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Dated: September 14, 2006.
C.R. Choate,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Office, Department of Defense.
Center Data Base,’’ last published in the
Federal Register at 69 FR 31974, June 8,
2004, as amended at 69 FR 67117,
November 16, 2004.
Computer Matching Program Between the
Social Security Administration and the
Department of Defense for Verification of
Social Security Supplemental Security
Income Payments and Special Veterans
Benefits
E. DESCRIPTION OF COMPUTER MATCHING
PROGRAM
A. PARTICIPATING AGENCIES
Participants in this computer
matching program are the Social
Security Administration (SSA) and the
Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)
of the Department of Defense (DoD). The
SSA is the source agency, i.e., the
activity disclosing the records for the
purpose of the match. The DMDC is the
specific recipient activity or matching
agency, i.e., the agency that actually
performs the computer matching.
B. PURPOSE OF THE MATCH
The Social Security Act requires SSA
to verify, with independent or collateral
sources, information provided to SSA
by recipients of SSI payments and
beneficiaries of SVB benefits. The SSI
and SVB recipient/beneficiaries
provides information about eligibility/
entitlement factors and other relevant
information. SSA obtains additional
information as necessary before making
any determinations of eligibility/
payment or entitlement/benefit amounts
or adjustments thereto. With respect to
military retirement payments to SSI
recipients and SVB beneficiaries who
are retired members of the Uniformed
Services or their survivors, SSA
proposes to accomplish this task by
computer matching with the DOD.
C. AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCH
The legal authority for the matching
program is contained in sections
1631(e)(1)(B), (f), and 806(b) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1383(e)(1)(B), (f) and 1006(b)).
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D. RECORDS TO BE MATCHED
The systems of records maintained by
the respective agencies under the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, from
which records will be disclosed for the
purpose of this computer match are as
follows:
SSA will use records from a system of
records identified as 60–0103, entitled
‘‘Supplemental Security Income Record
and Special Veterans Benefits, SSA/
ODSSIS’’, last published in the Federal
Register at 71 FR 1830, January 11,
2006.
DMDC will use records from a system
of records identified as S322.10 DMDC,
entitled ‘‘Defense Manpower Data
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SSA, as the source agency, will
provide DMDC with an electronic file
which contains the data elements. Upon
receipt of the electronic file, DMDC, as
the recipient agency, will perform a
computer match using all nine digits of
the SSN of the SSI/SVB file against a
DMDC database which contains the data
elements. The DMDC database consists
of extracts of personnel and pay records
of retired members of the uniformed
services or their survivors. The ‘‘hits’’ or
matches will be furnished to SSA. SSA
is responsible for verifying and
determining that the data on the DMDC
electronic reply file are consistent with
the SSA source file and resolving any
discrepancies or inconsistencies on an
individual basis. SSA will also be
responsible for making final
determinations as to eligibility for
/entitlement to, or amount of payments/
benefits, their continuation or needed
adjustments, or any recovery of
overpayments as a result of the match.
1. The electronic file provided by SSA
will contain approximately 8.6 million
records extracted from the SSR/SVB.
2. The electronic DMDC database
contains records on approximately 2.3
million retired uniformed service
members or their survivors.
F. INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM
This computer matching program is
subject to public comment and review
by Congress and the Office of
Management and Budget. If the
mandatory 30 day period for comment
has expired and no comments are
received and if no objections are raised
by either Congress. The Office of
Management and Budget within 40 days
of being notified of the proposed match,
the computer matching program
becomes effective and the respective
agencies may begin the exchange at a
mutually agreeable time on a quarterly
basis, shifting to a monthly basis,
provided DoD consents, when and if the
computer system work can be
completed to effectuate the increased
frequency. By agreement between SSA
and DMDC, the matching program will
be in effect for 18 months with an
option to renew for 12 additional
months unless one of the parties to the
agreement advises the other by written
request to terminate or modify the
agreement.
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Director, Defense Privacy Office, 1901
South Bell Street, Suite 920, Arlington,
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Extension of Project Period
and Waiver for the Center on Learning
Disabilities
Office of Special Education
Programs, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department
of Education.
SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the
requirements in the Education
Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR), in 34 CFR 75.250
and 75.261(a), respectively, that
generally prohibit project periods
exceeding five years and extensions of
project periods involving the obligation
of additional Federal funds. This
extension of project period and waiver
will enable the currently funded Center
on Learning Disabilities to receive
funding from October 1, 2006 through
September 30, 2007.
DATES: This extension of project period
and waiver are effective September 20,
2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Renee Bradley, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Room 4105, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–2641.
