[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR171.31]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 171_AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC
--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart D_Privacy Act Provisions
 
Sec. 171.31  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart, the following definitions shall apply:
    (a) Department means the United States Department of State, 
including its field offices and Foreign Service posts abroad.
    (b) Individual means a citizen of the United States or an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
    (c) Maintain includes maintain, collect, use, or disseminate.
    (d) Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information 
about an individual that is maintained by the Department, including, but 
not limited to education, financial transactions, medical history, and 
criminal or employment history, that contains the individual's name or 
the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned 
to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or photograph.
    (e) System of Records means a group of any records under the control 
of the Department from which information is retrieved by the name of the 
individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying 
particular assigned to an individual.
    (f) Control has the meaning set forth in Sec. 171.11(f)
    (g) Information and Privacy Coordinator has the meaning set forth in 
Sec. 171.11(d).
    (h) DS is the abbreviation for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of 
the U.S. Department of State.
    (i) OIG is the abbreviation for the Office of the Inspector General 
of the U.S. Department of State.