[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR1.9]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 1_PRIVACY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1.9  Appeal of initial adverse agency determination on amendment 
or correction.

    (a) Any individual whose request for a correction or amendment has 
been denied in whole or in part, may appeal that decision to the 
Commissioners no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the 
adverse decision is rendered.
    (b) The appeal shall be in writing and shall contain the following 
information:
    (1) The name of the individual making the appeal;
    (2) Identification of the record sought to be amended;
    (3) The record system in which that record is contained;
    (4) A short statement describing the amendment sought; and
    (5) The name and location of the agency official who initially 
denied the correction or amendment.
    (c) Not later than thirty (30) days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays 
and legal holidays) after the date on which the Commission receives the 
appeal, the Commissioners shall complete their review of the appeal and 
make a final decision thereon. However, for good cause shown, the 
Commissioners

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may extend that thirty (30) day period. If the Commissioners extend the 
period, the individual requesting the review shall be promptly notified 
of the extension and the anticipated date of a decision.
    (d) After review of an appeal, the Commission shall send a written 
notice to the requestor containing the following information:
    (1) The decision and, if the denial is upheld, the reasons for the 
decision;
    (2) The right of the requestor to institute a civil action in a 
Federal District Court for judicial review of the decision; and
    (3) The right of the requestor to file with the Commission a concise 
statement setting forth the reasons for his or her disagreement with the 
Commission denial of the correction or amendment. The Commission shall 
make this statement available to any person to whom the record is later 
disclosed, together with a brief statement, if appropriate, of the 
Commission's reasons for denying the requested correction or amendment. 
The Commission shall also send a copy of the statement to prior 
recipients of the individual's record if an accounting of the 
disclosures was made.