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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4922–N–20]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of
Computer Matching Program Between
the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)—Matching Tenant Data
in Assisted Housing Programs
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of a computer matching
program between HUD and HHS.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Computer
Matching and Privacy Protection Act
(CMPPA) of 1988, as amended, HUD is
providing notice of a matching program
involving comparisons of information
provided by applicants or participants
in any HUD rental housing assistance
program authorized under the statutes
cited in the Authority section and
independent sources of income
information available through the
National Directory of New Hires
(NDNH) maintained by HHS.
DATES: Effective Date: Computer
matching is expected to begin
September 7, 2006 unless comments are
received which result in a contrary
determination, or 40 days from the date
a computer matching agreement is
signed, whichever is later.
Comments Due Date: September 7,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk,
Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Communications should refer to the
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above docket number and title.
Facsimile (FAX) comments are not
acceptable. A copy of each
communication submitted will be
available for public inspection and
copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
weekdays at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Privacy Act: Jeanette Smith,
Departmental Privacy Act Officer,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room P8001, Washington, DC 20410–
3000, telephone number (202) 708–
2374. A telecommunications device for
hearing- and speech-impaired
individuals (TTY) is available at 800–
877–8339 (Federal Information Relay
Service). For program information: Gail
Williamson, Office of Housing, Director
of the Housing Assistance Policy
Division, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 6138, Washington, DC
20410—telephone number (202) 708–
3000 ext. 2473.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
matching program will be carried out
only to the extent necessary to: (1) verify
the employment and income of
individuals participating in the above
identified programs to correctly
determine the amount of their rent and
level of rental assistance, and (2) after
removal of personal identifiers, to
conduct analyses of the employment
and income reporting of individuals
participating in HUD’s rental housing
assistance programs. Currently, HUD
makes the results of the computer match
available to public housing agencies
(PHAs) administering HUD rental
assistance programs to enable them to
verify employment and income and
correctly determine the rent and
assistance levels for individuals
participating in those programs. This
information is also being disclosed to
the HUD Inspector General (HUD/IG),
and the Attorney General in connection
with the administration of the above
named programs.
Based on (1) an evaluation of the costs
and benefits of disclosures made to
PHAs, and (2) the adequacy of measures
used to safeguard the security and
confidentiality of information so
disclosed, HUD will disclose
employment and income information of
tenants to private housing owners and
management agents (O/As) and contract
administrators (CAs) that administer
HUD rental assistance programs under
agreements with HUD. HUD and its
third party administrators will use this
matching authority to reduce or
eliminate improper assistance payments
in the housing programs listed above.
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The Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act (CMPPA) of 1988, an
amendment to the Privacy Act of 1974
(5 U.S.C. Sec. § 552a), OMB’s guidance
on this statute entitled ‘‘Final Guidance
Interpreting the Provisions of Public
Law 100–503,’’ and OMB Circular No.
A–130 requires publication of notices of
computer matching programs.
Appendix I to OMB’s Revision of
Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Transmittal
Memorandum No. 4, Management of
Federal Information Resources,’’
prescribes Federal agency
responsibilities for maintaining records
about individuals. In accordance with
the CMPPA and Appendix I to OMB
Circular No. A–130, copies of this notice
are being provided to the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight of
the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate, and OMB’s Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs.
I. Authority
This matching program is being
conducted pursuant to sections 3003
and 13403 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–
66, approved August 10, 1993); section
542(b) of the 1998 Appropriations Act
(Pub. L. 105–65); section 904 of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42
U.S.C. 3544); section 165 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of
1987 (42 U.S.C. 3543); the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701–1750g);
the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437–1437z); section 101 of
the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C.
1701s); the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and the
Quality Housing and Work
Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C.
1437a(f)).
The Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987 authorizes
HUD to require applicants and
participants in HUD-administered
programs involving rental housing
assistance to disclose to HUD their
social security numbers (SSNs) as a
condition of initial or continued
eligibility for participation in the
programs.
Section 217 of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2004 (Pub. L.
108–199) authorizes HUD to provide to
HHS information on persons
participating in any programs
authorized by:
(i) The United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.);
(ii) Section 202 of the Housing Act of
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
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(iii) Section 221(d)(3), 221(d)(5) or
236 of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 17151(d) and 1715z–1);
(iv) Section 811 of the CranstonGonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or
(v) Section 101 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12
U.S.C. 1701s).
HHS shall then compare this
information provided by HUD with data
contained in the NDNH and report the
results of the data match to HUD. The
Act gives HUD the authority to disclose
this information to PHAs, O/As, CAs
under contract with HUD, the HUD/IG,
and the Attorney General for the
purpose of verifying the employment
and income of individuals receiving
benefits in the above programs. HUD
shall not seek, use, or disclose
information relating to an individual
without the prior written consent of the
individual, and HUD has the authority
to require consent as a condition of
participating in these programs.