Telephone: (202) 245–7277.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 6, 2001, the Department
published a notice in the Federal
Register (66 FR 35746) inviting
applications for a new award for fiscal
year (FY) 2001 for a Center on Learning
Disabilities (Center). Based on that
notice, the Department made one award
for a period of 60 months to Vanderbilt
University to establish and operate the
Center to conduct follow-up research,
provide training, disseminate
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synthesized research validated
information, and to provide national
technical assistance on issues in the
area of identification and assessment of
children with learning disabilities. This
Center was designed from its inception
to conduct both research and technical
assistance activities with a shift over the
project period from primarily research
to a larger proportion of dissemination
and technical assistance activities.
Extension and Waiver
The Center’s current project period is
scheduled to end on September 30,
2006. However, with the recent release
of the Federal regulations implementing
Part B of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, as
reauthorized by the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act
of 2004, there is an urgent need to
continue certain of the Center’s data
analysis, dissemination, and technical
assistance activities for an additional
year. The new procedures in the
regulations regarding the identification
of children with learning disabilities are
one of the major implementation
challenges that States and local school
districts will face in implementing the
new regulations. In order to ensure that
continued assistance is available to
assist States and local school districts,
the Secretary is waiving the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and
75.261(a) and intends to issue a
continuation award to the existing
grantee for an additional twelve-month
period.
The Center will continue its
dissemination and technical assistance
activities, including further
development and implementation of a
technical assistance and dissemination
approach that links research to practice
and promotes the use of current
knowledge and ongoing research
findings. Under this approach, the
Center works with other Department of
Education technical assistance
providers to communicate research
findings and distribute products; and
prepares the research findings and
products in formats that are useful for
specific audiences, including general
education researchers, and local, State,
and national policymakers, as well as
education practitioners. In addition to
this broad dissemination of information,
the Center will continue its work with
the previously identified
implementation sites, local schools and
districts that the Center has been
working with over the past three years,
assisting them in their efforts to
implement response to intervention and
to evaluate and document progress of
those efforts. Based on the knowledge
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gained, the Center will continue to
develop materials to assist in effective
large-scale implementation of response
to intervention and the identification of
children with learning disabilities. The
Center also will be continuing work to
develop additional technical assistance
products on specific learning
disabilities and complete an
Implementation Resource Kit on
Learning Disabilities.
Finally, the Center will complete final
analysis of data from the longitudinal
identification studies in math and
reading that the Center conducted to
investigate the impact of various
identification models on the number of
students identified with a specific
learning disability. Data from these
studies also will be analyzed to inform
the Center’s development of products to
assist with the implementation of
response to intervention and the
identification of students with learning
disabilities.
The APA also provides that a
substantive rule may not take effect
within 30 days from publication unless
the agency for good cause finds that a
delayed effective date would not be in
the public interest. For the reasons
described in the preceding paragraph,
we also are waiving the APA’s
requirement that this extension and
waiver be published at least 30 days
before the effective date.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking and
Delayed Effective Date
Intergovernmental Review
This program is not subject to the
requirements of Executive Order 12372
and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 553) (APA) the
Department generally offers interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
an extension of project period and
waiver under 34 CFR 75.250 and
75.261(a). The APA provides that an
agency is not required to conduct notice
and comment rulemaking when the
agency for good cause finds that notice
and public procedure thereon are
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest. We have
determined that conducting rulemaking
on the proposed extension and waiver
would be impracticable because the
Department cannot both conduct
rulemaking and issue a continuation
award to the Center by September 30,
2006. Further, it is essential that the
Department make the continuation
award to ensure that the critical work
being conducted by the Center
continues, including providing
significant technical assistance to States
and local school districts as they begin
implementation of the provisions of
IDEA and the Part B regulations
regarding response to intervention and
the identification of children with
specific learning disabilities.
Rulemaking was not conducted on this
matter at an earlier time because the
critical need for assistance on this issue
was not realized until the issuance of
the Part B regulations on August 3, 2006
and the subsequent OSEP Leadership
meeting with all of the State Directors
of Special Education on August 21–23,
2006.
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Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the
extension of the project period and
waiver will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. The only
entity that will be affected is the Center
on Learning Disabilities.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This extension of project period and
waiver does not contain any information
collection requirements.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well
as all other documents of this
Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) on the Internet
at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/
news/fedregister.
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at this site. If you have questions about
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DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
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Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: September 14, 2006.
