Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program, 67412-67413 [2020-23376]

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• Social Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 205 (Thursday, October 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67412-67413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23376]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2020-0009]


Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of a New Matching Program.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as 
amended, this notice announces a new matching program with the United 
States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for 
Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE).
    Under this matching program, OCSE will provide SSA the quarterly 
wage (QW) information from the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) 
for the administration of Title II Disability Insurance (DI). The 
computer matching agreement governs the use, treatment, and 
safeguarding of the information exchanged.
    SSA will use the QW information to establish or verify eligibility, 
continuing entitlement, or payment amounts, or all of the above, of 
individuals under the DI program.

DATES: The deadline to submit comments on the proposed matching program 
is 30 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. The matching program will be applicable on December 23, 2020, 
or once a minimum of 30 days after publication of this notice has 
elapsed, whichever is later. The matching program will be in effect for 
a period of 18 months.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may comment on this notice by either 
telefaxing to (410) 966-0869, writing to Matthew Ramsey, Executive 
Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the General 
Counsel, Social Security Administration, G-401 WHR, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, or emailing 
[email protected]. All comments received will be available for 
public inspection by contacting Mr. Ramsey at this street address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested parties may submit general 
questions about the matching program to Andrea Huseth, Division 
Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the General 
Counsel, Social Security Administration, G-401 WHR, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, at telephone: (410) 966-

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5855, or send an email to [email protected].

Matthew Ramsey,
Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the 
General Counsel.

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:
    SSA and OCSE.

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING PROGRAM:
    The legal authority for disclosures under the computer matching 
agreement, hereinafter ``agreement,'' is section 453(j)(4) of the 
Social Security Act (Act), which provides that OCSE shall provide the 
Commissioner of Social Security with all information in the NDNH. 42 
U.S.C. 653(j)(4).
    Section 224(h)(1) of the Act provides that the head of any federal 
agency shall provide information within its possession as the 
Commissioner of Social Security may require for purposes of making a 
timely determination of the amount of the reduction, if any, required 
by section 224 in benefits payable under Title II of the Act. 42 U.S.C. 
424a(h).
    Disclosures under this agreement shall be made in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 552a(b)(3), which allows disclosure under a routine use that has 
been published in a system of records (SOR) notice as required by the 
Privacy Act, and also in compliance with the matching procedures in 5 
U.S.C. 552a(o), (p), and (r), which describe matching agreements, 
verification by agencies of information, and the opportunity for 
individuals to contest agency findings, and the obligations on agencies 
to report proposals to establish or change matching programs to 
Congress and the Office of Management and Budget.

PURPOSE(S):
    The agreement governs a matching program between OCSE and SSA. The 
agreement covers the QW batch match for Title II DI. The agreement also 
governs the use, treatment, and safeguarding of the information 
exchanged. OCSE is the ``source agency'' and SSA is the ``recipient 
agency,'' as defined by the Privacy Act. 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(9) and (11).
    SSA will use the QW information to establish or verify eligibility, 
continuing entitlement, or payment amounts, or all of the above, of 
individuals under the DI program.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS:
    The individuals whose information is involved in this matching 
program are beneficiaries under the Title II Disability Insurance (DI) 
program.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
    SSA will provide electronically to OCSE the following data elements 
in the finder file:
     Individual's Social Security number (SSN)
     Name (first, middle, and last name)
    OCSE will provide electronically to SSA the following data 
elelments from the NDNH in the QW file:
     QW record identifier
     For employees:
    (1) Name (first, middle, last)
    (2) SSN
    (3) Verification request code
    (4) Processed date
    (5) Non-verifiable indicator
    (6) Wage amount
    (7) Reporting period
     For employers of individuals in the QW file of the NDNH:
    (1) Name (first, middle, last)
    (2) Employer identification number
    (3) Address(es)
     Transmitter agency code
     Transmitter state code
     State or agency name

SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS:
    SSA's SORs are the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR), 60-0090 last 
fully published at 71 Federal Register (FR) 1826 (January 11, 2006), 
updated at 72 FR 69723 (December 10, 2007), at 78 FR 40542 (July 5, 
2013), at 83 FR 31250-51 (July 3, 2018), and at 83 FR 5499696 (November 
1, 2018) and the Completed Determination Record--Continuing Disability 
Determinations (CDR-CDD) file, 60-0050 last fully published at 71 FR 
1813 (January 11, 2006), updated at 72 FR 69723 (December 10, 2007), 
and at 83 FR 54969 (November 1, 2018).
    OCSE will match SSA information in the MBR and CDR-CDD against the 
QW information maintained in the NDNH. The NDNH contains new hire, QW, 
and unemployment information furnished by state and federal agencies 
and is maintained by OCSE in its SOR ``OCSE National Directory of New 
Hires,'' No. 09-80-0381, published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 
17906 (April 2, 2015). The disclosure of NDNH information by OCSE to 
SSA constitutes a ``routine use,'' as defined by the Privacy Act. 5 
U.S.C. 552a(b)(3). Routine use (9) of the system of records authorizes 
the disclosure of NDNH information to SSA for this purpose. 80 FR 
17906-07 (April 2, 2015).

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