Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed Amendment to System of Records

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. FR-3918-N-06]

Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed Amendment to System of Records

AGENCY: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notification of proposed amendment to one of the existing

system of records.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5

U.S.C. 552a, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is giving

notice that it intends to amend the Privacy Act's Single Family Case

Files (HUD/Dept-46) system of records.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This amendment will be effective without further notice

on December 11, 1995, unless comments are received that would result in

a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

the proposed amendment to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General

Counsel, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500.

Communications should refer to the above docket number and title.

Facsimile (FAX) comments are not acceptable. A copy of each

communication submitted will be available for public inspection and

copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. weekdays at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeanette Smith, Departmental Privacy Act Officer, at (202) 708-2374.

This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD/Dept-46 is being amended to allow the

release of mortgage origination and default/claim information to

financial institutions and computer software companies for the purpose

of conducting automated underwriting,

[[Page 56610]]

credit scoring, and other risk management evaluation studies. The new

routine use will read as follows: To financial institutions and

computer software companies--for automated underwriting, credit scoring

and other risk management evaluation studies.

The amended portion of the system notice is set forth below.

Previously, the system and a prefatory statement containing the general

routine uses applicable to all HUD systems of records was published in

the ``Federal Register Privacy Act Issuances, 1993.''

Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e) (4) and (11) provide that the public be

afforded a 30-day period in which to comment on the new record system.

The system report, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), has been

submitted to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the United States

Senate; the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House

of Representatives, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),

pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB Circular A-130, ``Federal

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records about Individuals''

dated June 25, 1993 (58 36075, July 2, 1993).

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 88 Stat. 1986; sec. 7(d), Department

of HUD Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

Issued at Washington, DC, November 1, 1995.

Steven M. Yohai,

Acting Director, Office of Information Policies and Systems.

HUD/DEPT-46

Single Family Case Files.

See Routine uses paragraphs or prefatory statement. Other routine

uses include:

a. To welfare agencies for fraud investigation.

b. To the Department of Veterans Affairs for coordination with HUD

in processing construction complaints.

c. To Congressional delegations to provide information concerning

status of complaints.

d. Complainants and attorneys representing them for review of

complainant file for status and other information.

e. Builders and attorneys representing them to review complainant

files for status information.

f. To holders of subordinate or junior mortgages to determine the

outstanding balance due to HUD on a Secretary-held mortgage.

g. To financial institutions and computer software companies for

automated underwriting, credit scoring and other risk management

evaluation studies.

[FR Doc. 95-27673 Filed 11-8-95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210-01-M