5 CFR § 582.304 - Nonliability for disclosure.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s582.304"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 582.304 - Nonliability for disclosure."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "582.304"
section_name: "Nonliability for disclosure."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "582"
part_name: "COMMERCIAL GARNISHMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' PAY"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5520a; 15 U.S.C. 1673; E.O. 12897; Sec. 582.102 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336a and 8412a."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 13030, Mar. 10, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "582"
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# 582.304 Nonliability for disclosure.

(a) No agency employee whose duties include responding to interrogatories pursuant to § 582.303(b), shall be subject to any disciplinary action or civil or criminal liability or penalty for any disclosure of information made in connection with the carrying out of any duties pertaining directly or indirectly to answering such interrogatories.

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