Notice2026-17838
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
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Published
September 1, 2026
Effective
September 10, 2029
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Labor Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on computer matching, the Department of Labor (DOL) is providing notice of the establishment of a new matching program. Pursuant to the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA), DOL is establishing a new matching program consisting of the computerized comparison of systems of records for benefits programs at DOL with the Do Not Pay (DNP) Working System, which is administered by the Department of Treasury's (Treasury) Bureau of the Fiscal Service. This matching program will enable the DOL 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 168 (Tuesday, September 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56223-56224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17838]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Department of Labor.
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 Labor (DOL) is providing notice of the establishment
of a new matching program. Pursuant to the Payment Integrity
Information Act of 2019 (PIIA), DOL is establishing a new matching
program consisting of the computerized comparison of systems of records
for benefits programs at DOL with the Do Not Pay (DNP) Working System,
which is administered by the Department of Treasury's (Treasury) Bureau
of the Fiscal Service. This matching program will enable the DOL
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: Comments must be received no later than October 1, 2026. The new
matching program will be effective 30 days after publication of this
notice through September 10, 2029.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may
submit comments by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>
or <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov">https://www.federalregister.gov</a>. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments.
All comments will be made public and will be posted without change
to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information
provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara S. Blumenthal, DOL Privacy
Program, by telephone at 202-693-3181, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7303011a0512100a33171c1f5d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cebebca7b8afadb78eaaa1a2e0a9a1b8">[email 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.
DOL, in consultation with 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
DOL's listed programs.\1\
Participating Agencies
The DOL 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
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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 DOL 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 DOL program that are contained in records from DOL systems of
records will be compared with records in the DNP Working System. When
there is a match between a record provided by the DOL program and a
record in the DNP Working System, the DNP Working System will provide
to the submitting DOL program notice of a potentially matching record
and will identify the database(s) that contain the potentially matching
record(s). The DOL 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 DOL program.
Categories of Individuals
Applicants for, or recipients of, Federal funds from those DOL
programs listed in the appendix below.
Categories of Records
Data elements that will be matched include: entity name (which may
include individual name and/or business/trading names, if applicable);
Social Security Number (SSN); Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
(ITIN); bank account information, including account number and
financial institution routing number. Data elements that will not be
matched but will be part of the matching program include: Date of birth
and employment records.\2\
System(s) of Records
The Systems of Records that will be matched against the DNP Working
System are listed in the Appendix to this notice. The records involved
in the matching program from DOL/GOVT-1 are those maintained by DOL.
Appendix
Below is a list of the DOL programs that will match records with
the DNP Working System. 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. An
asterisk (*) designates the last full Federal Register notice that
includes all of the elements that are required to be in a system of
records notice.
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Component agency Program name Systems of records
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Office of Workers Compensation Office of DOL/OCFO-2 91 FR
Program (OWCP). Workers' 21315 (April 21,
Compensation--Co 2026), 81 FR 25765*
al Mine Workers' (April 29, 2016);
Compensation. DOL/OWCP-2 91 FR
21315 (April 21,
2026), 81 FR 25765*
(April 29, 2016);
DOL/OWCP-9 91 FR
21315 (April 21,
2026), 81 FR 25765*
(April 29, 2016).
OWCP.......................... Office of DOL/OCFO-2 91 FR
Workers' 21315 (April 21,
Compensation--En 2026); 81 FR 25765*
ergy Employees (April 29, 2016);
Occupational DOL/OWCP-11 91 FR
Illness 21315 (April 21,
Compensation. 2026), 81 FR 25765*
(April 29, 2016).
OWCP.......................... Office of DOL/OCFO-2 91 FR
Workers' 21315 (April 21,
Compensation--Fe 2026); 81 FR 25765*
deral Employees' (April 29, 2016);
Compensation Act. DOL/GOVT-1 91 FR
24916 (May 7, 2026),
81 FR 25765* (April
29, 2016).
OWCP.......................... Office of DOL/OCFO-2 91 FR
Workers' 21315 (April 21,
Compensation--Lo 2026); 81 FR 25765*
ngshore and (April 29, 2016) DOL/
Harbor Workers OWCP-3 91 FR 21315
Compensation. (April 21, 2026), 81
FR 25765* (April 29,
2016); DOL/OWCP-4 91
FR 21315 (April 21,
2026), 81 FR 25765*
(April 29, 2016);
DOL/OWCP-5 91 FR
21315 (April 21,
2026), 81 FR 25765*
(April 29, 2016).
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Braye Cloud,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Department of Labor.
Footnote
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 DOL.
2. ``A matching program covers not only the actual computerized
comparison, but the investigative followup and ultimate action, if
any'' (Final Guidance Interpreting the Provisions of Pub. L. 100-
503, the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, 54 FR
25822, (June 19, 1989)).
3.
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