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Hungary—UH–1N Helicopters
The Government of Hungary has
requested a possible sale of the
modification and inspection of 32 UH–
1N Utility Helicopters and 20 T–400
spare engines being provided as grant
Excess Defense Articles (EDA). Also
provided are Forward Looking Infrared
Radar, Night Vision Devices, simulators,
spare and repair parts, support and test
equipment, publications and technical
documentation, personnel training and
training equipment, U.S. Government
and contractor engineering, technical
and logistics support services, and other
related elements of logistical and
program support. The estimated cost is
$426 million.
This proposed sale will contribute to
the foreign policy and national security
of the United States by helping to
improve the military capabilities of
Hungary and furthering NATO
standardization and interoperability
between United States and other NATO
allies.
The proposed sale will help improve
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humanitarian and search and rescue
medical evacuation missions. The
proposed sale would further enhance
and enable interoperability with U.S.
Armed Forces and other coalition
partners in the region. Similar items
have not previously been provided to
Hungary.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
The prime contractor will be the U.S.
Navy, Naval Air Systems Command.
There are no known offset agreements
proposed in connection with this
potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale
will require multiple U.S. Government
and contractor representatives to travel
to Hungary for one week intervals, semiannually, for a period of three years for
program and technical reviews, and
training and maintenance support.
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
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VA 22202–4512, or by telephone at
(703) 607–2943.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a
Computer Matching Program
Defense Manpower Data
Center, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of a Computer Matching
Program.
AGENCY:
Subsection (e)(12) of the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (5
U.S.C. 552a) requires agencies to
publish advance notice of any proposed
or revised computer matching program
by the matching agency for public
comment. The DoD, as the matching
agency under the Privacy Act is hereby
giving notice to the record subjects of a
computer matching program between
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
and DoD, Defense Manpower Data
Center (DMDC) that their records are
being matched by computer. The
purpose of this agreement is to verify an
individual’s continuing eligibility for
VA benefits by identifying VA disability
benefit recipients who return to active
duty and to ensure that benefits are
terminated if appropriate.
DATES: This proposed action will
become effective January 13, 2012 and
matching may commence unless
changes to the matching program are
required due to public comments or by
Congressional or Office of Management
and Budget objections. Any public
comment must be received before the
effective date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
East Tower, 2nd floor, Suite 02G09,
Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
SUMMARY:
Mr.
Samuel P. Jenkins, Director, Defense
Privacy and Civil Liberties Office, 1901
South Bell Street, Suite 920, Arlington,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Pursuant
to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a), the
DMDC and VA have concluded an
agreement to conduct a computer
matching program between the agencies.
The purpose of this agreement is to
verify an individual’s continuing
eligibility for VA benefits by identifying
VA disability benefit recipients who
return to active duty and to ensure that
benefits are terminated if appropriate.
The parties to this agreement have
determined that a computer matching
program is the most efficient,
expeditious, and effective means of
obtaining the information needed by the
VA to identify ineligible VA disability
compensation recipients who have
returned to active duty. This matching
agreement will identify those veterans
who have returned to active duty, but
are still receiving disability
compensation. If this identification is
not accomplished by computer
matching, but is done manually, the cost
would be prohibitive and it is possible
that not all individuals would be
identified.
A copy of the computer matching
agreement between VA and DMDC is
available upon request to the public.
Requests should be submitted to the
Director for Privacy, Defense Privacy
and Civil Liberties Office, 1901 South
Bell Street, Suite 920, Arlington, VA
22202–4512 or to the Department of
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefit
Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420.
Set forth below is the notice of the
establishment of a computer matching
program required by paragraph 6.c. of
the Office of Management and Budget
Guidelines on computer matching
published in the Federal Register at 54
FR 25818 on June 19, 1989.
The matching agreement, as required
by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act,
and an advance copy of this notice was
submitted on December 8, 2011, to the
House Committee on Government
Reform, the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs, and the
Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
pursuant to paragraph 4d of Appendix
I to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘Federal
Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining
Records about Individuals,’ dated
February 8, 1996 (61 FR 6435).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dated: December 9, 2011.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
Notice of a Computer Matching
Program Between the Department of
Veterans Affairs and the Department of
Defense for Verification of Disability
Compensation
A. Participating Agencies:
Participants in this computer matching
program are the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) and the Defense Manpower
Data Center (DMDC) of the Department
of Defense (DoD). The VA 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 purpose
of this agreement is to verify an
individual’s continuing eligibility for
VA benefits by identifying VA disability
benefit recipients who return to active
duty and to ensure that benefits are
terminated if appropriate.
