Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Published Date: 11/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense is updating 18 records systems to share info with the Treasury Department to catch and fix wrong payments. This change affects anyone whose info is in these systems and starts right away, but you can comment until December 26, 2025. No big changes to how your data is collected or stored, just smarter sharing to protect your money!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
DoD shares records with Treasury
The Department of Defense will share records from 18 named DoD systems with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Do Not Pay Working System to identify, prevent, or recoup improper payments to applicants or recipients of Federal funds. This disclosure is described as a new routine use and is effective at the close of the comment period (December 26, 2025) unless modified. It applies to anyone whose information is in any of the listed DoD systems.
No change to collection or storage
The modification does not change where systems are located, who manages them, the categories of individuals or records maintained, or the authorities and methods of collection; it only adds a routine use to permit sharing with Treasury for Do Not Pay checks. The DoD says the change is meant to strengthen data sharing to prevent improper payments and improve financial integrity.
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