VERIFICATION OF MATCH INFORMATION. A. Verification of Match Procedures The OMB Final Guidelines for the Privacy Act (Final Guidance Interpreting the Provisions of Pub. Law 100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, 54 FR 25818, June 19, 1989) state that the type of verification procedures used for a particular matching program depend upon the purpose of that program. This match will identify the Title IV, HEA applicants who are eligible for increased amounts of Federal student assistance because they are dependents of military personnel who died as a result of performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. ED and DoD will ensure that they develop verification procedures that yield confirmatory data and provide ED with a reasonable basis for taking positive action. This includes full updates to the file provided, which helps capture deaths that were erroneously classified as either performing or not performing military service in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as DoD providing record-level lookup assistance when needed by ED to determine the validity of a dependent’s claim. The qualifying deceased service member’s record in the DMDC 01 system and the corresponding qualified dependent’s record in the DMDC 02 system will be reviewed and verified by DoD before the record is sent to ED. For each financial aid applicant for whom a match occurs, ED will inform the schools listed on the student’s financial aid application, that the applicant is eligible to receive additional Title IV, HEA assistance due to the circumstance of his or her parent’s or guardian’s death as a result of performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.
B. Notice and Opportunity to Contest This CMA identifies students who are eligible for the benefit of increased Federal student aid and not a denial of benefits. As stated earlier, DoD is the source Agency for the information required to identify individuals who are eligible. Therefore, the only contestant of this match would be a student who claims he or she meets the eligibility criteria under section 473(b) or 420R of the HEA, but is not in the DoD file. A non-matched student who believes that he or she meets the criteria for increased amounts of aid must so inform his or her school, and the school must refer the case to ED no later than the end of the relevant award year. If the applicant makes an inquiry, within the specified timeframe, regarding a non-match, ED will obtain DoD’s assistance...
VERIFICATION OF MATCH INFORMATION. To verify information obtained under this agreement prior to initiating any adverse action against an affected individual, VA will confirm that the correct veteran or VA beneficiary has been identified as confined. To confirm that the correct veteran or VA beneficiary has been identified, VA will examine VA claims folders to confirm that the confined individual is the same as the matched veteran or VA beneficiary by comparing name, SSN, and date of birth, and take steps to confirm that the same individual is or was confined. VA will provide all individuals for whom VA decides such adverse action is necessary a written notification with the information as discussed in the following paragraph "B."
