Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; System of Records

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; System of Records

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of alteration of Privacy Act system of records.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms (ATF), gives notice of proposed alteration to the system of

records entitled Fiscal Record System--Treasury/ATF .004, which is

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the Computer Matching

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988. The system notice was last

published in its entirety in the Federal Register, Vol. 57, No. 75,

Page 13931, April 17, 1992.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than February 22, 1994. The

alteration to the system of records will be effective March 1, 1994,

unless comments are received which result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Disclosure Branch, Department of

the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Room 8250,

Washington, DC 20226. Comments will be made available for inspection

and copying in the Bureau Reference Library upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joyce Thomas, Senior Disclosure Specialist, Disclosure Branch, Bureau

of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (202) 927-8480 or Patricia Perpal,

Financial Analyst, (202) 927-8629.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the alteration is to bring

the existing Privacy Act notice into compliance with the requirements

of the Privacy Act as amended in 1988. The proposed amendment adds six

new routine uses. The new routine uses will enable ATF to participate

in the Government-wide Federal salary and administrative offset

program, in the tax refund offset program authorized under 31 U.S.C.

subsection 3720A, and to otherwise recoup its non-tax debt. In addition

to the above, categories of individuals, categories of records, and

record source categories are also being altered for the reasons stated

above. The amendment also makes certain editorial changes and adds text

to certain elements.

The specific changes to the record system being altered are set

forth below:

Treasury/ATF .004

Fiscal Record System--Treasury/ATF.

Description of change: After ``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms'', remove ``1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW'' and change address

to read ``650 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.''

Description of change: Following ``(4) Vendors furnishing goods and

services to the Bureau.'', add ``(5) Individuals who are financially

indebted to the U.S. Government under some particular service or

program of the Bureau.''

Description of change: After ``(12) Chief Counsel and Regional

Counsel memoranda and opinions.'' add ``(13) History of debt collection

activity on individuals. (14) Correspondence with employing agencies of

debtors requesting action to begin collecting delinquent debt through

voluntary or involuntary offset procedures against individual's salary

or benefits.''

Description of change: Remove the period at the end of item (7) and

substitute a semicolon(;), and add the following new routine uses: (8)

the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to obtain the mailing address of a

taxpayer for the purpose of locating such person to collect a debt

pursuant to 26 U.S.C. subsection 6103(m). Mailing addresses acquired

from the IRS which become part of this system are released to consumer

reporting agencies to obtain credit reports or to debt collection

agencies and not to other governmental agencies; (9) a consumer

reporting agency for the purpose of obtaining a credit report; (10)

debt collection agencies for debt collection services; (11) the Defense

Manpower Data Center (DMDC), Department of Defense, the U.S. Postal

Service, and other agencies through authorized computer matching

programs to identify and locate individuals who are delinquent in their

repayment of debts owed to ATF in order to collect a debt through

salary or administrative offsets; (12) other Federal agencies for the

purpose of effecting interagency salary or administrative offsets as

well as to the IRS, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. subsection 3720A, for the

purpose of effecting tax refund offsets against a debtor; (13) any

creditor Federal agency seeking assistance from ATF in requesting

voluntary repayment or in implementing salary or administrative offset

procedures in collection of a debt owed to the Government.

Following ``Routine Uses of Records'' insert:

Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (b)(12) and section 3 of the

Debt Collection Act of 1982 may be made from this record system to

consumer reporting agencies to encourage repayment of an overdue debt.

Descritpion of change: Remove ``1200 Pennsylvania Avenue'' and

insert ``650 Massachusetts Avenue.''

Description of change: Delete text and insert ``Inquiries and

Privacy Act requests from individuals seeking to determine whether

information about them is contained in this system should be addressed

to: Privacy Act Request, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 650

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20226, or can be delivered

personally to this address in Room 8290.''

Description of change: Remove ``1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room

4412'' and insert ``650 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Room 8290.''

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Description of change: Remove the period at the end of item (5) and

substitute a semicolon (;), and add the following: ``(6) Creditor

agencies; (7) Federal employing agency of debtor; (8) Collection

agencies; (9) Federal, state or local agencies, including the IRS,

furnishing address of debtor.''

Dated: January 11, 1994.

Deborah M. Witchey,

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).

[FR Doc. 94-1343 Filed 1-19-94; 8:45 am]

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