GAO policy and requirements.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 4

(a) GAO shall maintain in its personnel records only such information about an individual as is relevant and necessary to accomplish an authorized official purpose. Authority to maintain personnel records does not constitute authority to maintain information in the record merely because a need for it (b) GAO shall make every reasonable effort to collect information about an individual directly from that individual when the information may result in adverse determinations about the individual's rights, benefits, and privileges under Federal programs. Factors to be considered in determining whether to collect the data from the individual concerned or a third party are: (1) The nature of the information is such that it can only be obtained from another party; (2) The cost of collecting the information directly from the individual is unreasonable when compared with the cost of collecting it from another party; (3) There is virtually no risk that information collected from other parties, if inaccurate, could result in a determination adverse to the individual concerned; (4) The information supplied by an individual must be verified by another party; or (5) Provisions are made, to the greatest extent practical, to verify information collected from another party with the individual concerned. (c) GAO shall inform each individual whom it asks to supply information for a personnel record, on the form which it uses to collect the information or on a separate form that can be retained b

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 4:§ 83.7