[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58020-58021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23786]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Matching Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice of Computer Matching Program.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) intends to conduct a recurring computer matching program matching
Department of Justice, Bureau of Prison (BOP), inmate records with VA
pension, compensation, and dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC)
records. The goal of this match is to identify incarcerated veterans
and beneficiaries who are receiving VA benefits, and to reduce or
terminate benefits, if appropriate. The match will include records of
current VA beneficiaries.
DATES: Comments on the matching agreement must be received no later
than October 25, 2010. If no public comment is received, the amended
system will become effective October 25, 2010.
The match will start no sooner than 30 days after publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, or 40 days after copies of this
notice and the agreement of the parties is submitted to Congress and
the Office of Management and Budget, whichever is later, and end not
more than 18 months after the agreement is properly implemented by the
parties. The involved agencies' data integrity boards (DIBs) may extend
this match for 12 months provided the agencies certify to their DIBs,
within three months of the ending date of the original match, that the
matching program will be conducted without change and that the matching
program has been conducted in compliance with the original matching
program.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through http://www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to the Director,
Regulations Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Ave., 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 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 http://www.Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Burd (212B), 202-461-9149.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA will use this information to verify
incarceration and adjust VA benefit payments as prescribed by law. The
proposed matching program will enable VA to accurately identify
beneficiaries who are incarcerated for a felony or a misdemeanor in a
Federal penal facility.
The legal authority to conduct this match is 38 U.S.C. 1505, 5106,
and 5313. Section 5106 requires any Federal department or agency to
provide VA such information as VA requests for the purposes of
determining eligibility for, or the amount of VA benefits, or verifying
other information with respect thereto. Section 1505 provides that no
VA pension benefits shall be paid to or for any person eligible for
such benefits, during the period of that person's incarceration as the
result of conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, beginning on the
sixty-first day of incarceration. Section 5313 provides that VA
compensation or dependency and
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indemnity compensation above a specified amount shall not be paid to
any person eligible for such benefits, during the period of that
person's incarceration as the result of conviction of a felony,
beginning on the sixty-first day of incarceration.
The VA records involved in the match are the VA system of records,
Compensation, Pension, Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment Records--VA (58 VA 21/22/28), published at 74 FR 29275, June
19, 2009. The BOP records consist of information from the system of
records identified as Inmate Central Records System, BOP 005
published on June 7, 1984 (48 FR 23711), and last amended at 67 FR
31371 (May 9, 2002).
In accordance with Title 5 U.S.C., subsection 552a(o)(2) and (r),
copies of the agreement are being sent to both Houses of Congress and
to the Office of Management and Budget. This notice is provided in
accordance with the provisions of Privacy Act of 1974 as amended by
Public Law 100-503.
Approved: August 30, 2010.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-23786 Filed 9-22-10; 8:45 am]
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