[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR293.103]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 293_PERSONNEL RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A_Basic Policies on Maintenance of Personnel Records
 
Sec. 293.103  Recordkeeping standards.

    (a) The head of each agency shall ensure that persons having access 
to or

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involved in the creation, development, processing, use, or maintenance 
of personnel records are informed of pertinent recordkeeping regulations 
and requirements of the Office of Personnel Management and the agency. 
Authority to maintain personnel records does not constitute authority to 
maintain information in the record merely because it may be useful; both 
Government-wide and internal agency personnel records shall contain only 
information concerning an individual that is relevant and necessary to 
accomplish the Federal personnel management purposes required by 
statute, Executive order, or Office regulation.
    (b) The Office is responsible for establishing minimum standards of 
accuracy, relevancy, necessity, timeliness, and completeness for 
personnel records it requires agencies to maintain. These standards are 
discussed in appropriate chapters of the Guide to Personnel 
Recordkeeping. Before approval of any agency requests for changes in 
recordkeeping practices governed by the Guide to Personnel 
Recordkeeping, the Office will examine the proposal or request in the 
context of such standards set forth by the agency in support of the 
proposal and in light of the personnel program area that requires these 
records.

[44 FR 65033, Nov. 9, 1979, as amended at 66 FR 66709, Dec. 27, 2001]