[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR1008.21]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
          CHAPTER X--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
 
PART 1008_RECORDS MAINTAINED ON INDIVIDUALS (PRIVACY ACT)--Table of 
Contents
 
      Subpart D_Maintenance and Establishment of Systems of Records
 
Sec. 1008.21  Collection of information by DOE about an individual 
for a system of records.

    (a) The DOE will collect information, to the greatest extent 
practicable, directly from the subject individual when the use of the 
information may result in adverse determinations about an individual's 
rights, benefits and privileges under Federal programs, unless an 
exemption from the Act to this requirement has been claimed by DOE as 
provided in Sec. 1008.12
    (b) Unless an exemption from the Act has been claimed by DOE under 
subsection (j)(2), as provided in Sec. 1008.12, DOE shall inform each 
individual

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whom it asks to supply information, on the form or other means by which 
it uses to collect the information, or on a separate form that can be 
retained by the individual, of the following:
    (1) The authority (whether granted by statute or by Executive Order 
of the President) that authorizes the solicitation of the information 
and whether the provision of such information is mandatory or voluntary;
    (2) The principal purpose or purposes for which the information is 
intended to be used;
    (3) The routine uses that may be made of the information, as 
published in the Federal Register pursuant to the requirements of the 
Act; and
    (4) The effect on the individual, if any, of not providing all or 
any part of the requested information.