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Federal agency to provide RRB with
information in its possession that RRB
may require for the purposes of making
a timely determination of the amount of
reduction under section 224 of the
Social Security Act. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
Section 552a(b)(3) OPM has established
routine uses to disclose the subject
information to RRB.
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D. Categories of Records and
Individuals Covered
The records to be used in the match
and the roles of the matching
participants are described as follows:
OPM will provide the RRB once a year
via secure encrypted electronic transfer,
data extracted from its annuity and
survivor master file of its Civil Service
Retirement and Insurance Records. The
Privacy Act System of Records
designation is OPM/Central-1, (Civil
Service Retirement and Insurance
Records), Published in the Federal
Register on October 8, 1999 (64 FR
54930) and amended on May 3, 2000 (65
FR 25775). The RRB Privacy Act System
of Records is RRB–22, Railroad
Retirement, Survivor, and Pensioner
Benefit System, published in the
Federal Register on July 26, 2010 (75 FR
43727).
Normally in December of each year,
OPM transmits to us approximately 2.5
million electronic records for matching.
The records contain these data
elements: Name, social security number,
date of birth, civil service claim number,
first potential month and year of
eligibility for civil service benefits, first
month, day, year of entitlement to civil
service benefits, amount of current gross
civil service benefits, and effective date
(month, day, year) of civil service
amount, and where applicable, civil
service disability indicator, civil service
FICA covered month indicator, and civil
service total service months. The RRB
will match the Social Security number,
name, and date of birth contained in the
OPM file against approximately the 1.2
million records in our files. For records
that match, the RRB will extract the
civil service payment information.
E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching
Program
This matching program will become
effective 40 days after a copy of the
agreement, as approved by the Data
Integrity Board of each agency, is sent
to Congress and the Office of
Management and Budget, or 30 days
after publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, whichever date is
later. The matching program will
continue for 18 months after the
effective date and may be extended for
an additional 12 months, if the
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conditions specified in 5 U.S.C.
552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.
Dated: August 24, 2010.
By authority of the Board.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended;
Notice of Computer Matching Program
(Railroad Retirement Board and Social
Security Administration, Match
Number 1007)
AGENCY:
Railroad Retirement Board
(RRB).
Notice of a renewal of an
existing computer-matching program
that expires on January 6, 2011.
ACTION:
As required by the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended, the RRB is
issuing public notice of its renewal of an
ongoing computer-matching program
with the Social Security Administration
(SSA). The purpose of this notice is to
advise individuals applying for or
receiving benefits under the Railroad
Retirement Act of the use made by RRB
of this information obtained from SSA
by means of a computer match. The RRB
is also issuing public notice, on behalf
of the SSA, of their intent to conduct a
computer-matching program based on
information provided to them by the
RRB.
SUMMARY:
This matching program becomes
effective as proposed without further
notice on October 12, 2010. We will file
a report of this computer-matching
program with the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of
the House of Representatives; and the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
DATES:
Interested parties may
comment on this publication by writing
to Ms. Beatrice Ezerski, Secretary to the
Board, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611–2092.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Timothy Grant, Chief Privacy Officer,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North
Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–
2092, telephone 312–751–4869 or e-mail
at tim.grant@rrb.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. General
The Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act of 1988, (Pub. L. 100–
503), amended by the Privacy Act of
1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a) as amended,
requires a Federal agency participating
in a computer matching program to
publish a notice in the Federal Register
for all matching programs.
The Privacy Act, as amended,
regulates the use of computer matching
by Federal agencies when records
contained in a Privacy Act System of
Records are matched with other Federal,
State, or local government records. It
requires Federal agencies involved in
computer matching programs to:
(1) Negotiate written agreements with
the other agency or agencies
participating in the matching programs;
(2) Obtain the approval of the
matching agreement by the Data
Integrity Boards (DIB) of the
participating Federal agencies;
(3) Publish notice of the computer
matching program in the Federal
Register;
(4) Furnish detailed reports about
matching programs to Congress and
OMB;
(5) Notify applicants and beneficiaries
that their records are subject to
matching; and
(6) Verify match findings before
reducing, suspending, terminating, or
denying a person’s benefits or
payments. The last notice for this
matching program was published at 73
FR 31516–31517 (June 2, 2008).
