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Overview of the Privacy Act: 2020 Edition

References

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Memorandum from Eric Holder, Attorney General, for Dept. of Justice Heads of Exec. Dept. & Agencies, The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (Mar. 19, 2009)

Memorandum from Robert P. Bedell, Deputy Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, for the Senior Agency Officials for Information Resource Management, Privacy Act Guidance - Update (May 24, 1985)

Memorandum on Privacy and Personal Information in Federal Records, 34 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 870 (May 14, 1998)

Nat’l Archive, Privacy Act Issuances, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/PAI/

Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology, Spec. Pub. 800-53, Rev. 5, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations (2020), https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-53/rev-5/final

Off. of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Off. of the President, Final Guidance Interpreting the Provisions of Public Law 100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, 54 Fed. Reg. 25,818 (June 19, 1989)

Off. of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Off. of the President, Guidance on the Privacy Act Implication of “Call Detail” Programs to Manage Employees’ Use of the Government’s Telecommunications Systems, 52 Fed. Reg. 12,990 (April 20, 1987)

Off. of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Off. of the President, Guidelines on the Relationship of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 to the Privacy Act of 1974, 48 Fed. Reg. 1,556 (April 11, 1983)

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Off. of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Off. of the President, OMB Circular No. A–108, Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication Under the Privacy Act (Dec. 23, 2016) (notice of availability published at 81 Fed. Reg. 94,424)

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Office of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Office of the President, Privacy Act Implementation: Guidelines and Responsibilities, 40 Fed. Reg. 28,948 (July 9, 1975)

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Privacy Act Issuances Bulk XML downloads, https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/privacy-act-issuances-bulk-xml

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U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Off. of Info. Pol’y, Privacy Protections Under the Supreme Court’s Reporters Committee Decision, in FOIA Update,  Vol. X, No. 2, https://www.justice.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_X_2/page3.html

U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Off. of Info. Pol’y, Use of “Cut-Off” Dates for FOIA Searches, FOIA Post (May 6, 2004), https://www.justice.gov/oip/foiapost/2004foiapost14.htm

U.S. Priv. Prot. Study Commission, Personal Privacy in an Information Society (1977)

 

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