
In accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2) and (r),
copies of the agreement are being sent to both Houses of Congress and
to OMB. This notice is provided in accordance with provisions of
Privacy Act of 1974 as amended by Public Law 100-503.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robert L.
Nabors II, Chief of Staff, approved this document on August 27, 2015,
for publication.
Dated: September 1, 2015.
Kathleen M. Manwell,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Privacy and Records
Management, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-22622 Filed 9-8-15; 8:45 am]
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