[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: 5CFR297.207]

[Page 111]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 297--PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Request for Access
 
Sec. 297.207  Denials of access and appeals with respect to such denials.

    (a) If an access request is denied, the Office or agency response 
will be in writing and will include a statement of the reasons for the 
denial and the procedures available to appeal the denial, including the 
name, position title, and address of the Office official responsible for 
the review.
    (b) Nothing in this part should be construed to entitle a data 
subject the right to access any information compiled in reasonable 
anticipation of a civil action or proceeding.
    (c) For denials of access made under this subpart, the following 
procedures apply:
    (1) For initial denials made by an agency, when the record is 
maintained in an Office Governmentwide system of records, a request for 
adminstrative review should be made only to the Assistant Director for 
Workforce Information, Personnel Systems and Oversight Group, U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415.
    (2) For denials initially made by an Office official, when a record 
is maintained in an internal or central system of records, a request for 
administrative review should be made to the Information and Privacy 
Appeals Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Office of Personnel 
Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415.
    (3) Any administrative review decision that either partially or 
fully supports the initial decision and denies access to the material 
the individual originally sought should state the requester's right to 
seek judicial review of the final administrative decision.