Notice2026-18527
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
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Published
September 11, 2026
Effective
September 10, 2029
Issuing agencies
Small Business Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on computer matching, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is providing notice of a modified matching program. Pursuant to the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, SBA is modifying a matching program consisting of the computerized comparison of systems of records for benefits programs at SBA with the U.S. Department of Treasury's Do Not Pay (DNP) Working System, which is administered by Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. This modified matching program will enable the SBA 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 175 (Friday, September 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57950-57952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18527]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of a modified 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 U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is providing notice of a
modified matching program. Pursuant to the Payment Integrity
Information Act of 2019, SBA is modifying a matching program consisting
of the computerized comparison of systems of records for benefits
programs at SBA with the U.S. Department of Treasury's Do Not Pay (DNP)
Working System, which is administered by Treasury's Bureau of the
Fiscal Service. This modified matching program will enable the SBA
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 October 8, 2026. This modified
matching program 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 SBA-2026-0298. Electronic
submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and
submit a comment, ensures timely receipt, and enables SBA 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
Michael Post, Acting Chief Information Security Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd
Street SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20416, email address
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e1d170d111e2d3c3f70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="23606a706c635041420d444c55">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone 202-205-3645.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Privacy Act related matters,
contact Michael Post, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street
SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20416, telephone 202-205-3645, or via
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3262405b4453514b7d54545b515740724150531c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3767455e4156544e7851515e5452457744555619505841">[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
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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.
SBA 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 SBA's listed programs.\1\ On its effective date,
this notice also rescinds and replaces the SBA notice of the
establishment of a matching program for Do Not Pay that had been
granted a waiver of the matching agreement requirement, which was
published on October 10, 2023 (88 FR 69978).
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:
The SBA 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 SBA 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 SBA program that are contained in records from SBA systems of
records will be compared with records in the DNP Working System. When
there is a match between a record provided by the SBA program and a
record in the DNP Working System, the DNP Working System will provide
to the submitting SBA program notice of a potentially matching record
and will identify the database(s) that contain the potentially matching
record(s).
The SBA 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
SBA program.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS:
Applicants for, or recipients of, Federal funds from those SBA
programs listed in the appendix below.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
Categories of records include name, address, date of birth, Social
Security or tax identification number, telephone number, personal
history including education and employment history, personal or
business financial statements, bank information, credit information,
insurance information, FEMA registration number, SBA application
number, SBA grant number, correspondence to and from applicants,
recommendations regarding disaster applicant eligibility,
authorizations of disaster loan advances, disaster grants, disaster
home and business loans, loan term and rate, payment history, loan
accounting information, collateral, Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
filings and re-filings, field visit reports, investigative reports,
appraisers' reports, waivers of costs, obligations, or requirements,
and settlements and compromises, SBA identifier, SBA non-disaster loan
number, SBA non-disaster Participating Lender identifier, SBA non-
disaster Participating Lender name, SBA non-disaster loan information,
SBA non-disaster fees paid to third party agents as set forth in SBA
Form 159, compliance and enforcement information on individuals named
in any business loan and/or awardee files throughout the life of SBA's
interest in any loan.
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 SBA records involved in the matching program are maintained in SBA
systems of records listed in the appendix below.
Appendix
Below is a list of the SBA programs, including their associated
Assistance Listing IDs, that will match records with the DNP Working
System and the applicable system of records notice(s) for each SBA
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. For more
information about Assistance Listing IDs, see: <a href="https://sam.gov/assistance-listings">https://sam.gov/assistance-listings</a>.
The routine use from OMB Memorandum M-25-32 has been added to
the systems of records identified in
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Systems of records
number, name, and
Assistance listing ID SBA program name Federal Register
notices
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59.041................ 504 Certified SBA 21--Loan System (74
Development Loans FR 14890).
Approvals.
59.041................ 504 Certified SBA 21--Loan System (74
Development Loans FR 14890).
Purchases.
59.012................ 7(a) Loan Guarantees SBA 21--Loan System (74
Approvals. FR 14890).
59.012................ 7(a) Loan Guarantees SBA 21--Loan System (74
Purchases. FR 14890).
59.008................ Disaster Assistance SBA 20--Disaster Loans
Loans. Case Files (86 FR
64979) and (74 FR
14889).
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59.008................ COVID-19 Economic SBA 20--Disaster Loans
Injury Disaster Loan Case Files (86 FR
(EIDL) Program. 64979) and (74 FR
14889).
59.072................ Economic Injury SBA 20--Disaster Loans
Disaster Loan Case Files (86 FR
Emergency Advance. 64979) and (74 FR
14889).
59.072................ Targeted EIDL Advances. SBA 20--Disaster Loans
Case Files (86 FR
64979) and (74 FR
14889).
59.072................ Supplemental Targeted SBA 20--Disaster Loans
Advances. Case Files (86 FR
64979) and (74 FR
14889).
59.062................ Intermediary Loan SBA 21--Loan System (74
Program. FR 14890).
59.046................ Microloan Program...... SBA 21--Loan System (74
FR 14890).
59.073................ Paycheck Protection SBA 21--Loan System (74
Program (PPP) Loan FR 14890).
Forgiveness.
59.073................ Paycheck Protection SBA 21--Loan System (74
Program (PPP) Loan FR 14890).
Guaranty Purchases.
59.050................ Prime Technical SBA 21--Loan System (74
Assistance. FR 14890).
59.078................ Restaurant SBA 21--Loan System (74
Revitalization Fund. FR 14890).
59.075................ Shuttered Venue SBA 20--Disaster Loans
Operators Grant Case Files (86 FR
Program. 64979) and (74 FR
14889).
59.011................ Small Business SBA 21--Loan System (74
Investment Companies FR 14890).
Approvals.
59.011................ Small Business SBA 21--Loan System (74
Investment Companies FR 14890).
Purchases.
59.016................ Surety Bond Guarantees SBA 21--Loan System (74
(SBG). FR 14890).
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Douglas Robertson,
Deputy Chief Information Officer (Alternate Authorizing Official),
Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Small Business
Administration.
Endnotes
\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 SBA.
[FR Doc. 2026-18527 Filed 9-10-26; 8:45 am]
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