5 CFR § 297.101 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s297.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 297.101 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "297.101"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "297"
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: "5 U.S.C. 552a; Pub. L. 115-59, 113 Stat. 1152 (42 U.S.C. 405 note)."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 1998, Jan. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "297"
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# 297.101 Purpose and scope.

This part sets forth the regulations of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (the Office) to govern the maintenance, protection, disclosure, and amendment of records within the systems of records as defned by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), Public Law 93-579.