Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a Computer Matching Program Between HUD and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Summary: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–503), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs (June 19, 1989, 54 FR 25818), and OMB Bulletin 89–22, ‘‘Instructions on Reporting Computer Matching Programs to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress and the Public,’’ HUD is issuing a public notice of its intent to conduct a recurring computer matching program with VA to utilize HUD’s Credit Alert Interactive Verification Response System (CAIVRS), with VA’s debtor files. Additionally, the record to be matched section was updated to reflect HUD’s new Privacy Act Systems of Records involved in the
CAIVRS matching program.  HUD's update does not change the authority and the objectives of the existing HUD and VA computer matching program.

Publication Date:  March 9, 2011

Comments Due Date:  April 8, 2011

Effective Date:  The effective date of the matching program shall begin April 8, 2011 or 40 days from the date copies of the signed (by both HUD and VA’s Data Integrity Boards (DIBs)) computer matching agreement is sent to both Housing of Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), whichever is later, providing no comments are received which will result in a contrary determination.