B. RRB Computer Matches Subject to
the Privacy Act
We have taken appropriate action to
ensure that all of our computer
matching programs comply with the
requirements of the Privacy Act, as
amended.
Notice of Computer Matching Program,
RRB With the SSA, Match 1007
A. Name of Participating Agencies
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) and
the Social Security Administration
(SSA).
B. Purpose of the Matching Program
The RRB will, on a daily basis, obtain
from SSA a record of the wages reported
to SSA for persons who have applied for
benefits under the Railroad Retirement
Act and a record of the amount of
benefits paid by that agency to persons
who are receiving or have applied for
benefits under the Railroad Retirement
Act. The wage information is needed to
compute the amount of the tier I annuity
component provided by sections 3(a),
4(a) and 4(f) of the Railroad Retirement
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Act (45 U.S.C. 231b(a), 45 U.S.C. 231c(a)
and 45 U.S.C. 231c(f)). The benefit
information is needed to adjust the tier
I annuity component for the receipt of
the Social Security benefit. This
information is available from no other
source.
Second, the RRB will receive from
SSA the amount of certain Social
Security benefits which the RRB pays
on behalf of SSA. Section 7(b)(2) of the
Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C.
231f(b)(2)) provides that the RRB shall
make the payment of certain Social
Security benefits. The RRB also requires
this information in order to adjust the
amount of any annuity due to the
receipt of a Social Security benefit.
Section 10(a) of the Railroad Retirement
Act (45 U.S.C. 231i(a)) permits the RRB
to recover any overpayment from the
accrual of Social Security benefits. This
information is not available from any
other source.
Third, once a year the RRB will
receive from SSA a copy of SSA’s
Master Benefit Record for earmarked
RRB annuitants. Section 7(b)(7)) of the
Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C.
231f(b)(7) requires that SSA provide the
requested information. The RRB needs
this information to make the necessary
cost-of-living computation adjustments
quickly and accurately for those RRB
annuitants who are also SSA
beneficiaries.
SSA will receive weekly from RRB
earnings information for all railroad
employees. SSA will match the
identifying information of the records
furnished by the RRB against the
identifying information contained in its
Master Benefit Record and its Master
Earnings File. If there is a match, SSA
will use the RRB earnings to adjust the
amount of Social Security benefits in its
Annual Earnings Reappraisal Operation.
This information is available from no
other source.
SSA will also receive daily from RRB
earnings information on selected
individuals. The transfer of information
may be initiated either by RRB or by
SSA. SSA needs this information to
determine eligibility to Social Security
benefits and, if eligibility is met, to
determine the benefit amount payable.
Section 18 of the Railroad Retirement
Act (45 U.S.C. 231q(2)) requires that
earnings considered as compensation
under the Railroad Retirement Act be
considered as wages under the Social
Security Act for the purposes of
determining entitlement under the
Social Security Act if the person has
less than 10 years of railroad service or
has 10 or more years of service but does
not have a current connection with the
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railroad industry at the time of his/her
death.
C. Authority for Conducting the Match
Section 7(b)(7) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(7))
provides that the Social Security
Administration shall supply
information necessary to administer the
Railroad Retirement Act. Sections 202,
205(o) and 215(f) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 402, 405(o) and 415(f))
relate to benefit provisions, inclusion of
railroad compensation together with
wages for payment of benefits under
certain circumstances, and the recomputation of benefits.
D. Categories of Records and
Individuals Covered
All applicants for benefits under the
Railroad Retirement Act and current
beneficiaries will have a record of any
Social Security wages and the amount of
any Social Security benefits furnished to
the RRB by SSA. In addition, all persons
who ever worked in the railroad
industry after 1936 will have a record of
their service and compensation
furnished to SSA by RRB.
The applicable RRB Privacy Act
Systems of Records and their Federal
Register citation used in the matching
program are:
1. RRB–5, Master File of Railroad
Employees’ Creditable Compensation;
FR 75 43715 (July 26, 2010);
2. RRB–22, Railroad Retirement,
Survivor, Pensioner Benefit System; FR
75 43727 (July 26, 2010).
