Notice2025-05555
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
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Published
April 1, 2025
Effective
May 1, 2025
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Act of 1988 and the Computer Matching and Privacy Protections Amendment of 1990 (Privacy Act), and following the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on the conduct of matching programs, notice is hereby given of the establishment of a matching program between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Do Not Pay (DNP) Treasury Working System. This program aims to enhance the detection and prevention of fraud, waste, abuse and improper and unsupported payments in Federal benefit programs administered by HUD.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 61 (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14376-14377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05555]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7106-N-01]
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Office of Housing, Multifamily Housing (MFH), and Office of
Public and Indian Housing (PIH), Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the
Computer Matching and Privacy Act of 1988 and the Computer Matching and
Privacy Protections Amendment of 1990 (Privacy Act), and following the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on the conduct of
matching programs, notice is hereby given of the establishment of a
matching program between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the
Fiscal Service, Do Not Pay (DNP) Treasury Working System. This program
aims to enhance the detection and prevention of fraud, waste, abuse and
improper and unsupported payments in Federal benefit programs
administered by HUD.
DATES: Comments on this matching notice must be received no later than
30 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register. If no
public comments are received during the period allowed for comment, the
new agreement will be effective May 1, 2025, which is a minimum of 30
days after the publication date.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice:
<bullet> Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions provided on the site to submit comments
electronically.
<bullet> Fax: 202-619-8365.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ed9d9f849b8c8e94ad859889c38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7b7b5aeb1a6a4be87afb2a3e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a>.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received will be
posted without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley S. Jewitt, Senior Agency
Official for Privacy, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street SW, Room 6204, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number
(202) 402-4025. [This is not a toll-free number.] HUD welcomes and is
prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone
call, please visit <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the public desiring specific
information concerning an ongoing
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matching activity may request a copy of the applicable computer
matching agreement at the address provided above.
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: The Department of Housing and Urban
Development's (HUD) Office of Housing, Multifamily Housing (MFH), and
Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH); and the Department of the
Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service.
AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING PROGRAM: The statutory
authorities for the matching program include the Payment Integrity
Information Act of 2019 (31 U.S.C. 3351 et seq.), OMB Memorandums M-21-
19, M-18-20, the Presidential Memorandum on Enhancing Payment Accuracy
through a ``Do Not Pay List'' (June 18, 2010), and Executive Order
13520 ``Reducing Improper Payments and Eliminating Waste in Federal
Programs'' (November 20, 2009).
PURPOSE(S): The purpose of this Computer Matching Agreement (CMA)
is to establish the conditions, safeguards, and procedures under which
HUD will conduct a matching program with the Department of the
Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), Do Not Pay
Business Center (DNP), to provide identifying information through
Treasury's Working System. The information will be used by HUD to
detect suspected instances of programmatic fraud, waste, and abuse
(FW&A). The CMA provides prompt access to up-to-date information and
avoids the need for manual file comparison.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS: Individuals applying for or receiving
benefits under HUD-administered programs.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS: Data elements will be sent by HUD to Fiscal
Service for matching against Treasury's Working System including Tax
Identification Number (TIN), entity Name, Person First Name, Person
Middle Name, Person Last Name.
SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS: The records involved in the matching program
are maintained in systems including Bureau of the Fiscal Service .017,
HUD/PIH-01, HUD/HOU-11, HUD/CFO-03, and HUD/PIH-5.
Ladonne White,
Acting Senior Agency Official for Privacy, Department of Housing &
Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 2025-05555 Filed 3-31-25; 8:45 am]
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