# 2025-22048: Railroad Retirement Board Dusts Off Its Digital Files

2025-22048, Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, is a Federal Register notice from Railroad Retirement Board published 2025-12-05, effective 2025-12-05 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22048
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22048
- Title: Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Railroad Retirement Board
- Citation: 90 FR 56201
- Published: 2025-12-05
- Effective: 2025-12-05
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Railroad Retirement Board Dusts Off Its Digital Files

## Summary

The Railroad Retirement Board is updating how it handles records for railroad workers’ retirement and survivor benefits. They’re adding new groups like Congress and law enforcement who can access these records for specific reasons. These changes take effect right away, but some parts wait 30 days for public comments, so speak up by January 5, 2026!

## Abstract

RRB-22, Railroad Retirement, Survivor, and Pensioner Benefit System is used to manage records related to railroad retirement, survivor, and pensioner benefits.

## Effects PRIA read

- Who Can See Your Railroad Records: cost, low. The Railroad Retirement Board added new routine uses allowing records to be shared with congressional representatives, contractors working for the federal government, law enforcement, other federal agencies for breach response, the National Archives, and attorneys. These changes expand the list of…
- Treasury Can Use Records To Pay Or Reclaim Benefits: benefit, medium. The RRB may disclose beneficiary identifying information, addresses, check rates, and other data to the Department of the Treasury to issue benefit payments, act on reports of non-receipt, ensure delivery to the correct address or financial organization, control reclamation and return of outstandin…
- IRS May Receive Beneficiary Tax Information: cost, low. The RRB may disclose beneficiary identifying information, including Social Security number and supplemental annuity amounts, to the Internal Revenue Service for tax purposes and may furnish benefit amounts and withholding instructions to the IRS for tax administration.
- Medicare Coordination With SSA and CMS: benefit, medium. The RRB may share beneficiary identifying information, entitlement data, medical evidence, and benefit rates with the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to correlate actions with Title II and Title XVIII (Medicare). Identifying information about Medicare…
- Electronic Records Kept Permanently: cost, medium. Electronic records in this system are continually updated and permanently retained on storage drives and IBM zCloud (and other electronic media); when storage media are no longer serviceable they will be sanitized per NIST guidelines. This means your electronic benefit records are kept indefinitely…

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## Sources
- [2025-22048 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22048/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records)
- [2025-22048 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22048.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22048 (as of 2026-06-08).