Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY:

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

ACTION:

Notice of modified system of records.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is modifying the systems of records listed in this notice to incorporate one routine use related to the disclosure of records to the U.S. Department of the Treasury pursuant to

the Office of Management and Budget's Memorandum 25-32. The new routine use permits disclosures of records to the U.S. Department of the Treasury when the information is relevant to review payment and award eligibility through the Do Not Pay Working System for the purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments to an applicant for, or recipient of, Federal funds. For full descriptions of the systems of records, please see the chart below for a list of the System of Records Notices (SORNs) and their corresponding

Federal Register

citations.

DATES:

Comments on these modified systems of records must be received no later than 30 days after the notice's date of publication in the

Federal Register

. If no public comment is received during the period allowed for comment or unless otherwise published in the

Federal Register

by VA, the modified system of records will become effective a minimum of 30 days after date of publication in the

Federal Register

. If VA receives public comments, VA shall review the comments to determine whether any changes to the notice are necessary.

ADDRESSES:

Comments may be submitted through

www.Regulations.gov

or mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, (005X6F), Washington, DC 20420. Comments received will be available at

regulations.gov

for public viewing, inspection or copies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rita Grewal, Acting Director, VA Privacy Service,

Rita.Grewal@va.gov,

202-870-1284.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On August 20, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget published Memorandum 25-32, Preventing Improper Payments and Protecting Privacy Through Do Not Pay, which established the routine use for the disclosure of information relevant to reviewing payment and award eligibility through the Do Not Pay Working System for the purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments to an applicant for, or recipient of, Federal funds. The Department of Veterans Affairs is now modifying all the systems of records identified in this notice to include the routine use set forth in OMB Memorandum M-25-32.

Signing Authority

The Senior Agency Official for Privacy, or designee, approved this document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Merissa Larson, Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Compliance, Risk, and Remediation, Office of Information and Technology, and Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs approved this document on September 19, 2025, for publication.

Dated: January 12, 2026.

Saurav Devkota,

Government Information Specialist, VA Privacy Service, Office of Compliance, Risk and Remediation, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:

The systems of records to be modified by including the routine use described below in this notice are set forth below. Any history prior to the last publication in the

Federal Register

is omitted for clarity.

SORN No.

SORN name

Federal Register

citation

54VA10

Veterans and Beneficiaries Purchased Care

90 FR 44473

36VA29

Veterans and Uniformed Services Personnel Programs of U.S. Government Life Insurance—VA

83 FR 44407

37VA27

Beneficiary Fiduciary Field System (BFFS)—VA

79 FR 41744

23VA10

Non-VA Care (Fee) Records—VA

90 FR 39485

186VA10D

Community Care (CC) Provider Profile Management System (PPMS)

86 FR 6979

17VA26

Loan Guaranty Fee Personnel and Program Participant Records—VA

88 FR 44462

13VA047

Individuals Submitting Invoice Vouchers for Payment and Accounting Transactional Data—VA

88 FR 60269

138VA005Q

Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Identity Repository (VADIR)—VA

89 FR 99335

89VA10

Income Verification Records—VA

88 FR 17639

58VA/21/22/28

Compensation, Pension, Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Records—VA

90 FR 44464

73VA10

Health Professional Scholarship Program, and Visual Impairment and Orientation and Mobility

88 FR 38131

44VA01

Veterans Appellate Records System—VA

88 FR 44185

208VA0478C

Payroll Processing and Reporting—VA

88 FR 63684

55VA26

Loan Guaranty Home Condominium and Manufactured Home Loan Applicants Records, Specially Adapted Housing Applicant Records and Vendee Loan Applicant Records—VA

88 FR 63686

194VA189

PayVA (QCR) Debt Management

85 FR 84123

168VA005

Health Information Exchange—VA

89 FR 83949

131VA047

Corporate Travel and Charge Cards—VA

88 FR 63674

88VA244

Centralized Accounts Receivable System/Centralized Accounts Receivable On-Line System (CAR/CAROLS, combined system referred to as CAO)

83 FR 40140

165VA05CCSP

VA Child Care Subsidy Program Records—VA

89 FR 83949

114VA10

The Revenue Program—Billing and Collections Records—VA

86 FR 6996

197VA10

Caregiver Support Program—Caregiver Record Management Application (CARMA)

89 FR 6568

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

The applicable individual or office is identified in each notice.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a portion of the records or information contained in the systems identified above may be disclosed outside VA as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(b)(3) as follows:

To the U.S. Department of the Treasury when disclosure of the information is relevant to review payment and award eligibility through the Do Not Pay Working System for the purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments to an applicant for, or recipient of, Federal

funds, including funds disbursed by a state (meaning a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, or a federally recognized Indian tribe) in a state-administered, federally funded program.

HISTORY:

See System Name and Number above.

[FR Doc. 2026-00682 Filed 1-14-26; 8:45 am]

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