What does it mean to make a routine use disclosure from a Privacy Act System of Records?
A routine use disclosure from a Privacy Act system of records permits disclosures of information from a record to requestors outside OSD without the consent of the individual to whom the record pertains. Routine use disclosures must be consistent with the purpose(s) for which the information was collected and must be published in the Federal Register. Routine use disclosures are not mandatory. They are optional disclosures made at the discretion of the appropriate Privacy Act System Manager or his/her designee. Agencies must keep an accounting of all disclosures made pursuant to a routine use.
