Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

Summary

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on computer matching, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is providing notice of the establishment of a new matching program. Pursuant to the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, Commerce is establishing a new matching program consisting of the computerized comparison of systems of records for Federal benefit programs at Commerce with the Do Not Pay (DNP) Working System, which is administered by Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. This matching program will enable the Commerce programs listed in the appendix of this notice to compare records maintained in their respective systems of records with records maintained in the DNP Working System for the purposes of identifying and preventing improper payments and conducting any related recovery activities by verifying through DNP prepayment or pre-award eligibility.