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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Privacy Act of 1974; Computer
Matching Program
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice—computer matching
between the Office of Personnel
Management and the Social Security
Administration (Computer Matching
Agreement 1071).
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended by the Computer Matching
and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub.
L. 100–503), Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the
Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR
25818 published June 19, 1989), and
OMB Circular No. A–130, revised
November 28, 2000, ‘‘Management of
Federal Information Resources,’’ the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
is publishing notice of its new computer
matching program with the Social
Security Administration (SSA).
DATES: OPM will file a report of the
subject 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). The matching program will
begin 30 days after the Federal Register
notice has been published or 40 days
after the date of OPM’s submissions of
the letters to Congress and OMB,
whichever is later. The matching
program will continue for 18 months
from the beginning date and may be
extended an additional 12 months
thereafter. Subsequent matches will run
until one of the parties advises the other
in writing of its intention to reevaluate,
modify, and/or terminate the agreement.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Deon
Mason, Chief, Business Services, Office
of Personnel Management, Room 4316,
1900 E. Street NW., Washington, DC
20415.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernard A. Wells III on 202–606–2730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. General
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended, establishes the conditions
under which computer matching
involving the Federal government could
be performed and adding certain
protections for individuals applying for
and receiving Federal benefits. Section
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7201 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–
508) further amended the Privacy Act
regarding protections for such
individuals.
The Privacy Act, as amended,
regulates the use of computer matching
by Federal agencies when records in a
system of records are matched with
other Federal, State, or local government
records. Among other things, it requires
Federal agencies involved in computer
matching programs to:
(1) Negotiate written agreements with
the other agency for agencies
participating in the matching programs;
(2) Obtain the approval of the match
agreement by the Data Integrity Boards
(DIB) of the participating Federal
agencies;
(3) Furnish detailed reports about
matching programs to Congress and
OMB;
(4) Notify applicants and beneficiaries
that their records are subject to
matching;
(5) Verify match findings before
reducing, suspending, termination, or
denying an individual’s benefits or
payments.
B. OPM Computer Matches Subject to
the Privacy Act
We have taken action to ensure that
all of OPM’s computer matching
programs comply with the requirements
of the Privacy Act, as amended.
Notice of Computer Matching Program,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
With the Social Security Administration
(SSA)
A. Participating Agencies
OPM and SSA.
B. Purpose of the Matching Program
The purpose of this agreement is to
establish the conditions under which
SSA will disclose Social Security
benefit data to OPM via direct computer
link. OPM will use the Social Security
benefit data for the administration of
certain programs by OPM’s Retirement
Services. OPM is legally required to
offset specific benefits by a percentage
of benefits payable to disability
annuitants, children survivor
annuitants, and spousal survivor
annuitants, under title II of the Social
Security Act. This matching activity
will enable OPM to compute benefits at
the correct rate and determine eligibility
for those benefits. Appendices A, B, and
C of this agreement contain specific
information on the matching programs
that OPM will conduct.
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C. Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program
Chapters 83 and 84 of title 5 of the
United States Code provide the basis for
computing annuities under CSRS and
FERS, respectively, and require release
of information by SSA to OPM in order
to administer data exchanges involving
military service performed by an
individual after December 31, 1956. The
CSRS requirement is codified at section
8332(j) of title 5 of the United States
Code; the FERS requirement is codified
at section 8422(e)(4) of title 5 of the
United States Code. The responsibilities
of SSA and OPM with respect to
information obtained pursuant to this
agreement are also in accordance with
the following: the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.
552a), as amended; section 307 of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1982 (Pub. L. 97–253), codified at
section 8332 Note of title 5 of the United
States Code; section 1306(a) of title 42
of the United States Code; and section
6103(1)(11) of title 26 of the United
States Code.
