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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Privacy Act of 1974; Computer
Matching Program Between the Office
Of Personnel Management and Social
Security Administration
Office of Personnel
Management (OPM).
AGENCY: Notice-computer matching
between the Office of Personnel
Management and the Social Security
Administration (CMA 1071).
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). This
notice replacesthe notice that published
in the Federal Register on January 8,
2013 (78 FR 1275).
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
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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.
Send comments to Marc
Flaster, Chief, Resource Management,
Retirement Services, Office of Personnel
Management, Room 4332, 1900 E. Street
NW., Washington, DC 20415.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernard A. Wells III on (202) 606–2730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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:
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Negotiate written agreements with the
other agency for agencies
participating in the matching
programs;
Obtain the approval of the match
agreement by the Data Integrity
Boards (DIB) of the participating
Federal agencies;
Furnish detailed reports about matching
programs to Congress and OMB;
Notify applicants and beneficiaries that
their records are subject to matching;
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.
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Notice of Computer Matching Program,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
With the Social Security Administration
(SSA)
Participating agencies:
OPM and SSA
B. Purpose of the Matching Program
The purpose of this agreement is to
establish the terms, conditions and
safeguards for disclosure of Social
Security benefit information to OPM via
direct computer link for the
administration of certain programs by
OPM’s Retirement Services. OPM is
legally required to offset specific
benefits by a percentage of benefits (i.e.
Disability Annuitants, Children
Survivor Annuitants and Spousal
Survivor Annuitants) payable 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 these benefits.
C. Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program
Section 8461 (h) of title 5 of the
United States Code.
D. Categories of Records and
Individuals Covered by the Match
Under the matching program, OPM
will match SSA’s disability insurance
benefits (DIB) and payment date against
OPM’s records of retirees receiving a
FERS disability annuity. The purpose of
the matching program is to identify a
person receiving both a FERS disability
annuity and a DIB under Section 223 of
the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 423,
in order to apply OPM offsets. Under
FERS, 5 U.S.C. 8452(a)(2)(A), for any
month in which an annuitant is entitled
to both a FERS disability annuity and to
a DIB, the FERS annuity shall be
computed as follows: The FERS
disability annuity is reduced, for any
month during the first year after the
individual’s FERS disability annuity
commences or is restored, by 100% of
the individual’s assumed Social
Security DIB for such month, and, for
any month occurring during a period
other than the period described above,
by 60% of the individual’s assumed
Social Security DIB for such month.
OPM will provide SSA with an extract
from the Annuity Master File and from
pending claims snapshot records via the
File Transfer Management System
(FTMS). The extracted file will contain
identifying information concerning the
child survivor annuitant for whom OPM
needs information concerning receipt of
SSA child survivor benefits: full name,
Social Security Number, date of birth,
and type of information requested, as
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required to extract data from the SSA
State Verification and Exchange System
Files for Title II records. Each record on
the OPM file will be matched to SSA’s
records to identify FERS child survivor
annuitants who are receiving SSA CIBs.
The SSA systems of records involved in
this CMA are the Master Files of Social
Security Number Holders and SSN
Applications (Numident), 60–0058 and
the MBR, 60–0090. OPM’s system of
records involved in this matching
program is designated OPM/Central-1,
Civil Service Retirement and Insurance
Records. For records from OPM/Central1, notice was provided by the
publication of the system of records in
the Federal Register at 64 FR 54930
(Oct. 8, 1999), as amended at 65 FR
2772 (May 3, 2000), updated at 72 FR
60041 (October 23, 2007), and amended
at 73 FR 15013 (March 20, 2008).
OPM’s records of surviving spouses
who may be eligible to receive the FERS
Supplementary Annuity will be
matched against SSA’s mother or
father’s insurance benefit and/or
disabled widow(er)’s insurance benefit
records. If the surviving spouse is
receiving one of the above described
Social Security benefits, he or she is not
eligible to receive the FERS
Supplementary Annuity. FERS, 5 U.S.C.
8442 (f) provides that a survivor who is
entitled to a survivor’s annuity and who
meets certain other statutory
requirements shall also be entitled to a
Supplementary Annuity. To be eligible
to receive a Supplementary Annuity for
a given month, the surviving spouse of
a deceased FERS annuitant must be
eligible for a FERS survivor annuity, be
under age 60, be an individual who
would be entitled to widow’s or
widower’s insurance benefits under the
requirements of sections 202(e) and
402(f), based on the wages and self
employment survivor had attained age
60 and otherwise satisfied necessary
requirement for widow’s or widow(er’s)
insurance benefits. See 5 U.S.C.
