Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, 8698 [2019-04372]

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• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 8698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04372]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2019-OS-0022]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Secretary of Defense, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of a Modified System of Records Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense proposes to add a new routine use to 
facilitate a computer matching agreement which allows participating 
State Public Assistance Agencies to identify individuals receiving both 
federal compensation and pension benefits and public assistance 
benefits under federal programs administered by the states and to 
verify public assistance clients' income declarations. The system of 
records contains personnel, employment, and pay data on current and 
former military and civilian personnel and survivors and dependents of 
military personnel. System data is used to conduct computer matches 
with various agencies in accordance with the Computer Matching and 
Privacy Protection Act of 1988. This proposed routine use will enable 
the conducting of a match with state public assistance agencies to 
continue.

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before April 10, 2019. This 
proposed action will be effective on the date following the end of the 
comment period unless comments are received which result in a contrary 
determination.

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 Chief Management 
Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark Center 
Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number 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. Luz D. Ortiz, Chief, Records, 
Privacy and Declassification Division (RPDD), 1155 Defense Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20311-1155, or by phone at (571) 372-0478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An additional routine use needs to be added 
to the system of records notice due to a change in the process of 
transferring data in the execution of the Computer Matching Agreement 
(CMA #86) also known as the PARIS Agreement. CMA #86 helps identify 
individuals receiving both federal compensation and pension benefits 
and public assistance benefits under federal programs administered by 
the states and to verify public assistance clients' income 
declarations. This agreement is in accordance with the amended section 
1903(r) of the Social Security Act which requires states to maintain 
eligibility determination systems which provide data matching through 
the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) or a 
successor system.
    The Computer Matching Agreement is between DoD (recipient/matching 
agency), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS--facilitating 
agency) and the state public assistance agencies (SPAAs--source 
agencies). HHS no longer facilitates the transfer of data; the data 
transfer is made directly from the SPAAs to DoD. For this reason, the 
routine use of sharing this information with the SPAAs must be added to 
the system of records notice.

    Dated: March 6, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER
    Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base, DMDC 01

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Naval Postgraduate School Computer Center, Naval Postgraduate 
School, Monterey, CA 93943-5000.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    Deputy Director, Defense Manpower Data Center, DoD Center Monterey 
Bay, 400 Gigling Road, Seaside, CA 93955-6771.
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    16. To State public assistance agencies to conduct computer 
matching programs regulated by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 
U.S.C. 552a), for the Public Assistance Reporting Information System 
(PARIS) for the purpose of determining continued eligibility and help 
eliminate fraud and abuse in benefit programs by identifying 
individuals who are receiving Federal compensation or pension payments 
and also are receiving payments pursuant to Federal benefit programs 
being administered by the States.
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HISTORY:
    November 23, 2011, 76 FR 72391; February 27, 2019, 84 FR 6383.
[FR Doc. 2019-04372 Filed 3-8-19; 8:45 am]
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