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Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2015–OS–0091]
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,
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 Defense
Manpower Data Center (DMDC) of the
Department of Defense (DoD) and the
Veterans Benefits Administration of the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
that their records will continue to be
matched by computer. The purpose of
this agreement is to verify an
individual’s continuing eligibility for
VA benefits by identifying VA disability
benefit recipients who return to active
duty and to ensure that benefits are
terminated if appropriate.
DATES: This proposed action will
become effective October 9, 2015 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 the effective date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Department of Defense, Office
of the Deputy Chief Management
Officer, Directorate of Oversight and
Compliance, Regulatory and Audit
Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301–9010.
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.
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Ms.
Mary Fletcher, Chief, Defense Privacy
and Civil Liberties Division, Office of
the Deputy Chief Management Officer,
Office of the Secretary of Defense, 9010
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC
20301–9010, or by telephone at 703–
571–0070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), DoD
and VA have concluded an agreement to
renew a computer matching program
between the agencies. The purpose of
this agreement is to verify an
individual’s continuing eligibility for
VA benefits by identifying VA disability
benefit recipients who return to active
duty and to ensure that benefits are
terminated if appropriate. The VA will
provide identifying information on
disability compensation recipients to
DMDC to match against a file of active
duty (including full-time National
Guard and Reserve) personnel. 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
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section.
Set forth below is the notice of the
renewal of the computer matching
program required by paragraph 6.c. of
the Office of Management and Budget
Guidelines on computer matching
published in the Federal Register on
June 19, 1989 at 54 FR 25818. 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 August
26, 2015, to the House Committee on
Government Reform, the Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs,
and the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
pursuant to paragraph 4d of Appendix
I to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal
Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining
Records about Individuals,’’ dated
February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996; 61
FR 6427).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Dated: September 3, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
Notice of a Computer Matching
Program Between the Department of
Defense and the Department of
Veterans Affairs for Verification of
Disability Compensation
A. Participating Agencies:
Participants in this computer matching
program are the Veterans Benefits
Administration of the Department of
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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 performs the
computer matching.
B. Purpose of the Match: The purpose
of this agreement is to verify an
individual’s continuing eligibility for
VA benefits. VA will provide
identifying information on disability
compensation and pension recipients to
DMDC to match against a file of active
duty (including full-time National
Guard and Reserve) personnel. The
purpose is to identify those recipients
who have returned to active duty and
are ineligible to receive VA
compensation and pension so that
benefits can be adjusted or terminated,
if appropriate in order.
C. Authority for Conducting the
Match: The legal authority for
conducting the matching program for
use in the administration of VA’s
Compensation and Pension Benefits
Program is contained in 38 U.S.C.
5304(c), Prohibition Against Duplication
of Benefits, which precludes pension,
compensation, or retirement pay on
account of any person’s own service, for
any period for which he or she receives
active duty pay. The head of any
Federal department or agency shall
provide, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 5106,
such information as requested by VA for
the purpose of determining eligibility
for, or amount of benefits, or verifying
other information which respect thereto.
D. Records To Be Matched: The
systems of records maintained by the
respective agencies under the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a,
from which record will be disclosed for
the purpose of this computer matching
agreement are as follows:
1. VA will use the system of records
identified as ‘‘Compensation, Pension,
Education and Vocational Rehabilitation
and Employment Records—VA’’
(58VA21/22/28), published at 74 FR
29275 (June 19, 2009), and last amended
at 77 FR 42593 (July 19, 2012).
Disclosure of data will be pursuant to
routine use 39.
2. DoD will use the system of records
identified as DMDC 01, entitled,
‘‘Defense Manpower Data Center Data
Base’’, published November 23, 2011, 76
FR 72391. Disclosure of data will be
pursuant to routine use 1.(e).
E. Description of Computer Matching
Program: VA will provide DMDC with
an electronic file that contains specified
data elements of individual VA
disability compensation and pension
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recipients. Upon receipt of the
electronic file, DMDC will perform a
computer match using all nine digits of
the SSNs in the VA file against a DMDC
computer database. The DMDC database
consists of pay records of active duty
(including full-time National Guard and
Reserve) military members. Matching
records, ‘‘hits’’ based on the SSN, will
produce the member’s name, branch of
service, and unit designation, and other
pertinent data elements. The hits will be
furnished to VA, which is responsible
for verifying and determining the data
on the electronic reply file are
consistent with the source file and for
resolving all discrepancies or
inconsistencies on an individual basis.
