Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

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May 18, 2026

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September 10, 2029

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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on computer matching, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is providing notice of the establishment of a new matching program. Pursuant to the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, Treasury, including its component bureaus and program offices, is establishing a new matching program consisting of the computerized comparison of systems of records for benefits programs at Treasury with the Do Not Pay (DNP) Working System, which is administered by Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. This matching program will enable the Treasury programs listed in the appendix of this notice to compare records maintained in their respective systems of records with records maintained in the DNP Working System for the purposes of identifying and preventing improper payments and conducting any related recovery activities by verifying through DNP prepayment or pre-award eligibility.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28759-28763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09918]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on computer matching,
the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is providing notice of the
establishment of a new matching program. Pursuant to the Payment
Integrity Information Act of 2019, Treasury, including its component
bureaus and program offices, is establishing a new matching program
consisting of the computerized comparison of systems of records for
benefits programs at Treasury with the Do Not Pay (DNP) Working System,
which is administered by Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. This
matching program will enable the Treasury programs listed in the
appendix of this notice to compare records maintained in their
respective systems of records with records maintained in the DNP
Working System for the purposes of identifying and preventing improper
payments and conducting any related recovery activities by verifying
through DNP prepayment or pre-award eligibility.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 17, 2026. These new matching
programs will be effective 30 days after publication of this notice
through September 10, 2029.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this notice may be submitted
electronically through the Federal government eRulemaking portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>; docket number TREAS-DO-2026-0364.
Electronic submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to
prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely receipt, and enables
Treasury to make the comments available to the public. Please note that
comments submitted through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> will be made
available for viewing by the public.
Comments on this proposed matching program may also be addressed to
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Attention: Ryan Law, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Privacy, Transparency, and Records, 1500 Suite #8100,
JBAB, 250 Murray Lane SW, Bldg. 410/Door 123, Washington, DC 20222, or
by email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abfbd9c2ddcac8d2ebdfd9cecad8ded9d285ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2272504b5443415b62565047435157505b0c454d54">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Law, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Privacy, Transparency, and Records, U.S. Department of the
Treasury, 1500 Suite #8100, JBAB, 250 Murray Lane SW, Bldg. 410/Door
123, Washington, DC 20222, or by email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fbab89928d9a9882bb8f899e9a888e8982d59c948d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4717352e3126243e07333522263432353e69202831">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection
Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100- 503) amended the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a) by establishing procedural safeguards related to agencies'
use of records when performing certain types of computerized matching.
Section 7201 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L.
101- 508) further amended the Privacy Act regarding protections for
individuals when agencies perform these functions. Additionally, the
Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (31 U.S.C. 3351 et seq.)
provides the head of the agency operating the DNP Working System with
the authority, in consultation with OMB, to waive the requirements in 5
U.S.C. 552a(o) in any case or class of cases for matching activities
conducted under the DNP Initiative (31 U.S.C. 3354). Pursuant to this
authority, the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting with the OMB
Director, authorized the issuance of a four-year waiver of the
requirement for entering into a matching agreement under 5 U.S.C.
552a(o) for the class of matching programs that meet all of the
criteria defined in OMB Memorandum M-25-32, Preventing Improper
Payments and Protecting Privacy through Do Not Pay.
Treasury has determined that the DNP matching program described in
this notice is eligible for the waiver described in OMB Memorandum M-
25-32, which is effective from September 10, 2025 through September 10,
2029. For purposes of this notice, matching activities conducted
between the Federal benefit programs listed in the appendix to this
document and the DNP Working System constitute a single agency-wide
matching program implementing DNP for Treasury's listed programs.\1\
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\1\ The statutory definition of the term ``matching program''
means ``any computerized comparison of--(i) two or more automated
systems of records or a system of records with non-Federal records''
for certain enumerated purposes. 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(8) (emphasis
added). There is a separate statutory definition for ``Federal
benefit program.'' See OMB Memorandum M-25-32 at Appendix II, page
2, sec. a.3.iii.1 (recognizing that a single agency matching program
may consist of multiple systems of records). Thus, this notice
applies to the DNP matching program for multiple Federal benefits
programs and associated systems of records within Treasury.
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Participating Agencies: The Treasury programs listed in the
appendix of this notice will match against the DNP Working System,
which is maintained by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: The Payment
Integrity Information Act of 2019 (31 U.S.C. 3351 et seq.) establishes
the DNP Initiative and requires, for the purposes of identifying and
preventing improper payments, each executive agency to have access to,
and use of, the relevant databases in DNP to verify payment or award
eligibility. Additional applicable authorities for this matching
program include Executive Order 13520, Reducing Improper Payments (74
FR 62201); Executive Order 14249, Protecting America's Bank Account
Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (90 FR 14011); and OMB Memorandum M-25-
32, Preventing Improper Payments and Protecting Privacy Through Do Not
Pay. Additional information regarding the statutory authorities for the
collection and maintenance of information for each of the Treasury
programs that will conduct matches with the DNP Working System are
contained within the systems of records notices listed in the appendix
below.
Purpose(s): The purposes of the matching program are identifying
and preventing improper payments and conducting any related recovery
activities by verifying through Do Not Pay prepayment or pre-award
eligibility. Data elements that are necessary for eligibility
determinations for a relevant Treasury program that are contained in
records from Treasury systems of records will be compared with records
in the DNP Working System. When there is a match between a record
provided by the Treasury program and a record in the DNP Working
System, the DNP Working System will provide to the submitting Treasury
program notice of a potentially matching record and will identify the
database(s) that contain the potentially matching record(s). The
Treasury program will then review the information to determine whether
additional action is needed. If no matches are identified, the DNP
Working System will provide a no match response to the submitting
Treasury program.
Categories of Individuals: Applicants for, or recipients of,
Federal funds from those Treasury programs listed in the appendix
below.
Categories of Records: Data elements that will be matched include:
applicant's name (which may include individual name and/or business/
trading names, if applicable); Social Security Number (SSN); State and
federal Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN); Individual Taxpayer
Identification Number (ITIN); Taxpayer Identification Number for
pending U.S. adoptions (ATIN); Preparer Taxpayer Identification Number
(PTIN); Unique Entity Identifier (UEI); National Provider Identifier
(NPI); home and work address(es); date of birth; sex;

