[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1212.801]

[Page 88]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          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.