[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: 5CFR293.108]

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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. 293.108  Rules of conduct.

    (a) Scope. These rules of conduct apply to all Office and agency 
employees responsible for creation, development, maintenance, 
processing, use, dissemination, and safeguarding of personnel records. 
The Office and agencies shall require that such employees are familiar 
with these and appropriate supplemental agency internal regulations.
    (b) Standards of conduct. Office and agency employees whose official 
duties involve personnel records shall be sensitive to individual rights 
to personal privacy and shall not disclose information from any 
personnel record unless

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disclosure is part of their official duties or required by executive 
order, regulation, or statute (e.g., required by the Freedom of 
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552).
    (c) Improper uses of personnel information. Any Office or agency 
employee who makes a disclosure of personnel records knowing that such 
disclosure is unauthorized, or otherwise knowingly violates these 
regulations, shall be subject to disciplinary action and may also be 
subject to criminal penalties where the records are subject to the 
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). Employees are prohibited from using 
personnel information not available to the public, gained through 
official duties, for commercial solicitation or sale, or for personal 
gain.