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related to the purposes for which the
records are maintained;
3. To a court, magistrate, or
administrative tribunal in the course of
presenting evidence, including
disclosures to opposing counsel or
witnesses in the course of civil
discovery, litigation, or settlement
negotiations, in response to a courtordered subpoena, or in connection
with criminal law proceedings;
4. To a congressional office in
response to an inquiry made at the
request of the individual to whom the
record pertains;
5. To the news media in accordance
with guidelines contained in 28 CFR
50.02, which pertains to an agency’s
functions relating to civil and criminal
proceedings;
6. To representatives of the National
Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) who are conducting records
management inspections under
authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906;
7. To contractors, grantees, experts,
consultants, interns, volunteers, and
others (including agents of the
foregoing) performing or working on a
contract, service, grant, cooperative
agreement, or other assignment for the
federal government, when necessary to
accomplish such function;
8. To appropriate agencies, entities,
and persons when (a) it is suspected or
confirmed that the security or
confidentiality of information in the
system of records has been
compromised; (b) the United States
Mint has determined that, as a result of
the suspected or confirmed
compromise, there is a risk of harm to
economic or property interests, identity
theft or fraud, or harm to the security or
integrity of this system or other systems
or programs (whether maintained by the
United States Mint or another agency or
entity) that rely on the compromised
information; and (c) the disclosure made
to such agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with the United States
Mint’s efforts to respond to the
suspected or confirmed compromise
and prevent, minimize, or remedy such
harm; and
9. To the news media and the public,
with the approval of the Treasury
Department’s Senior Agency Official for
Privacy, or her designee, in consultation
with counsel, when there exists a
legitimate public interest in the
disclosure of the information or when
disclosure is necessary to preserve
confidence in the integrity of Treasury
or is necessary to demonstrate the
accountability of Treasury’s officers,
employees, or individuals covered by
the system, except to the extent it is
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determined that release of the specific
information in the context of a
particular case would constitute an
unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Individuals seeking to determine
whether this system of records contains
information about themselves should
address written inquiries to Kathleen
Saunders-Mitchell, Disclosure Officer,
United States Mint, 801 9th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20220.
STORAGE:
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Paper documents and electronic
records.
Refer to ‘‘Notification Procedure’’
above for address to which requests may
be sent for gaining access to records.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records are retrieved by:
• Name of Requester;
• Name of Participant Group (if any);
• Event category (Tour or Outreach
Program);
• Requested event dates;
• Final event date;
• Name of participants provided by
Requester (if any);
• Request for reasonable
accommodation or other special
requirement for the event (if any);
• Name of individual participant
indicated by Requester as requesting
reasonable accommodation for
disability, or having other special
requirement for event (if any);
• Confirmation Number;
• Size of Tour;
• Requester telephone number, email
address, postal address, and fax number
(if any);
• Address of Outreach Program site
(if any).
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
SAFEGUARDS:
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Paper records are stored in secured
filing cabinets with access only by
authorized personnel. Electronic records
are stored in secured systems subject to
access controls in accordance with
Department of the Treasury and United
States Mint policies and procedures.
Access to electronic records is restricted
to authorized personnel, and is subject
to multiple controls including an access
approval process, unique user identifier,
user authentication and account
management, and password
management.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Data is retained and preserved or
destroyed in accordance with National
Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) schedules for the categories of
data in the system and for system
security backup data.
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
Jennifer DeBroekert, Supervisory
Public Affairs Specialist, Office of
Corporate Communications, United
States Mint at Denver, 320 West Colfax
Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80204–269.
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Refer to ‘‘Notification Procedure’’
above for address to which requests may
be sent for gaining access to records.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information in the system, including
individually-identifying information
submitted to the United States Mint, is
obtained from Requesters, or from
persons responding to United States
Mint communications in connection
with scheduling made to email
addresses or numbers provided by
Requesters.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) provides notice that it
intends to conduct a recurring
computer-matching program matching
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Federal
tax information with VA pension and
parents’ dependency and indemnity
compensation records. The purpose of
this match is to identify applicants and
beneficiaries who have applied for or
who are receiving VA benefits and
received unearned income, and to adjust
or terminate VA benefits, if appropriate.
