# 2025-22115: NSF Plugs Into 'Do Not Pay' to Stanch Fellowship Fund Leaks

2025-22115, Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, is a Federal Register notice from National Science Foundation published 2025-12-05, effective 2026-01-05 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22115
- Title: Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: National Science Foundation
- Citation: 90 FR 56185
- Published: 2025-12-05
- Effective: 2026-01-05
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

NSF Plugs Into 'Do Not Pay' to Stanch Fellowship Fund Leaks

## Summary

The National Science Foundation is updating how it shares info from two payment systems to help catch wrong payments using the Treasury’s Do Not Pay list. This change affects fellows and anyone getting paid electronically by NSF and starts January 5, 2026. They’re also cleaning up the rules and welcome your comments before then—no extra costs involved!

## Abstract

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is amending the routine uses for two existing systems of records: NSF-13, Fellowship Payroll, and NSF-65, NSF Electronic Payment File. NSF is amending a routine use to both systems of records to cover disclosure of information to the U.S. Department of Treasury's Do Not Pay system for the purposes of identifying improper payments. NSF is also making updates and clarifying edits, as well as non-substantive formatting changes to both systems of records.

## Effects PRIA read

- NSF will share pay records with Do Not Pay: cost, medium. The National Science Foundation will disclose information from two systems (NSF-13 Fellowship Payroll and NSF-65 Electronic Payment File) to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Do Not Pay Working System to identify, prevent, or recoup improper Federal payments. This new routine use takes effect o…
- Grantees and payees explicitly covered in NSF payment file: cost, low. NSF updated NSF-65 (NSF Electronic Payment File) to expressly include individual grantees and individuals who receive payments from NSF pursuant to a grant among those covered by the system. This clarifies that name, address, Social Security Number, and payee banking information for grantees receiv…

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## Sources
- [2025-22115 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22115/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records)
- [2025-22115 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22115.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22115 (as of 2026-06-08).