Proposed Designation of Database to the Do Not Pay Working System

Office of Management and Budget.

Notice of proposed designation.

The Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) authorizes the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to designate databases for inclusion in the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Do Not Pay Working System under the Do Not Pay Initiative. PIIA requires OMB to provide public notice and an opportunity for comment prior to designating databases. In fulfillment of this requirement, OMB is publishing this Notice of Proposed Designation to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed designation of the U.S. Department of Veterans ( printed page 26832) Affairs (VA) Benefits Enterprise Platform (BEP) database for use in the Do Not Pay Working System with the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS). This notice has a 15-day comment period.

Comments must be in writing and must be received on or before July 9, 2025. At the conclusion of the 15-day comment period, if OMB decides to finalize the designation, OMB will publish a notice in the Federal Register to officially designate the database.

Comments on this proposal must be submitted electronically before the comment closing date to www.regulations.gov. In submitting comments, please search for recent submissions by OMB to find docket OMB-2025-[XXXX] and follow the instructions for submitting comments. Public comments are valuable, and they will inform OMB Do Not Pay database designation; OMB, however, will not respond to individual submissions.

Privacy Act Statement: OMB is issuing this notice pursuant to PIIA. Submission of comments in response to this Notice of Proposed Designation is voluntary. Comments may be used to inform sound decision-making on topics related to this Notice of Proposed Designation. Please note that submissions received in response to this notice may be posted on www.regulations.gov or otherwise released in their entirety, including any personal information, business confidential information, or other sensitive information provided by the commenter. Do not include in your submissions any copyrighted material; information of a confidential nature, such as personal or proprietary information; or any information you would not like to be made publicly available. Comments are maintained under the OMB Public Input System of Records, OMB/INPUT/01; the system of records notice is accessible at 88 FR 20913 ( https://www.federalregister.gov/​documents/​2023/​04/​07/​2023-07452/​privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records) and includes a list of routine uses associated with the collection of this information.