Notice2021-18551
Privacy Act of 1974 Matching Program
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August 30, 2021
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Small Business Administration
Abstract
Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) and Small Business Administration (SBA) may not provide duplicative disaster assistance to individuals, businesses, including Private-Not-for Profits (PNPs), or other entities for the same disaster or emergency losses. To accomplish this, DHS/FEMA and SBA will participate in a Computer Matching program to share data and financial/benefits award decisions of individuals, businesses, and/or other entities to verify eligibility for benefits, prevent duplicative aid from being provided in response to the same disaster or emergency and recover aid when duplication of benefits is identified.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 165 (Monday, August 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48461-48462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18551]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Privacy Act of 1974 Matching Program
AGENCY: Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management
Agency (DHS/FEMA) and Small Business Administration (SBA) may not
provide duplicative disaster assistance to individuals, businesses,
including Private-Not-for Profits (PNPs), or other entities for the
same disaster or emergency losses. To accomplish this, DHS/FEMA and SBA
will participate in a Computer Matching program to share data and
financial/benefits award decisions of individuals, businesses, and/or
other entities to verify eligibility for benefits, prevent duplicative
aid from being provided in response to the same disaster or emergency
and recover aid when duplication of benefits is identified.
DATES: [Submit comments on or before September 29, 2021. This new
matching agreement will be effective upon publication and expires 18
months from the date of publication.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries and comments on this proposed matching program can
be addressed to
Alejandro Contreras, Director, Preparedness, Communication and
Coordination,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d293beb7b8b3bcb6a0bdfc91bdbca6b7a0b3a192a1b0b3fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4f5d8d1ded5dad0c6db9af7dbdac0d1c6d5c7f4c7d6d59ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a> and Matthew Redding, Deputy Director,
Individual Assistance Division, Recovery Directorate,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a476b7e7e626f7d24586f6e6e63646d4a6c6f676b246e6279246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0944687d7d616c7e275b6c6d6d60676e496f6c6468276d617a276e667f">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, please
contact:
Tammi Hines (202-212-5100), Senior Director for Information
Management, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security; and David Trzcinski, (202-205-6372), Acting Chief Information
Security Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Small
Business Administration.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agreement between SBA and DHS/FEMA is
expected to aid in the reduction of Duplications of Benefits (DOB)
payments to survivors of major disaster declarations. This will be
accomplished by matching specific FEMA disaster applicant data with SBA
disaster loan application and decision data for a declared disaster, as
set forth in the Agreement. Since FY 2015 the use of the Agreement has
identified 521,873 instances where the same disaster survivor submitted
applications to, both agencies, a yearly average of 86,978. Prior to
the use of this computer match, SBA loan officers used stand-alone
Personal Computers to access FEMA's computer system, National Emergency
Management Information System-Individual Assistance (NEMIS-IA) and
matched records manually. SBA and DHS/FEMA are dual source and
recipient agencies in this matching program.
Participating Agencies U.S.
Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency
and U.S. Small Business Administration.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(Pub. L. 93-288), as amended at 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. The Debt
Collection Improvement Act of 1996, 31 U.S.C. 3325(d) and 7701(c)(1).
Purpose(s)
DHS/FEMA and SBA may not provide duplicative disaster assistance to
individuals, businesses, including Private-Not-for Profits (PNPs), or
other entities for the same disaster or emergency losses. To accomplish
this, DHS/FEMA and SBA will participate in a Computer Matching program
to share data and financial/benefits award decisions of individuals,
businesses, and/or other entities to verify eligibility for benefits,
prevent duplicative aid from being provided in response to the same
disaster or emergency and recover aid when duplication of benefits is
identified.
Categories of Individuals
Disaster survivor applicants: individuals, homeowners, renters,
businesses, including sole proprietors, Venue operators, and other
entities to include Private-Not-for-Profits. All individuals who apply
for or express interest in applying for FEMA disaster assistance
following a Presidentially declared major disaster or emergency with
specific criteria.
Categories of Records
Information relating to pre-application registrants, disaster home
and business loan applicants, loan advance and grant applicants and
recipients of loan advances and grants, disaster home and business
loans. Included are Loan, loan advance, and grant applications,
supporting documents, personal history, financial statements, credit
information, investigative reports, appraisers' reports, waivers, loan
record transfers, correspondence, recommendations, authorizations,
disbursement amount, term and rate, payment history, collateral, UCC
filings and re-filings, collection and liquidation activities,
financial statements, settlements and compromises, bank information,
field visit reports, borrower's insurance information and loan
accounting information.
Specific data elements to match are: Name, tax identification
number/social security number, product (home/business), damaged
dwelling address,
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application data, loss to personal property data, loss mitigation data,
SBA loan data, and SBA event date, FEMA Registration ID number, FEMA
Disaster ID number, and date of birth, telephone number, damaged
property data, insurance policy information, contact address if
different from damaged dwelling address, flood zone, flood insurance
data, and grant amounts.
System(s) of Records
SBA-20 Disaster Loan Case File, 74 FR 14911 (April 1, 2009) system
of records, as amended. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-008, 78 FR 83 (April 30, 2013)
system of records as amended.
James Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-18551 Filed 8-27-21; 8:45 am]
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