GSA Modifies Privacy Act Systems of Records for Treasury Fraud and Improper Payment Disclosure

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ACTION:

Notice of modified systems of records.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the General Services Administration (GSA) is modifying the systems of records
listed in this notice to incorporate a routine use “. . . that allows for the disclosure of records to the Department of the
Treasury for the purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping fraud and improper payments, to the extent permissible
by law” in accordance with Executive Order 14249, “Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse” (March
25, 2025) and OMB M-25-32, “Preventing Improper Payments and Protecting Privacy Through Do Not Pay” (August 20, 2025).

DATES:

Please submit comments on or before May 22, 2026. The new routine uses will become effective 30 days after publication.

ADDRESSES:

Comments may be submitted to the Federal eRulemaking Portal, https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Call or email Richard Speidel, Chief Privacy Officer at 202-969-5830 and gsa.privacyact@gsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In response to E.O. 14249 and OMB M-25-32, GSA is proposing a new routine use for all GSA system of records notices (SORNs)
and all government-wide SORNs that GSA is responsible for that are connected to payments from GSA. The routine use allows
for the disclosure of records to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:

The systems of records to be modified by including the new routine use described in this Notice are set forth below. The “
Federal Register
Citation” column designates the last publication of the complete document in the
Federal Register
. Any history prior to the last publication in the
Federal Register
is omitted for clarity.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

The appropriate GSA program, as identified in each notice, governs each respective system of records.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):

The applicable program executive 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 this system may be disclosed to authorized entities, as is determined to be relevant and necessary,
outside GSA as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(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.

All other existing routine uses in the above systems of records are unchanged and remain in effect.

HISTORY:

See System Names and Numbers above.

Richard Speidel, Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Enterprise Data and Privacy Management, General Services Administration. [FR Doc. 2026-07764 Filed 4-21-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-AB-P

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