DATES: The match will start no sooner
than 30 days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register (FR), or
40 days after copies of this notice and
the agreement of the agencies are
submitted to Congress and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
whichever is later, and end not more
than 18 months after the agreement is
properly implemented by the agencies.
The agencies’ Data Integrity Boards
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(DIBs) may extend this agreement for 12
months provided the agencies certify to
their DIBs, within three months of the
ending date of the original agreement,
that the matching program will be
conducted without change and that the
matching program has been conducted
in compliance with the original
agreement.
Written comments may be
submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to the Director, Regulations
Management (02REG), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC
20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026.
Copies of comments received will be
available for public inspection in the
Office of Regulation Policy and
Management, Room 1063B, between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday (except
holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 for
an appointment. In addition, during the
comment period, comments may be
viewed online through the Federal
Docket Management System (FDMS) at
www.Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Klusman, Pension Analyst,
Pension and Fiduciary Service (21PF),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420, (202) 632–8863.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA plans
to match records of applicants and
beneficiaries who have applied for or
who are receiving needs-based VA
benefits, with unearned income
ADDRESSES:
information maintained by IRS. VA will
use this information to verify income
information submitted by applicants
and beneficiaries and deny or adjust VA
benefit payments as prescribed by law.
The matching program will enable VA
to ensure accurate reporting of income.
The legal authority to conduct this
match is 38 U.S.C. 5106, which requires
any Federal department or agency to
provide VA information upon request
for the purposes of determining
eligibility for benefits or verifying other
information that affects payment of
benefits. In addition, 26 U.S.C.
6103(l)(7) authorizes IRS to disclose
Federal tax information to VA.
VA records involved in the match are
in ‘‘Compensation, Pension, Education,
and Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment Records—VA (58VA21/22/
28),’’ a system of records that was first
published at 41 FR 9294 (March 3,
1976), amended and republished in its
entirety at 77 FR 42593 (July 19, 2012).
The IRS records are from the system of
records identified as the Information
Return Master File (IRMF)/IRS 22.061,
as published at 73 FR 13302 (March 12,
2008), amended and republished in its
entirety at 77 FR 47946–947 (August 10,
2012), through the Disclosure of
Information to Federal, State and Local
Agencies (DIFSLA) program.
In accordance with the Privacy Act, 5
U.S.C. 552a(o)(2) and (r), VA is
providing copies of the agreement to
both Houses of Congress and to OMB.
VA is publishing this Federal Register
notice in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(12).
Subcommittee
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or
designee, approved this document and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Robert L. Nabors II, Chief of Staff,
approved this document on October 8,
2015, for publication.
Dated: October 13, 2015.
Kathleen M. Manwell,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office
of Privacy and Records Management,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research
and Development and Clinical Science
Research and Development Services
Scientific Merit Review Board; Notice
of Meetings—November 2015
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act 5 U.S.C. App.
2 that the subcommittees of the Joint
Biomedical Laboratory Research and
Development and Clinical Science
Research and Development Services
Scientific Merit Review Board (JBL/CS
SMRB) will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on the dates indicated below (unless
otherwise listed):
Date
Surgery .....................................................................
Infectious Diseases-B ...............................................
Nephrology ...............................................................
Hematology ...............................................................
Cellular and Molecular Medicine ..............................
Infectious Diseases-A ...............................................
November
November
November
November
November
November
18,
19,
19,
20,
23,
23,
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
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Corporation for Enterprise Development.
American College of Surgeons.
National Postal Museum, Blount Center.
VA Central Office.*
VA Central Office.
US Access Board.
