Examples of Federal Laws and Regulations
Affecting Data Access and Disclosure

  • Clinton Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Privacy and Personal Information in Federal records (May 14, 1998) which concerns review of federal policies on privacy protections for information exchanged between the federal government and the state, local, and tribal governments

  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

  • Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

  • Computer Security Act

  • Driver's Privacy Protection Act

  • Electronic Communications Privacy Act

  • Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act

  • Federal Acquisition Regulations

  • Freedom of Information Act

  • Federal Privacy Act

  • Federal Technology Transfer Act

  • Federal Torts Claim Act

  • OMB Circular A-110

  • OMB Circular A-130

  • Paperwork Reduction Act

  • Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

  • U.S. Copyright Act

  • 28 U.S.C. §1498(b)


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