Appendix I to Part 83 - Memorandum of Understanding
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Appendix I to Part 83 - Memorandum of Understanding
This memorandum of understanding constitutes an agreement
between the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the National
Archives and Records Service of the General Services Administration
(NARS), and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
concerning:
(1) The maintenance of the Official Personnel Folder (OPF) of an
individual who has been employed in a position subject to the
provisions of Title 5, U.S.C. and to the regulations and procedures
issued by OPM to govern the Federal civil service, and also in a
position subject to the GAO Personnel Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-191)
and its implementing regulations and procedures;
(2) The exchange of personnel documents and data between the
Federal civil service administered by OPM and the personnel system
administered by GAO;
(3) The establishment of procedures for processing requests for
access to, disclosure from, and amendment of documents in the OPF
of an individual who has service under both personnel systems;
(4) The establishment of procedures to be followed by the
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) when responding to
requests pertaining to separated employees in any of the following
circumstances:
(a) When the OPF contains documentation resulting from
employment in both systems;
(b) When a request is received for transfer of an OPF between
systems;
(c) When processing a request for an OPF, and that OPF contains
only records of GAO employment since October 1, 1980;
(5) The agreement of the parties to consult and cooperate in
matters relating to the establishment and revision of personnel
procedures which may have mutual effect so as to insure the sharing
of essential information while minimizing the recordkeeping burden
of all three parties.