5 CFR § 581.304 - Nonliability for disclosure.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s581.304"
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title: "5 CFR § 581.304 - Nonliability for disclosure."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "581.304"
section_name: "Nonliability for disclosure."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "581"
part_name: "PROCESSING GARNISHMENT ORDERS FOR CHILD SUPPORT AND/OR ALIMONY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 659; 15 U.S.C. 1673; E.O. 12105 (43 FR 59465 and 3 CFR 262)(1979). Secs. 581.102 and 581.306 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336a and 8412a."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 581.304 Nonliability for disclosure.

(a) No Federal employee whose duties include responding to interrogatories pursuant to § 581.303(b), shall be subject to any disciplinary action or civil or criminal liability or penalty for any disclosure of information made by him/her in connection with the carrying out of any duties pertaining directly or indirectly to answering such interrogatories.

(b) However, a governmental entity would not be precluded from taking disciplinary action against an employee who consistently or purposely failed to provide correct information requested by interrogatories.

[45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 26280, June 7, 1983]