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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID DOD–2012–OS–0064]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a
Computer Matching Program
Defense Manpower Data
Center, 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 that their records are being
matched by computer. The purpose of
this match concerns Reserve pay
reconciliation.
DATES: This proposed action will
become effective July 12, 2012 and
matching may commence unless
changes to the matching program are
required due to public comments or by
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Congressional or by Office of
Management and Budget objections.
Any public comment must be received
before the effective date.
ADDRESSES: Any interested party may
submit written comments to the
Director, Defense Privacy and Civil
Liberties Office, 1901 South Bell Street
Suite 920, Arlington, VA 22202–4512.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Samuel P. Jenkins at telephone (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 eligibility for DoD/USCG
members of the Reserve forces who
receive VA disability compensation or
pension to also receive military pay and
allowances when performing reserve
duty. 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 verify eligibility for
DoD/USCG members of the Reserve
forces who receive VA disability
compensation or pension to also receive
military pay and allowances when
performing reserve duty. 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 address in FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT 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 May 31, 2012, to the
House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, the Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, and the
Administrator of the Office of
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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 (February 20, 1996, 61
FR 6427).
Dated: June 7, 2012.
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 eligibility for DoD/USCG
members of the Reserve forces who
receive VA disability compensation or
pension to also receive military pay and
allowances when performing reserve
duty.
The VA will provide to DMDC
identifying information on all VA
recipients receiving a VA disability
compensation or pension. DMDC will
match the information with its reserve
military pay data and provide for each
match (hit) the number of training days,
by fiscal year, for which the veteran was
paid. The VA will use this information
to make, where appropriate, necessary
VA payment adjustments.
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 provides that VA disability
compensation or pension based upon
his or her previous military service shall
not be paid to a person for any period
for which such person receives active
service pay. 10 U.S.C. 12316, Payment
of certain Reserves while on duty
further provides that a reservist who is
entitled to disability payments due to
his or her earlier military service and
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who performs duty for which he or she
is entitled to DoD/USCG compensation
may elect to receive for that duty either
the disability payments or, if he or she
waives such payments, the DoD/USCG
compensation for the duty performed.
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:
The DMDC will use the system of
records identified as DMDC 01, entitled
‘‘Defense Manpower Data Center Data
Base,’’ last published in the Federal
Register at November 23, 2011, 76 FR
72391. A copy of the published system
notice is at Attachment 2.
The VA will use the system of records
identified as ‘‘Compensation, Pension,
Education and Vocational Rehabilitation
and Employment Records–VA’’
(58VA21/22/28), republished in its
entirety at 74 FR 29275 (June 19, 2009),
last amended at 75 FR 22187, April 27,
2010. Attachment 3 is a copy of the
system notice with the appropriate
routine use, i.e., RU 39.
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E. DESCRIPTION OF COMPUTER MATCHING
PROGRAM:
The VA will submit to DMDC an
electronic data of all VA pension and
disability compensation beneficiaries as
of the end of September. Upon receipt
of the data, DMDC will match by SSN
with reserve pay data as submitted to
DMDC by the military services and the
USCG. Upon a SSN match, or a ‘‘hit,’’
of both data sets, DMDC will provide
VA the individual’s name and other
identifying data, to include the number
of training days, by Fiscal Year, for each
matched record. Training days are the
total of inactive duty drills paid plus
active duty days paid.
The hits will be furnished to VA,
which will be responsible for verifying
and determining that the data in the
DMDC electronic files is consistent with
the VA files and for resolving any
discrepancies or inconsistencies on an
individual basis. VA will initiate actions
to obtain an election by the individual
of which pay he or she wishes to receive
and will be responsible for making final
determinations as to positive
identification, eligibility for, or amounts
of pension or disability compensation
benefits, adjustments thereto, or any
recovery of overpayments, or such other
action as authorized by law.
The electronic data provided by the
VA will contain information on
approximately 4.2 million pension and
disability compensation recipients.
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The DMDC reserve pay data contains
information on approximately 890,000
DoD and 10,000 USCG reservists who
received pay and allowances for
performing authorized duty.
VA will furnish DMDC the name and
SSN of all VA pension and disability
compensation recipients and DMDC
will supply VA the name, SSN, date of
birth, and the number of training days
by fiscal year of each reservist who is
identified as a result of the match.
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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Application Under Part B of the
Individuals With Disabilities Education
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In accordance with Part B of
the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C.
