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well as the original Statistical Policy
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John D. Graham,
Administrator, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Privacy Act of 1994; Computer
Matching Programs; Office of
Personnel Management/Social Security
Administration
Office of Personnel
Management (OPM).
ACTION: Publication of notice of
computer matching to comply with
Public Law 100–503, the Computer
Matching and Privacy Act of 1988.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: OPM is re-publishing notice
of its computer matching program with
the Social Security Administration
(SSA) to meet the reporting
requirements of Pub. L. 100–503. The
purpose of this match is to establish the
conditions for disclosure of Social
Security benefit information to OPM via
direct computer link for the
administration of programs by the
Retirement Services Programs. OPM is
legally required to offset specific
benefits by a percentage of benefits
payable under Title II of the Social
Security Act. The matching will enable
OPM to compute benefits at the correct
rate and determine eligibility for
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benefits. This is a re-publication of the
June 1, 2005, Federal Register notice
announcing this matching program,
providing several technical corrections
to the notice previously published on
the above date.
The matching program will begin
30 days after the Federal Register notice
has been published or 40 days after the
date of OPM’s submissions of the letters
to Congress and OMB, whichever is
later. The matching program will
continue for 18 months from the
beginning date and may be extended an
additional 12 months thereafter. The
data exchange will begin at a date
mutually agreed upon between OPM
and SSA after July 2005, unless
comments on the match are received
that result in cancellation of the
program. Subsequent matches will run
as frequently as on a daily basis until
one of the parties advises the other in
writing of its intention to reevaluate,
modify and/or terminate the agreement.
DATES:
Send comments to Marc
Flaster, Chief, RIS Support Services
Group, Office of Personnel Management,
Room 1312, 1900 E. Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20415.
ADDRESSES:
OPM and
SSA intend to conduct a computer
matching program. The purpose of this
agreement is to establish the conditions
under which SSA agrees to the
disclosure of benefit information to
OPM. The SSA records will be used in
a matching program with OPM’s records
on surviving spouses who may be
eligible to receive a Supplementary
Annuity, disability retirees, and child
survivor annuitants, under the Federal
Employees’ Retirement System (FERS).
The benefits payable to these recipients
are offset if paid while also in receipt of
SSA benefits.
The SSA components responsible for
the disclosure are the Office of Income
Security Programs. OPM, as the agency
actually using the results of this
matching activity in its programs, will
publish the notice required by Title 5
United States Code (U.S.C.) 552a(e)(12)
in the Federal Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Office of Personnel Management.
Linda M. Springer,
Director.
Report of Computer Matching Program
Between the Office of Personnel
Management and Social Security
Administration
A. Participating Agencies
OPM and SSA.
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B. Purpose of the Matching Program
G. Disposal of Records
Chapter 84 of title 5, United States
Code (U.S.C.) requires OPM to offset
specific benefits by a percentage of
benefits payable under Title II of the
Social Security Act. The matching will
enable OPM to compute benefits at the
correct rate and determine eligibility for
benefits.
Records causing closeout or suspend
actions will be annotated and returned
to OPM for record keeping purposes. All
records returned to OPM are considered
‘‘response’’ records and any not used in
the update process must be purged by
SSA immediately after all processing is
completed.
C. Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program
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D. Categories of Records and
Individuals Covered by the Match
[Release No. 34–51998; File No. S7–06–05]
The two SSA records systems
involved in the match are (1) Master
Files of Social Security Number (SSN)
Holders and SSN Applications, 60–0058
(SSA/OEEAS) and (2) the Master
Beneficiary Record, 60–0090 (SSA–
ORSIS), The OPM records consist of
annuity data from its system of records
entitled OPM/Central 1—Civil Service
Retirement and Insurance Records, last
published on October 8, 1999, at 64 FR
54930, and as amended at 65 FR 25775,
May 3, 2000.
E. Description of the Match and Records
OPM will provide SSA an extract
from the Annuity Master File and from
pending claims snapshot records via the
File Transfer Management System
(FTMS). The extracted file will contain
identifying information concerning the
disability annuitant, child survivor, or
surviving spouse who may be eligible
for an annuity under FERS. Each record
will be matched to SSA’s records and
requested information transmitted back
to OPM.
F. Privacy Safeguards and Security
Both SSA and OPM will safeguard
information provided by the reciprocal
agency as follows: Access to the records
matched and to any records created by
the match will be restricted to only
those authorized employees and
officials who need the records to
perform their official duties in
connection with the uses of the
information authorized in the
agreement. Records matched or created
by this exchange will be stored in an
area that is physically safe. Records
used during this exchange will be
processed under the immediate
supervision and control of authorized
personnel in a manner which will
protect confidentiality of the records.