HHS’ disclosure of data from the
NDNH is authorized by Section 217 of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2004. The disclosures from the HHS
system of records, ‘‘Location and
Collection System of Records,’’ No. 09–
90–0074, will be made pursuant to
routine use (17) identified in the
Federal Register on June 3, 2004 (69 FR
31399). This routine use authorizes HHS
to ‘‘disclose to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
information in the NDNH portion of this
system for purposes of verifying
employment and income of individuals
participating in specified programs and,
after removal of personal identifiers, to
conduct analyses of the employment
and income reporting of these
individuals.’’
II. Objectives To Be Met by the
Matching Program
HUD’s primary objective in
implementing the computer matching
program is to verify the employment
and income of individuals participating
in multifamily housing programs
identified in paragraph I above to
determine the appropriate level of rental
assistance, and to deter and correct
abuse in rental housing assistance
programs. In meeting these objectives,
HUD also is carrying out a responsibility
under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437f(K) to ensure
that income data provided to O/As and
CAs by household members is complete
and accurate. HUD’s various rental
housing assistance programs require
that applicants meet certain income and
other criteria to be eligible for rental
assistance. In addition, tenants
participating in multifamily housing
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programs generally are required to
report and recertify the amounts and
sources of their income at least
annually.
III. Program Description
In this computer matching program,
tenant-provided information included
in HUD’s automated systems of records
known as the Tenant Rental Assistance
Certification System (TRACS) (HUD/H–
11) will be compared to data from HHS’
NDNH database. The notice for this
system was published at 62 FR 11909.
HUD will only transmit to HHS for
computer matching those tenant
personal identifiers (i.e., full name,
Social Security Number (SSN), and date
of birth) that have been validated by the
Social Security Administration (SSA).
HHS will match the HUD-provided
personal identifiers to personal
identifiers included in their systems of
records known as ‘‘Location and
Collection System of Records,’’ No. 09–
90–0074. HHS will provide income data
to HUD only for individuals with
matching personal identifiers.
A. Income Verification
Any match (i.e., a ‘‘hit’’) will be
further reviewed by HUD, the program
administrator, or the HUD Office of
Inspector General (OIG) to determine
whether the income reported by tenants
to the program administrator is correct
and complies with HUD and program
administrator requirements.
Specifically, current or prior wage
information and other data will be
sought directly from employers.
B. Administrative or Legal Actions
Regarding the matching described in
this notice, HUD anticipates that
program administrators will take
appropriate action in consultation with
tenants to: (1) resolve income
discrepancies between tenant-reported
and independent income source data,
and (2) use correct income amounts in
determining housing rental assistance.
Program administrators must compute
the rent in full compliance with all
applicable occupancy regulations.
Program administrators must ensure
that they use the correct income and
correctly compute the rent.
The program administrator may not
suspend, terminate, reduce, or make a
final denial of any housing assistance to
any tenant as a result of information
produced by this matching program
until: (a) the tenant has received notice
from the program administrator of its
findings and informing the tenant of the
opportunity to contest such findings
and (b) either the notice period
provided in applicable regulations of
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the program, or 30 days, whichever is
later, has expired. In most cases,
program administrators will resolve
income discrepancies in consultation
with tenants.
Additionally, serious violations,
which program administrators, HUD
Program staff, or HUD/IG verify, should
be referred for full investigation and
appropriate civil and/or criminal
proceedings.
IV. Records To Be Matched
HHS will conduct the matching of
tenant SSNs and additional identifiers
(such as surnames and dates of birth) to
tenant data that HUD supplies from the
Form-50059 module within TRACS.
HHS will match the tenant records
included in TRACS (HUD/H–11) to
NDNH records contained in HHS’s
‘‘Location and Collection System of
Records,’’ No. 09–90–0074. HUD will
place matching data into its system of
records known as the Enterprise Income
Verification (EIV) system. The tenant
records (one record for each family
member) include these data elements:
full name, SSN, and date of birth.
V. Period of the Match
The computer matching program will
be conducted according to agreements
between HUD and HHS. The computer
matching agreement for the planned
match will terminate either when the
purpose of the computer matching
program is accomplished, or 18 months
from the date the agreement is signed,
whichever comes first.
The agreements may be extended for
one 12-month period, with the mutual
agreement of all involved parties, if the
following conditions are met:
(1) Within 3 months of the expiration
date, all Data Integrity Boards review
the agreement, find that the program
will be conducted without change, and
find a continued favorable examination
of benefit/cost results; and (2) All
parties certify that the program has been
conducted in compliance with the
agreement.