Andrew J. Pepin,
Executive Administrator, Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Extension of Project Period and Waiver for the Center
on Learning Disabilities
AGENCY: Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the requirements in the Education
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), in 34 CFR 75.250
and 75.261(a), respectively, that generally prohibit project periods
exceeding five years and extensions of project periods involving the
obligation of additional Federal funds. This extension of project
period and waiver will enable the currently funded Center on Learning
Disabilities to receive funding from October 1, 2006 through September
30, 2007.
DATES: This extension of project period and waiver are effective
September 20, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Renee Bradley, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4105, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone: (202) 245-7277.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 6, 2001, the Department published a notice in the Federal
Register (66 FR 35746) inviting applications for a new award for fiscal
year (FY) 2001 for a Center on Learning Disabilities (Center). Based on
that notice, the Department made one award for a period of 60 months to
Vanderbilt University to establish and operate the Center to conduct
follow-up research, provide training, disseminate
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synthesized research validated information, and to provide national
technical assistance on issues in the area of identification and
assessment of children with learning disabilities. This Center was
designed from its inception to conduct both research and technical
assistance activities with a shift over the project period from
primarily research to a larger proportion of dissemination and
technical assistance activities.
Extension and Waiver
The Center's current project period is scheduled to end on
September 30, 2006. However, with the recent release of the Federal
regulations implementing Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, as reauthorized by the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act of 2004, there is an urgent need to continue
certain of the Center's data analysis, dissemination, and technical
assistance activities for an additional year. The new procedures in the
regulations regarding the identification of children with learning
disabilities are one of the major implementation challenges that States
and local school districts will face in implementing the new
regulations. In order to ensure that continued assistance is available
to assist States and local school districts, the Secretary is waiving
the requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and 75.261(a) and intends to issue a
continuation award to the existing grantee for an additional twelve-
month period.
The Center will continue its dissemination and technical assistance
activities, including further development and implementation of a
technical assistance and dissemination approach that links research to
practice and promotes the use of current knowledge and ongoing research
findings. Under this approach, the Center works with other Department
of Education technical assistance providers to communicate research
findings and distribute products; and prepares the research findings
and products in formats that are useful for specific audiences,
including general education researchers, and local, State, and national
policymakers, as well as education practitioners. In addition to this
broad dissemination of information, the Center will continue its work
with the previously identified implementation sites, local schools and
districts that the Center has been working with over the past three
years, assisting them in their efforts to implement response to
intervention and to evaluate and document progress of those efforts.
Based on the knowledge gained, the Center will continue to develop
materials to assist in effective large-scale implementation of response
to intervention and the identification of children with learning
disabilities. The Center also will be continuing work to develop
additional technical assistance products on specific learning
disabilities and complete an Implementation Resource Kit on Learning
Disabilities.
Finally, the Center will complete final analysis of data from the
longitudinal identification studies in math and reading that the Center
conducted to investigate the impact of various identification models on
the number of students identified with a specific learning disability.
Data from these studies also will be analyzed to inform the Center's
development of products to assist with the implementation of response
to intervention and the identification of students with learning
disabilities.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking and Delayed Effective Date
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) (APA) the
Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to
comment on an extension of project period and waiver under 34 CFR
75.250 and 75.261(a). The APA provides that an agency is not required
to conduct notice and comment rulemaking when the agency for good cause
finds that notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. We have determined
that conducting rulemaking on the proposed extension and waiver would
be impracticable because the Department cannot both conduct rulemaking
and issue a continuation award to the Center by September 30, 2006.
Further, it is essential that the Department make the continuation
award to ensure that the critical work being conducted by the Center
continues, including providing significant technical assistance to
States and local school districts as they begin implementation of the
provisions of IDEA and the Part B regulations regarding response to
intervention and the identification of children with specific learning
disabilities. Rulemaking was not conducted on this matter at an earlier
time because the critical need for assistance on this issue was not
realized until the issuance of the Part B regulations on August 3, 2006
and the subsequent OSEP Leadership meeting with all of the State
Directors of Special Education on August 21-23, 2006.
The APA also provides that a substantive rule may not take effect
within 30 days from publication unless the agency for good cause finds
that a delayed effective date would not be in the public interest. For
the reasons described in the preceding paragraph, we also are waiving
the APA's requirement that this extension and waiver be published at
least 30 days before the effective date.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the extension of the project period
and waiver will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. The only entity that will be affected is the
Center on Learning Disabilities.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This extension of project period and waiver does not contain any
information collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is not subject to the requirements of Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well as all other documents of this
Department published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site: https://
www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/.
Dated: September 14, 2006.
Andrew J. Pepin,
Executive Administrator, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
[FR Doc. E6-15578 Filed 9-19-06; 8:45 am]
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