The applicable SSA Privacy Act
Systems of Records used and their
Federal Register citation used in the
matching program are:
1. SSA 60–0058, Master Files of
Social Security Number (SSN) Holders
and SSN Applications (the Enumeration
System); 74 FR 62866 (December 1,
2009)
2. SSA/OSR, 60–0059, Earnings
Recording and Self-Employment Income
System (MEF); 71 FR 1819 (January 11,
2006)
3. SSA/OSR 60–0090, Master
Beneficiary Record (MBR); 71 FR 1826
(January 11, 2006)
4. SSA/ODISSIS 60–103,
Supplemental Security Income Record
and Special Veteran Benefits; 71 FR
1830 (January 11, 2006)
5. SSA/OPB 60–0269, Prisoner
Update Processing System (PUPS); 64
FR 11076 (March 8, 1999)
E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching
Program
This matching program will become
effective January 6, 2011 or 40 days after
a copy of the agreement, as approved by
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the Data Integrity Board of each agency,
is sent to Congress and the Office of
Management and Budget, or 30 days
after publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, whichever date is
latest. The matching program will
continue for 18 months after the
effective date and may be extended for
an additional 12 months, if the
conditions specified in 5 U.S.C.
552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.
Dated: August 24, 2010.
By authority of the Board.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.
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U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 2.
AGENCY:
This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the State of Iowa (FEMA–1930–DR),
dated 07/29/2010.
Incident: Severe storms, flooding, and
tornadoes.
Incident Period: 06/01/2010 and
continuing.
Effective Date: 08/23/2010.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 09/27/2010.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
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Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
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U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of the President’s major disaster
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended; Notice of Computer Matching
Program (Railroad Retirement Board and Social Security Administration,
Match Number 1007)
AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).
ACTION: Notice of a renewal of an existing computer-matching program
that expires on January 6, 2011.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the RRB is
issuing public notice of its renewal of an ongoing computer-matching
program with the Social Security Administration (SSA). The purpose of
this notice is to advise individuals applying for or receiving benefits
under the Railroad Retirement Act of the use made by RRB of this
information obtained from SSA by means of a computer match. The RRB is
also issuing public notice, on behalf of the SSA, of their intent to
conduct a computer-matching program based on information provided to
them by the RRB.
DATES: This matching program becomes effective as proposed without
further notice on October 12, 2010. We will file a report of this
computer-matching program with the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives; and the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may comment on this publication by
writing to Ms. Beatrice Ezerski, Secretary to the Board, Railroad
Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy Grant, Chief Privacy
Officer, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60611-2092, telephone 312-751-4869 or e-mail at
tim.grant@rrb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. General
The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, (Pub. L.
100-503), amended by the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a) as
amended, requires a Federal agency participating in a computer matching
program to publish a notice in the Federal Register for all matching
programs.
The Privacy Act, as amended, regulates the use of computer matching
by Federal agencies when records contained in a Privacy Act System of
Records are matched with other Federal, State, or local government
records. It requires Federal agencies involved in computer matching
programs to:
(1) Negotiate written agreements with the other agency or agencies
participating in the matching programs;
(2) Obtain the approval of the matching agreement by the Data
Integrity Boards (DIB) of the participating Federal agencies;
(3) Publish notice of the computer matching program in the Federal
Register;
(4) Furnish detailed reports about matching programs to Congress
and OMB;
(5) Notify applicants and beneficiaries that their records are
subject to matching; and
(6) Verify match findings before reducing, suspending, terminating,
or denying a person's benefits or payments. The last notice for this
matching program was published at 73 FR 31516-31517 (June 2, 2008).
B. RRB Computer Matches Subject to the Privacy Act
We have taken appropriate action to ensure that all of our computer
matching programs comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act, as
amended.
Notice of Computer Matching Program, RRB With the SSA, Match 1007
A. Name of Participating Agencies
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) and the Social Security
Administration (SSA).
B. Purpose of the Matching Program
The RRB will, on a daily basis, obtain from SSA a record of the
wages reported to SSA for persons who have applied for benefits under
the Railroad Retirement Act and a record of the amount of benefits paid
by that agency to persons who are receiving or have applied for
benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act. The wage information is
needed to compute the amount of the tier I annuity component provided
by sections 3(a), 4(a) and 4(f) of the Railroad Retirement
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Act (45 U.S.C. 231b(a), 45 U.S.C. 231c(a) and 45 U.S.C. 231c(f)). The
benefit information is needed to adjust the tier I annuity component
for the receipt of the Social Security benefit. This information is
available from no other source.
