Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment to an Existing System of Records, Enterprise Income Verification (EIV), HUD/PIH-5, 45235-45240 [E9-21087]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 168 (Tuesday, September 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45235-45240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21087]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5291-N-04]


Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment to an Existing System of Records, 
Enterprise Income Verification (EIV), HUD/PIH-5

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notification of an amendment to an existing System of Records, 
Enterprise Income Verification (EIV), HUD/PIH-5.

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SUMMARY: HUD is amending HUD/PIH-5 to reflect changes in the following 
sections, which impact participants and program administrators of the 
Public Housing, Disaster Housing Assistance, Housing Choice Voucher 
(HCV), Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation programs; and the various 
rental assistance programs for the Office of Housing: Categories of 
Individuals Covered by the System, Categories of Records in the System, 
Purposes of the System, and

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Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories 
of Users and Purposes of Such Users. These sections are revised to 
reflect the present status of the information contained in the system. 
A more detailed description of the present system is contained in the 
Supplemental Information section.

DATES: Effective Date: This proposal shall become effective, without 
further notice, October 1, 2009, unless comments are received during or 
before this period which would result in a contrary determination.
    Comments Due Date: October 1, 2009.

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 the Departmental Privacy Act 
Officer contact Donna Robinson-Staton, telephone number (202) 402-8073. 
Regarding records maintained in Washington, DC, for the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing (PIH), contact Nicole Faison, Office of 
Public Housing and Voucher Programs (OPHVP), Rental Housing Integrity 
Improvement Project (RHIIP) Manager and PIH EIV System Owner, telephone 
number (202) 402-4267; or David Sandler, EIV System Project Manager, 
telephone number (202) 475-8941. For the Office of Housing, contact 
Gail Williamson, Director of the Housing Assistance Policy Division, 
telephone number (202) 402-2473. [The above are not toll free numbers.] 
A telecommunications device for hearing-and speech-impaired persons 
(TTY) is available at (800) 877-8339 (Federal Information Relay 
Services). (This is a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EIV currently supports public housing 
agencies (PHAs) that administer Public Housing, and Section 8 tenant-
based rental assistance programs, and will in the near future, support 
PHAs that administer the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP); 
and private owners and management agents (O/ASs) who administer rental 
assistance programs for the Office of Housing (Housing) and contract 
administrators (CAs) under contract with HUD. EIV will contain income 
data for public housing, Section 8, and multifamily housing program 
participants, enabling program administrators to verify participant-
reported income and identify households that may have under reported 
their household's annual income.
    HUD developed the EIV system to reduce subsidy payment errors as a 
result of tenant under reporting of income to ensure that limited 
Federal resources serve as many eligible families as possible. EIV will 
facilitate more timely and accurate verification of tenant-reported 
income at the time of mandatory annual and interim reexamination of 
household income.
    EIV will contain personal identifying information from HUD's 
Inventory Management System (IMS) formerly Public and Indian Housing 
Information Center (PIC) and Disaster Information System (DIS) within 
IMS; and HUD's Office of Housing's Tenant Rental Assistance 
Certification System (TRACS), such as Head of Households and household 
members' name, date of birth and Social Security Number (SSN), unit 
address, program information, and household income details as reported 
by the participant to the program administrator. These personal 
identifying data are extracted from IMS, DIS, and TRACS and imported 
into EIV. The system also contains household member(s) income details 
as reported by State and Federal agencies. HUD obtains income details 
through computer matching programs with the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA).
    On March 11, 2009, Section 239 of HUD's 2009 Appropriations Act 
modified Section 904 of the Stewart B. McKinney Act of 1988, as 
amended, to include the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) as a 
``program'' of HUD for the purpose of income verifications and computer 
matching. Computer matching for participants of the Disaster Housing 
Assistance Program is expected to begin no sooner than October 1, 2009, 
unless comments are received which result in a contrary determination, 
or 40 days from the date a modified computer matching agreement is 
signed by HUD, SSA and HHS, whichever is later. As such, pursuant to 
the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act (CMPPA) of 1988, as 
amended, HUD is providing the public with notice of a modified computer 
matching program with HHS and SSA (as previously published at 73 FR 
10046 and 74 FR10605, respectively), to include participants of DHAP 
administered by local PHAs.
    Effective September 14, 2009, PHAs will have the ability to enter 
the following information into EIV:
    1. Amount of debt owed by a former tenant to a PHA;
    2. If applicable, indication of executed repayment agreement;
    3. If applicable, indication of bankruptcy filing;
    4. If applicable, the reason for any adverse termination of the 
family from a Federally assisted housing program.
    This information will be used by HUD to create a national 
repository of families that owe a debt to a PHA and/or have been 
terminated from a Federally assisted housing program. This national 
repository will be available within the EIV system for all PHAs to 
access during the time of application for rental assistance. PHAs will 
be able to access this information to determine a family's suitability 
for rental assistance, and avoid providing limited Federal housing 
assistance to families who either: (1) Owe a debt to a PHA; or (2) have 
previously been unable to comply with HUD program requirements.
    System Security Measures: The integrity and availability of data in 
EIV is important. Much of the data needs to be protected from 
unanticipated or unintentional modification. HUD restricts the use of 
this information to HUD approved officials, program administrators such 
as PHAs and O/ASs, and CAs under contract with HUD; thus, the data is 
protected accordingly.
    Vulnerabilities and corresponding security measures include: (1) 
Only persons with Web Access Subsystem (WASS) User IDs and passwords 
may access EIV; (2) access to EIV is controlled using EIV's security 
module, which controls a user's access to particular modules based on 
the user's role and security access level; (3) User IDs are used to 
identify access to sensitive data by users; (4) data corruption/
destruction-PHAs, O/As and CAs users do not have write access to 
databases that contain income information obtained by HUD from third 
parties. HUD users' write access is limited to user administration by 
authorized personnel. This will eliminate the risk of data destruction 
or corruption. (5) PHA users, as designated by the PHA's Executive 
Director or designee, will have the ability to enter debt owed and 
termination information of former program participants into EIV. 
Designated users have the ability to update and delete information as 
necessary. These designated users will be assigned a specific role in 
EIV to enable the entering of this data. Those