VA will also be responsible for making
final determinations as to positive
identification, eligibility for benefits,
and verifying any other information
with respect thereto.
The listing will be sorted by VA file
number by Regional Office number. VA
will then take necessary action to
terminate compensation payments of
any benefit recipient identified as being
on active duty while receiving
compensation pay after following the
verification of procedures detailed in
this agreement.
F. Inclusive Dates of the Matching
Program: This computer matching
program is subject to public comment
and review by Congress and the Office
of Management and Budget. If the
mandatory 30 day period for comment
has expired and no comments are
received and if no objections are raised
by either Congress or the Office of
Management and Budget within 40 days
of being notified of the proposed match,
the computer matching program
becomes effective and the respective
agencies may begin the exchange at a
mutually agreeable time and thereafter
on a quarterly basis. By agreement
between VA and DMDC, the matching
program will be in effect for 18 months
with an option to renew for 12
additional months unless one of the
parties to the agreement advises the
other by written request to terminate or
modify the agreement.
G. Address for Receipt of Public
Comments or Inquiries: Chief, Defense
Privacy and Civil Liberties Division,
Office of the Deputy Chief Management
Officer, Office of the Secretary of
Defense, 9010 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301–9010.
Telephone (703)571–0070.
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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
on September 16, 2015.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. OR15–37–000]
Saddlehorn Pipeline Company, LLC;
Notice of Petiton for Declaratory Order
Take notice that on August 25, 2015,
pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2)(2015),
Saddlehorn Pipeline Company, LLC
(Saddlehorn) filed a petition requesting
a declaratory order approving the
proposed tariff and overall rate structure
and terms of service for a new interstate
pipeline project that will transport
crude oil from the D–J Basin in Colorado
to Cushing, Oklahoma, all as more fully
explained in the Petition.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest in this proceeding must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Petitioner.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First St. NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above proceeding
are accessible in the Commission’s
eLibrary system by clicking on the
appropriate link in the above list. They
are also available for review in the
Commission’s Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC. There is an
eSubscription link on the Web site that
enables subscribers to receive email
notification when a document is added
to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please
email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov., or
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Dated: September 2, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Commission Staff
Attendance
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission hereby gives notice that
members of the Commission’s staff may
attend the following meetings related to
the transmission planning activities of
the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM):
PJM Planning Committee
September 10, 2015, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
(EST)
PJM Transmission Expansion Advisory
Committee
September 10, 2015, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
(EST)
The above-referenced meetings will
be held at: PJM Conference and Training
Center, PJM Interconnection, 2750
Monroe Boulevard, Audubon, PA
19403.
The above-referenced meetings are
open to stakeholders.
Further information may be found at
www.pjm.com.
The discussions at the meetings
described above may address matters at
issue in the following proceedings:
Docket Nos. ER15–33, et. al., The
Dayton Power and Light Company
Docket No. ER15–994, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
Docket No. ER14–2867, Baltimore Gas &
Electric Company, et al., and PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
Docket Nos. ER14–972 and ER14–1485,
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Docket No. ER14–1485, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
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England, Inc. et. al.
Docket Nos. ER13–1944, et al., PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
Docket No. ER15–1344, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
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Interconnection, L.L.C.
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Interconnection, L.L.C.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD-2015-OS-0091]
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,
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 Defense Manpower Data Center
(DMDC) of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Veterans Benefits
Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that their
records will continue to be matched by computer. The purpose of this
agreement is to verify an individual's continuing eligibility for VA
benefits by identifying VA disability benefit recipients who return to
active duty and to ensure that benefits are terminated if appropriate.
DATES: This proposed action will become effective October 9, 2015 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 the effective date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory
and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
9010.
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: Ms. Mary Fletcher, Chief, Defense
Privacy and Civil Liberties Division, Office of the Deputy Chief
Management Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 9010 Defense
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-9010, or by telephone at 703-571-0070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (o) of the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), DoD and VA have concluded an
agreement to renew a computer matching program between the agencies.
