[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR911.101]

[Page 543]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 911_PROCEDURES FOR STATES AND LOCALITIES TO REQUEST INDEMNIFICATION
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Sec. 911.101  Scope and purpose.

    (a) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has the right to 
criminal history record information of State and local criminal justice 
agencies to determine whether a person may--
    (1) Be eligible for access to classified information;
    (2) Be assigned to sensitive national security duties; or
    (3) Continue to be assigned to sensitive national security duties.
    (b) This part sets out the conditions under which OPM may sign an 
agreement to indemnify and hold harmless a State or locality against 
claims for damages, costs, and other monetary loss caused by disclosure 
or use of criminal history record information by OPM.
    (c) The procedures set forth in this part do not apply to situations 
when OPM seeks access to the criminal history records of another Federal 
agency.
    (d) By law these provisions implementing 5 U.S.C. 9101(b)(3) will 
expire December 4, 1988, unless the duration of this section is extended 
or limited by Congress.