(See GN 03301.020)
No agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a system of records by any
means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written
request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record
pertains, unless disclosure of the record would be:
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(1)
to those officers and employees of the agency which maintains the record who have
a need for the record in the performance of their duties;
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(2)
required under section 552 of this title;
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(3)
for a routine use as defined in subsection (a)(7) of this section and described under
subsection (e)(4)(D) of this section;
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(4)
to the Census for purposes of planning or carrying out a census or survey or related
activity pursuant to the provisions of title 13;
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(5)
to a recipient who has provided the agency with advance adequate written assurance
that the record will be used solely as a statistical research or reporting record,
and the record is to be transferred in a form that is not individually identifiable;
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(6)
to the National Archives of the United States as a record which has sufficient historical
or other value to warrant its continued preservation by the United States Government,
or for evaluation by the Archivist of the United States or his designee to determine
whether the record has such value;
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(7)
to another agency or to an instrumentality of any governmental jurisdiction within
or under the control of the United States for civil or criminal law enforcement activity
if the activity is authorized by law, and if the head of the agency or instrumentality
has made a written request to the agency which maintains the record specifying the
particular portion desired and the law enforcement activity for which the record is
sought;
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(8)
to a person pursuant to a showing of compelling circumstances affecting the health
or safety of an individual if upon such disclosure notification is transmitted to
the last known address of such individual;
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(9)
to either House of Congress, or, to the extent of matter within its jurisdiction,
any committee or subcommittee thereof, any joint committee of Congress or subcommittee
of any such joint committee;
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(10)
to the Comptroller General, or any of his authorized representatives, in the course
of the performance of the duties of the General Accounting Office;
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(11)
pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
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(12)
to a consumer reporting agency in accordance with section 3711(f) of Title 31.1.