Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. Before making an unfavorable decision on an Extra Help application or redetermination based on the information received from VA, SSA will provide a written Pre-Decisional Notice (for initial Extra Help applications) to each applicant or Notice of Planned Action (for redeterminations) to each beneficiary when SSA decides such adverse action is necessary. The notice will inform the individual of the match findings and provide the following information:
Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Verification Procedures SSA will take no adverse action regarding individuals identified through the matching process solely based on information that SSA obtains from the match. SSA will contact the beneficiary or recipient to verify the matching results in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act and applicable OMB guidelines. In RSDI cases where discrepant information is produced by SSA alert development, SSA will verify status through the SAVE Program. When necessary, SSA will request or conduct further development if the SAVE Program response and the removal report generated as part of this match are inconsistent with respect to the NH’s current immigration status or if there is some other indication that the removal report is incorrect or does not apply to the NH. In cases where the SAVE Program response or other information immediately available to SSA is sufficient to establish that suspension of RSDI benefits under the removal provisions is not warranted, benefits will continue without further development. The affected individual will have an opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information provided by DHS. SSA will consider the information provided as accurate if the affected individual does not protest within 30 days of receiving notice of the proposed adverse action. SSI recipients who file an appeal within 10 days of receiving the notice will automatically receive payment continuation. SSA will advise the individual that failure to respond within the appropriate timeframes will provide a valid basis for SSA to assume that the information DHS provided is correct.
Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Verification Procedures: ED may not suspend, terminate, reduce, or make a final denial of any financial assistance or payment under Title IV of the HEA to an applicant, or take other adverse action against such applicant, if as a result of information produced by this matching program ED determines that the applicant is ineligible for Title IV, HEA program assistance until such time as the applicant is given notice of the adverse findings and the proposed adverse action based on those findings. ED will provide the applicant with a description of procedures for contesting those findings in advance of the proposed adverse action and with an opportunity to provide the institution with an accurate SSN, proof of U.S. citizenship, or both. The applicant will have at least 30 days from the date of the notice to provide clear and convincing evidence of the accuracy of the applicant’s SSN, proof of the applicant’s U.S. citizenship, or both. ED’s notification process is highly automated and requires compression of the verification and the notice and wait procedures because individual applicants serve as the best source for verifying the matched data and it is not possible to intervene until after an output document has been issued. Indeed, OMB’s “Final Guidance Interpreting the Provisions of Public Law (Pub. L.) 100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988” anticipates such a situation when it states: “[i]t would be of dubious utility to apply the verification requirements equally to all matches and argue that a match that results in an adverse consequence of the loss of, for example, a tuition assistance payment should receive the same due process procedures as one that results in the loss of an Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) payment or Food Stamp eligibility. ” 54 Fed. Reg. 25818, 25827 (June 19, 1989). This OMB guidance also recognizes that “[i]n many cases, the individual record subject is the best source for determining a finding’s validity, and he or she should be contacted where practicable.” Id. Under the matching program, individual applicant records are matched at the time the applicant has, at a minimum, initiated an application for Title IV, HEA program assistance. Examples of an unsuccessful match include, but are not limited to, when an applicant’s name, date of birth or reported SSN is not found, the student is not a U.S. citizen, or the SSN matches that of a deceased person in the SSA database. When an unsucces...
Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. After VA transmits to ED the files of the Veterans whom VA has designated as in receipt of VA disability compensation benefits based on a determination that they have a 100% disabling service-connected disability rating or that they are totally disabled based on an individual unemployability rating and ED matches the VA’s files with ED’s records in NSLDS, ED will contact borrowers of Title IV Loans and inform them of ED’s TPD discharge process. ED will accept VA’s determination that they have a 100% disabling service-connected disability or that they are totally disabled based on an individual unemployability rating designation in lieu of a VA Statement, simplifying the process for the Borrowers, as then they only must submit the signed TPD discharge application. ED cannot discharge a Title IV Loan, which may have tax consequences for the Borrower, until/unless the Borrower officially requests the discharge by completing a TPD discharge application. If VA does not identify a Borrower as in receipt of VA disability compensation benefits based on a determination that the Borrower has a 100% disabling service-connected disability or that the Borrower is totally disabled based on an individual unemployability rating, the Borrower still will have the option to submit a TPD discharge application and provide the required physician’s certification in order to determine his or her eligibility for a TPD discharge.
Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. Before making an unfavorable decision on an Extra Help application or redetermination based on the information received from OPM, SSA will provide a written Pre-Decisional Notice (for initial Extra Help applications) to each applicant or Notice of Planned Action (for redeterminations) to each beneficiary when SSA decides such adverse action is necessary. The notice will inform the individual of the match findings and provide the following information:
Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Beneficiaries of Individual Unemployability
Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. In the event of a match under this program, SSA will follow the verification procedures described below (in accordance with SSA operating procedures):
Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Verification OPM will take no adverse action regarding annuitants identified through the matching process solely based on information that it obtains from the match. OPM will contact the annuitant to develop necessary evidence to verify the match results in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act and applicable OMB guidelines. The affected annuitant will have an opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information provided by SSA. OPM will consider the information SSA provided as accurate if the affected annuitant does not protest within 30 days after he or she receives notice of the proposed adverse action. OPM will advise the annuitant that failure to respond within 30 days will provide a valid basis for OPM to assume that the information SSA provided is correct.
Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Verification Procedures SSA will take no adverse action regarding Social Security disability beneficiaries identified through the matching process solely based on information obtained through this match. SSA will contact the beneficiary to develop necessary evidence to verify the match results. The affected individual will have an opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information provided by DOL. SSA will consider the information DOL provided as accurate if the affected individual does not protest within 30 days after he or she receives notice of the proposed adverse action. SSA will advise the individual that failure to respond within 30 days will provide a valid basis for SSA to assume that the information DOL provided is correct.
Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Verification Procedures SSA will take no adverse action regarding individuals identified through the matching process without first conducting verification procedures. SSA will also contact the beneficiary or recipient to verify discrepant information obtained through the matching results in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act and applicable OMB guidelines. In both RSDI and SSI cases, the affected individual will have an opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information provided by DHS as described below.
