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with Inez E. De Jesus. Ms. De Jesus can
be reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 954–
423–7977, or post comments to the Web
site: https://www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include the
following: Various IRS issues.
Dated: July 25, 2006.
John Fay,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Area 4 Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel (Including the States
of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan,
Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area
4 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be
conducted (via teleconference). The
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting
public comment, ideas, and suggestions
on improving customer service at the
Internal Revenue Service.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Tuesday, August 22, 2006, at 11 a.m.,
Central Time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Ann Delzer at 1–888–912–1227, or
(414) 231–2360.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given pursuant to Section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that a meeting of the Area 4 Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel will be held Tuesday,
August 22, 2006, at 11 a.m., Central
Time via a telephone conference call.
You can submit written comments to
the panel by faxing the comments to
(414) 231–2363, or by mail to Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel, Stop 1006MIL, 211
West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee,
WI 53203–2221, or you can contact us
at https://www.improveirs.org. This
meeting is not required to be open to the
public, but because we are always
interested in community input we will
accept public comments. Please contact
Mary Ann Delzer at 1–888–912–1227 or
(414) 231–2360 for dial-in information.
The agenda will include the
following: Various IRS issues.
Dated: July 25, 2006.
John Fay,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Area 3 Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel (Including the States
of Florida, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and
Puerto Rico)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area
3 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be
conducted (via teleconference). The
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting
public comments, ideas, and
suggestions on improving customer
service at the Internal Revenue Service.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 from 11:30
a.m. ET.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sallie Chavez at 1–888–912–1227, or
954–423–7979.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Area 3
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held
Tuesday, August 15, 2006, from 11:30
a.m. ET via a telephone conference call.
If you would like to have the TAP
consider a written statement, please call
1–888–912–1227 or 954–423–7979, or
write Sallie Chavez, TAP Office, 1000
South Pine Island Rd., Suite 340,
Plantation, FL 33324. Due to limited
conference lines, notification of intent
to participate in the telephone
conference call meeting must be made
with Sallie Chavez. Ms. Chavez can be
reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 954–
423–7979, or post comments to the Web
site: https://www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include: Various IRS
issues.
Dated: July 25, 2006.
John Fay,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Poverty Threshold
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice that VA
will not publish the annual weighted
average poverty threshold figures in the
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Federal Register, as previously
announced. Instead, interested parties
may obtain that information directly
from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Web site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Russo, Chief, Regulations Staff,
Compensation and Pension Service,
Regulations Staff, Veterans Benefits
Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20420, telephone
(202) 273–7210.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA
published a final rule amending 38 CFR
4.16(a) in the Federal Register of August
3, 1990, 55 FR 31,579. The amendment
provided that marginal employment
generally shall be deemed to exist when
a veteran’s earned annual income does
not exceed the amount established by
the U.S. Census Bureau as the poverty
threshold for one person. The
provisions of 38 CFR 4.16(a) use the
poverty threshold as a standard in
defining marginal employment when
considering total disability ratings for
compensation based on unemployability
of an individual. We stated we would
publish annual poverty threshold
figures as established by the U.S. Census
Bureau. VA does not intend to continue
that function because those poverty
threshold figures are now available to
the public directly from the U.S. Census
Bureau’s Web site at https://
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/
threshld.html.
Approved: July 24, 2006.
Gordon H. Mansfield,
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory
Committee; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs
gives notice under Public Law 92–463
(Federal Advisory Committee Act) that
a meeting of the Geriatrics and
Gerontology Advisory committee will be
held at VA Center Office, 810 Vermont
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC on
September 19–20, 2006. The session on
September 19 will convene at 8:30 a.m.
and conclude at 5 p.m. in Room 430 and
on September 20, the session will
convene at 8 a.m. and conclude at noon
in Room 730. This meeting is open to
the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to
provide advice to the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs and the Under
Secretary of Health on all matters
pertaining to geriatrics and gerontology
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by assessing the capability of VA health
care facilities to meet the medical,
psychological, and function needs of
older veterans and by evaluating VA
facilities designated as Geriatric
Research Education, and Clinical
Centers (GRECCs).
The meeting will feature presentation
topics that include VHA Poly Trauma
Centers, the Office of Academic
Affiliations, My Health-e-Vet, the 2005
White House Conference on Aging, the
Employee Education System, and
perfomranc oversight of the VA
Geriatric Research, Education, and
clinical Centers.
No time will be allocated at this
meeting for receiving oral presentation
from the public. Interested parties can
provide written comments for review by
the Committee 10 days in advance of the
meeting to Mrs. Marcia Holt-Delaney,
Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care
(114), Department of Veterans Affairs,
810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20420. Individuals who
wish to attend the meeting should
contact Mrs. Holt-Delaney, Program
Analyst, at (202) 273–8540, at least
seven days in advance of the meeting.
