[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR6.2]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 6_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 6.2  Definitions.



    For the purpose of this part:

    (a) Agency includes any executive department, military department, 

Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other 

establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the 

Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency 

(see 5 U.S.C. 552(e)).

    (b) Individual means a citizen of the United States or an alien 

lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

    (c) Maintain includes maintain, collect, use, and disseminate.

    (d) Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information 

about an individual that is maintained by an agency, including, but not 

limited to those concerning education, financial transactions, medical 

history, and criminal or employment history, and that contains the name 

or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a 

fingerprint, voiceprint, or photograph.

    (e) System of records means a group of any records under the control 

of an agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the 

individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other 

identification assigned to that individual.

    (f) Statistical record means a record in a system of records 

maintained for statistical research or reporting purposes only and not 

used in whole or in part in making any determination about an 

identifiable individual, except as provided by 13 U.S.C. 8.

    (g) Routine use means, with respect to the disclosure of a record, 

the use of that record for a purpose which is compatible with the 

purpose for which it was collected.

    (h) System manager means the employee of FEMA who is responsible for 

the maintenance of a system of records and for the collection, use, and 

dissemination of information therein.

    (i) Subject individual means the individual named or discussed in a 

record of the individual to whom a record otherwise pertains.

    (j) Disclosure means a transfer of a record, a copy of a record, or 

any or all of the information contained in a record to a recipient other 

than the subject individual, or the review of a record by someone other 

than the subject individual.

    (k) Access means a transfer of a record, a copy of a record, or the 

information in a record to the subject individual, or the review of a 

record by the subject individual.

    (l) Solicitation means a request by an officer or employee of FEMA 

that an individual provide information about himself or herself.

    (m) Director means the Director, FEMA.

    (n) Deputy Director means the Deputy Director, FEMA, or, in the case 

of the absence of the Deputy Director, or a vacancy in that office, a 

person designated by the Director to perform the functions under this 

regulation of the Deputy Director.

    (o) Privacy Appeals Officer means the FOIA/Privacy Act Specialist or 

his/her designee.



[44 FR 50293, Aug. 27, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 17152, Mar. 18, 1980; 

51 FR 34604, Sept. 30, 1986]