D. Categories of Records and Individuals
Covered by the Match
SSA will disclose data from its MBR
file (60–0090, Master Beneficiary
Record, SSA/OEEAS) and MEF file (60–
0059, Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System, SSA/
OEEAS) and manually-extracted
military wage information from SSA’s
‘‘1086’’ microfilm file when required (71
FR 1796, January 11, 2006). OPM will
provide SSA with an electronic finder
file from the OPM system of records
published as OPM/Central-1 (Civil
Service Retirement and Insurance
Records) on October 8, 1999 (64 FR
54930), as amended on May 3, 2000 (65
FR 25775). The system of records
involved have routine uses permitting
the disclosures needed to conduct this
match.
E. Privacy Safeguards and Security
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.
552a(o)(1)(G)) requires that each
matching agreement specify procedures
for ensuring the administrative,
technical and physical security of the
records matched and the results of such
programs.
All Federal agencies are subject to: the
Federal Information Security
Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) (44
U.S.C. 3541 et seq.); related OMB
circulars and memorandum (e.g., OMB
Circular A–130 and OMB M–06–16);
National Institute of Science and
Technology (NIST) directives; and the
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
These laws, circulars, memoranda
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directives and regulations include
requirements for safeguarding Federal
information systems and personally
identifiable information used in Federal
agency business processes, as well as
related reporting requirements. OPM
and SSA recognize that all laws,
circulars, memoranda, directives and
regulations relating to the subject of this
agreement and published subsequent to
the effective date of this agreement must
also be implemented if mandated.
FISMA requirements apply to all
Federal contractors and organizations or
sources that possess or use Federal
information, or that operate, use, or
have access to Federal information
systems on behalf of an agency. OPM
will be responsible for oversight and
compliance of their contractors and
agents. Both OPM and SSA reserve the
right to conduct onsite inspection to
monitor compliance with FISMA
regulations.
F. Inclusive Dates of the Match
The matching program shall become
effective upon the signing of the
agreement by both parties to the
agreement and approval of the
agreement by the Data Integrity Boards
of the respective agencies, but no sooner
than 40 days after notice of this
matching program is sent to Congress
and the Office of Management and
Budget or 30 days after publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
whichever is later. The matching
program will continue for 18 months
from the effective date and may be
extended for an additional 12 months
thereafter, if certain conditions are met.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. ACR2012; Order No. 1609]
FY 2012 Annual Compliance Report
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Postal Service has filed
an Annual Compliance Report on the
costs, revenues, rates, and quality of
service associated with its products in
fiscal year 2012. Within 90 days, the
Commission must evaluate that
information and issue its determination
as to whether rates were in compliance
with title 39, chapter 36 and whether
service standards in effect were met. To
assist in this, the Commission seeks
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public comments on the Postal Service’s
Annual Compliance Report.
DATES: Comments are due: February 1,
2013.
Reply Comments are due: February
15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
comments electronically should contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
at 202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY
2012 ACR
III. Procedural Steps
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On December 28, 2012, the United
States Postal Service (Postal Service)
filed with the Commission, pursuant to
39 U.S.C. 3652, its Annual Compliance
Report (ACR) for fiscal year (FY) 2012.1
Section 3652 requires submission of
data and information on the costs,
revenues, rates, and quality of service
associated with postal products within
90 days of the closing of each fiscal
year. In conformance with other
statutory provisions and Commission
rules, the ACR includes the Postal
Service’s FY 2012 Comprehensive
Statement, its FY 2012 annual report to
the Secretary of the Treasury on the
Competitive Products Fund, and certain
related Competitive Products Fund
material. See respectively, 39 U.S.C.
3652(g), 39 U.S.C. 2011(i), and 39 CFR
3060.20–23. In line with past practice,
some of the material in the FY 2012
ACR appears in non-public annexes.
The filing begins a review process that
results in an Annual Compliance
Determination (ACD) issued by the
Commission to determine whether
Postal Service products offered during
FY 2012 are in compliance with
applicable title 39 requirements.
II. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY
2012 ACR
Contents of the filing. The Postal
Service’s FY 2012 ACR consists of a 481 United States Postal Service FY 2012 Annual
Compliance Report, December 28, 2012 (FY 2012
ACR). Public portions of the Postal Service’s filing
are available on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.prc.gov.