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users without the assigned role to enter data into EIV will be able to 
only view information pertaining to families who owe a debt to a PHA or 
have been terminated from a PIH program.
    Data Quality: PHAs and O/As submit management, building, unit, and 
family information into IMS and TRACS. Family information includes the 
families' names, SSNs, and dates of birth. When a PHA or O/A submits 
family data to IMS, or TRACS, the EIV system will validate each 
household member's identity. HUD will only transmit to the Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS) for computer matching those tenant 
personal identifiers (i.e., full name, SSN, and date of birth) of 
individuals age 18 and older, that have been validated by the Social 
Security Administration (SSA). If a household member's identity cannot 
be validated, EIV will (1) flag the household member record; (2) 
provide an error message to the PHA or O/A, informing the PHA or O/A to 
verify the household member's SSN, name, and/or date of birth; and (3) 
request the PHA or O/A to submit a corrected record (Form HUD-50058 or 
Form HUD-50059) into IMS, or TRACS. EIV will remove the invalidated 
household member record from computer matching request files.
    This household member identity verification feature was established 
to help HUD maintain data quality and integrity and to support one of 
its strategic objectives to prevent fraud and abuse. This identity 
verification feature will (1) help confirm that those families entitled 
to benefits receive benefits, (2) ensure that income information is 
obtained of only validated individuals, (3) assist in limiting the 
duplication of benefits, and (4) help prevent the false application for 
benefits, thereby ensuring data quality.
    Debt owed and termination information entered by PHAs may be 
challenged by the former program participant. If the PHA determines 
that an error has been made in entering the data, the designated users 
who have the ability to enter data into EIV, will update and delete 
erroneous information as necessary.
    EIV will receive new hires (W-4), wage, employment, and 
unemployment benefit data from HHS' National Directory of New Hires 
(NDNH) database; and Social Security (SS) and Supplemental Security 
Income (SSI) benefit data from the Social Security Administration 
(SSA). This will allow PHAs, O/As, CAs to verify the income of tenants 
at the time of mandatory annual and/or interim reexaminations.
    Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 
notice is given that HUD proposes to amend an existing Privacy System 
of Records, Enterprise Income Verification, HUD/PIH-5.
    Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11) provide that the public be 
afforded a 30-day period in which to comment on the amended record 
system. The system report was submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform 
pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix l to OMB Circular No. A-130, 
``Federal Agencies Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About 
Individuals,'' July 25, 1994 (59 FR 37914).
    Accordingly, this notice amends HUD/PIH-5 system of records for the 
Office of Public and Indian Housing's program administrators and 
accompanying routine uses to be submitted and accessed in the 
management of rental assistance housing programs by the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 88 Stat. 1896; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    Dated: August 24, 2009.
Jerry E. Williams,
Chief Information Officer.
HUD/PIH-5

SYSTEM NAME:
    Enterprise Income Verification (EIV).

