[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1830.5]

[Page 308]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                 CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
 
PART 1830_PRIVACY--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1830.5  Exemptions.

    The Office of Special Counsel will claim exemptions from the 
provisions of the Privacy Act at subsections (c)(3) and (d) as permitted 
by subsection (k) for records subject to the Act that fall within the 
category of investigatory material described in paragraphs (2) and (5) 
and testing or examination material described in paragraph (6) of that 
subsection. The exemptions for investigatory material are necessary to 
prevent frustration of inquiries into allegations of prohibited 
personnel practices or political activity and to protect identities of 
confidential sources of information. The exemption for testing or 
examination material is necessary to prevent the disclosure of 
information which would potentially give an individual an unfair 
competitive advantage or diminish the utility of established examination 
procedures. The Office of Special Counsel also reserves the right to 
assert exemptions for records received from another agency that could be 
properly claimed by that agency in responding to a request and the 
Office of Special Counsel may refuse access to information compiled in 
reasonable anticipation of a civil action or proceeding.