The agreement may be terminated,
prior to accomplishment of the
computer matching purpose or 18
months from the date the agreement is
signed (whichever comes first), by the
mutual agreement of all involved parties
within 30 days of written notice.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 88 Stat. 1896; 42
U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: August 1, 2006.
Lisa Schlosser,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6–12800 Filed 8–7–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4922-N-20]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of Computer Matching Program Between
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--Matching Tenant Data in
Assisted Housing Programs
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of a computer matching program between HUD and HHS.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
(CMPPA) of 1988, as amended, HUD is providing notice of a matching
program involving comparisons of information provided by applicants or
participants in any HUD rental housing assistance program authorized
under the statutes cited in the Authority section and independent
sources of income information available through the National Directory
of New Hires (NDNH) maintained by HHS.
DATES: Effective Date: Computer matching is expected to begin September
7, 2006 unless comments are received which result in a contrary
determination, or 40 days from the date a computer matching agreement
is signed, whichever is later.
Comments Due Date: September 7, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications should refer to
the above docket number and title. Facsimile (FAX) comments are not
acceptable. A copy of each communication submitted will be available
for public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at
the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Privacy Act: Jeanette Smith,
Departmental Privacy Act Officer, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room P8001, Washington, DC 20410-
3000, telephone number (202) 708-2374. A telecommunications device for
hearing- and speech-impaired individuals (TTY) is available at 800-877-
8339 (Federal Information Relay Service). For program information: Gail
Williamson, Office of Housing, Director of the Housing Assistance
Policy Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Room 6138, Washington, DC 20410--telephone number
(202) 708-3000 ext. 2473.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The matching program will be carried out
only to the extent necessary to: (1) verify the employment and income
of individuals participating in the above identified programs to
correctly determine the amount of their rent and level of rental
assistance, and (2) after removal of personal identifiers, to conduct
analyses of the employment and income reporting of individuals
participating in HUD's rental housing assistance programs. Currently,
HUD makes the results of the computer match available to public housing
agencies (PHAs) administering HUD rental assistance programs to enable
them to verify employment and income and correctly determine the rent
and assistance levels for individuals participating in those programs.
This information is also being disclosed to the HUD Inspector General
(HUD/IG), and the Attorney General in connection with the
administration of the above named programs.
Based on (1) an evaluation of the costs and benefits of disclosures
made to PHAs, and (2) the adequacy of measures used to safeguard the
security and confidentiality of information so disclosed, HUD will
disclose employment and income information of tenants to private
housing owners and management agents (O/As) and contract administrators
(CAs) that administer HUD rental assistance programs under agreements
with HUD. HUD and its third party administrators will use this matching
authority to reduce or eliminate improper assistance payments in the
housing programs listed above.
The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act (CMPPA) of 1988,
an amendment to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 552a),
OMB's guidance on this statute entitled ``Final Guidance Interpreting
the Provisions of Public Law 100-503,'' and OMB Circular No. A-130
requires publication of notices of computer matching programs.
Appendix I to OMB's Revision of Circular No. A-130, ``Transmittal
Memorandum No. 4, Management of Federal Information Resources,''
prescribes Federal agency responsibilities for maintaining records
about individuals. In accordance with the CMPPA and Appendix I to OMB
Circular No. A-130, copies of this notice are being provided to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate,
and OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
I. Authority
This matching program is being conducted pursuant to sections 3003
and 13403 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Pub. L.
103-66, approved August 10, 1993); section 542(b) of the 1998
Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 105-65); section 904 of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544);
section 165 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (42
U.S.C. 3543); the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701-1750g); the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437-1437z); section 101
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s);
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and the Quality Housing and Work
Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(f)).
The Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 authorizes HUD to
require applicants and participants in HUD-administered programs
involving rental housing assistance to disclose to HUD their social
security numbers (SSNs) as a condition of initial or continued
eligibility for participation in the programs.
Section 217 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 (Pub. L.
108-199) authorizes HUD to provide to HHS information on persons
participating in any programs authorized by:
(i) The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.);
(ii) Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
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(iii) Section 221(d)(3), 221(d)(5) or 236 of the National Housing
Act (12 U.S.C. 17151(d) and 1715z-1);
(iv) Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or
(v) Section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
(12 U.S.C. 1701s).
HHS shall then compare this information provided by HUD with data
contained in the NDNH and report the results of the data match to HUD.
The Act gives HUD the authority to disclose this information to PHAs,
O/As, CAs under contract with HUD, the HUD/IG, and the Attorney General
for the purpose of verifying the employment and income of individuals
receiving benefits in the above programs. HUD shall not seek, use, or
disclose information relating to an individual without the prior
written consent of the individual, and HUD has the authority to require
consent as a condition of participating in these programs.
