[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: 14CFR1212.801]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1212_PRIVACY ACT_NASA REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart 1212.8_Failure to Comply With Requirements of This Part

 

Sec. 1212.801  Criminal penalties.



    (a) A NASA officer or employee may be subject to criminal penalties 

under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(i) (1) and (2).

    (1) Section 552a(i)(1). Any officer or employee of an agency, who by 

virtue of employment or official position, has possession of, or access 

to, agency records which contain individually identifiable information 

the disclosure of which is prohibited by this section or by rules or 

regulations established thereunder, and who knowing that disclosure of 

the specific material is so prohibited, willfully discloses the material 

in any manner to any person or agency not entitled to receive it, shall 

be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $5,000.

    (2) Section 552a(i)(2). Any officer or employee of any agency who 

willfully maintains a system of records without meeting the notice 

requirements of subsection (e)(4) of this section shall be guilty of a 

misdemeanor and fined not more than $5,000.

    (3) These two provisions apply to NASA civil service employees as 

well as those employees of a NASA contractor with responsibilities for 

maintaining a Privacy Act system of records.

    (b) Section 552a(i)(3). Any person who knowingly and willfully 

requests or obtains any record concerning an individual from an agency 

under false pretenses shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not 

more than $5,000.