[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR22.2]

[Page 423-424]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 22_CONFIDENTIALITY OF IDENTIFIABLE RESEARCH AND STATISTICAL 
INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  22.2  Definitions.

    (a) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, 
association, public or private organization or governmental entity, or 
combination thereof.
    (b) Private person means any person defined in Sec.  22.2(a) other 
than an agency, or department of Federal, State, or local government, or 
any component or combination thereof. Included as a private person is an 
individual acting in his or her official capacity.
    (c) Research or statistical project means any program, project, or 
component thereof which is supported in whole or in part with funds 
appropriated under the Act and whose purpose is to develop, measure, 
evaluate, or otherwise advance the state of knowledge in a

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particular area. The term does not include ``intelligence'' or other 
information-gathering activities in which information pertaining to 
specific individuals is obtained for purposes directly related to 
enforcement of the criminal laws.
    (d) Research or statistical information means any information which 
is collected during the conduct of a research or statistical project and 
which is intended to be utilized for research or statistical purposes. 
The term includes information which is collected directly from the 
individual or obtained from any agency or individual having possession, 
knowledge, or control thereof.
    (e) Information identifiable to a private person means information 
which either--
    (1) Is labelled by name or other personal identifiers, or
    (2) Can, by virtue of sample size or other factors, be reasonably 
interpreted as referring to a particular private person.
    (f) Recipient of assistance means any recipient of a grant, 
contract, interagency agreement, subgrant, or subcontract under the Act 
and any person, including subcontractors, employed by such recipient in 
connection with performances of the grant, contract, or interagency 
agreement.
    (g) Officer or employee of the Federal Government means any person 
employed as a regular or special employee of the U.S. (including 
experts, consultants, and advisory board members) as of July 1, 1973, or 
at any time thereafter.
    (h) The act means the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968, as amended.
    (i) Applicant means any person who applies for a grant, contract, or 
subgrant to be funded pursuant to the Act.
    (j) The Juvenile Justice Act means the ``Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended.''
    (k) The Victims of Crime Act means the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

[41 FR 54846, Dec. 15, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 16974, Apr. 21, 1978; 
51 FR 6400, Feb. 24, 1986]