[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: 22CFR171.34]

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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. 171.34  Request for an accounting of record disclosures.

    (a) How made. Except where accountings of disclosures are not 
required to be kept, as set forth in paragraph (b) of this section, an 
individual has a right to request an accounting of any disclosure that 
the Department has made to another person, organization, or agency of 
any record about an individual. This accounting shall contain the date, 
nature, and purpose of each disclosure as well as the name and address 
of the recipient of the disclosure. Any request for accounting should 
identify each particular record in question and may be made by writing 
directly to the Information and Privacy Coordinator at the address given 
in Sec. 171.5.
    (b) Where accountings not required. The Department is not required 
to keep an accounting of disclosures in the case of:
    (1) Disclosures made to employees within the Department who have a 
need for the record in the performance of their duties;
    (2) Disclosures required under the FOIA;
    (3) Disclosures made to another agency or to an instrumentality of 
any governmental jurisdiction under the control of or within the United 
States for authorized civil or criminal law enforcement activities 
pursuant to a written request from such agency or instrumentality 
specifying the activities for which the disclosures are sought and the 
portions of the records sought.