[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR401.110]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 401_PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION--Table 
of Contents
 
        Subpart C_Disclosure of Official Records and Information
 
Sec. 401.110  Disclosure of personal information in nonprogram records 
without the consent of the subject of the record.

    The disclosures listed in this section may be made from our 
nonprogram records, e.g., administrative and personnel records, without 
your consent. Such disclosures are those:
    (a) To officers and employees of SSA who have a need for the record 
in the performance of their duties. The SSA official who is responsible 
for the record may upon request of any officer or employee, or on his 
own initiative, determine what constitutes legitimate need.
    (b) Required to be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 
U.S.C. 552, and 20 CFR part 402.
    (c) For a routine use as defined in Sec. 401.25 of this part. 
Routine uses will be listed in any notice of a system of records. SSA 
publishes notices of systems of records, including all pertinent routine 
uses, in the Federal Register.
    (d) To the Bureau of the Census for purposes of planning or carrying 
out a census or survey or related activity pursuant to the provisions of 
Title 13 U.S.C.
    (e) To a recipient who has provided us with advance written 
assurance that

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the record will be used solely as a statistical research or reporting 
record; Provided, that, the record is transferred in a form that does 
not identify the subject individual.
    (f) To the National Archives of the United States as a record which 
has sufficient historical or other value to warrant its continued 
preservation by the United States Government, or for evaluation by the 
Administrator of General Services or his designee to determine whether 
the record has such value.
    (g) To another government agency or to an instrumentality of any 
governmental jurisdiction within or under the control of the United 
States for a civil or criminal law enforcement activity if the activity 
is authorized by law, and if the head of such government agency or 
instrumentality has submitted a written request to us, specifying the 
record desired and the law enforcement activity for which the record is 
sought.
    (h) To an individual pursuant to a showing of compelling 
circumstances affecting the health or safety of any individual if a 
notice of the disclosure is transmitted to the last known address of the 
subject individual.
    (i) To either House of Congress, or to the extent of matter within 
its jurisdiction, any committee or subcommittee thereof, any joint 
committee of Congress or subcommittee of any such joint committee.
    (j) To the Comptroller General, or any of his authorized 
representatives, in the course of the performance of the duties of the 
General Accounting Office.
    (k) Pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.