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home, work, and mobile telephone numbers; email address(es); bank
account information, including account number and financial institution
routing and transit number; and tracking numbers used to locate payment
information.
System(s) of Records: The records contained within the DNP Working
System are maintained in the system of records known as Department of
the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service .017--Do Not Pay Payment
Verification Records (85 FR 11776). This system of records includes
those databases designated to be included in the DNP Working System by
the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 as well as other
databases designated for inclusion by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, or the designee of the Director, in consultation
with executive agencies. The other Treasury records involved in the
matching program are maintained in Treasury systems of records listed
in the appendix below.
Appendix: Below is a list of the Treasury programs that will match
records with the DNP Working System, and the applicable system of
records notice(s) for each Treasury program. For purposes of this
notice, matching activities conducted between the Federal benefit
programs listed in the following appendix and the DNP Working System
constitute a single agency-wide matching program implementing DNP for
the agency.

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System of records
Bureau/office Agency program name notice(s)
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Bureau of Engraving and BEP Fund............ BEP .045--Mail Order
Printing (BEP). Sales Customer
File.
Bureau of Fiscal Service American Indian & Department of the
(BFS). Alaskan Native. Treasury .009--
Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... District of Columbia Department of the
Water and Sewer Treasury .009--
Authority. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... Debt Collection BFS .012--Debt
Special Fund. Collection
Operations System.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... Emergency Planning Department of the
and Security. Treasury .009--
Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... Payment to the Legal Department of the
Services Treasury .009--
Corporation. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... Payment to the Department of the
Resolution Funding Treasury .009--
Corporation. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... Resident Tuition Department of the
Support Program. Treasury .009--
Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... Travel Promotion Department of the
Fund. Treasury .009--
Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... Criminal Justice Department of the
Coordination. Treasury .009--
Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... Federal Payments for Department of the
HIV/AIDS Treatment. Treasury .009--
Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS......................... Federal Payments for Department of the
Judicial Treasury .009--
Commissions. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS......................... Federal Payments for Department of the
the District of Treasury .009--
Columbia National Treasury Financial
Guard. Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
BFS......................... Presidential Department of the
Election Campaign Treasury .009--
Fund. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
BFS .002--Payment
Records.
Departmental Offices (DO)... Coronavirus Capital Treasury .009--
Projects Fund. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
DO .197--Financial
Assistance
Programs.
DO.......................... Coronavirus Relief Treasury .009--
Fund. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
DO .197--Financial
Assistance
Programs.
DO.......................... Local Assistance and Treasury .009--
Tribal Consistency Treasury Financial
Fund. Management Systems.
DO .197--Financial
Assistance
Programs.
DO.......................... State Small Business Treasury .009--
Credit Initiative-- Treasury Financial
Technical Management Systems.
Assistance Grant DO .197--Financial
Program. Assistance
Programs.
DO.......................... Department-wide Treasury .009--
Systems and Capital Treasury Financial
Investment Programs. Management Systems.
DO.......................... State Small Business Treasury .009--
Credit Initiative-- Treasury Financial
Competitive Management Systems.
Technical
Assistance.
DO.......................... Cybersecurity Treasury .009--
Enhancement Account. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.

