Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue Debts, 67767 [2015-27969]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 212 / Tuesday, November 3, 2015 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue
Debts
Section 30.18 of the Department of
Health and Human Services’ claims
collection regulations (45 CFR part 30)
provides that the Secretary shall charge
an annual rate of interest, which is
determined and fixed by the Secretary
of the Treasury after considering private
consumer rates of interest on the date
that the Department of Health and
Human Services becomes entitled to
recovery. The rate cannot be lower than
the Department of Treasury’s current
value of funds rate or the applicable rate
determined from the ‘‘Schedule of
Certified Interest Rates with Range of
Maturities’’ unless the Secretary waives
interest in whole or part, or a different
rate is prescribed by statute, contract, or
repayment agreement. The Secretary of
the Treasury may revise this rate
quarterly. The Department of Health and
Human Services publishes this rate in
the Federal Register.
The current rate of 10.0%, as fixed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, is certified
for the quarter ended September 30,
2015. This rate is based on the Interest
Rates for Specific Legislation, ‘‘National
Health Services Corps Scholarship
Program (42 U.S.C. 254o(b)(1)(A))’’ and
‘‘National Research Service Award
Program (42 U.S.C. 288(c)(4)(B)).’’ This
interest rate will be applied to overdue
debt until the Department of Health and
Human Services publishes a revision.
Dated: October 20, 2015.
David C. Horn,
Director, Office of Financial Policy and
Reporting.
[FR Doc. 2015–27969 Filed 11–2–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records Notice
Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice to alter two Privacy Act
systems of records.
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is updating an existing,
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department-wide system of records,
System No. 09–90–0024, titled ‘‘Unified
Financial Management System’’
(UFMS), which covers accounts payable
records and accounts receivable records
retrieved by personal identifier; and is
transferring one routine use (pertaining
to administrative wage garnishment) to
a related system of records, System No.
09–40–0012, titled ‘‘Debt Management
and Collection System.’’
System No. 09–90–0024, ‘‘Unified
Financial Management System,’’ was
established prior to 1979 (see 44 FR
58149). The System of Records Notice
(SORN) was last revised and
republished in full in 2005 (see 70 FR
38145). This Notice proposes to change
the name to ‘‘HHS Financial
Management System Records;’’ update
records locations and System Manager
contact information; narrow the scope of
the SORN by excluding certain
descriptions and routine uses pertaining
to collection of overdue and delinquent
federal debts, which are currently
covered in, or are now proposed to be
covered in, the SORN for System No.
09–40–0012 ‘‘Debt Management and
Collection System;’’ add several new
routine uses, combine and revise certain
existing routine uses, and delete
unnecessary routine uses; and update
the safeguards, record retention
procedures, and record source
descriptions. The changes are more fully
explained in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this Notice.
DATES: The altered system notice is
effective immediately, with the
exception of the routine uses that are
proposed to be added, revised, or
transferred. The new, revised, and
transferred routine uses will be effective
30 days after publication, unless HHS
receives comments that warrant a
revision to this Notice.
ADDRESSES: Send public comments by
mail to: Sara Hall, Chief Information
Security Officer, 200 Independence Ave.
SW., Room #326E, Washington, DC
20201, or by email to: sara.hall@
hhs.gov. Comments will be available for
public inspection and copying at the
above location.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara
Hall, Chief Information Security Officer,
200 Independence Ave. SW., Room
#326E, Washington, DC 20201,
sara.hall@hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Updates to System No. 09–90–0024
Since the last republication of the
Unified Financial Management System
SORN in 2005, the System Manager
contact information has changed, and
some of the records locations have
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changed. In reviewing the SORN for
other updates to make, HHS determined
that the name and scope should be
changed to reflect that the system of
records is not limited to records
associated with a particular information
technology (IT) system known as the
Unified Financial Management System
(UFMS), because HHS uses multiple IT
systems for financial management
purposes, the IT system names may
change, and certain supporting records
are not maintained in the IT systems,
but are maintained in hard copy only.
The system of records currently
excludes salary and wage payment
records processed in a payroll system;
HHS determined that certain
descriptions and routine uses pertaining
to collection of overdue and delinquent
federal debts should also be excluded
from this SORN, to avoid (to the extent
possible) duplicating System No. 09–
40–0012 ‘‘Debt Management and
Collection System.’’ (System No. 09–40–
0012 is a subset of this system of
records; it covers records pertaining to
debt collection functions, and also
utilizes the central accounting system
known as UFMS.) The safeguards,
record retention procedures, and record
source descriptions have also been
updated.
The remaining changes affect the
routine uses:
• Routine uses 3 and 13 through 17
are being added; they will authorize
disclosures pertaining to law violations,
private relief legislation, audits,
insurance and similar matters,
cybersecurity monitoring, and security
breach response.
• The following routine uses are
being revised:
Æ Routine use 1, authorizing
disclosures to Treasury to effect
payments, has been revised to include
‘‘verifying payment eligibility,’’ and to
authorize disclosures under any future
‘‘Do Not Pay’’ computer matching
agreement entered into with Treasury
that requires data from this system of
records.
Æ The word ‘‘written’’ has been added
to routine use 2 (pertaining to
disclosures to Members of Congress).
Æ Former routine uses 4 and 5
(pertaining to disclosures to obtain
information relevant to an HHS decision
and to provide information relevant to
another agency’s decision) are now
combined at number 5.
Æ The litigation routine use (formerly
8, now 7) has been reworded.
Æ Former routine uses 16 and 17
(pertaining to disclosures to contractors
and other individuals not having the
status of agency employees) are now
combined at number 12.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue Debts
Section 30.18 of the Department of Health and Human Services'
claims collection regulations (45 CFR part 30) provides that the
Secretary shall charge an annual rate of interest, which is determined
and fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury after considering private
consumer rates of interest on the date that the Department of Health
and Human Services becomes entitled to recovery. The rate cannot be
lower than the Department of Treasury's current value of funds rate or
the applicable rate determined from the ``Schedule of Certified
Interest Rates with Range of Maturities'' unless the Secretary waives
interest in whole or part, or a different rate is prescribed by
statute, contract, or repayment agreement. The Secretary of the
Treasury may revise this rate quarterly. The Department of Health and
Human Services publishes this rate in the Federal Register.
The current rate of 10.0%, as fixed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, is certified for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. This
rate is based on the Interest Rates for Specific Legislation,
``National Health Services Corps Scholarship Program (42 U.S.C.
254o(b)(1)(A))'' and ``National Research Service Award Program (42
U.S.C. 288(c)(4)(B)).'' This interest rate will be applied to overdue
debt until the Department of Health and Human Services publishes a
revision.
Dated: October 20, 2015.
David C. Horn,
Director, Office of Financial Policy and Reporting.
[FR Doc. 2015-27969 Filed 11-2-15; 8:45 am]
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