DCL-02-33, Federal Case Registry Interface Guidance Document

DCL-02-33

November 12, 2002

TO: ALL STATE IV-D DIRECTORS

RE: Federal Case Registry Interface Guidance Document - Update 9

Dear Colleague:

The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is releasing the ninth update to the Federal Case Registry (FCR) Interface Guidance Document (IGD). This update is a complete replacement of the IGD and consolidates many of the changes that were detailed in Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) Releases 01-01 and 02-01. The following particularly important functions are now described in this IGD update:

Address Scrubbing
Date of Death Processing
Proactive Match for Closed Case and Deleted Persons
SSA’s State Verification Exchange System (SVES) - a new FPLS locate source, which includes Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit information and prisoner data
Rejection of Duplicate Locates
Data Inconsistency File

To better understand those parts of the IGD that have changed, an "FCR-IGD Summary of Changes - Update 9" is included with the document. This summary lists the IGD changes and the sections in the IGD where the changes are discussed.

Update 9 of the IGD is posted to the OCSE website at /programs/cse/newhire/library/fcr/fcr.htm .

If you have any questions about the IGD or how to get a copy, please call the FPLS Information Line at (202) 401-9267.

Thank you for your continued efforts on behalf of our nation’s children.

Sincerely,

Sherri Z. Heller, Ed.D.
Commissioner
Office of Child Support Enforcement

cc: Regional Program Managers
ACF Regional Administrators
FCR Technical Contacts
IGD Contacts