NoSSN - 4 CFR 83.9

4 CFR 83.9
Privacy Procedures for Personnel Records
January 1, 2002

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 4, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 4CFR83.9]

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TITLE 4--ACCOUNTS

CHAPTER I--GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

PART 83--PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS--Table of Contents

Sec. 83.9 Social Security number.

(a) GAO may not require individuals to disclose their Social
Security Number (SSN) unless disclosure would be required--
(1) Under Federal statute; or
(2) Under any statute, executive order, or regulation that
authorizes any Federal, State, or local agency maintaining a system of
records that was in existence and operating prior to January 1, 1975, to
request the SSN as a necessary means of verifying the identity of an
individual.
(b) Individuals asked to voluntarily provide their SSN shall suffer
no penalty or denial of benefits for refusing to provide it.
(c) When GAO requests an individual to disclose his or her SSN, it
shall inform that individual whether that disclosure is mandatory or
voluntary, by what statutory or other authority such number is
solicited, and what uses will be made of it.

"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." -- Thomas Jefferson

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