# Privacy Act, Exempt Record System
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Direct final rule. · Published 2012-08-28 · Effective 2013-01-10 · 77 FR 51910
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-20889
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 51910
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 21
- **Publication date:** 2012-08-28
- **Effective date:** 2013-01-10
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0252
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be implementing a new system of records, 09-10-0020, "FDA Records Related to Research Misconduct Proceedings, HHS/FDA/OC." HHS/FDA is exempting this system of records from certain requirements of the Privacy Act to protect the integrity of FDA's scientific misconduct inquiries and investigations and to protect the identity of confidential sources in such investigations. HHS/FDA is issuing a direct final rule for this action because the Agency expects that there will be no significant adverse comment on this rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/28/2012-20889/privacy-act-exempt-record-system)
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