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disposition schedule is approved by the
National Archives Records
Administration.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau implementation team, 1801 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Individuals seeking notification and
access to any record contained in this
Database, or seeking to contest its
content, may inquire in writing in
accordance with instructions appearing
at 31 CFR part 1, subpart C, appendix
A. Address such requests to: Director,
Disclosure Services, Department of
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20220.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
See ‘‘Notification Procedures’’ above.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
See ‘‘Notification Procedures’’ above.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information in this system is obtained
directly from: the individual who is the
subject of these records, and/or the
agency or organization that the
individual represents; the CFPB
implementation team staff involved in
external affairs operations.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices; Privacy Act of
1974, as Amended
Departmental Offices, Treasury.
Notice of proposed New Privacy
Act System of Records.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the
Department of the Treasury, gives notice
of a proposed new system of records
entitled ‘‘Treasury/DO .226—Validating
EITC Eligibility with State Data Pilot
Project Records.’’
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than August 8, 2011. This new
system of records will be effective
August 8, 2011 unless the Department
receives comments which would result
in a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
the Office of the Fiscal Assistant
Secretary, Department of the Treasury,
1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Room
2112, Washington, DC 20220. You may
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send your comments by electronic mail
to carl.maryott@treasury.gov. In general,
the Department will make all comments
available in their original format,
including any business or personal
information provided such as names,
addresses, electronic mail addresses, or
telephone numbers, for public
inspection and photocopying in the
Department’s library, Room 1428, Main
Department Building, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC, 20220, on official
business days between the hours of 10
a.m. and 5 p.m. You can make an
appointment to inspect comments by
calling (202) 622–0990. All comments,
including attachments and other
supporting materials, received are part
of the public record and are subject to
public disclosure. You should submit
only information that you wish to make
available publicly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl
Maryott, Senior Financial Program
Specialist, Office of the Fiscal Assistant
Secretary, Department of the Treasury,
(202) 622–1795
(carl.maryott@treasury.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of the Treasury
(Departmental Offices and the Internal
Revenue Service) is conducting a pilot
project funded by the Partnership Fund
for Program Integrity Innovation
(Partnership Fund). The Partnership
Fund was established by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
(Pub. L. 111–117, 123 Stat. 3034, 3171–
3172) to fund pilot projects to improve
delivery of Federal assistance programs
administered through State and local
governments, or where Federal-State
cooperation could be beneficial.
Congress appropriated funds to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) and authorized it to transfer such
funds to appropriate agencies to carry
out pilot projects and to provide for the
evaluation of such projects. The
Department submitted a pilot concept to
OMB to assess the usefulness of Stateadministered benefits data in validating
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
eligibility, including the identification
of individuals who are eligible for but
have not claimed the EITC.
The Department proposes to obtain
State-administered benefits data for a
prior calendar year from up to five
States. The pilot would evaluate
whether State-administered benefits
data could identify both ineligible
individuals who receive improper EITC
payments and eligible individuals who
are not claiming the EITC. The
assessment will be conducted separate
from, but parallel to, normal Federal
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EITC operations. The Department will
not use the data collected from States to
intervene in the current tax filing season
to stop improper EITC payments to
ineligible individuals or attempt to
initiate new claims for eligible
individuals. Data from the pilot will not
be used to adjust or correct a tax return.
The Department’s Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) will match the data
collected from the States against data
contained in IRS databases. The data
matching analysis will be conducted in
two stages. The first stage will entail
automated database matching between
information contained in IRS databases
and the State-administered benefits data
collected from the States to identify the
positive and negative EITC eligibility
matches. In the second stage, the results
of the first stage will be validated by
selecting a sample of the positive and
negative matches and conducting
interviews and individual case file
research with State personnel to
determine the extent to which the
automated database matching may have
generated false positives and false
negatives. This two stage process will
ensure the credibility of the automated
results by confirming actual family
circumstances and will allow for the
development of the most reliable data
matching protocol that could be used
nationally to improve EITC eligibility
determinations and reduce improper tax
refund payments.
As required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), a
report of a new system of records has
been provided to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of
the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and
OMB.
The system of records entitled
‘‘Treasury/DO .226—Validating EITC
Eligibility with State Data Pilot Project
Records ’’ is published in its entirety
below.
Dated: June 23, 2011.
Melissa Hartman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy,
Transparency, and Records.
Treasury/DO .226
SYSTEM NAME:
Validating EITC Eligibility with State
Data Pilot Project Records –Treasury/
DO.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Office of the Fiscal Assistant
Secretary, Department of the Treasury,
Washington, DC.
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CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Individuals who file for Stateadministered public assistance benefits
in States participating in the
Department’s pilot program.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
These records include information
pertaining to the Department of the
Treasury’s pilot project ‘‘Assessing State
Data for Validating EITC Eligibility.’’
Records include, but are not limited to,
the application[s] for State-administered
benefits, including subsequent
recertification documentation and other
documents supporting eligibility for
State-administered benefit programs.
