[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR297.303]

[Page 117]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 297_PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Amendment of Records
 
Sec. 297.303  Applicability of amendment provisions.

    (a) The amendment procedures are not intended to allow a challenge 
to material that records an event that actually occurred nor are they 
designed to permit a collateral attack upon that which has been or could 
have been the subject of a judicial, quasi-judicial, or administrative 
proceeding. The amendment procedures are also not designed to change 
opinions in records pertaining to the individual.
    (b) The amendment procedures apply to situations when an occurrence 
that is documented was challenged through an established judicial, 
quasi-judicial, or administrative procedure and found to be inaccurately 
described; when the document is not identical to the individual's copy; 
or when the document is not created in accordance with the applicable 
recordkeeping requirements. (For example, the amendment provisions are 
not designed to allow a challenge to the merits of an agency adverse 
action that is documented in an individual's Official Personnel Folder.)