Privacy Act Exemptions

What it does

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing a final rule, exempting a new system of records entitled "Department of the Treasury, Treasury .032--Federal Program Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Tip Intake and Referral Records" from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. This system of records is established to support the receipt, maintenance, review, triage, and referral of tips, complaints, allegations, leads, supporting information, and related correspondence concerning suspected waste, fraud, abuse, improper payments, misuse of Federal funds, or other misconduct affecting Federal programs. The exemption is intended to protect investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes.

The Treasury Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

31 CFR 1

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Treasury Department has published 4 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 3 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This rule is effective on November 5, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 31 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register