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  FSH 6209.13 - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT/PRIVACY ACT HANDBOOK
                    WO AMENDMENT 6209.13-94-1
                        EFFECTIVE 12/8/94

                CHAPTER 20 - PRIVACY ACT OF 1974

                            Contents


20.4       Responsibility
20.41      Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Officer.
20.41a     Washington Office
20.41b     Field Unit
20.42      System Manager
20.43      Employees

21         SYSTEMS OF RECORDS
21.1       Establishing a New System of Records
21.2       Publication of Notice
21.21      Altering Existing Systems of Records
21.3       Forest Service Privacy Act Systems of Records
21.4       Other Agencies' 
           Privacy Act Systems of Records That Affect Forest 
           Service
21.5       Records-Systems Prohibitions
21.6       Criminal Penalties
21.61      Government Contracts

22         EXEMPTIONS FROM ACCESS TO SYSTEMS OF RECORDS
22.1       Special Exemptions
22.2       Two General Exemptions
22.3       Specific Exemptions
22.4       Obtaining an Exemption

23         ACCESS TO RECORDS
23.1       Requests
23.11      Requests Made in Person
23.12      Identification
23.13      Requests Made in Writing
23.14      Third-Party Accompaniment
23.15      Approvals of Access
23.16      Time Limits
23.17      Fees
23.2       Denials of Access
23.21      Appeal of Denied Access

24         COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
24.1       Evaluation
24.11      Question of Need
24.12      Frequency
24.2       Collecting Information From Individuals
24.3       Collecting Information by Interview
24.4       Collecting Information by Form
24.41      Collecting an Individual's Social Security Number
24.42      Collecting Information From Third Parties
24.5       Maintaining Collected Information
24.51      Records Maintained Manually
24.52      Records Maintained in Computerized Form/Electronically
24.53      Standards of Accuracy
24.54      Mailing Lists
24.6       Disclosure of Records
24.61      Accounting of Disclosure
24.62      Access to Disclosure Accounting
24.63      Correspondence

25         AMENDMENTS OF RECORDS
25.1       Requests for Amendment
25.11      Processing Requests
25.2       Approvals
25.3       Denials
25.4       Time Limits
25.5       Appeal of Denied Amendment

26         CIVIL REMEDIES
26.1       Grounds for Civil Action

27         REPORT FS-6200-F, PRIVACY ACT BIENNIAL REPORT
27.1       Exhibits