USDA Updates SNAP Information Database Privacy Notice
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This notice updates how the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Administration manages and shares records in the National SNAP Information Database. The database is used to check whether SNAP eligibility decisions are accurate and to support program integrity work across SNAP and other government programs. The change mainly clarifies when records may be shared under routine uses and removes references to foreign entities. SNAP administrators, privacy teams, state agencies, and organizations involved in benefit eligibility checks should review the updated disclosure language and comment if they see concerns.
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Key Changes
- Clarifies when SNAP database records may be disclosed under routine uses
- Removes references to foreign entities from the system notice
- Opens a public comment period before the routine uses take effect
Obligations
What this law requires
Comment submissions on the modified USDA/FNA-15 system of records must include the agency name and docket number.
USDA must publish any changes to the system of records notice that result from public comment.
The modified routine uses for the system of records may not become effective until 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, unless USDA changes them due to public comment.