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The addresses of the meeting sites are:
American College of Surgeons, 20 F Street NE., Washington, DC.
Corporation for Enterprise Development, 1200 G Street NW., Suite 400, Washington, DC.
National Postal Museum, Blount Center, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC.
US Access Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC.
VA Central Office, 1100 First Street NE., Suite 600, Washington, DC.
* Teleconference.
The purpose of the subcommittees is
to provide advice on the scientific
quality, budget, safety and mission
relevance of investigator-initiated
research proposals submitted for VA
merit review evaluation. Proposals
submitted for review include diverse
medical specialties within the general
areas of biomedical, behavioral, and
clinical science research.
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The subcommittee meetings will be
closed to the public for the review,
discussion, and evaluation of initial and
renewal research proposals. However,
the JBL/CS SMRB teleconference
meeting will be open to the public; date,
time and location will be announced
later.
The closed subcommittee meetings
involve discussion, examination, and
reference to staff and consultant
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critiques of research proposals.
Discussions will deal with scientific
merit of each proposal and
qualifications of personnel conducting
the studies, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Additionally, premature disclosure of
research information could significantly
frustrate implementation of proposed
agency action regarding the research
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Matching Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides notice that
it intends to conduct a recurring computer-matching program matching
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Federal tax information with VA pension
and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation records. The purpose
of this match is to identify applicants and beneficiaries who have
applied for or who are receiving VA benefits and received unearned
income, and to adjust or terminate VA benefits, if appropriate.
DATES: The match will start no sooner than 30 days after publication of
this notice in the Federal Register (FR), or 40 days after copies of
this notice and the agreement of the agencies are submitted to Congress
and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), whichever is later, and
end not more than 18 months after the agreement is properly implemented
by the agencies. The agencies' Data Integrity Boards
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(DIBs) may extend this agreement for 12 months provided the agencies
certify to their DIBs, within three months of the ending date of the
original agreement, that the matching program will be conducted without
change and that the matching program has been conducted in compliance
with the original agreement.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to the Director,
Regulations Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to (202)
273-9026. Copies of comments received will be available for public
inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Room
1063B, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday (except holidays). Please call (202) 461-4902 for an
appointment. In addition, during the comment period, comments may be
viewed online through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at
www.Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Klusman, Pension Analyst,
Pension and Fiduciary Service (21PF), Department of Veterans Affairs,
810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-8863.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA plans to match records of applicants and
beneficiaries who have applied for or who are receiving needs-based VA
benefits, with unearned income information maintained by IRS. VA will
use this information to verify income information submitted by
applicants and beneficiaries and deny or adjust VA benefit payments as
prescribed by law. The matching program will enable VA to ensure
accurate reporting of income.
The legal authority to conduct this match is 38 U.S.C. 5106, which
requires any Federal department or agency to provide VA information
upon request for the purposes of determining eligibility for benefits
or verifying other information that affects payment of benefits. In
addition, 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7) authorizes IRS to disclose Federal tax
information to VA.
VA records involved in the match are in ``Compensation, Pension,
Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Records--VA
(58VA21/22/28),'' a system of records that was first published at 41 FR
9294 (March 3, 1976), amended and republished in its entirety at 77 FR
42593 (July 19, 2012). The IRS records are from the system of records
identified as the Information Return Master File (IRMF)/IRS 22.061, as
published at 73 FR 13302 (March 12, 2008), amended and republished in
its entirety at 77 FR 47946-947 (August 10, 2012), through the
Disclosure of Information to Federal, State and Local Agencies (DIFSLA)
program.
In accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2) and (r), VA
is providing copies of the agreement to both Houses of Congress and to
OMB. VA is publishing this Federal Register notice in accordance with 5
U.S.C. 552a(e)(12).
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robert L.
Nabors II, Chief of Staff, approved this document on October 8, 2015,
for publication.
Dated: October 13, 2015.
Kathleen M. Manwell,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Privacy and Records
Management, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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