[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR24.101]

[Page 461-462]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 24_PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart 24.1_Protection of Individual Privacy
 
Sec.  24.101  Definitions.


    As used in this subpart--
    Agency means any executive department, military department, 
Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other 
establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the 
Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory 
agency.
    Individual means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence.
    Maintain means maintain, collect, use, or disseminate.
    Operation of a system of records means performance of any of the 
activities associated with maintaining the system of records, including 
the collection, use, and dissemination of records.
    Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information about 
an individual that is maintained by an agency, including, but not 
limited to, education, financial transactions, medical history, and 
criminal or employment history, and that contains the individual's name, 
or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular 
assigned to the individual, such as a fingerprint or voiceprint or a 
photograph.

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    System of records on individuals means a group of any records under 
the control of any agency from which information is retrieved by the 
name of the individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other 
identifying particular assigned to the individual.

[48 FR 42277, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 2130, Jan. 10, 2001]