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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

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AGENCY: The National Endowment for the Humanities.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), The

National Endowment for the Humanities (``NEH'') is issuing notice of

our intent to amend the system of records to include a new routine use.

The disclosure is required by the Personnel Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, Pub. L. 104-193). We invite

public comment on this publication.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on the proposed routine use must do

so by January 29, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The proposed routine use will become effective as

proposed without further notice on January 29, 1998, unless comments

dictate otherwise.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may comment on this publication by

writing to: Nancy E. Weiss, The National Endowment for the Humanities,

1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Room #530, Washington, DC 20506, Telephone

(202) 606-8322, Fax (202) 606-8600 or e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy E. Weiss, The National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100

Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Room #530, Washington, DC 20506, Telephone (202)

606-8322, Fax (202) 606-8600 or e-mail [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the NEH

will disclose data from its NEH-3 system of records to the Office of

Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families,

Department of Health and Human Services for use in the National

Database of New Hires, part of the Federal Parent Locator Service

(FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset System, DHHS/OCSE No. 09-90-0074. A

description of the Federal Parent Locator Service may be found at 62 FR

51663 (October 2, 1997).

FPLS is a computerized network through which States may request

location information from Federal and State agencies to find non-

custodial parents and their employees for purposes of establishing

paternity and securing support. On October 1, 1997, the FPLS was

expanded to include the National Directory of New Hires, a database

containing employment information on employees recently hired,

quarterly wage data on private and public sector employees, and

information on unemployment compensation benefits. October 1, 1998, the

FPLS will be expanded further to include a Federal Case Registry. The

Federal Case Registry will contain abstracts on all participants

involved in child support enforcement cases. When the Federal Case

Registry is instituted, its files will be matched on an ongoing basis

against the files in the National Directory of New Hires to determine

if an employee is a participant in a child support case anywhere in the

country. If the FPLS identifies a person as being a participant in a

State child support case, the State will be notified. State requests to

the FPLS for location information will continue to be processed after

October 1, 1998.

When individuals are hired by the NEH, we may disclose to the FPLS

their names, social security numbers, home addresses, dates of birth,

dates of hire, and information identifying us as the employer. We also

may disclose the FPLS names, social security numbers, and quarterly

earnings of each NEA or NEH employee, within one month of the end of

the quarterly reporting period. Information submitted by the NEH to the

FPLS will be disclosed by the Office of Child Support Enforcement to

the Social Security Administration for verification to ensure that the

social security number provided is correct. The data disclosed by NEH

to the FPLS will also be disclosed by the Office of Child Support

Enforcement to the Secretary of the Treasury for use in verifying

claims for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit or to

verify a claim of employment on a tax return.

Accordingly, the NEH-3 system notice originally published in 47 FR

21352 (May 18, 1982), and most recently amended in 49 FR 42998 (October

25, 1984), is further amended by addition of the following routine use:

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Routine use of records maintained in the system, including

categories of users and the purposes of such uses:

1115.6(c) The names, social security numbers, home addresses,

dates of birth, dates of hire, quarterly earnings, employer identifying

information, and State of hire of employees may be disclosed to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and

Families, Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of

locating individuals to establish paternity, establishing and modifying

orders of child support, identifying sources of income, and for other

child support enforcement actions as required by the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Welfare Reform

law, Pub. L. 104-193).

Nancy E. Weiss,

Advisory Committee, Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97-33924 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]

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