1412(a)) a State is eligible for assistance
under Part B for a fiscal year if the State
submits a plan that provides assurances
to the Secretary that the State has in
effect policies and procedures to ensure
that the State meets each of the
conditions found in 20 U.S.C. 1412.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
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2012.
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regarding burden and/or the collection
activity requirements should be
electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or mailed to U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC
20202–4537. Copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov,
by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on
link number 04816. When you access
the information collection, click on
‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view.
Written requests for information should
be addressed to U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
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when making your request.
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(TDD) may call the Federal Information
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8339.
ADDRESSES:
Section
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1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information
and Records Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. The Department
of Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
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Application Under Part B of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID DOD-2012-OS-0064]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a Computer Matching Program
AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data Center, 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 that their records are being matched by computer. The purpose of
this match concerns Reserve pay reconciliation.
DATES: This proposed action will become effective July 12, 2012 and
matching may commence unless changes to the matching program are
required due to public comments or by Congressional or by Office of
Management and Budget objections. Any public comment must be received
before the effective date.
ADDRESSES: Any interested party may submit written comments to the
Director, Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office, 1901 South Bell
Street Suite 920, Arlington, VA 22202-4512.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Samuel P. Jenkins at telephone
(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 eligibility for
DoD/USCG members of the Reserve forces who receive VA disability
compensation or pension to also receive military pay and allowances
when performing reserve duty. 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 verify
eligibility for DoD/USCG members of the Reserve forces who receive VA
disability compensation or pension to also receive military pay and
allowances when performing reserve duty. 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 address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 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 May
31, 2012, to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 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
(February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427).
Dated: June 7, 2012.
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 eligibility for DoD/USCG
members of the Reserve forces who receive VA disability compensation or
pension to also receive military pay and allowances when performing
reserve duty.
The VA will provide to DMDC identifying information on all VA
recipients receiving a VA disability compensation or pension. DMDC will
match the information with its reserve military pay data and provide
for each match (hit) the number of training days, by fiscal year, for
which the veteran was paid. The VA will use this information to make,
where appropriate, necessary VA payment adjustments.
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 provides that VA disability compensation or pension based upon
his or her previous military service shall not be paid to a person for
any period for which such person receives active service pay. 10 U.S.C.
12316, Payment of certain Reserves while on duty further provides that
a reservist who is entitled to disability payments due to his or her
earlier military service and
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who performs duty for which he or she is entitled to DoD/USCG
compensation may elect to receive for that duty either the disability
payments or, if he or she waives such payments, the DoD/USCG
compensation for the duty performed.
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:
The DMDC will use the system of records identified as DMDC 01,
entitled ``Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base,'' last published in
the Federal Register at November 23, 2011, 76 FR 72391. A copy of the
published system notice is at Attachment 2.
The VA will use the system of records identified as ``Compensation,
Pension, Education and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
Records-VA'' (58VA21/22/28), republished in its entirety at 74 FR 29275
(June 19, 2009), last amended at 75 FR 22187, April 27, 2010.
Attachment 3 is a copy of the system notice with the appropriate
routine use, i.e., RU 39.
E. Description of Computer Matching Program:
The VA will submit to DMDC an electronic data of all VA pension and
disability compensation beneficiaries as of the end of September. Upon
receipt of the data, DMDC will match by SSN with reserve pay data as
submitted to DMDC by the military services and the USCG. Upon a SSN
match, or a ``hit,'' of both data sets, DMDC will provide VA the
individual's name and other identifying data, to include the number of
training days, by Fiscal Year, for each matched record. Training days
are the total of inactive duty drills paid plus active duty days paid.
The hits will be furnished to VA, which will be responsible for
verifying and determining that the data in the DMDC electronic files is
consistent with the VA files and for resolving any discrepancies or
inconsistencies on an individual basis. VA will initiate actions to
obtain an election by the individual of which pay he or she wishes to
receive and will be responsible for making final determinations as to
positive identification, eligibility for, or amounts of pension or
disability compensation benefits, adjustments thereto, or any recovery
of overpayments, or such other action as authorized by law.
The electronic data provided by the VA will contain information on
approximately 4.2 million pension and disability compensation
recipients.
The DMDC reserve pay data contains information on approximately
890,000 DoD and 10,000 USCG reservists who received pay and allowances
for performing authorized duty.
VA will furnish DMDC the name and SSN of all VA pension and
disability compensation recipients and DMDC will supply VA the name,
SSN, date of birth, and the number of training days by fiscal year of
each reservist who is identified as a result of the match.
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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