§ 1101.16 Criminal penalties.
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(a) Under the provisions of the Act, it is a Federal crime for any person to knowingly and willfully request or obtain information from a Federal agency, including this Section, by false pretenses.
(b) It is also a crime for any officer or employee of the Section to knowingly and willfully:
(1) Make an unauthorized disclosure; or
(2) Fail to publish public notice of a system of records as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4).
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