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Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0226]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a
Computer Matching Program
Defense Manpower Data
Center, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of a computer matching
program.
AGENCY:
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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 Department of Defense
(DoD), as the matching agency under the
Privacy Act is hereby giving notice to
the record subjects of a computer
matching program between the Office of
the Inspector General (OIG), Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the DoD
that their records are being matched by
computer. The purpose of this
agreement is to verify an individual’s
eligibility for receipt of benefits under
programs administered by the Veterans
Benefits Administration.
DATES: This proposed action will
become effective January 8, 2014 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.
Public comments must be received
before January 8, 2014.
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 at telephone (703)
571–0070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the
Defense Manpower Data Center (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 eligibility for receipt of
benefits under programs administered
by the Veterans Benefits
Administration.
The parties to this agreement have
determined that a computer matching
program is the most efficient,
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expeditious, and effective means of
obtaining the information needed by the
VA to identify individuals that have not
separated from military service and/or
confirm elements of military service
relevant to the adjudication of VA
benefits. 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, Defense Privacy and Civil
Liberties Office, 241 18th Street South,
Suite 101, Arlington, VA 22202 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 of
1974, as amended, and an advance copy
of this notice was submitted on
November 27, 2013, 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,’’ February 8, 1996
(February 20, 1996; 61 FR 6427).
Dated: December 3, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
Notice of a Computer Matching
Program Between the Office of the
Inspector General, the Department of
Veterans Affairs and the Department of
Defense for Verification of Eligibility
A. Participating Agencies:
Participants in this computer matching
program are the Office of the Inspector
General of 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.
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B. Purpose of the Match: The purpose
of this agreement is to verify an
individual’s eligibility for receipt of
benefits under programs administered
by the Veterans Benefits
Administration.
The VA, as the source agency, will
provide DMDC with two electronic files,
the VA Compensation and Pension
(C&P) and Veterans Assistance and
Discharge System (VADS) files. The C&P
file contains names of veterans, SSNs,
and compensation and pension records.
The VADS file contains names of
veterans, SSNs, and DD214 data. Upon
receipt of the electronic files, DMDC
will perform a match using the SSNs in
the VA C&P file and the VADS file
against the DMDC Active Duty
Transaction, Reserve Transaction, and
Reserve Master files. DMDC will
provide VA OIG an electronic listing of
VA C&P and VADS records for which
there is no matching record from any of
the three DMDC files, and an electronic
listing of records that contain data that
are inconsistent with data contained in
the VA C&P or VADS files. VA OIG is
responsible for verifying and
determining that the data on the DMDC
electronic reply file are consistent with
the VA source file and for resolving any
discrepancies or inconsistencies on an
individual basis.
C. Authority for Conducting the
Match: The authority for VA to conduct
this match is 5 U.S.C. App. 3, the
Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act).
The IG Act authorizes the VA OIG to
conduct audits and investigations
relating to the programs and operations
of VA, IG Act, § 2. In addition, § 4 of the
IG Act provides that the IG will conduct
activities designed to promote economy
and efficiency and to prevent and detect
fraud and abuse in VA’s programs and
operations.
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 personal data from the
following Privacy Act record system for
the match: Compensation, Pension,
Education, and Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment
Records-VA, 58VA21/22/28, April 2010.
DoD will use personal data from the
following Privacy Act record system for
the match: Defense Manpower Data
Center Data Base—DMDC 01, published
in the Federal Register at November 23,
2011, 76 FR 72391.
E. Description of Computer Matching
Program: VA, as the source agency, will
provide DMDC with two electronic files,
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the C&P and VADS files. The C&P file
contains names of veterans, SSNs, and
compensation and pension records. The
VADS file contains names of veterans,
SSNs, and DD214 data. Upon receipt of
the electronic files, DMDC will perform
a match using the SSNs in the VA C&P
file and the VADS file against the DMDC
Active Duty Transaction, Reserve
Transaction, and Reserve Master files.
