20 CFR § 903.2 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s903.2"
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title: "20 CFR § 903.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "903.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "JOINT BOARD FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES"
part_number: "903"
part_name: "ACCESS TO RECORDS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552a."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 1493, Jan. 8, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "903"
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# 903.2 Definitions.

(a) The term *agency* includes any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency (see 5 U.S.C. 552(e));

(b) The term *individual* means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence;

(c) The term *maintain* includes maintain, use, collect or disseminate;

(d) The term *record* means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by the Joint Board, including, but not limited to, his education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history and that contains his name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual such as a finger or voice print or a photograph;

(e) The term *system of records* means a group of any records under the control of the Joint Board from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual;

(f) The term *routine use* means, with respect to the disclosure of a record, the use of such record for a purpose which is compatible with the purpose for which it was collected.