Notice2026-18801
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
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Published
September 15, 2026
Issuing agencies
State Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990 (Privacy Act), and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on the conduct of computer matching, the Department of State ("Department") proposes to establish a matching program with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service ("Treasury"). The matching program allows Treasury to provide services relating to the identification, prevention, and/or recovery of improper payments pursuant to the Do Not Pay (DNP) program operating under 31 U.S.C. 3354.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58520-58521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18801]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and the Computer
Matching and Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990 (Privacy Act), and
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on the conduct of
computer matching, the Department of State (``Department'') proposes to
establish a matching program with the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
Bureau of the Fiscal Service (``Treasury''). The matching program
allows Treasury to provide services relating to the identification,
prevention, and/or recovery of improper payments pursuant to the Do Not
Pay (DNP) program operating under 31 U.S.C. 3354.
DATES: Please submit any comments by October 15, 2026. This matching
program will become effective 30 days after publication of this notice,
unless comments have been received from interested members of the
public requiring modification and republication of this notice. This
matching program will remain in effect through September 10, 2029.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>. However, if you require accommodation or
cannot otherwise submit your comments via <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>, please
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> to submit
your comments electronically. Information on using Regulations.gov,
including instructions for accessing agency documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site under the
``FAQ'' tab.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments
received from members of the public available for viewing in their
entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Therefore, commenters should be careful to include only information
that they wish to make publicly available in their comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy J. Kootz, Senior Agency
Official for Privacy; U.S. Department of State; Shared Knowledge
Services, A/SKS; Room 4534, 2201 C St. NW; Washington, DC 20520 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b382439252b181f0a1f0e450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d5e425f434d7e796c7968236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>. If email, please address the email to the Senior Agency
Official for Privacy, Timothy J. Kootz, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#663529342826151207120348010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5a6baa7bbb58681948190db929a83">[email protected]</span></a>. Please write
``Matching Program, State-30'' on the envelope or the subject line of
your email.
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
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U.S.C. 552a(o) for the class of matching programs that meet all of the
eligibility criteria defined in OMB Memorandum M-25-32, Preventing
Improper Payments and Protecting Privacy through Do Not Pay, Appendix
II.
This matching program will remain in effect through September 10,
2029.
Participating Agencies
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of the
Treasury, Bureau of Fiscal Service.
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. The records used in this matching program are
maintained pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2651a (Organization of the Department
of State); 22 U.S.C. 3921 (Management of service); 5 U.S.C. 301
(Management of the Department of State); 22 U.S.C. 4042 (Maintenance of
the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund); 42 U.S.C. 653 (the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996); 5 U.S.C. 5501-5584 (Pay Administration); and 31 U.S.C. 901-903
(Agency Chief Financial Officers).
Purpose(s)
The purposes of this matching program are to identify and prevent
improper payments and conduct related recovery activities by verifying,
prior to payment certification, eligibility for monthly annuity and
beneficiary payments to former Foreign Service personnel. Data elements
that are necessary for eligibility determinations for this program will
be compared with records in the DNP working system. When there is a
match between a record provided by the Department and a record in the
DNP Working System, the Treasury will provide the Department with
notice of a potentially matching record and will identify the
database(s) that contain the potentially matching record(s). The
Department will then review the information to determine whether
additional action is needed.
Categories of Individuals
Current and former Department of State Foreign Service employees,
and their beneficiaries, who receive a monthly annuity or beneficiary
payment.
Categories of Records
The Department will disclose to Treasury the following data
elements: payee full legal name and Taxpayer Identification Number.
Treasury, through the Do Not Pay (DNP) Working System, will compare the
Department's disclosed data elements against the following categories
of records and data sources:
<bullet> Deceased Status verification records, including the
American InfoSource (AIS) Obituary & Probate (Commercial) database, the
Social Security Administration Death Master File--Full (DMF-Full), and
Department of State Death Data, each containing the data elements TIN
and Awardee/Payee Name; and
<bullet> Federal Debt Status verification records, including the
Treasury Offset Program (TOP) Debt Check, containing the data elements
TIN and Awardee/Payee Name.
When a comparison of these records results in a potential match,
Treasury will notify the Department and identify the database(s)
containing the potentially matching record(s). The Department will then
independently review and verify the match, consistent with 5 U.S.C.
Sec. 552a(p)(1)(A), before taking any action affecting a payee's
annuity or beneficiary payment, including providing notice and an
opportunity to contest any adverse finding consistent with 5 U.S.C.
Sec. 552a(p)(1)(B).
System(s) of Records
Treasury will use the system of records entitled, ``Department of
Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service .017-Do Not Pay Payment
Verification Records,'' last published in full in the Federal Register
on February 27, 2020 (85 FR11776).
The Department will disclose data from the system of records
entitled, State-30, Personnel Payroll Records, last published in full
in the Federal Register on October 2, 1975 (40 FR 4758, as amended by
63 FR 7039 and 91 FR 9684).
Timothy J. Kootz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Shared Knowledge Services (A/SKS), U.S.
Department of State,
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