Dated: July 20, 2006.
By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Report of
Matching Program
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice of a computer-matching
program.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with subsection
(e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a) this notice
announces that the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), recipient agency,
intends to conduct a recurring
computer-matching program with the
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB),
source agency.
VA will match pension and parents’
dependency and indemnity
compensation (DIC) records with RRB
recipient records. The goal of this match
is to compare income status as reported
to VA with benefit records maintained
by RRB. The authority to conduct this
match is 38 U.S.C. 5106.
DATES: VA will file a report of the
subject matching agreement with the
Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; the
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Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight of the House of
Representatives, and the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OBM). The matching program will be
effective as indicated in this notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by: mail or hand-delivery to
Director, Regulations Management
(00REG1), Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; fax
to (202) 273–9026; or e-mail to
VAregulations@mail.va.gov.
All comments received will be
available for public inspection in the
Office of Regulation Policy and
Management, Room 1063B, between the
hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday (except holidays). Please
call (202) 273–9515 for an appointment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Liverman (212A), (757) 858–
6148, ext. 107.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a), the
RRB and VA have determined that a
computer matching agreement is the
most cost effective and efficient way to
verify statements of applicants and
recipients.
VA has an obligation to verify the
income information submitted by
individuals in receipt of incomedependent benefits. Title 38 U.S.C. 5106
requires that Federal agencies disclose
this information to VA upon request. By
comparing the information received
through the matching program between
VA and RRB on a recurring basis, VA
will be able to make timely and more
accurate adjustments in the benefits
payable.
A. Participating Agencies
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
and the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs.
B. Purpose of the Match
The purpose of the matching
agreement is to identify beneficiaries
receiving VA income dependent
benefits and RRB benefits, to update
VA’s master records and adjust VA
income dependent benefit payments as
prescribed by law. This agreement
reflects both agencies’ responsibilities
under the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a)
and the regulations promulgated.
C. Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program
The authority to conduct this match is
38 U.S.C. 5106.
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D. Records To Be Matched
The VA records involved in the match
are the VA system of records,
Compensation, Pension and Education
and Rehabilitation Records—VA (58 VA
21/22), first published at 41 FR 9294
(March 3, 1976), and last amended at 70
FR 34186 (June 13, 2005), with other
amendments as cited therein.
The RRB records consist of
information from the Railroad
Retirement, Survivor, and Pensioner
Benefit System, RRB–22, contained in
the Privacy Act Issuances, 2001
Compilation Online via GPO Access.
E. Description of Computer Matching
Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs
plans to match records of veterans and
surviving spouses and children who
receive pension, and parents who
receive DIC, 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 this information to
update the master records of VA
beneficiaries receiving income
dependent benefits and to adjust VA
benefit payments as prescribed by law.
Otherwise, information about a VA
beneficiary’s income is obtained only
from reporting by the beneficiary. The
proposed matching program will enable
VA to ensure accurate reporting of
income.
VA will provide RRB with a tape,
which contains the names, VA claim
numbers, social security numbers,
verification codes and VA regional
office identifiers. RRB will return a tape
to VA, which contains information on
RRB payment amounts in RRB’s records.
F. Inclusive Dates of the Matching
Program
The match will start no sooner than
30 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.
This computer-matching program is
subject to public comment and review
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the
Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory committee will be held at VA Center
Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC on September 19-20,
2006. The session on September 19 will convene at 8:30 a.m. and
conclude at 5 p.m. in Room 430 and on September 20, the session will
convene at 8 a.m. and conclude at noon in Room 730. This meeting is
open to the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs and the Under Secretary of Health on all matters
pertaining to geriatrics and gerontology
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by assessing the capability of VA health care facilities to meet the
medical, psychological, and function needs of older veterans and by
evaluating VA facilities designated as Geriatric Research Education,
and Clinical Centers (GRECCs).
The meeting will feature presentation topics that include VHA Poly
Trauma Centers, the Office of Academic Affiliations, My Health-e-Vet,
the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, the Employee Education
System, and perfomranc oversight of the VA Geriatric Research,
Education, and clinical Centers.
No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral
presentation from the public. Interested parties can provide written
comments for review by the Committee 10 days in advance of the meeting
to Mrs. Marcia Holt-Delaney, Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care
(114), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20420. Individuals who wish to attend the meeting should
contact Mrs. Holt-Delaney, Program Analyst, at (202) 273-8540, at least
seven days in advance of the meeting.
Dated: July 20, 2006.
By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
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