[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR1212.101]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1212_PRIVACY ACT_NASA REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart 1212.1_Basic Policy

 

Sec. 1212.101  Definitions.



    For the purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply 

in addition to definitions contained in the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. 552a):

    (a) The term individual means a living person who is either a 

citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 

residence.

    (b) The term maintain includes maintain, collect, use or 

disseminate.

    (c) The term record means any item, collection, or grouping of 

information about an individual including, but not limited to, 

education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or 

employment history, and that contains a name, or the identifying number, 

symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such 

as a finger or voice print or a photograph.

    (d) The term system of records means a group of any records from 

which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some 

identifying number, symbol or other identifying particular assigned to 

the individual.

    (e) The term system manager means the NASA official who is 

responsible for a system of records as designated in the system notice 

of that system of records published in the Federal Register. When a 

system of records includes portions located at more than one NASA 

Installation, the term system manager includes any subsystem manager 

designated in the system notice as being responsible for that portion of 

the system of records located at the respective Installation.

    (f) The term systems notice means, with respect to a system of 

records the publication of information in the Federal Register upon 

establishment or revision of the existence and character of the system 

of records. The notice shall include that information as required by 5 

U.S.C. 552a(e)(4).

    (g) The term routine use means, with respect to the disclosure of a 

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

purpose for which it was collected.

    (h) The term NASA employee or NASA official, particularly for the 

purpose of Sec. 1212.203(g) related to the disclosure of a record to 

those who have a need for the record in the performance of their 

official duties, includes employees of a NASA contractor which operates 

or maintains a NASA system of records for or on behalf of NASA.

    (i) The term NASA information center refers to information centers 

established to facilitate public access to



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NASA records under part 1206 of this chapter. See Sec. 1206.401 of this 

chapter for the address of each NASA information center.