# OSD Privacy Program
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 1996-02-02 · 61 FR 3813
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-2257
- **Category:** security-clearance
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 3813
- **CFR reference:** 32 CFR 311
- **Publication date:** 1996-02-02
## Abstract

The Office of the Joint Staff is adopting an exemption to the system of records JS004SECDIV, entitled Joint Staff Security Clearance Files. The exemption is needed to comply with prohibitions against disclosure of information provided the government under a promise of confidentiality and to protect privacy rights of individuals identified in the system of records.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/02/02/96-2257/osd-privacy-program)
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