[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 20, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 20CFR61.401]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                      CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS'

                         COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,

                           DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 61_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE WAR HAZARDS COMPENSATION ACT, 

AS AMENDED--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart E_Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Sec.  61.401  Confidentiality of records.



    Records of the Office pertaining to injury, death, or detention are 

confidential, and are exempt from disclosure to the public under section 

552(b)(6) of title 5, U.S. Code. No official or employee of the United 

States who has investigated or secured statements from witnesses and 

others pertaining to any case within the purview of the Act, or any 

person having the care or use of such records, shall disclose 

information from or pertaining to such records to any person, except in 

accordance with applicable regulations (see 29 CFR part 70a).