DMDC will provide VA OIG an
electronic listing of VA C&P and VADS
records for which there is no matching
record from any of the three DMDC files,
and an electronic listing of records that
contain data that are inconsistent with
data contained in the VA C&P or VADS
files. VA OIG is responsible for verifying
and determining that the data on the
DMDC electronic reply file are
consistent with the VA source file and
for resolving any discrepancies or
inconsistencies on an individual basis.
The VADS file provided by VA
contains approximately 308,000 records
per year that include data elements
showing veteran’s name, SSN, VA claim
number, Date of Birth, Date of
Discharge, and Character of Service.
The C&P file provided by VA contains
approximately 3.6 million records per
year that includes data elements
showing veteran’s stub name, SSN, Date
of Birth, Date of Discharge, Entitlement
Code, File Number, Combined Degree of
Disability, Station Number/Regional
Office Number, Suspense Segment
Indicator, Address Line 1, Branch of
Service, Additional Service Indicator,
Net Award Amount, and Net Award
Date.
The Active Duty Transaction file
provided by DMDC contains
approximately 2.7 million records per
year historically dating from 1971 to the
present. This file includes data elements
showing service member’s name, SSN,
Date of Birth, Separation Program
Designator, Interservice Separation
code, Date of Separation, and Branch of
Service.
The Reserve Transaction file provided
by DMDC contains approximately 1.5
million records per year historically
dating from 1977 to the present. This
file includes data elements showing
reserve service member’s name, SSN,
Date of Birth, Separation Program
Designator, Interservice Separation
code, Date of Separation, and Branch of
Service.
The Reserve Master file provided by
DMDC contains approximately 1.3
million records per year historically
dating from 1977 to the present. This
file does not include character of
service. However, a match on this file
may indicate that the Reserve service
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member spent time on active duty while
a member of the Reserve Forces.
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. For Questions, Contact: Director,
Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties
Office, 241 18th Street South, Suite 101,
Arlington, VA 22202. Telephone (703)
571–0070.
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Army Science Board Winter Plenary
Meeting
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the
Sunshine in the Government Act of
1976 (U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41
Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR
102–3.140 through 160, the Department
of the Army announces the following
committee meeting:
Name of Committee: Army Science
Board (ASB) Winter Plenary Session.
Date: January 15, 2014.
Time: 0830–0945.
Location: Grand Hyatt San Antonio,
600 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD-2013-OS-0226]
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 Department of Defense (DoD), as the matching
agency under the Privacy Act is hereby giving notice to the record
subjects of a computer matching program between the Office of the
Inspector General (OIG), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the
DoD that their records are being matched by computer. The purpose of
this agreement is to verify an individual's eligibility for receipt of
benefits under programs administered by the Veterans Benefits
Administration.
DATES: This proposed action will become effective January 8, 2014 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. Public comments must be received
before January 8, 2014.
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 at telephone
(703) 571-0070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (o) of the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Defense Manpower Data
Center (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 eligibility for receipt of benefits under
programs administered by the Veterans Benefits Administration.
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
individuals that have not separated from military service and/or
confirm elements of military service relevant to the adjudication of VA
benefits. 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, Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office, 241 18th
Street South, Suite 101, Arlington, VA 22202 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 of 1974, as amended, and an advance copy of this notice was
submitted on November 27, 2013, 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,'' February 8, 1996 (February 20,
1996; 61 FR 6427).
Dated: December 3, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
Notice of a Computer Matching Program Between the Office of the
Inspector General, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Department of Defense for Verification of Eligibility
A. Participating Agencies: Participants in this computer matching
program are the Office of the Inspector General of 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.
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B. Purpose of the Match: The purpose of this agreement is to verify
an individual's eligibility for receipt of benefits under programs
administered by the Veterans Benefits Administration.