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DO.......................... Emergency Capital Treasury .009--
Investment Program. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
DO.......................... Emergency Rental Treasury .009--
Assistance Program. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
DO .197--Financial
Assistance
Programs.
DO.......................... Federal Research Treasury .009--
Fund. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
DO.......................... Homeowner Assistance Treasury .009--
Fund. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
DO .197--Financial
Assistance
Programs.
DO.......................... Office of Terrorism Department of the
and Financial Treasury .009--
Intelligence. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
DO .120--Records
Related to Office
of Foreign Assets
Control Economic
Sanctions.
DO.......................... State Small Business Treasury .009--
Credit Initiative-- Treasury Financial
Non-Federal Management Systems.
Financial DO .197--Financial
Assistance Payments. Assistance
Programs.
DO.......................... Transportation Treasury .009--
Services Economic Treasury Financial
Relief Program. Management Systems.
DO.......................... Coronavirus State Treasury .009--
and Local Fiscal Treasury Financial
Recovery Funds. Management Systems.
DO.......................... Small Business Treasury .009--
Lending Fund Treasury Financial
Program. Management Systems.
DO .197--Financial
Assistance
Programs.
DO.......................... Terrorism Insurance DO .120--Records
Program. Related to Office
of Foreign Assets
Control Economic
Sanctions.
DO.......................... District of Columbia DO .214--D.C.
Federal Pension Pensions Retirement
Fund. Records.
DO.......................... District of Columbia DO .214--D.C.
Judicial Retirement Pensions Retirement
and Survivors Records.
Annuity Fund.
DO.......................... Treasury Franchise Treasury .009--
Fund. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
Internal Revenue Service Federal Tax Lien IRS 26.009--Lien
(IRS). Revolving Fund. Files.
IRS 34.021--
Personnel Security
Investigations.
IRS 34.037--Audit
Trail and Security
Records.
IRS 42.017--
International
Enforcement Program
Information Files.
IRS 42.021
Compliance Programs
and Projects Files.
IRS......................... Business Systems IRS 24.046--Customer
Modernization. Account Data Engine
Business Master
File.
IRS 34.021--
Personnel Security
Investigations.
IRS 34.037--Audit
Trail and Security
Records.
IRS 36.003--General
Personnel and
Payroll Files.
IRS 42.021--
Compliance Programs
and Project Files.
IRS 90.006--Chief
Counsel Human
Resources and
Administrative
Records.
IRS......................... Energy Security..... IRS 34.021--
Personnel Security
Investigations.
IRS 34.037--Audit
Trail and Security
Records.
IRS 36.003--General
Personnel and
Payroll Files.
IRS 90.006--Chief
Counsel Human
Resources and
Administrative
Records.
IRS......................... Operations Support.. IRS 24.030--Customer
Account Data Engine
Individual Master
File.
IRS 24.046--Customer
Account Data Engine
Business Master
File.
IRS 34.021--
Personnel Security
Investigations.
IRS 34.037--Audit
Trail and Security
Records.
IRS 36.003--General
Personnel and
Payroll Files.
IRS 42.017--
International
Enforcement Program
Information Files.
IRS 42.021
Compliance Programs
and Projects Files.
IRS 44.003--Appeals
Centralized Data.
IRS 90.006--Chief
Counsel Human
Resources and
Administrative
Records.
IRS......................... Special Compliance IRS 24.046--Customer
Personnel Program Account Data Engine
Account. Business Master
File.
IRS 34.021--
Personnel Security
Investigations.
IRS 34.037--Audit
Trail and Security
Records.
IRS 36.003--General
Personnel and
Payroll Files.
IRS 42.021--
Compliance Programs
and Project Files.
IRS 90.006--Chief
Counsel Human
Resources and
Administrative
Records

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IRS......................... Tax Law Enforcement. IRS 24.030--Customer
Account Data Engine
Individual Master
File.
IRS 24.046--Customer
Account Data Engine
Business Master
File.
IRS 34.021--
Personnel Security
Investigations.
IRS 34.037--Audit
Trail and Security
Records.
IRS 36.003 -General
Personnel and
Payroll Files.
IRS 42.017--
International
Enforcement Program
Information Files.
IRS 42.021
Compliance Programs
and Projects Files.
IRS 44.003--Appeals
Centralized Data.
IRS 90.006--Chief
Counsel Human
Resources and
Administrative
Records.
IRS......................... Taxpayer Services-- IRS 24.030--Customer
Non-Federal Account Data Engine
Financial Individual Master
Assistance Payments. File.
IRS 24.046--Customer
Account Data Engine
Business Master
File.
IRS 34.021--
Personnel Security
Investigations.
IRS 34.037--Audit
Trail and Security
Records.
IRS 36.003--General
Personnel and
Payroll Files.
IRS 42.017--
International
Enforcement Program
Information Files.
IRS 42.021
Compliance Programs
and Projects Files.
IRS 44.003--Appeals
Centralized Data.
IRS 90.006--Chief
Counsel Human
Resources and
Administrative
Records.
Office of the Comptroller of Assessment Funds.... Treasury .009--
the Currency. Treasury Financial
Management Systems.
United States Mint.......... United States Mint Treasury .009--
Public Enterprise Treasury Financial
Fund. Management Systems.
United States Mint
.001--Cash
Receivable
Accounting
Information System.
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Ryan Law,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, Transparency, and Records.
[FR Doc. 2026-09918 Filed 5-15-26; 8:45 am]
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