The records may contain taxpayer
names, Taxpayer Identification
Numbers, social security numbers, and
other representative authorization
information.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2010 (Pub. L. 111–117, 123 Stat. 3034,
3171–3172); 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321.
been compromised; (b) 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 this system or other systems
or programs (whether maintained by the
Department or another agency or entity)
that rely upon the compromised
information; and (c) the disclosure made
to such agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with the Department’s
efforts to respond to the suspected or
confirmed compromise and prevent,
minimize, or remedy such harm.
(5) Disclose information to the
National Archives and Records
Administration (‘‘NARA’’) for use in its
records management inspections and its
role as an Archivist.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The purpose of this system is to
determine whether data maintained by
up to five States in their public
assistance and other databases can assist
in identifying both ineligible
individuals who receive improper
Earned Income Tax Credit payments
and eligible individuals who are not
claiming the EITC.
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
Disclosure of returns and return
information may be made only as
provided by 26 U.S.C. 6103. All other
records may be used as described below
if the Department determines that the
purpose of the disclosure is compatible
with the purpose for which the
Department collected the records, and
no privilege is asserted.
(1) Disclose to the appropriate State
agencies responsible for validating
results of the data matching initiative
with specific individual case file
research.
(2) Provide information to a
Congressional Office in response to an
inquiry made at the request of the
individual to whom the records pertain.
(3) Disclose information to a
contractor, including a consultant hired
by Treasury, to the extent necessary for
the performance of a contract.
(4) To appropriate agencies, entities,
and persons when: (a) The Department
suspects or has confirmed that the
security or confidentiality of
information in the system of records has
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RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking access to any
record contained in this system of
records, or seeking to contest its
content, may inquire in accordance with
instructions appearing at 31 CFR part 1,
subpart C, appendix A. Inquiries should
be addressed to Director, Disclosure
Services, Department of the Treasury,
1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20220.
CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:
26 U.S.C. 7852(e) prohibits Privacy
Act amendment of tax records. For all
other records, see ‘‘Records Access
Procedures’’ above.
RECORDS SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Records in this system are provided
by the States’ department for public
assistance and health services, and/or
the departments of revenue for the
States participating in the pilot project.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
STORAGE:
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Paper records and electronic media.
PURPOSE:
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RETRIEVABILITY:
By taxpayer name and Taxpayer
Identification Number, social security
number, employer identification
number, or similar number assigned by
the IRS.
Access to electronic records is
restricted to authorized personnel who
have been issued non-transferrable
access codes and passwords. Other
records are maintained in locked file
cabinets or rooms with access limited to
those personnel whose official duties
require access. The facilities have 24hour on-site security.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Electronic and paper records will be
maintained indefinitely until a records
disposition schedule is approved by the
National Archives and Records
Administration.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fiscal
Operations and Policy, Office of the
Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department
of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20220.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Individuals seeking to determine if
this system of records contains a record
pertaining to themselves may inquire in
accordance with instructions appearing
at 31 CFR part 1, subpart C, appendix
A. Inquiries should be addressed as in
‘‘Record Access Procedures’’ below.
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Thrift Supervision
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Joint Comment Request
Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (Board); Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC); and
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
to be submitted to OMB for review and
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
AGENCIES:
In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, the
FDIC, and the OTS (the ‘‘agencies’’) may
not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices; Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended
AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of proposed New Privacy Act System of Records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of the Treasury, gives
notice of a proposed new system of records entitled ``Treasury/DO
.226--Validating EITC Eligibility with State Data Pilot Project
Records.''
DATES: Comments must be received no later than August 8, 2011. This new
system of records will be effective August 8, 2011 unless the
Department receives comments which would result in a contrary
determination.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of the Fiscal
Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Room 2112, Washington, DC 20220. You may send your comments
by electronic mail to carl.maryott@treasury.gov. In general, the
Department will make all comments available in their original format,
including any business or personal information provided such as names,
addresses, electronic mail addresses, or telephone numbers, for public
inspection and photocopying in the Department's library, Room 1428,
Main Department Building, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC, 20220, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5
p.m. You can make an appointment to inspect comments by calling (202)
622-0990. All comments, including attachments and other supporting
materials, received are part of the public record and are subject to
public disclosure. You should submit only information that you wish to
make available publicly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Maryott, Senior Financial Program
Specialist, Office of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of the
Treasury, (202) 622-1795 (carl.maryott@treasury.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Treasury (Departmental
Offices and the Internal Revenue Service) is conducting a pilot project
funded by the Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation
(Partnership Fund). The Partnership Fund was established by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034,
3171-3172) to fund pilot projects to improve delivery of Federal
assistance programs administered through State and local governments,
or where Federal-State cooperation could be beneficial. Congress
appropriated funds to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and
authorized it to transfer such funds to appropriate agencies to carry
out pilot projects and to provide for the evaluation of such projects.
The Department submitted a pilot concept to OMB to assess the
usefulness of State-administered benefits data in validating Earned
Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility, including the identification of
individuals who are eligible for but have not claimed the EITC.