SYSTEM LOCATIONS:
    The files are maintained at the following locations:
    1. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; and
    2. Lockheed Martin Corporation, located at 4701 Forbes Blvd., 
Lanham, MD 20706, will monitor access of any encrypted files containing 
social security and rent information (subject to the provisions of 26 
U.S.C. 6103).

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Families receiving rental housing assistance (now including 
Disaster Housing Assistance) via programs administered by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Tribally Designated 
Housing Entities participating in the Section 8 program, PHAs and/or O/
As and State agencies and PHAs acting as CAs.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Records consist of unit address (subsidized property address), 
family composition, and income data obtained from PHAs and O/As. The 
system of records contains: Identification information such as names, 
dates of birth and SSNs for individuals; addresses; financial data such 
as tenant-reported income; employment, wage, and unemployment benefit 
data obtained from HHS and SS and SSI benefit data obtained from the 
SSA; annual income discrepancies as a result of the comparison of 
tenant-reported income to actual income as reported by the HHS and SSA; 
failed identity verification report; multiple subsidies report, which 
identifies families who may be receiving multiple rental assistance in 
various HUD rental assistance program; new hires report, which 
identifies family members who have started a new job; deceased tenants 
report, which identifies family members who are deceased. Effective 
September 2009, PIH's EIV system will contain the following new 
records: Repository of debts owed to PHAs and adverse terminations of 
former program participants, as reported to HUD by program 
administrators; and an immigration report, which will identify the 
immigration status of program participants as reported by PHAs.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    Pursuant to the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments 
Act of 1988, as amended, and Section 303(i) of the Social Security Act, 
HUD and HUD-funded PHAs may request wage and claim data from State Wage 
Information Collection Agencies (SWICAs), also now known as State 
Workforce Agencies (SWAs), responsible for administering State 
unemployment laws.
    On October 1, 1994, Section 542(a)(1) of HUD's 1998 Appropriation 
Act, eliminated a sunset provision to Section 303(i) of the Social 
Security Act, effectively making permanent the authority requiring 
State agencies to disclose wage and claim information to HUD and PHAs. 
On January 23, 2004, Section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 653(j)) was amended to allow HUD to obtain income information 
from the (National Directory of New Hires) NDNH database (owned by the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)) and disclose this 
information to PHAs for the purpose of verifying employment and income 
of rental housing program participants. HUD may disclose NDNH data to a 
private owner, management agent, and contract administrator under 
contract with HUD based on (1) an evaluation of the costs and benefits 
of disclosures made to PHAs, and (2) the adequacy of

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measures used to safeguard the security and confidentiality of 
information so disclosed. Disclosure of NDNH data to O/As and CAs is 
only as needed for verifying the employment and income of multifamily 
housing program participants. On March 11, 2009, Section 239 of HUD's 
2009 Appropriations Act modified Section 904 of the Stewart B. Mckinney 
Act of 1988, as amended, to include the Disaster Housing Assistance 
Program (DHAP) as a ``program'' of HUD for the purpose of income 
verifications and computer matching. The Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1987 authorizes HUD to require applicants for and 
participants in HUD-administered rental housing assistance programs to 
disclose to HUD their SSNs as a condition of initial or continued 
eligibility for participation in these HUD programs. The Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Budget Reconciliation Act) authorizes HUD 
to request from SSA Federal tax data, as prescribed in section 
6103(l)(7) of title 26 of the United States Code (Internal Revenue 
Code).

