22 CFR § 308.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s308.1"
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title: "22 CFR § 308.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "308.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "PEACE CORPS"
part_number: "308"
part_name: "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552a."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 1844, Jan. 14, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "308"
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# 308.1 Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to set forth the basic policies of the Peace Corps governing the maintenance of systems of records containing personal information as defined in the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). Records included in this part are those described in the aforesaid Act and maintained by the Peace Corps and/or any component thereof.