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page narrative; extensive additional
material appended as separate folders
and identified in Attachment One; and
an application for non-public treatment
of certain materials, along with a
supporting rationale filed as Attachment
Two. The filing also includes the
Comprehensive Statement, Report to the
Secretary of the Treasury, and
information on the Competitive
Products Fund filed in response to
Commission rules. This material has
been filed electronically with the
Commission, and some also has been
filed in hard-copy form.
Scope of filing. The material
appended to the narrative consists of:
(1) Domestic product costing material
filed on an annual basis summarized in
the Cost and Revenue Analysis (CRA);
(2) comparable international costing
material summarized in the
International Cost and Revenue
Analysis (ICRA); (3) worksharing-related
cost studies; and (4) billing determinant
information for both domestic and
international mail. FY 2012 ACR at 2–
3. Inclusion of these four data sets is
consistent with the Postal Service’s past
ACR practices. As with past ACRs, the
Postal Service has split certain materials
into public and non-public versions. Id.
at 3.
‘‘Roadmap’’ document. A roadmap to
the FY 2012 ACR appears as Library
Reference USPS–FY12–9. This
document provides brief descriptions of
the materials submitted, as well as the
flow of inputs and outputs among them;
a discussion of differences in
methodology relative to Commission
methodologies in last year’s ACD; a list
of special studies and a discussion of
obsolescence, as required by
Commission rule 3050.12. Id. at 3–4.
Methodology. The Postal Service
states that it has adhered to the
methodologies applied by the
Commission in the FY 2011 ACD,
except in instances where the
Commission approved methodology
changes subsequent to the FY 2011
ACD. Those changes are identified in
the prefaces accompanying the
appended folders. Id. at 4.
Proposals for which the Postal Service
has filed to change analytical principles
since the filing of the FY 2011 ACR are
identified and summarized in a table.
Id. at 4–5. Generally, with respect to
proposed changes that were pending
resolution as of the date of the filing, the
Postal Service prepared two versions of
the materials for its ACR. Id. at 5. The
Postal Service states that it intends to
file a petition to amend the rule
governing proposals to change
methodologies, and requests that the
Commission file all of the models it has
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice--computer matching between the Office of Personnel
Management and the Social Security Administration (Computer Matching
Agreement 1071).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
(Pub. L. 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on
the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 25818 published June 19, 1989),
and OMB Circular No. A-130, revised November 28, 2000, ``Management of
Federal Information Resources,'' the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) is publishing notice of its new computer matching program with
the Social Security Administration (SSA).
DATES: OPM will file a report of the subject 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). The matching program will begin
30 days after the Federal Register notice has been published or 40 days
after the date of OPM's submissions of the letters to Congress and OMB,
whichever is later. The matching program will continue for 18 months
from the beginning date and may be extended an additional 12 months
thereafter. Subsequent matches will run until one of the parties
advises the other in writing of its intention to reevaluate, modify,
and/or terminate the agreement.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Deon Mason, Chief, Business Services,
Office of Personnel Management, Room 4316, 1900 E. Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20415.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard A. Wells III on 202-606-2730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. General
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, establishes the
conditions under which computer matching involving the Federal
government could be performed and adding certain protections for
individuals applying for and receiving Federal benefits. Section 7201
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508)
further amended the Privacy Act regarding protections for such
individuals.
The Privacy Act, as amended, regulates the use of computer matching
by Federal agencies when records in a system of records are matched
with other Federal, State, or local government records. Among other
things, it requires Federal agencies involved in computer matching
programs to:
(1) Negotiate written agreements with the other agency for agencies
participating in the matching programs;
(2) Obtain the approval of the match agreement by the Data
Integrity Boards (DIB) of the participating Federal agencies;
(3) Furnish detailed reports about matching programs to Congress
and OMB;
(4) Notify applicants and beneficiaries that their records are
subject to matching;
(5) Verify match findings before reducing, suspending, termination,
or denying an individual's benefits or payments.