PURPOSES:
    The primary purpose of EIV is to allow PHAs, O/As, and CAs to 
verify tenant-reported income, identify unreported income sources and/
or amounts received by program participants, and identify substantial 
annual income discrepancies amongst households that receive HUD-
provided rental assistance through programs administered by PIH and 
Housing. The first release of EIV was successfully implemented on 
August 16, 2004. EIV is a simple, Internet-based integrated system, 
which enables PHA users, HUD personnel, O/As, and CAs to access a 
database of tenant information via their Web browser. EIV will aid HUD 
and entities that administer HUD's assisted housing programs in: (a) 
Increasing the effective distribution of rental assistance to 
individuals that meet the requirements of Federal rental assistance 
programs, (b) detecting abuses in assisted housing programs, (c) taking 
administrative or legal actions to resolve past and current abuses of 
assisted housing programs, (d) deterring abuses by verifying the income 
of tenants at the time of annual and interim reexaminations via the use 
of electronic income data received from the HHS and SSA, (e) evaluating 
the effectiveness of income discrepancy resolution actions taken by 
PHAs, O/As and CAs for some of HUD's rental assistance programs, and 
(f) reducing administrative burden of obtaining written or oral third 
party verification (when the tenant does not dispute information 
provided by EIV. EIV is a management information system that contains 
tools to help: (1) Improve the income verification process, (2) monitor 
incidents of potential tenant under reporting of household income, (3) 
produce management reports, (4) reduce duplicate rental assistance, (5) 
reduce overpayment of housing assistance payments of deceased single 
member households, and (6) conduct risk assessments. The EIV system 
serves as a repository for automated information used when comparing 
family income data reported by recipients of Federal rental assistance 
to income data received from external sources (e.g., HHS and SSA). 
Records in TRACS, IMS, and EIV are subject to use in authorized and 
approved computer matching programs regulated under the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    In addition to the uses cited in the section of this document 
titled ``Purposes'', other routine uses may include:
    1. To Federal, State, and local agencies (e.g., State agencies 
administering the State's unemployment compensation laws, State welfare 
and food stamp agencies, U.S Office of Personnel Management, U.S. 
Postal Service, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services, and U.S. Social Security Administration): to verify 
the accuracy and completeness of the data provided, to verify 
eligibility or continued eligibility in HUD's rental assistance 
programs, and to aid in the identification of tenant errors, fraud, and 
abuse in assisted housing programs through HUD's tenant income computer 
matching program;
    2. To individuals under contract to HUD or under contract to 
another agency with funds provided by HUD: for the preparation of 
studies and statistical reports directly related to the management of 
HUD's rental assistance programs, to support quality control for tenant 
eligibility efforts requiring a random sampling of tenant files to 
determine the extent of administrative errors in making rent 
calculations, eligibility determinations, etc., and for processing 
certifications/re-certifications;
    3. To PHAs, O/As, and CAs: to verify the accuracy and completeness 
of tenant data used in determining eligibility and continued 
eligibility and the amount of housing assistance received;
    4. To PHAs, O/As, and CAs: to identify and resolve discrepancies in 
tenant data; and
    5. To PHAs: information related to debts owed to PHAs and 
participant's termination from a PIH program, to determine an 
applicant's suitability for tenancy in a PIH housing program.
    6. To researchers affiliated with academic institutions, with not-
for-profit organizations, or with Federal, State or local governments, 
or to policy researchers: without individual identifiers--name, 
address, SSN: for the performance of research and statistical 
activities on housing and community development issues.
    7. To HUD staff, HUD contractors, independent public auditors and 
accountants, PHAs, and CAs for the purpose of conducting oversight and 
monitoring of program operations to determine compliance with 
applicable laws and regulations, and financial reporting requirements.
    8. To the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): to identify 
existing families which participate in a HUD rental assistance program 
and are currently receiving housing assistance. HUD may provide FEMA 
with the following information about the HUD-assisted family: (1) The 
PHA name, address and contact information currently assisting the 
family, (2) the effective date of the last transaction the PHA 
conducted with the family; (3) family composition information, 
including household member names and date of births; and any other 
information from the form HUD-50058, which may assist FEMA in 
determining eligibility of assistance.
    9. Additional Disclosure for Purposes of Facilitating Responses and 
Remediation Efforts in the Event of a Data Breach. A record from a 
system of records maintained by this Department may be disclosed to 
appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when:
    1. The Department suspects or has confirmed that the security or 
confidentiality of information in a system of records has been 
compromised;
    2. The Department has determined that as a result of the suspected 
or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property 
interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or 
integrity of systems or programs (whether maintained by the Department 
or another agency or entity) that rely upon the compromised 
information; and,
    3. The disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is 
reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the Department's

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efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and 
prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.

POLICIES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, AND DISPOSING OF SYSTEM RECORDS:
STORAGE:
    Records are stored manually in family case files and electronically 
in office automation equipment. Records are stored on HUD computer 
servers for field office, PHAs', and O/AS' access via the Internet to:
    1. Obtain SS and SSI data that are not subject to provisions of 26 
U.S.C. 6103;
    2. Obtain employment, wage and unemployment compensation data; and
    3. Obtain the following reports:
    a. Failed Verification.
    b. Failed EIV-Prescreening.
    c. Identity Verification.
    d. Income Discrepancy.
    e. New Hires.
    f. Deceased Tenants.
    g. Multiple Subsidy.
    h. Debts Owed to PHAs and Termination.

    Note: Software in EIV precludes the transfer of any data subject 
to 26 U.S.C. 6103 to unencrypted media.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    Records may be retrieved by computer search of indices by the Head 
of Household's name, date of birth, and/or SSN of an existing HUD 
program participant.

