Child Support Portal Registration

The federal Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Division of Federal Systems, in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) maintains the Child Support Portal (Portal) as part of the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS). The Portal is a secure, web-based gateway to various child support applications for authorized users to view, update, upload, send, and receive vital information to support effective and efficient enforcement of child support cases. To provide authorized users with secure access to the Portal, OCSS creates profiles in the Portal for employers, insurers, and financial institutions from information provided in “Employer Services” (ES) Profile and “Insurance Match Debt Inquiry” (IM) Agreement and Profile forms. OCSS sets up Portal preferences using information from the program-specific electronic National Medical Support Notice (e-NMSN), the electronic Incoming Withholding Order (e-IWO), and Federally Assisted State Transmitted Levy (FAST Levy) Financial Institution Profile forms. State child support agencies do not register for the Portal through OCSS because they manage and authenticate authorization for individual users via the state proxy server; however, states must provide OCSS with a profile form containing information for OCSS to establish account preferences. The federal Child Support Portal Registration information collection activities are authorized by 1) 42 U.S.C. § 653(m)(2), which requires the Secretary to establish and implement safeguards to restrict access to confidential information in the FPLS to authorized persons and to restrict use of such information to authorized purposes; 2) E-Government Act of 2002 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular 03-22, Guidance for Implementing the Privacy Provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002, which requires agencies to ensure program integrity by verifying access to data; and 3) 44 U.S.C. § 3554, which requires OCSS to implement security protections to prevent unauthorized access to information maintained by OCSS. This request is for a revision of a currently approved collection, as describe in Section A15.

The latest form for Child Support Portal Registration expires 2028-01-31 and is listed under ICR 202411-0970-010.

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