Notice2026-00996
Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records
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Published
January 20, 2026
Effective
February 24, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Commerce is modifying 16 systems of records, listed below, to add a new routine use that allows information in each system to be disclosed to the Department of the Treasury for purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments through Treasury's Do Not Pay Working System. This modification makes no other changes to those systems. This notice describes the new routine use and identifies the affected systems.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2332-2333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00996]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOC-2025-0076]
Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of modified systems of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the
Department of Commerce is modifying 16 systems of records, listed
below, to add a new routine use that allows information in each system
to be disclosed to the Department of the Treasury for purposes of
identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments through
Treasury's Do Not Pay Working System. This modification makes no other
changes to those systems. This notice describes the new routine use and
identifies the affected systems.
DATES: Comments on this routine use must be received on or before
February 19, 2026. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11),
this routine use will go into effect without further notice on February
24, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified as pertaining to ``E.O.
14249, Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and
Abuse Commerce Routine Use,'' via the Federal Rulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. All submissions received must include the agency
name and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general
policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is
to make these submissions available for public viewing on the internet
at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> as they are received without change.
Therefore, do not include any personal identifiers, contact
information, or other non-public information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Brian Anderson, Privacy Act
Officer, Office of Privacy and Open Government, 1401 Constitution Ave.
NW, Room 61025, Washington, DC 20230, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e595978c9384869c848691a5818a86cb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96e6e4ffe0f7f5eff7f5e2d6f2f9f5b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a> or call: 202-
482-8294.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 25, 2025, the President signed
Executive Order (E.O.) 14249, Protecting America's Bank Account Against
Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, which requires Executive Branch agencies to
``review and modify, as applicable, their relevant system of records
notices under the Privacy Act of 1974 to include a `routine use' that
allows for the disclosure of records to the Department of the Treasury
for the purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping fraud and
improper payments, to the extent permissible by law.'' On August 20,
2025, OMB issued Memorandum M-25-32, Preventing Improper Payments and
Protecting Privacy Through Do Not Pay, which provides guidance to
agencies for implementing the new routine use requirement under E.O.
14249. The memorandum requires agencies to identify systems of records
that maintain information ``whose disclosure to Treasury would be
relevant and necessary for identifying, preventing, or recouping
improper payments by reviewing payment and award eligibility through
the Do Not Pay Working System'' and add a new routine use to each
identified system to allow such disclosure. See OMB M-25-32, Appendix
1. Accordingly, this notice hereby modifies 16 systems of records,
listed below, to add the new routine use prescribed by OMB to each of
those systems, as set forth below. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r),
the Department has provided a report of these modified systems of
records to Congress and to OMB.
The following systems of records are modified by this notice:
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System No.* and name Federal Register citation(s)
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The preface ``COMMERCE/'' followed by: ...............................
DEPT-1, Attendance, Leave, and 79 FR 36459, June 27, 2014; 79
Payroll Records of Employees and FR 47436, Aug. 13, 2014.
Certain Other Persons.
DEPT-2, Accounts Receivable........ 68 FR 35849, June 17, 2003; 72
FR 45009, Aug. 10, 2007.
DEPT-9, Travel Records (Domestic 46 FR 63498, Dec. 31, 1981; 50
and Foreign) of Employees and FR 9099, March 6, 1985; 72 FR
Certain Other Persons. 45009, Aug. 10, 2007.
DEPT-14, Litigation, Claims, and 46 FR 63498, Dec. 31, 1981; 65
Administrative Proceeding Records. FR 21168, May 22, 2000; 72 FR
45009, Aug. 10, 2007.
DEPT-15, Private Legislation 46 FR 63498, Dec. 31, 1981; 72
Claimants-Central Legislative FR 45009, Aug. 10, 2007.
Files.
DEPT-17, Records of Cash Receipts.. 46 FR 63498, Dec. 31, 1981; 50
FR 9099, March 6, 1985; 72 FR
45009, Aug. 10, 2007.
DEPT-18, Employees Personnel Files 68 FR 35852, June 17, 2003; 72
not Covered by Notices of Other FR 38361, July 6, 2006; 71 FR
Agencies. 71506, Dec. 11, 2006; 72 FR
6200, Feb. 9, 2007; 72 FR
45009, Aug. 10, 2007.
DEPT-22, Small Purchase Records.... 58 FR 37460, July 12, 1993; 72
FR 45009, Aug. 10, 2007.
DEPT-32, Helping American Victims 88 FR 24972, April 25, 2023.
Affected by Neurological Attacks
Act of 2021 (HAVANA Act) Records.
NIST-8, Child Care Subsidy Program 80 FR 40995, July 14, 2015; 80
Records. FR 51533, Aug. 25, 2015.
NOAA-3, NOAA Corps Officer Official 81 FR 27083, May 5, 2016.
Personnel Folders.
NOAA-5, Fisheries Law Enforcement 46 FR 63498, Dec. 31, 1981; 51
Case Files. FR 44822, Dec. 12, 1986; 72 FR
45009, Aug. 10, 2007.
NOAA-13, Personnel, Payroll, 46 FR 63498, Dec. 31, 1981; 72
Travel, and Attendance Records of FR 45009, Aug. 10, 2007.
the Regional Fishery Management
Councils.
NOAA-14, Dr. Nancy Foster 80 FR 55829, Sep. 17, 2015; 80
Scholarship Program; Office of FR 65983, Oct. 28, 2015.
Education, Education Partnership
Program (EPP), Ernest F. Hollings
Undergraduate Scholarship Program
and National Marine Fisheries
Service Recruitment, Training, and
Research Program.
NOAA-21, Financial Services 81 FR 44593, July 8, 2016.
Division.
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USPTO-10, Fee Management Products.. 89 FR 32400, April 26, 2024.
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* Note: The Department uses the following format for system numbers:
COMMERCE/[``DEPT'' or component acronym]-[#]. The abbreviation
``DEPT'' is for Department-wide systems. For the component-level
systems listed above, the acronyms are: ``NIST'' for National
Institute of Standards and Technology; ``NOAA'' for National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration; and ``USPTO'' for U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. Further information about these systems is available
at: <a href="https://www.commerce.gov/opog/privacy/SORN">https://www.commerce.gov/opog/privacy/SORN</a>.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Please refer to the Federal Register citations in the table above.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Please refer to the Federal Register citations in the table above.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Please refer to the Federal Register citations in the table above.
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
Each system of records listed in the table above is modified to add
the new routine use set forth below. All other routine uses in each of
those systems are unchanged and remain in effect. The new routine use
is as follows:
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To the U.S. Department of the Treasury when disclosure of the
information is relevant to review payment and award eligibility through
the Do Not Pay Working System for the purposes of identifying,
preventing, or recouping improper payments to an applicant for, or
recipient of, Federal funds, including funds disbursed by a state
(meaning a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, a
territory or possession of the United States, or a federally recognized
Indian tribe) in a state-administered, federally funded program.
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HISTORY:
Please refer to the Federal Register citations in the table above.
Nicholas J. Cormier,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer and Director of Open Government, Office of
Privacy and Open Government, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2026-00996 Filed 1-16-26; 8:45 am]
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