B. OPM Computer Matches Subject to the Privacy Act
We have taken action to ensure that all of OPM's computer matching
programs comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act, as amended.
Notice of Computer Matching Program, Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) With the Social Security Administration (SSA)
A. Participating Agencies
OPM and SSA.
B. Purpose of the Matching Program
The purpose of this agreement is to establish the conditions under
which SSA will disclose Social Security benefit data to OPM via direct
computer link. OPM will use the Social Security benefit data for the
administration of certain programs by OPM's Retirement Services. OPM is
legally required to offset specific benefits by a percentage of
benefits payable to disability annuitants, children survivor
annuitants, and spousal survivor annuitants, under title II of the
Social Security Act. This matching activity will enable OPM to compute
benefits at the correct rate and determine eligibility for those
benefits. Appendices A, B, and C of this agreement contain specific
information on the matching programs that OPM will conduct.
C. Authority for Conducting the Matching Program
Chapters 83 and 84 of title 5 of the United States Code provide the
basis for computing annuities under CSRS and FERS, respectively, and
require release of information by SSA to OPM in order to administer
data exchanges involving military service performed by an individual
after December 31, 1956. The CSRS requirement is codified at section
8332(j) of title 5 of the United States Code; the FERS requirement is
codified at section 8422(e)(4) of title 5 of the United States Code.
The responsibilities of SSA and OPM with respect to information
obtained pursuant to this agreement are also in accordance with the
following: the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended; section 307 of
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-253),
codified at section 8332 Note of title 5 of the United States Code;
section 1306(a) of title 42 of the United States Code; and section
6103(1)(11) of title 26 of the United States Code.
D. Categories of Records and Individuals Covered by the Match
SSA will disclose data from its MBR file (60-0090, Master
Beneficiary Record, SSA/OEEAS) and MEF file (60-0059, Earnings
Recording and Self-Employment Income System, SSA/OEEAS) and manually-
extracted military wage information from SSA's ``1086'' microfilm file
when required (71 FR 1796, January 11, 2006). OPM will provide SSA with
an electronic finder file from the OPM system of records published as
OPM/Central-1 (Civil Service Retirement and Insurance Records) on
October 8, 1999 (64 FR 54930), as amended on May 3, 2000 (65 FR 25775).
The system of records involved have routine uses permitting the
disclosures needed to conduct this match.
E. Privacy Safeguards and Security
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(1)(G)) requires that each
matching agreement specify procedures for ensuring the administrative,
technical and physical security of the records matched and the results
of such programs.
All Federal agencies are subject to: the Federal Information
Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) (44 U.S.C. 3541 et seq.);
related OMB circulars and memorandum (e.g., OMB Circular A-130 and OMB
M-06-16); National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST)
directives; and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). These laws,
circulars, memoranda
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directives and regulations include requirements for safeguarding
Federal information systems and personally identifiable information
used in Federal agency business processes, as well as related reporting
requirements. OPM and SSA recognize that all laws, circulars,
memoranda, directives and regulations relating to the subject of this
agreement and published subsequent to the effective date of this
agreement must also be implemented if mandated.
FISMA requirements apply to all Federal contractors and
organizations or sources that possess or use Federal information, or
that operate, use, or have access to Federal information systems on
behalf of an agency. OPM will be responsible for oversight and
compliance of their contractors and agents. Both OPM and SSA reserve
the right to conduct onsite inspection to monitor compliance with FISMA
regulations.
F. Inclusive Dates of the Match
The matching program shall become effective upon the signing of the
agreement by both parties to the agreement and approval of the
agreement by the Data Integrity Boards of the respective agencies, but
no sooner than 40 days after notice of this matching program is sent to
Congress and the Office of Management and Budget or 30 days after
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, whichever is later.
The matching program will continue for 18 months from the effective
date and may be extended for an additional 12 months thereafter, if
certain conditions are met.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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