[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR613.5]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
PART 613_PRIVACY ACT REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 613.5  Exemptions.

    (a) Fellowships and other support. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), 
the Foundation hereby exempts from the application of 5 U.S.C. 
552a(c)(3) and (d) any materials which would reveal the identity of 
references of fellowship or other award applicants or nominees, or 
reviewers of applicants for Federal contracts (including grants and 
cooperative agreements) contained in any of the following systems of 
records:
    (1) ``Fellowships and Other Awards,''
    (2) ``Principal Investigator/Proposal File and Associated Records,''
    (3) ``Reviewer/ Proposal File and Associated Records,'' and
    (4) ``Reviewer/Fellowship and Other Awards File and Associated 
Records.''
    (b) OIG Files Compiled for the Purpose of a Criminal Investigation 
and for Related Purposes. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), the 
Foundation hereby exempts the system of records entitled ``Office of 
Inspector General Investigative Files,'' insofar as it consists of 
information compiled for the purpose of a criminal investigation or for 
other purposes within the scope of 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), from the 
application of 5 U.S.C. 552a, except for subsections (b), (c)(1) and 
(2), (e)(4) (A) through (F), (e)(6), (7), (9), (10) and (11), and (i).
    (c) OIG and ACA Files Compiled for Other Law Enforcement Purposes. 
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), the Foundation hereby exempts the 
systems of records entitled ``Office of Inspector General Investigative 
Files'' and ``Antarctic Conservation Act Files'' insofar as they consist 
of information compiled for law enforcement purposes other than material 
within the scope of 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), from the application of 5 
U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f).
    (d) Investigations of Scientific Misconduct. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552a(k)(2) and (k)(5), the Foundation hereby exempts from the 
application of 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (d) any materials which would 
reveal the identity of confidential sources of information contained in 
the following system of records: ``Debarment/Scientific Misconduct 
Files.''
    (e) Personnel Security Clearances. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), 
the Foundation hereby exempts from the application of 5 U.S.C. 
552a(c)(3) and (d) any materials which would reveal the identity of 
confidential sources of information contained in the following system of 
records: ``Personnel Security.''
    (f) Applicants for Employment. Records on applicants for employment 
at NSF are covered by the Office of Personnel

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Management (OPM) government-wide system notice ``Recruiting, Examining 
and Placement Records.'' These records are exempted as claimed in 5 CFR 
297.501(b)(7).
    (g) Other records. The Foundation may also assert exemptions for 
records received from another agency that could properly be claimed by 
that agency in responding to a request.