The Department proposes to obtain State-administered benefits data
for a prior calendar year from up to five States. The pilot would
evaluate whether State-administered benefits data could identify both
ineligible individuals who receive improper EITC payments and eligible
individuals who are not claiming the EITC. The assessment will be
conducted separate from, but parallel to, normal Federal EITC
operations. The Department will not use the data collected from States
to intervene in the current tax filing season to stop improper EITC
payments to ineligible individuals or attempt to initiate new claims
for eligible individuals. Data from the pilot will not be used to
adjust or correct a tax return.
The Department's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will match the data
collected from the States against data contained in IRS databases. The
data matching analysis will be conducted in two stages. The first stage
will entail automated database matching between information contained
in IRS databases and the State-administered benefits data collected
from the States to identify the positive and negative EITC eligibility
matches. In the second stage, the results of the first stage will be
validated by selecting a sample of the positive and negative matches
and conducting interviews and individual case file research with State
personnel to determine the extent to which the automated database
matching may have generated false positives and false negatives. This
two stage process will ensure the credibility of the automated results
by confirming actual family circumstances and will allow for the
development of the most reliable data matching protocol that could be
used nationally to improve EITC eligibility determinations and reduce
improper tax refund payments.
As required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), a report of a new system of
records has been provided to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and OMB.
The system of records entitled ``Treasury/DO .226--Validating EITC
Eligibility with State Data Pilot Project Records '' is published in
its entirety below.
Dated: June 23, 2011.
Melissa Hartman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, Transparency, and Records.
Treasury/DO .226
System Name:
Validating EITC Eligibility with State Data Pilot Project Records -
Treasury/DO.
System Location:
Office of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of the
Treasury, Washington, DC.
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Categories of Individuals Covered By The System:
Individuals who file for State-administered public assistance
benefits in States participating in the Department's pilot program.
Categories of Records in the System:
These records include information pertaining to the Department of
the Treasury's pilot project ``Assessing State Data for Validating EITC
Eligibility.'' Records include, but are not limited to, the
application[s] for State-administered benefits, including subsequent
recertification documentation and other documents supporting
eligibility for State-administered benefit programs. The records may
contain taxpayer names, Taxpayer Identification Numbers, social
security numbers, and other representative authorization information.
Authority for Maintenance of the System:
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, 123
Stat. 3034, 3171-3172); 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321.
Purpose:
The purpose of this system is to determine whether data maintained
by up to five States in their public assistance and other databases can
assist in identifying both ineligible individuals who receive improper
Earned Income Tax Credit payments and eligible individuals who are not
claiming the EITC.
Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System Including Categories
of Users And Purposes of Such Uses:
Disclosure of returns and return information may be made only as
provided by 26 U.S.C. 6103. All other records may be used as described
below if the Department determines that the purpose of the disclosure
is compatible with the purpose for which the Department collected the
records, and no privilege is asserted.
(1) Disclose to the appropriate State agencies responsible for
validating results of the data matching initiative with specific
individual case file research.
(2) Provide information to a Congressional Office in response to an
inquiry made at the request of the individual to whom the records
pertain.
(3) Disclose information to a contractor, including a consultant
hired by Treasury, to the extent necessary for the performance of a
contract.
(4) To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when: (a) The
Department suspects or has confirmed that the security or
confidentiality of information in the system of records has been
compromised; (b) 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 this system or other systems or programs (whether
maintained by the Department or another agency or entity) that rely
upon the compromised information; and (c) the disclosure made to such
agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with the Department's efforts to respond to the suspected or
confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
(5) Disclose information to the National Archives and Records
Administration (``NARA'') for use in its records management inspections
and its role as an Archivist.
Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining
and Disposing of Records in the System:
Storage:
Paper records and electronic media.
Retrievability:
By taxpayer name and Taxpayer Identification Number, social
security number, employer identification number, or similar number
assigned by the IRS.
Safeguards:
Access to electronic records is restricted to authorized personnel
who have been issued non-transferrable access codes and passwords.
Other records are maintained in locked file cabinets or rooms with
access limited to those personnel whose official duties require access.
The facilities have 24-hour on-site security.
Retention and Disposal:
Electronic and paper records will be maintained indefinitely until
a records disposition schedule is approved by the National Archives and
Records Administration.
System Manager(s) and Address:
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fiscal Operations and Policy, Office
of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury, 1500
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20220.
Notification Procedure:
Individuals seeking to determine if this system of records contains
a record pertaining to themselves may inquire in accordance with
instructions appearing at 31 CFR part 1, subpart C, appendix A.
Inquiries should be addressed as in ``Record Access Procedures'' below.
Records Access Procedures:
Individuals seeking access to any record contained in this system
of records, or seeking to contest its content, may inquire in
accordance with instructions appearing at 31 CFR part 1, subpart C,
appendix A. Inquiries should be addressed to Director, Disclosure
Services, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20220.
Contesting Records Procedures:
26 U.S.C. 7852(e) prohibits Privacy Act amendment of tax records.
For all other records, see ``Records Access Procedures'' above.
Records Source Categories:
Records in this system are provided by the States' department for
public assistance and health services, and/or the departments of
revenue for the States participating in the pilot project.
Exemptions Claimed For The System:
None.
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