The purpose of this agreement is to verify an individual's continuing
eligibility for VA benefits by identifying VA disability benefit
recipients who return to active duty and to ensure that benefits are
terminated if appropriate. The VA will provide identifying information
on disability compensation recipients to DMDC to match against a file
of active duty (including full-time National Guard and Reserve)
personnel. 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 the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section.
Set forth below is the notice of the renewal of the computer
matching program required by paragraph 6.c. of the Office of Management
and Budget Guidelines on computer matching published in the Federal
Register on June 19, 1989 at 54 FR 25818. 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 August 26, 2015, to
the House Committee on Government Reform, the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs, and the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
pursuant to paragraph 4d of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130,
``Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records about
Individuals,'' dated February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996; 61 FR 6427).
Dated: September 3, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
Notice of a Computer Matching Program Between the Department of Defense
and the Department of Veterans Affairs for Verification of Disability
Compensation
A. Participating Agencies: Participants in this computer matching
program are the Veterans Benefits Administration 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 performs the computer matching.
B. Purpose of the Match: The purpose of this agreement is to verify
an individual's continuing eligibility for VA benefits. VA will provide
identifying information on disability compensation and pension
recipients to DMDC to match against a file of active duty (including
full-time National Guard and Reserve) personnel. The purpose is to
identify those recipients who have returned to active duty and are
ineligible to receive VA compensation and pension so that benefits can
be adjusted or terminated, if appropriate in order.
C. Authority for Conducting the Match: The legal authority for
conducting the matching program for use in the administration of VA's
Compensation and Pension Benefits Program is contained in 38 U.S.C.
5304(c), Prohibition Against Duplication of Benefits, which precludes
pension, compensation, or retirement pay on account of any person's own
service, for any period for which he or she receives active duty pay.
The head of any Federal department or agency shall provide, pursuant to
38 U.S.C. 5106, such information as requested by VA for the purpose of
determining eligibility for, or amount of benefits, or verifying other
information which respect thereto.
D. Records To Be Matched: The systems of records maintained by the
respective agencies under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
552a, from which record will be disclosed for the purpose of this
computer matching agreement are as follows:
1. VA will use the system of records identified as ``Compensation,
Pension, Education and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
Records--VA'' (58VA21/22/28), published at 74 FR 29275 (June 19, 2009),
and last amended at 77 FR 42593 (July 19, 2012). Disclosure of data
will be pursuant to routine use 39.
2. DoD will use the system of records identified as DMDC 01,
entitled, ``Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base'', published
November 23, 2011, 76 FR 72391. Disclosure of data will be pursuant to
routine use 1.(e).
E. Description of Computer Matching Program: VA will provide DMDC
with an electronic file that contains specified data elements of
individual VA disability compensation and pension
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recipients. Upon receipt of the electronic file, DMDC will perform a
computer match using all nine digits of the SSNs in the VA file against
a DMDC computer database. The DMDC database consists of pay records of
active duty (including full-time National Guard and Reserve) military
members. Matching records, ``hits'' based on the SSN, will produce the
member's name, branch of service, and unit designation, and other
pertinent data elements. The hits will be furnished to VA, which is
responsible for verifying and determining the data on the electronic
reply file are consistent with the source file and for resolving all
discrepancies or inconsistencies on an individual basis. VA will also
be responsible for making final determinations as to positive
identification, eligibility for benefits, and verifying any other
information with respect thereto.
The listing will be sorted by VA file number by Regional Office
number. VA will then take necessary action to terminate compensation
payments of any benefit recipient identified as being on active duty
while receiving compensation pay after following the verification of
procedures detailed in this agreement.
F. Inclusive Dates of the Matching Program: This computer matching
program is subject to public comment and review by Congress and the
Office of Management and Budget. If the mandatory 30 day period for
comment has expired and no comments are received and if no objections
are raised by either Congress or the Office of Management and Budget
within 40 days of being notified of the proposed match, the computer
matching program becomes effective and the respective agencies may
begin the exchange at a mutually agreeable time and thereafter on a
quarterly basis. By agreement between VA and DMDC, the matching program
will be in effect for 18 months with an option to renew for 12
additional months unless one of the parties to the agreement advises
the other by written request to terminate or modify the agreement.
G. Address for Receipt of Public Comments or Inquiries: Chief,
Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Division, Office of the Deputy
Chief Management Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 9010
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-9010. Telephone (703)571-0070.
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