8442(f)(4)(B). The individual must not
be eligible for Social Security mother’s
or father’s insurance benefits or disabled
widow(er)’s insurance benefits based on
the deceased annuitant’s wages and self
employment income.
E. Privacy Safeguards and Security
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.
552a(o)(l)(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
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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,
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 process 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 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 the 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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[Docket No. CP2013–37; Order No. 1617]
International Mail Contracts
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is noticing a
recently-filed Postal Service request
concerning an additional Global Plus 1C
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comments on the request and addresses
several related procedural steps.
DATES: Comments are due: January 22,
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. Contents of Filing
III. Commission Action
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
Notice of filing. On January 9, 2013,
the Postal Service filed a notice
announcing that it is entering into an
additional Global Plus 1C contract
(Agreement).1 The Postal Service seeks
to have the Agreement included within
the Global Plus 1C product on the
grounds of functional equivalence to a
previously approved baseline
agreement. Id. at 2.
Product history. The Commission
added Global Plus 1C to the competitive
product list by operation of Order No.
1151.2 It concurrently designated the
agreements filed in companion Docket
Nos. CP2012–12 and CP2012–13 as the
baseline agreements for purposes of
establishing the functional equivalency
of other agreements proposed for
inclusion with the Global Plus 1C
product. Id. at 7. The Agreement that is
the subject of this filing is the
immediate successor to the agreement
approved in Docket No. CP2012–13.
Notice at 4.
Customers for Global Plus 1C
contracts are Postal Qualified
Wholesalers (PQWs) and other large
businesses that offer mailing services to
end users for shipping articles via
International Priority Airmail,
International Surface Air Lift, Global
Express Guaranteed, Express Mail
1 Notice of the United States Postal Service of
Filing a Functionally Equivalent Global Plus 1C
Negotiated Service Agreement and Application for
Non-Public Treatment of Materials Filed Under
Seal, January 9, 2013 (Notice). The Notice was filed
in accordance with 39 CFR 3015.5. Id. at 1.
2 Docket Nos. MC2012–6, CP2012–12, and
CP2012–13, Order Adding Global Plus 1C to the
Competitive Product List and Approving Related
Global Plus 1C Agreements, January 19, 2012 (Order
No. 1151).
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International, Priority Mail
International, and/or Commercial
ePacket service. Id. at 5.
II. Contents of Filing
The filing includes the Notice, along
with the following attachments:
• Attachment 1—a redacted copy of
the Agreement;
• Attachment 2—a redacted copy of
the certification required under 39 CFR
3015.5(c)(2);
• Attachment 3—a redacted copy of
Governors’ Decision No. 11–6; and
• Attachment 4—an application for
non-public treatment of material filed
under seal.
The material filed under seal consists
of unredacted copies of the Agreement
and supporting financial documents. Id.
at 2. The Postal Service filed redacted
versions of the sealed financial
documents in public Excel
spreadsheets. Id. at 3.
Functional equivalency. The Postal
Service asserts that the instant
Agreement and the baseline agreements
are functionally equivalent because they
share similar cost and market
characteristics. Id. at 4. It notes that the
pricing formula and classification
established in Governors’ Decision No.
08–8 ensure that each Global Plus 1C
contract meets the criteria of 39 U.S.C.
3633 and related regulations. Id. at 4–5.
The Postal Service also indicates that
the pricing formula relied on for these
Global Plus 1C contracts is included in
Governors’ Decision No. 11–6. Id. at 5.
The Postal Service further asserts that
the functional terms of the two
agreements are the same and the
benefits are comparable. Id.
The Postal Service states that prices
may differ, depending on when an
agreement is signed, due to updated
costing information. Id. at 6. It also
identifies other differences in
contractual terms, but asserts that the
differences do not affect either the
fundamental service being offered or the
fundamental structure of the
Agreement.3 Id. 5–6.
Effective date; term. The scheduled
effective date of the Agreement is
January 27, 2013. Id. at 3; Attachment 1
at 10. The Agreement is expected to be
in effect for approximately 1 year.
Termination is either the date prior to
the date in January 2014 that Canada
Post Corporation makes changes to
published rates affecting Qualifying
3 The list includes, among other things, the noninclusion of a particular service, the addition and
revision of articles, and related renumbering of
articles. See id. at 6–7.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program Between the Office
Of Personnel Management and Social Security Administration
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
AGENCY: Notice-computer matching between the Office of Personnel
Management and the Social Security Administration (CMA 1071).