VA will provide identifying
information on disability compensation
recipients to DMDC to match against a
file of active duty (including full-time
National Guard and Reserve) personnel.
The purpose is to identify those
recipients who have returned to active
duty and are ineligible to receive VA
compensation so that benefits can be
adjusted or terminated, if in order.
C. Authority for Conducting the
Match: The legal authority for
conducting the matching program for
use in the administration of VA’s
Compensation and Pension Benefits
Program is contained in 38 U.S.C.
5304(c), Prohibition Against Duplication
of Benefits, which precludes pension,
compensation, or retirement pay on
account of any person’s own service, for
any period for which he receives active
duty pay. The head of any Federal
department or agency shall provide,
pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 5106, such
information as requested by VA for the
purpose of determining eligibility for, or
amount of benefits, or verifying other
information which respect thereto.
D. Records to be Matched: The
systems of records maintained by the
respective agencies under the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a,
from which records will be disclosed for
the purpose of this computer match are
as follows:
VA will use the system of records
identified as ‘‘VA Compensation,
Pension, Education and Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment
Records—VA’’ (58 VA 21/22/28),
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published at 74 FR 29275 (June 19,
2009), and last amended at 75 FR 22187
(April 27, 2010).
DoD will use the system of records
identified as DMDC 01, entitled,
‘‘Defense Manpower Data Center Data
Base’’, published November 23, 2011, 76
FR 72391.
E. Description of Computer Matching
Program: The Veterans Benefits
Administration will provide DMDC
with an electronic file that contains
specified data elements of individual
VA disability compensation recipients.
Upon receipt of the electronic file,
DMDC will perform a computer match
using all nine digits of the SSNs in the
VA file against a DMDC computer
database. The DMDC database consists
of pay records of active duty (including
full-time National Guard and Reserve)
military members. Matching records,
‘‘hits’’ based on the SSN, will produce
the member’s name, branch of service,
and unit designation, and other
pertinent data elements. The hits will be
furnished to the Veterans Benefits
Administration, which is responsible for
verifying and determining that the data
on the electronic reply file are
consistent with the source file and for
resolving all discrepancies or
inconsistencies on an individual basis.
The Veterans Benefits Administration
will also be responsible for making final
determinations as to positive
identification, eligibility for benefits,
and verifying any other information
with respect thereto.
The listing will be sorted by VA file
number by Regional Office number. VA
will then take necessary action to
terminate compensation payments of
any benefit recipient identified as being
on active duty while receiving
compensation pay after following the
verification of procedures detailed in
this agreement.
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 or 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 and thereafter
on a quarterly basis. By agreement
between VA 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
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other by written request to terminate or
modify the agreement.
G. Address for Receipt of Public
Comments or Inquiries: Director,
Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties
Office, 1901 South Bell Street, Suite
920, Arlington, VA 22202–4512.
Telephone (703) 607–2943.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID; DOD-2011-OS-0144]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a Computer Matching Program
AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data Center, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of a Computer Matching Program.
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SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (5
U.S.C. 552a) requires agencies to publish advance notice of any
proposed or revised computer matching program by the matching agency
for public comment. The DoD, as the matching agency under the Privacy
Act is hereby giving notice to the record subjects of a computer
matching program between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and
DoD, Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) that their records are being
matched by computer. The purpose of this agreement is to verify an
individual's continuing eligibility for VA benefits by identifying VA
disability benefit recipients who return to active duty and to ensure
that benefits are terminated if appropriate.
DATES: This proposed action will become effective January 13, 2012 and
matching may commence unless changes to the matching program are
required due to public comments or by Congressional or Office of
Management and Budget objections. Any public comment must be received
before the effective date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark
Center Drive, East Tower, 2nd floor, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-
3100.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Samuel P. Jenkins, Director,
Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office, 1901 South Bell Street,
Suite 920, Arlington, VA 22202-4512, or by telephone at (703) 607-2943.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (o) of the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a), the DMDC and VA have
concluded an agreement to conduct a computer matching program between
the agencies. The purpose of this agreement is to verify an
individual's continuing eligibility for VA benefits by identifying VA
disability benefit recipients who return to active duty and to ensure
that benefits are terminated if appropriate. The parties to this
agreement have determined that a computer matching program is the most
efficient, expeditious, and effective means of obtaining the
information needed by the VA to identify ineligible VA disability
compensation recipients who have returned to active duty. This matching
agreement will identify those veterans who have returned to active
duty, but are still receiving disability compensation. If this
identification is not accomplished by computer matching, but is done
manually, the cost would be prohibitive and it is possible that not all
individuals would be identified.