Either OPM or SSA may make onsite
inspection or make other provisions to
ensure that adequate safeguards are
being maintained by the other agency.
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Notice of an Application of the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. for an
Exemption Pursuant to Section 36 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and Request for Comment
July 8, 2005.
On May 26, 2005, the Securities and
Exchange Commission received an
application from the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. (‘‘NYSE’’) for an
exemption pursuant to Section 36 1 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,2 in
accordance with the procedures set
forth in Exchange Act Rule 0–12.3 The
NYSE requests exemptive relief from
Section 12(a) 4 of the Exchange Act to
permit its members, brokers and dealers
to trade certain unregistered debt
securities on the NYSE’s Automated
Bond System.5 We are publishing this
notice and a proposed exemptive order
to provide interested persons with an
opportunity to comment.6
I. Background
Section 12(a) of the Exchange Act
provides in relevant part that it ‘‘shall
be unlawful for any member, broker or
dealer to effect any transaction in any
security (other than an exempted
security) on a national securities
exchange unless a registration is
effective as to such security for such
exchange.’’ Section 12(b) 7 of the
1 15 U.S.C. 78mm. Section 36 of the Exchange Act
gives the Commission the authority to exempt any
person, security or transaction from any Exchange
Act provision by rule, regulation or order, to the
extent that the exemption is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest and consistent
with the protection of investors.
2 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.
3 17 CFR 240.0–12. Exchange Act Rule 0–12 sets
forth the procedures for filing applications for
orders for exemptive relief pursuant to Section 36.
4 15 U.S.C. 78l(a).
5 The NYSE’s application for exemptive relief is
included as Appendix A.
6 The Commission’s proposed exemptive order is
included as Appendix B.
7 15 U.S.C. 78l(b).
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Exchange Act dictates how the
registration referred to in Section 12(a)
must be accomplished. Accordingly, all
equity and debt securities that are not
‘‘exempted securities’’ 8 or are not
otherwise exempt from Exchange Act
registration must be registered by the
issuer under the Exchange Act before a
member, broker or dealer may trade that
class of securities on a national
securities exchange.
Contrarily, brokers or dealers who
trade debt securities otherwise than on
a national securities exchange may trade
debt securities regardless of whether the
issuer registered that class of debt under
the Exchange Act. This is so because
Exchange Act registration for securities
traded other than on a national
securities exchange is required only for
certain equity securities. In particular,
Section 12(g) 9 of the Exchange Act, the
only Exchange Act provision other than
Section 12(a) to impose an affirmative
Exchange Act registration requirement,
requires the registration of equity
securities only.10
As the Commission has stated in the
past, we believe that this disparate
regulatory treatment may have
negatively and unnecessarily affected
the structure and development of the
debt markets.11 In 1994, to reduce
existing regulatory distinctions between
exchange-traded debt securities and
debt securities that trade in the ‘‘overthe-counter’’ (‘‘OTC’’) market, we
adopted Exchange Act Rule 3a12–11.12
Rule 3a12–11 provides for the automatic
effectiveness of Form 8–A 13 registration
statements for exchange-traded debt
securities, exempts exchange-traded
debt from the borrowing restrictions
under Section 8(a) 14 of the Exchange
Act, and exempts exchange-traded debt
8 An exempted security may be traded on a
national securities exchange absent Exchange Act
registration. Section 3(a)(12) of the Exchange Act
[15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(12)] defines exempted security to
include securities such as government securities,
municipal securities, various trust fund interests,
pooled income fund interests and church plan
interests.
9 15 U.S.C. 78l(g).
10 Section 12(g)(1) of the Exchange Act and Rule
12g–1 [17 CFR 240.12g–1] promulgated thereunder
require an issuer to register a class of equity
securities if the issuer of the securities, at the end
of its fiscal year, has more than $10,000,000 in total
assets and a class of equity securities held by 500
or more recordholders. When Congress amended
the Exchange Act in 1964 to add Section 12(g), it
extended the registration requirement to specified
equity securities that are not exchange-traded. No
comparable provision was provided for debt
securities that are not exchange-traded.
11 See Release Nos. 34–34922 (November 1, 1994)
[59 FR 55342], and 34–34139 (June 1, 1994) [59 FR
29398].
12 17 CFR 240.3a12–11. Release No. 34–34922
(November 1, 1994) [59 FR 55342].
13 17 CFR 249.208a.