    Note: A user's search capability is limited to only those 
program participants within the user's jurisdiction and assigned to 
his or her User ID.

SAFEGUARDS:
    Records are maintained at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development in Washington, DC with limited access to those persons 
whose official duties require the use of such records. Computer files 
and printed listings are maintained in locked cabinets. Printed 
listings include masked dates of birth and SSNs. Computer terminals are 
secured in controlled areas, which are locked when unoccupied. Access 
to automated records is limited to authorized personnel who must use a 
password to gain access to the system. HUD will safeguard the SSN, 
income, and personal identifying information obtained pursuant to 26 
U.S.C. 6103(l)(7)(A) and (B) in accordance with 26 U.S.C. 6103(p)(4) 
and the IRS's ``Tax Information Security Guidelines for Federal, State 
and Local Agencies,'' Publication 1075 (Revised October 2007).

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Handbook 2228.2, appendix 14, item 25. EIV-reported income 
information is retained for the duration of tenancy plus three years 
from the end of program participation date or move-out date. Electronic 
data is disposed of by erasing data from all media types. Data retained 
in paper format is destroyed by shredding or burning. Computerized 
family records are maintained in a password-protected environment. If 
information is needed for evidentiary purposes, documentation will be 
referred to the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) in Washington, DC 
or other appropriate Federal, State or local agencies charged with the 
responsibility of investigating or prosecuting violators of Federal 
law. Documents referred to HUD's OIG will become part of OIG's 
Investigative Files. Records will be retained and disposed of in 
accordance with the General Records Schedule included in HUD.
    Debts owed to PHAs and termination information is retained for a 
period of ten years from the end of participation date.

SYSTEM MANAGERS AND ADDRESSES:
    Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH): Nicole Faison, PIH EIV 
System Owner. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room 4226, Washington, DC 20410; David Sandler, PIH EIV 
System Project Manager. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
550 12th Street SW., First Floor--Desk 1304, Washington, DC 20410.
    Office of Housing: Gail Williamson, Housing EIV System Owner. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Room 6138, Washington, DC 20410. Lanier Hylton, Housing EIV System 
Project Manager. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 6140, Washington, DC 20410.

NOTIFICATION AND RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records 
contains information about them, or those seeking access to such 
records, should address inquiries to Donna Robinson-Staton, 
Departmental Privacy Act Officer, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 2256, Washington, DC 20410. 
For written request provide verification of your identity by stating 
your full name, current address, social security number, date of birth, 
and place of birth. Your verification of identity must include your 
original signature and must be notarized.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Employment and wage information reported in EIV originates from the 
employer. The employer reports this information to the local State 
Workforce Agency (SWA), who in turn, reports the information to the 
NDNH database. If a participant of a HUD rental assistance program 
disputes this information, he or she should contact the employer 
directly in writing to dispute the employment and/or wage information 
and request that the employer correct erroneous information. If 
employer resolution is not possible, the program participant should 
contact the local SWA for assistance.
    Unemployment benefit information reported in EIV originates from 
the local State Workforce Agency (SWA). If a participant of a HUD 
rental assistance disputes this information, he or she should contact 
the SWA directly, in writing to dispute the unemployment benefit 
information, and request that the SWA correct erroneous information.
    SS and SSI benefit information reported in EIV originates from the 
SSA. If a participant of a HUD rental assistance program disputes this 
information, he or she should contact the SSA at (800) 772-1213 or 
visit your local SSA office. SSA office information is available in the 
government pages of your local telephone directory or online at https://www.socialsecurity.gov.
    Debts owed to PHAs and termination information is reported to HUD 
by the PHA. If a current or former participant of a HUD rental 
assistance program disputes this information, he or she should contact 
the PHA directly in writing to dispute this information and provide any 
documentation that supports the dispute. If the PHA determines that the 
disputed information is incorrect, the PHA will update or delete the 
record from EIV.
    For all other information, procedures for the amendment or 
correction of records are located at 24 CFR parts 16.8. and 16.9.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    PIH and Housing may receive data from HUD field office staff, 
Federal Government agencies, State and local agencies, private data 
sources, owners and management agents, PHAs, and contract 
administrators. PHAs and O/As routinely collect personal and income 
data from participants in and applicants for HUD's public and assisted 
housing programs. The data collected by PHAs and O/As is entered into 
the PIC and TRACS system, respectively, online via

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the system itself, via PHA or O/A-owned software, or via HUD's Family 
Reporting Software (FRS). Data from PIC and TRACS is imported into EIV 
and used to create request files for computer matching programs.

EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
    None.

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