Second, the RRB will receive from SSA the amount of certain Social
Security benefits which the RRB pays on behalf of SSA. Section 7(b)(2)
of the Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(2)) provides that the
RRB shall make the payment of certain Social Security benefits. The RRB
also requires this information in order to adjust the amount of any
annuity due to the receipt of a Social Security benefit. Section 10(a)
of the Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231i(a)) permits the RRB to
recover any overpayment from the accrual of Social Security benefits.
This information is not available from any other source.
Third, once a year the RRB will receive from SSA a copy of SSA's
Master Benefit Record for earmarked RRB annuitants. Section 7(b)(7)) of
the Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(7) requires that SSA
provide the requested information. The RRB needs this information to
make the necessary cost-of-living computation adjustments quickly and
accurately for those RRB annuitants who are also SSA beneficiaries.
SSA will receive weekly from RRB earnings information for all
railroad employees. SSA will match the identifying information of the
records furnished by the RRB against the identifying information
contained in its Master Benefit Record and its Master Earnings File. If
there is a match, SSA will use the RRB earnings to adjust the amount of
Social Security benefits in its Annual Earnings Reappraisal Operation.
This information is available from no other source.
SSA will also receive daily from RRB earnings information on
selected individuals. The transfer of information may be initiated
either by RRB or by SSA. SSA needs this information to determine
eligibility to Social Security benefits and, if eligibility is met, to
determine the benefit amount payable. Section 18 of the Railroad
Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231q(2)) requires that earnings considered as
compensation under the Railroad Retirement Act be considered as wages
under the Social Security Act for the purposes of determining
entitlement under the Social Security Act if the person has less than
10 years of railroad service or has 10 or more years of service but
does not have a current connection with the railroad industry at the
time of his/her death.
C. Authority for Conducting the Match
Section 7(b)(7) of the Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C.
231f(b)(7)) provides that the Social Security Administration shall
supply information necessary to administer the Railroad Retirement Act.
Sections 202, 205(o) and 215(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
402, 405(o) and 415(f)) relate to benefit provisions, inclusion of
railroad compensation together with wages for payment of benefits under
certain circumstances, and the re-computation of benefits.
D. Categories of Records and Individuals Covered
All applicants for benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act and
current beneficiaries will have a record of any Social Security wages
and the amount of any Social Security benefits furnished to the RRB by
SSA. In addition, all persons who ever worked in the railroad industry
after 1936 will have a record of their service and compensation
furnished to SSA by RRB.
The applicable RRB Privacy Act Systems of Records and their Federal
Register citation used in the matching program are:
1. RRB-5, Master File of Railroad Employees' Creditable
Compensation; FR 75 43715 (July 26, 2010);
2. RRB-22, Railroad Retirement, Survivor, Pensioner Benefit System;
FR 75 43727 (July 26, 2010).
The applicable SSA Privacy Act Systems of Records used and their
Federal Register citation used in the matching program are:
1. SSA 60-0058, Master Files of Social Security Number (SSN)
Holders and SSN Applications (the Enumeration System); 74 FR 62866
(December 1, 2009)
2. SSA/OSR, 60-0059, Earnings Recording and Self-Employment Income
System (MEF); 71 FR 1819 (January 11, 2006)
3. SSA/OSR 60-0090, Master Beneficiary Record (MBR); 71 FR 1826
(January 11, 2006)
4. SSA/ODISSIS 60-103, Supplemental Security Income Record and
Special Veteran Benefits; 71 FR 1830 (January 11, 2006)
5. SSA/OPB 60-0269, Prisoner Update Processing System (PUPS); 64 FR
11076 (March 8, 1999)
E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching Program
This matching program will become effective January 6, 2011 or 40
days after a copy of the agreement, as approved by the Data Integrity
Board of each agency, is sent to Congress and the Office of Management
and Budget, or 30 days after publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, whichever date is latest. The matching program will continue
for 18 months after the effective date and may be extended for an
additional 12 months, if the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C.
552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.
Dated: August 24, 2010.
By authority of the Board.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.
[FR Doc. 2010-21507 Filed 8-27-10; 8:45 am]
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