4 CFR § 83.13 - Inquiries.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t4/s83.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "4 CFR § 83.13 - Inquiries."
title_number: 4
title_name: "Accounts"
section_number: "83.13"
section_name: "Inquiries."
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "RECORDS"
part_number: "83"
part_name: "PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 711(1); Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the National Archives and Records Service of the General Services Administration and the U.S. Government Accountability Office; 4 CFR part 81; 5 CFR parts 294-297; and 31 U.S.C. 731,"
regulatory_source: "50 FR 13162, Apr. 3, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "83"
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# 83.13 Inquiries.
(a) General inquiries to request assistance in identifying which system of records may contain a record about an individual may be made in person or by mail to the Director, Personnel.
(b) An inquiry that requests GAO to determine if it has, in a given system of personnel records, a record about the inquirer, should be addressed to the official identified in the *Federal Register* notice for that system. Inquirers should specify the name of the system of personnel records, if known, as published in the *Federal Register.* Such inquiries should contain the identifying data prescribed in § 83.12 before a search can be made of that particular system of records.