[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR3b.203]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 3b_COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, USE, AND DISSEMINATION OF RECORDS OF 
IDENTIFIABLE PERSONAL INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart B_Standards for Maintenance and Collection of Records
 
Sec. 3b.203  Rules of conduct.

    (a) The Executive Director of the Commission has the overall 
administrative responsibility for implementing the provisions of the 
Privacy Act of 1974 and overseeing the conduct of all Commission 
employees with respect to the act.
    (b) It is the responsibility of the Comptroller of the Commission, 
under the guidance of the Executive Director, to prepare the appropriate 
internal administrative procedures to assure that all persons involved 
in the design, development, or operation of any system of records, or in 
collecting, using, or disseminating any individual record, and who have 
access to any system of records, are informed of all rules and 
requirements of the Commission to protect the privacy of the individuals 
who are the subjects of the records, including the applicable provisions 
of the FPC Standards of Conduct for Employees, Special Government 
Employees and Commissioners, specifically 18 CFR 3.207(e) and 3.228(d).
    (c) The Director, Office of Personnel Programs, is responsible for 
establishing and conducting an adequate training program for such 
persons

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whose official duties require access to and collection, maintenance, 
use, and dissemination of such records.
    (d) The General Counsel of the Commission is responsible for 
providing legal interpretation of the Privacy Act of 1974, and for 
preparing all agency rules and notices for official publication in 
compliance with the act.
    (e) Commission employees will be informed of all the implications of 
their actions in this area, including especially:
    (1) That there are criminal penalties for knowing and willful 
unauthorized disclosure of material within a system of records; for 
willful failure to publish a public notice of the existence of a system 
of records; and for knowingly and willfully requesting or obtaining 
records under false pretenses;
    (2) That the Commission may be subject to civil suit due to failure 
to amend an individual's record in accordance with his request or 
failure to review his request in conformity with Sec. 3b.224; refusal 
to comply with an individual's request of access to a record under Sec. 
3b.221; willful or intentional failure to maintain a record accurately 
pursuant to Sec. 3b.201(b) and consequently a determination is made 
which is adverse to the individual; or willful or intentional failure to 
comply with any other provision of the Privacy Act of 1974, or any rule 
promulgated thereunder, in such a way as to have an adverse effect upon 
an individual.