[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR61.401]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS'COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 61--CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE WAR HAZARDS COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart E--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 61.401  Confidentiality of records.

    Records of the Office pertaining to injury, death, or detention are 
confidential, and are exempt from disclosure to the public under section 
552(b)(6) of title 5, U.S. Code. No official or employee of the United 
States who has investigated or secured statements from witnesses and 
others pertaining to any case within the purview of the Act, or any 
person having the care or use of such records, shall disclose 
information from or pertaining to such records to any person, except in 
accordance with applicable regulations (see 29 CFR part 70a).