[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1212.602]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1212--PRIVACY ACT--NASA REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart 1212.6--Instructions for NASA Employees
 
Sec. 1212.602  Requirements for collecting information.

    In collecting information for systems of records, the following 
requirements shall be met:
    (a) Information shall be collected to the greatest extent 
practicable directly from the subject individual when the information 
may result in adverse determinations about an individual's rights, 
benefits, and privileges under Federal programs. Exceptions to this 
policy may be made under certain circumstances, such as one of the 
following:
    (1) There is a need to verify the accuracy of the information 
supplied by an individual.
    (2) The information can only be obtained from a third party.
    (3) There is no risk that information collected from third parties, 
if inaccurate, could result in an adverse determination to the 
individual concerned.
    (4) Provisions are made to verify with the individual information 
collected from a third party.
    (b) Each individual who is asked to supply information shall be 
informed of the following:
    (1) The authority (whether granted by statute, or by Executive order 
of the

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President) for requesting the information;
    (2) Whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary;
    (3) The intended official use of the information;
    (4) The routine uses which may be made of the information, as 
published in the system notices;
    (5) The effects, if any, on the individual of not providing all or 
any part of the requested information.