Notice2021-18080
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
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Published
August 23, 2021
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Education Department
Abstract
This provides notice of the establishment of the matching program between the U.S. Department of Education (Department) and the Social Security Administration (SSA), which sets forth the terms, safeguards, and procedures under which the SSA will disclose to the Department data related to the Medical Improvement Not Expected (MINE) disability data of beneficiaries and recipients under title II and title XVI of the Social Security Act from the SSA system of records entitled the Disability Control File (DCF) and the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR). This matching program will enable the Department to contact the individuals who have a balance on a loan under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), have a loan under title IV of the HEA written off due to default, or have an outstanding service or repayment obligation under the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program to inform title IV borrowers and TEACH Grant recipients whom SSA identifies as disabled that ED will discharge the borrowers' title IV loans or TEACH Grant service or repayment obligations no earlier than 61 days from the date that ED sends the notification to the borrower, unless the borrower chooses to have their loans or service obligations discharged earlier or chooses to opt out of the Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) discharge within 60 days from the date that ED sends the notification to the borrower.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 160 (Monday, August 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47092-47093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18080]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED-2021-FSA-0081]
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: This provides notice of the establishment of the matching
program between the U.S. Department of Education (Department) and the
Social Security Administration (SSA), which sets forth the terms,
safeguards, and procedures under which the SSA will disclose to the
Department data related to the Medical Improvement Not Expected (MINE)
disability data of beneficiaries and recipients under title II and
title XVI of the Social Security Act from the SSA system of records
entitled the Disability Control File (DCF) and the Master Beneficiary
Record (MBR). This matching program will enable the Department to
contact the individuals who have a balance on a loan under title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), have a loan under
title IV of the HEA written off due to default, or have an outstanding
service or repayment obligation under the Teacher Education Assistance
for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program to inform title
IV borrowers and TEACH Grant recipients whom SSA identifies as disabled
that ED will discharge the borrowers' title IV loans or TEACH Grant
service or repayment obligations no earlier than 61 days from the date
that ED sends the notification to the borrower, unless the borrower
chooses to have their loans or service obligations discharged earlier
or chooses to opt out of the Total and Permanent Disability (TPD)
discharge within 60 days from the date that ED sends the notification
to the borrower.
DATES: Submit your comments on the proposed re-establishment of the
matching program on or before September 22, 2021.
The matching program will go into effect on the later of the
following two dates: Thirty (30) days after the publication of this
notice, on August 23, 2021, unless comments have been received from
interested members of the public requiring modification and
republication of the notice in which case 30 days from the date on
which ED publishes a revised matching program notice in the Federal
Register, or on September 30, 2021. The matching program will continue
for 18 months after the effective date and may be renewed for up to an
additional 12 months if, within 3 months prior to the expiration of the
18 months, the respective Data Integrity Boards of the Department and
SSA determine that the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D)
have been met.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not
accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after
the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies,
please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the
Docket ID at the top of your comments.
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> to
submit your comments electronically. Information on using
<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>, including instructions for accessing agency
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documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on
the site under the ``help'' tab.
<bullet> Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you
mail or deliver your comments about the matching program, address them
to the Brenda Vigna, Division Chief, Federal Student Aid, U.S.
Department of Education, 830 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20202-
5320.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments
received from members of the public available for public viewing in
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly
available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Bennett, Group Director Program
Technical & Business Support Group, Federal Student Aid, U.S.
Department of Education, 830 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20202-
5320. Telephone: (202) 377-3181.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll
free, at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We provide this notice in accordance with
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act) (5 U.S.C. 552a); Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Final Guidance Interpreting the
Provisions of Public Law 100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act of 1988, 54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989); and OMB Circular
No. A-108.
Participating Agencies: The U.S. Department of Education and the
Social Security Administration.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: The Department's
legal authority to enter into the matching program and to disclose
information thereunder is sections 420N(c), 437(a)(1), 455(a)(1), and
464(c)(1)(F)(ii & iii) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1070g-2(c), 1087(a)(1),
1087e(a)(1), and 1087dd((c)(1)(F)(ii & iii)), the regulations
promulgated pursuant to those sections (34 CFR 674.61(b), 682.402(c),
685.213, and 686.42(b)), and subsection (b)(3) of the Privacy Act (5
U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)).
SSA's legal authority to disclose information as part of this
matching program is section 1106 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1306), the regulations promulgated pursuant to that section (20 CFR
part 401), and subsection (b)(3) of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.
552a(b)(3)).
Purpose(s): This matching program will enable the Department to
send notices to certain borrowers of loans under title IV of the HEA
and TEACH Grant recipients whom SSA identifies as disabled informing
them that the Department will discharge the borrowers' title IV loans
or TEACH Grant service or repayment obligations no earlier than 61 days
from the date that the Department sends the notification to the
borrower, unless the borrower chooses to have their loans or service
obligations discharged earlier or chooses to opt out of the TPD
discharge within 60 days from the date that the Department sends the
notification to the borrower.
Categories of Individuals: The individuals whose records are used
in the matching program are described as follows:
The Department will disclose to SSA from the system of records
entitled ``National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)'' (18-11-06)
individuals who owe a balance on one or more title IV, HEA loans, who
have a title IV, HEA loan written off due to default, or who have an
outstanding service or repayment obligation under the TEACH Grant
Program.
Categories of Records: The records used in the matching program are
described as follows:
The Department will disclose to SSA from the system of records
entitled ``National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)'' (18-11-06) the
name, date of birth (DOB), and Social Security number (SSN) of the
individuals identified in the preceding section. These individuals will
be matched with SSA data recorded in the DCF, which originate from the
Supplemental Security Income Record and Special Veterans Benefits (SSR/
SVB), 60-0103, and the MBR, SSA/ORSIS 60-0090, in order to provide the
Department with Medical Improvement Not Expected disability data.
System(s) of Records: The Department will disclose records to SSA
from its system of records identified as ``National Student Loan Data
System (NSLDS)'' (18-11-06), as last published in the Federal Register
in full on September 9, 2019 (84 FR 47265).
SSA will disclose records back to the Department from its systems
of records identified as the ``Disability Control File (DCF)'' and the
``Master Beneficiary Record (MBR).'' The DCF, which originates from the
SSR/SVB, 60-0103, was last fully published in the Federal Register at
71 FR 1830 on January 11, 2006, and updated on December 10, 2007 (72 FR
69723), July 3, 2018 (83 FR 31250-31251), and November 1, 2018 (83 FR
54969). The MBR, 60-0090, was last fully published in the Federal
Register at 71 FR 1826 on January 11, 2006, and updated on December 10,
2007 (72 FR 69723), July 5, 2013 (78 FR 40542), July 3, 2018 (83 FR
31250-31251), and November 1, 2018 (83 FR 54969).
Subsection (b)(3) of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3))
authorizes a Federal agency to disclose a record about an individual
that is maintained in a system of records, without the individual's
prior written consent, when the disclosure is pursuant to a routine use
published in a System of Records Notice (SORN) as required by 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(4)(D) and is compatible with the purposes for which the records
were collected. SSA and ED determined that their SORNs contain
appropriate routine use disclosure authority and that the use is
compatible with the purpose for which the information was collected.
Accessible Format: On request to Lisa Tessitore, Program Operations
Specialist, Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education, 830
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20202-5320. Telephone: (202) 377-3249,
individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible
format. The Department will provide the requestor with an accessible
format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), a
thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print, audiotape, or compact
disc, or other accessible format.
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Richard Cordray,
Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid.
[FR Doc. 2021-18080 Filed 8-20-21; 8:45 am]
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