The VA, as the source agency, will provide DMDC with two electronic
files, the VA Compensation and Pension (C&P) and Veterans Assistance
and Discharge System (VADS) files. The C&P file contains names of
veterans, SSNs, and compensation and pension records. The VADS file
contains names of veterans, SSNs, and DD214 data. Upon receipt of the
electronic files, DMDC will perform a match using the SSNs in the VA
C&P file and the VADS file against the DMDC Active Duty Transaction,
Reserve Transaction, and Reserve Master files. DMDC will provide VA OIG
an electronic listing of VA C&P and VADS records for which there is no
matching record from any of the three DMDC files, and an electronic
listing of records that contain data that are inconsistent with data
contained in the VA C&P or VADS files. VA OIG is responsible for
verifying and determining that the data on the DMDC electronic reply
file are consistent with the VA source file and for resolving any
discrepancies or inconsistencies on an individual basis.
C. Authority for Conducting the Match: The authority for VA to
conduct this match is 5 U.S.C. App. 3, the Inspector General Act of
1978 (IG Act). The IG Act authorizes the VA OIG to conduct audits and
investigations relating to the programs and operations of VA, IG Act,
Sec. 2. In addition, Sec. 4 of the IG Act provides that the IG will
conduct activities designed to promote economy and efficiency and to
prevent and detect fraud and abuse in VA's programs and operations.
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 personal data from the following Privacy Act record
system for the match: Compensation, Pension, Education, and Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment Records-VA, 58VA21/22/28, April 2010.
DoD will use personal data from the following Privacy Act record
system for the match: Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base--DMDC 01,
published in the Federal Register at November 23, 2011, 76 FR 72391.
E. Description of Computer Matching Program: VA, as the source
agency, will provide DMDC with two electronic files, the C&P and VADS
files. The C&P file contains names of veterans, SSNs, and compensation
and pension records. The VADS file contains names of veterans, SSNs,
and DD214 data. Upon receipt of the electronic files, DMDC will perform
a match using the SSNs in the VA C&P file and the VADS file against the
DMDC Active Duty Transaction, Reserve Transaction, and Reserve Master
files. DMDC will provide VA OIG an electronic listing of VA C&P and
VADS records for which there is no matching record from any of the
three DMDC files, and an electronic listing of records that contain
data that are inconsistent with data contained in the VA C&P or VADS
files. VA OIG is responsible for verifying and determining that the
data on the DMDC electronic reply file are consistent with the VA
source file and for resolving any discrepancies or inconsistencies on
an individual basis.
The VADS file provided by VA contains approximately 308,000 records
per year that include data elements showing veteran's name, SSN, VA
claim number, Date of Birth, Date of Discharge, and Character of
Service.
The C&P file provided by VA contains approximately 3.6 million
records per year that includes data elements showing veteran's stub
name, SSN, Date of Birth, Date of Discharge, Entitlement Code, File
Number, Combined Degree of Disability, Station Number/Regional Office
Number, Suspense Segment Indicator, Address Line 1, Branch of Service,
Additional Service Indicator, Net Award Amount, and Net Award Date.
The Active Duty Transaction file provided by DMDC contains
approximately 2.7 million records per year historically dating from
1971 to the present. This file includes data elements showing service
member's name, SSN, Date of Birth, Separation Program Designator,
Interservice Separation code, Date of Separation, and Branch of
Service.
The Reserve Transaction file provided by DMDC contains
approximately 1.5 million records per year historically dating from
1977 to the present. This file includes data elements showing reserve
service member's name, SSN, Date of Birth, Separation Program
Designator, Interservice Separation code, Date of Separation, and
Branch of Service.
The Reserve Master file provided by DMDC contains approximately 1.3
million records per year historically dating from 1977 to the present.
This file does not include character of service. However, a match on
this file may indicate that the Reserve service member spent time on
active duty while a member of the Reserve Forces.
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. For Questions, Contact: Director, Defense Privacy and Civil
Liberties Office, 241 18th Street South, Suite 101, Arlington, VA
22202. Telephone (703) 571-0070.
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