Federal Laws and Guidelines

• The E-Government Act of 2002, Sec. 208 on Privacy Provisions (see Appendix B http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/m03-22.html).

• The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a)

• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130: Management of Federal Information Resources, Appendix I on Maintaining Records About Individuals http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a130/a130trans4.html.

• Office of Personnel Management Privacy Act Regulations on Personnel Records 4 CFR 297) http://www.opm.gov/feddata/cfr297.txt.

• The SBA Freedom of Information Act website http://archive.sba.gov/foia/

• List of Department of Justice Privacy Act and FOIA references http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/04_7.html

Web Site Privacy Requirements

• OMB privacy policy for Federal websites http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/privacy/website_privacy.html.

• Complying with the Children’s On-Line Privacy Protection Act (when websites are directed to children 13 years and under).  Federal Trade Commission guidelines http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm

• OMB guidelines on The E-Government Act of 2002, Sec. 208 on Privacy Provisions http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/m03-22.html.

• Internet Caucus Advisory Committee Briefing book on E-Government issues http://www.netcaucus.org/books/egov2001/  

Other Laws and Guidelines that Support the Privacy Act

• The Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) www.usdoj.gov/04foia/foiastat.htm

• The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (As amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act) (44 U.S.C. 3501) http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/infocoll.html

• The Federal Information Security Management Act http://cs-www.ncsl.nist.gov/policies/FISMA-final.pdf