5 CFR 2412.2
§ 2412.2 Definitions.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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For the purposes of this part—
Individual means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
Maintain includes maintain, collect, use, or disseminate.
Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by the Authority, the General Counsel, the IG, or the Panel including, but not limited to, information regarding the individual's education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history, that contains the individual's name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or a photograph.
Request for access to a record means a request made under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(1).
Request for amendment or correction of a record means a request made under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(2).
Request for an accounting means a request made under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3).
Requester means an individual who makes an existence-of-records request, a request for access, a request for amendment or correction, or a request for an accounting under the Privacy Act.
Routine use means, with respect to the disclosure of a record, the use of such record for a purpose which is compatible with the purpose for which it was collected.
System of records means a group of any records under the control of the Authority, the General Counsel, the IG, or the Panel from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying particular assigned to the individual.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.