14 15 U.S.C. 78h(a).
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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40747-40748]
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[FR Doc No: 05-13827]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Privacy Act of 1994; Computer Matching Programs; Office of
Personnel Management/Social Security Administration
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
ACTION: Publication of notice of computer matching to comply with
Public Law 100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy Act of 1988.
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SUMMARY: OPM is re-publishing notice of its computer matching program
with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to meet the reporting
requirements of Pub. L. 100-503. The purpose of this match is to
establish the conditions for disclosure of Social Security benefit
information to OPM via direct computer link for the administration of
programs by the Retirement Services Programs. OPM is legally required
to offset specific benefits by a percentage of benefits payable under
Title II of the Social Security Act. The matching will enable OPM to
compute benefits at the correct rate and determine eligibility for
benefits. This is a re-publication of the June 1, 2005, Federal
Register notice announcing this matching program, providing several
technical corrections to the notice previously published on the above
date.
DATES: The matching program will begin 30 days after the Federal
Register notice has been published or 40 days after the date of OPM's
submissions of the letters to Congress and OMB, whichever is later. The
matching program will continue for 18 months from the beginning date
and may be extended an additional 12 months thereafter. The data
exchange will begin at a date mutually agreed upon between OPM and SSA
after July 2005, unless comments on the match are received that result
in cancellation of the program. Subsequent matches will run as
frequently as on a daily basis until one of the parties advises the
other in writing of its intention to reevaluate, modify and/or
terminate the agreement.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Marc Flaster, Chief, RIS Support Services
Group, Office of Personnel Management, Room 1312, 1900 E. Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20415.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM and SSA intend to conduct a computer
matching program. The purpose of this agreement is to establish the
conditions under which SSA agrees to the disclosure of benefit
information to OPM. The SSA records will be used in a matching program
with OPM's records on surviving spouses who may be eligible to receive
a Supplementary Annuity, disability retirees, and child survivor
annuitants, under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS). The
benefits payable to these recipients are offset if paid while also in
receipt of SSA benefits.
The SSA components responsible for the disclosure are the Office of
Income Security Programs. OPM, as the agency actually using the results
of this matching activity in its programs, will publish the notice
required by Title 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 552a(e)(12) in the
Federal Register.
Office of Personnel Management.
Linda M. Springer,
Director.
Report of Computer Matching Program Between the Office of Personnel
Management and Social Security Administration
A. Participating Agencies
OPM and SSA.
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B. Purpose of the Matching Program
Chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) requires OPM to
offset specific benefits by a percentage of benefits payable under
Title II of the Social Security Act. The matching will enable OPM to
compute benefits at the correct rate and determine eligibility for
benefits.
C. Authority for Conducting the Matching Program
Chapter 84, title 5, United States Code.
D. Categories of Records and Individuals Covered by the Match
The two SSA records systems involved in the match are (1) Master
Files of Social Security Number (SSN) Holders and SSN Applications, 60-
0058 (SSA/OEEAS) and (2) the Master Beneficiary Record, 60-0090 (SSA-
ORSIS), The OPM records consist of annuity data from its system of
records entitled OPM/Central 1--Civil Service Retirement and Insurance
Records, last published on October 8, 1999, at 64 FR 54930, and as
amended at 65 FR 25775, May 3, 2000.
E. Description of the Match and Records
OPM will provide SSA an extract from the Annuity Master File and
from pending claims snapshot records via the File Transfer Management
System (FTMS). The extracted file will contain identifying information
concerning the disability annuitant, child survivor, or surviving
spouse who may be eligible for an annuity under FERS. Each record will
be matched to SSA's records and requested information transmitted back
to OPM.
F. Privacy Safeguards and Security
Both SSA and OPM will safeguard information provided by the
reciprocal agency as follows: Access to the records matched and to any
records created by the match will be restricted to only those
authorized employees and officials who need the records to perform
their official duties in connection with the uses of the information
authorized in the agreement. Records matched or created by this
exchange will be stored in an area that is physically safe. Records
used during this exchange will be processed under the immediate
supervision and control of authorized personnel in a manner which will
protect confidentiality of the records. Either OPM or SSA may make
onsite inspection or make other provisions to ensure that adequate
safeguards are being maintained by the other agency.
G. Disposal of Records
Records causing closeout or suspend actions will be annotated and
returned to OPM for record keeping purposes. All records returned to
OPM are considered ``response'' records and any not used in the update
process must be purged by SSA immediately after all processing is
completed.
[FR Doc. 05-13827 Filed 7-13-05; 8:45 am]
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