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). This notice replacesthe
notice that published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2013 (78 FR
1275).
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
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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 Marc Flaster, Chief, Resource Management,
Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management, Room 4332, 1900 E.
Street NW., Washington, DC 20415.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard A. Wells III on (202) 606-
2730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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:
Negotiate written agreements with the other agency for agencies
participating in the matching programs;
Obtain the approval of the match agreement by the Data Integrity Boards
(DIB) of the participating Federal agencies;
Furnish detailed reports about matching programs to Congress and OMB;
Notify applicants and beneficiaries that their records are subject to
matching;
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)
Participating agencies:
OPM and SSA
B. Purpose of the Matching Program
The purpose of this agreement is to establish the terms, conditions
and safeguards for disclosure of Social Security benefit information to
OPM via direct computer link for the administration of certain programs
by OPM's Retirement Services. OPM is legally required to offset
specific benefits by a percentage of benefits (i.e. Disability
Annuitants, Children Survivor Annuitants and Spousal Survivor
Annuitants) payable 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 these benefits.
C. Authority for Conducting the Matching Program
Section 8461 (h) of title 5 of the United States Code.
D. Categories of Records and Individuals Covered by the Match
Under the matching program, OPM will match SSA's disability
insurance benefits (DIB) and payment date against OPM's records of
retirees receiving a FERS disability annuity. The purpose of the
matching program is to identify a person receiving both a FERS
disability annuity and a DIB under Section 223 of the Social Security
Act, 42 U.S.C. 423, in order to apply OPM offsets. Under FERS, 5 U.S.C.
8452(a)(2)(A), for any month in which an annuitant is entitled to both
a FERS disability annuity and to a DIB, the FERS annuity shall be
computed as follows: The FERS disability annuity is reduced, for any
month during the first year after the individual's FERS disability
annuity commences or is restored, by 100% of the individual's assumed
Social Security DIB for such month, and, for any month occurring during
a period other than the period described above, by 60% of the
individual's assumed Social Security DIB for such month. OPM will
provide SSA with an extract from the Annuity Master File and from
pending claims snapshot records via the File Transfer Management System
(FTMS). The extracted file will contain identifying information
concerning the child survivor annuitant for whom OPM needs information
concerning receipt of SSA child survivor benefits: full name, Social
Security Number, date of birth, and type of information requested, as
required to extract data from the SSA State Verification and Exchange
System Files for Title II records. Each record on the OPM file will be
matched to SSA's records to identify FERS child survivor annuitants who
are receiving SSA CIBs. The SSA systems of records involved in this CMA
are the Master Files of Social Security Number Holders and SSN
Applications (Numident), 60-0058 and the MBR, 60-0090. OPM's system of
records involved in this matching program is designated OPM/Central-1,
Civil Service Retirement and Insurance Records. For records from OPM/
Central-1, notice was provided by the publication of the system of
records in the Federal Register at 64 FR 54930 (Oct. 8, 1999), as
amended at 65 FR 2772 (May 3, 2000), updated at 72 FR 60041 (October
23, 2007), and amended at 73 FR 15013 (March 20, 2008).
OPM's records of surviving spouses who may be eligible to receive
the FERS Supplementary Annuity will be matched against SSA's mother or
father's insurance benefit and/or disabled widow(er)'s insurance
benefit records. If the surviving spouse is receiving one of the above
described Social Security benefits, he or she is not eligible to
receive the FERS Supplementary Annuity. FERS, 5 U.S.C. 8442 (f)
provides that a survivor who is entitled to a survivor's annuity and
who meets certain other statutory requirements shall also be entitled
to a Supplementary Annuity. To be eligible to receive a Supplementary
Annuity for a given month, the surviving spouse of a deceased FERS
annuitant must be eligible for a FERS survivor annuity, be under age
60, be an individual who would be entitled to widow's or widower's
insurance benefits under the requirements of sections 202(e) and
402(f), based on the wages and self employment survivor had attained
age 60 and otherwise satisfied necessary requirement for widow's or
widow(er's) insurance benefits. See 5 U.S.C. 8442(f)(4)(B). The
individual must not be eligible for Social Security mother's or
father's insurance benefits or disabled widow(er)'s insurance benefits
based on the deceased annuitant's wages and self employment income.
E. Privacy Safeguards and Security
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(l)(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
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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, 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 process 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 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 the 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.
[FR Doc. 2013-00774 Filed 1-14-13; 8:45 am]
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