[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR293.104]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 293--PERSONNEL RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A--Basic Policies on Maintenance of Personnel Records
 
Sec. 293.104  Collection of information.

    (a) Any information in personnel records whether or not those 
records are in a system of records, used in whole or in part in making a 
determination about an individual's rights, benefits, or privileges 
under Federal personnel programs should, to the

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greatest extent practicable, be collected directly from the individual 
concerned. Factors to be considered in determining whether to collect 
the data from the individual concerned or a third party are when:
    (1) The nature of the information is such that it can only be 
obtained from another party;
    (2) The cost of collecting the information directly from the 
individual is unreasonable when compared with the cost of collecting it 
from another party;
    (3) There is virtually no risk that information collected from other 
parties, if inaccurate, could result in a determination adverse to the 
individual concerned;
    (4) The information supplied by an individual must be verified by 
another party; or
    (5) There are provisions made, to the greatest extent practicable, 
to vertify information collected from another party with the individual 
concerned.