Privacy Act; Systems of Records

Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

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.

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.

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.

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.