[Federal Register: May 2, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 84)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988; Notice of
RRB Records Used in Computer Matching
AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).
ACTION: Notice of Records Used in Computer Matching Programs;
Notification to individuals who are beneficiaries under the Railroad
Retirement Act.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection
Act of 1988, RRB is issuing public notice of its use and intent to use,
in ongoing computer matching programs, civil service benefit and
payment information obtained from the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM).
The purpose of this notice is to advise individuals applying for or
receiving benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act of the use made by
RRB of this information obtained from OPM by means of a computer match.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may comment on this publication by
writing to Ms. Beatrice Ezerski, Secretary to the Board, Railroad
Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynn Harvey, Privacy Act Officer,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611-2092, telephone number (312) 751-4869.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection
Act of 1988, Public Law 100-503, requires a Federal agency
participating in a computer matching program to publish a notice
regarding the establishment of a matching program.
Name of Participating Agencies: Office of Personnel Management and
Railroad Retirement Board.
Purpose of the Match: The purpose of the match is to enable the RRB
to (1) identify affected RRB annuitants who are in receipt of a Federal
public pension benefit but who have not reported receipt of this
benefit to the RRB and (2) receive needed Federal public pension
benefit information for affected RRB annuitants more timely and
accurately. Previously the RRB
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relied on the affected annuitant to report adjustments in the amounts
of such public pension benefits.
Authority for Conducting the Match: Sections 3(a)(1), 4(a)(1) and
4(f)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act require that the RRB reduce the
Railroad Retirement benefits of certain beneficiaries entitled to
Railroad Retirement employee and/or spouse/widow benefits who are also
entitled to a government pension based on their own non-covered
earnings. This reduction is referred to as Public Service Pension
offset. Section 224 of the Social Security Act provides for the
reduction of disability benefits when the disabled worker is also
entitled to a public disability benefit (PDB). This reduction is
referred to as PDB offset. A civil service disability benefit is
considered a PDB. Section 224(h)(1) requires any Federal agency to
provide RRB with information in its possession that RRB may require for
the purposes of making a timely determination of the amount of
reduction under section 224 of the Social Security Act. Pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) OPM has established routine uses to disclose the
subject information to RRB.
Categories of Records and Individuals Covered: The records to be
used in the match and the roles of the matching participants are
described as follows: OPM will provide RRB twice a year with a magnetic
tape file extracted from its annuity and survivor master file of its
Civil Service Retirement and Insurance Records. The Privacy Act System
of Records designation is OPM/Central-1. The following information from
this OPM Privacy Act System of Records will be transmitted to RRB for
the approximately 2.5 million records in the system: Name, social
security number, date of birth, civil service claim number, first
potential month and year of eligibility for civil service benefits,
first month, day, year of entitlement to civil service benefits, amount
of gross civil service benefits, and effective date (month, day, year)
of civil service amount, and where applicable, civil service disability
indicator, civil service FICA covered month indicator, and civil
service total service months. The RRB will match the Social Security
number, name, and date of birth contained in the OPM file against the
same fields in its Master Benefit Files. The Privacy Act System of
Records designations for these files is: RRB-26, ``Payment, Rate and
Entitlement History File,'' as amended in 63 FR 28420 May 22, 1998. For
records that are matched, the RRB will extract the civil service
payment information.
Inclusive Dates of the Matching Program: The matching program will
become effective 40 days after a copy of the agreement, as approved by
the Data Integrity Board of each agency, is sent to Congress and the
Office of Management and Budget, or 30 days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register, whichever date is later. The matching
program will continue for 18 months after the effective date and may be
extended for an additional 12 months, if the conditions specified in 5
U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.
The notice we are giving here is in addition to any individual
notice.
A copy of this notice has been or will be furnished to both Houses
of Congress and the Office of Management and Budget.
Dated: April 26, 2006.
By authority of the Board.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.
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