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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.

Indexed from Federal Register on January 20, 2026.

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