HHS' disclosure of data from the NDNH is authorized by Section 217
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004. The disclosures from
the HHS system of records, ``Location and Collection System of
Records,'' No. 09-90-0074, will be made pursuant to routine use (17)
identified in the Federal Register on June 3, 2004 (69 FR 31399). This
routine use authorizes HHS to ``disclose to the Department of Housing
and Urban Development information in the NDNH portion of this system
for purposes of verifying employment and income of individuals
participating in specified programs and, after removal of personal
identifiers, to conduct analyses of the employment and income reporting
of these individuals.''
II. Objectives To Be Met by the Matching Program
HUD's primary objective in implementing the computer matching
program is to verify the employment and income of individuals
participating in multifamily housing programs identified in paragraph I
above to determine the appropriate level of rental assistance, and to
deter and correct abuse in rental housing assistance programs. In
meeting these objectives, HUD also is carrying out a responsibility
under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437f(K) to ensure that income data provided to O/
As and CAs by household members is complete and accurate. HUD's various
rental housing assistance programs require that applicants meet certain
income and other criteria to be eligible for rental assistance. In
addition, tenants participating in multifamily housing programs
generally are required to report and recertify the amounts and sources
of their income at least annually.
III. Program Description
In this computer matching program, tenant-provided information
included in HUD's automated systems of records known as the Tenant
Rental Assistance Certification System (TRACS) (HUD/H-11) will be
compared to data from HHS' NDNH database. The notice for this system
was published at 62 FR 11909. HUD will only transmit to HHS for
computer matching those tenant personal identifiers (i.e., full name,
Social Security Number (SSN), and date of birth) that have been
validated by the Social Security Administration (SSA). HHS will match
the HUD-provided personal identifiers to personal identifiers included
in their systems of records known as ``Location and Collection System
of Records,'' No. 09-90-0074. HHS will provide income data to HUD only
for individuals with matching personal identifiers.
A. Income Verification
Any match (i.e., a ``hit'') will be further reviewed by HUD, the
program administrator, or the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) to
determine whether the income reported by tenants to the program
administrator is correct and complies with HUD and program
administrator requirements. Specifically, current or prior wage
information and other data will be sought directly from employers.
B. Administrative or Legal Actions
Regarding the matching described in this notice, HUD anticipates
that program administrators will take appropriate action in
consultation with tenants to: (1) resolve income discrepancies between
tenant-reported and independent income source data, and (2) use correct
income amounts in determining housing rental assistance. Program
administrators must compute the rent in full compliance with all
applicable occupancy regulations. Program administrators must ensure
that they use the correct income and correctly compute the rent.
The program administrator may not suspend, terminate, reduce, or
make a final denial of any housing assistance to any tenant as a result
of information produced by this matching program until: (a) the tenant
has received notice from the program administrator of its findings and
informing the tenant of the opportunity to contest such findings and
(b) either the notice period provided in applicable regulations of the
program, or 30 days, whichever is later, has expired. In most cases,
program administrators will resolve income discrepancies in
consultation with tenants.
Additionally, serious violations, which program administrators, HUD
Program staff, or HUD/IG verify, should be referred for full
investigation and appropriate civil and/or criminal proceedings.
IV. Records To Be Matched
HHS will conduct the matching of tenant SSNs and additional
identifiers (such as surnames and dates of birth) to tenant data that
HUD supplies from the Form-50059 module within TRACS.
HHS will match the tenant records included in TRACS (HUD/H-11) to
NDNH records contained in HHS's ``Location and Collection System of
Records,'' No. 09-90-0074. HUD will place matching data into its system
of records known as the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system.
The tenant records (one record for each family member) include these
data elements: full name, SSN, and date of birth.
V. Period of the Match
The computer matching program will be conducted according to
agreements between HUD and HHS. The computer matching agreement for the
planned match will terminate either when the purpose of the computer
matching program is accomplished, or 18 months from the date the
agreement is signed, whichever comes first.
The agreements may be extended for one 12-month period, with the
mutual agreement of all involved parties, if the following conditions
are met:
(1) Within 3 months of the expiration date, all Data Integrity
Boards review the agreement, find that the program will be conducted
without change, and find a continued favorable examination of benefit/
cost results; and (2) All parties certify that the program has been
conducted in compliance with the agreement.
The agreement may be terminated, prior to accomplishment of the
computer matching purpose or 18 months from the date the agreement is
signed (whichever comes first), by the mutual agreement of all involved
parties within 30 days of written notice.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 88 Stat. 1896; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: August 1, 2006.
Lisa Schlosser,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-12800 Filed 8-7-06; 8:45 am]
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