A copy of the computer matching agreement between VA and DMDC is
available upon request to the public. Requests should be submitted to
the Director for Privacy, Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office,
1901 South Bell Street, Suite 920, Arlington, VA 22202-4512 or to the
Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefit Administration, 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420.
Set forth below is the notice of the establishment of a computer
matching program required by paragraph 6.c. of the Office of Management
and Budget Guidelines on computer matching published in the Federal
Register at 54 FR 25818 on June 19, 1989.
The matching agreement, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the
Privacy Act, and an advance copy of this notice was submitted on
December 8, 2011, to the House Committee on Government Reform, the
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Administrator of the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget pursuant to paragraph 4d of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-
130, `Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records about
Individuals,' dated February 8, 1996 (61 FR 6435).
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Dated: December 9, 2011.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
Notice of a Computer Matching Program Between the Department of
Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense for Verification of
Disability Compensation
A. Participating Agencies: Participants in this computer matching
program are the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Defense
Manpower Data Center (DMDC) of the Department of Defense (DoD). The VA
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 purpose of this agreement is to verify
an individual's continuing eligibility for VA benefits by identifying
VA disability benefit recipients who return to active duty and to
ensure that benefits are terminated if appropriate.
VA will provide identifying information on disability compensation
recipients to DMDC to match against a file of active duty (including
full-time National Guard and Reserve) personnel. The purpose is to
identify those recipients who have returned to active duty and are
ineligible to receive VA compensation so that benefits can be adjusted
or terminated, if in order.
C. Authority for Conducting the Match: The legal authority for
conducting the matching program for use in the administration of VA's
Compensation and Pension Benefits Program is contained in 38 U.S.C.
5304(c), Prohibition Against Duplication of Benefits, which precludes
pension, compensation, or retirement pay on account of any person's own
service, for any period for which he receives active duty pay. The head
of any Federal department or agency shall provide, pursuant to 38
U.S.C. 5106, such information as requested by VA for the purpose of
determining eligibility for, or amount of benefits, or verifying other
information which respect thereto.
D. Records to be Matched: The systems of records maintained by the
respective agencies under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
552a, from which records will be disclosed for the purpose of this
computer match are as follows:
VA will use the system of records identified as ``VA Compensation,
Pension, Education and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
Records--VA'' (58 VA 21/22/28), published at 74 FR 29275 (June 19,
2009), and last amended at 75 FR 22187 (April 27, 2010).
DoD will use the system of records identified as DMDC 01, entitled,
``Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base'', published November 23,
2011, 76 FR 72391.
E. Description of Computer Matching Program: The Veterans Benefits
Administration will provide DMDC with an electronic file that contains
specified data elements of individual VA disability compensation
recipients. Upon receipt of the electronic file, DMDC will perform a
computer match using all nine digits of the SSNs in the VA file against
a DMDC computer database. The DMDC database consists of pay records of
active duty (including full-time National Guard and Reserve) military
members. Matching records, ``hits'' based on the SSN, will produce the
member's name, branch of service, and unit designation, and other
pertinent data elements. The hits will be furnished to the Veterans
Benefits Administration, which is responsible for verifying and
determining that the data on the electronic reply file are consistent
with the source file and for resolving all discrepancies or
inconsistencies on an individual basis. The Veterans Benefits
Administration will also be responsible for making final determinations
as to positive identification, eligibility for benefits, and verifying
any other information with respect thereto.
The listing will be sorted by VA file number by Regional Office
number. VA will then take necessary action to terminate compensation
payments of any benefit recipient identified as being on active duty
while receiving compensation pay after following the verification of
procedures detailed in this agreement.
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 or 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 and thereafter on a
quarterly basis. By agreement between VA 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.
G. Address for Receipt of Public Comments or Inquiries: Director,
Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office, 1901 South Bell Street,
Suite 920, Arlington, VA 22202-4512. Telephone (703) 607-2943.
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