(b) A written request or consent is not required if the disclosure is:

1. (1) To those officers and employees of the Commission who have a need for the record in the performance of their duties;
2. (2) Required under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended;
3. (3) For a routine use as defined in § 3b.2(g) of this part and as described in the public notice for each system of records;
4. (4) To the Bureau of the Census for purposes of planning or carrying out a census or survey or related activity pursuant to the provisions of title 13 of the United States Code;

5. (5) To a recipient who has provided the appropriate system manager specified for each system of records with advance adequate written assurance that the record will be used solely as a statistical research or reporting record, and the record is to be transferred in a form that is not individually identifiable. The written statement of assurance should include at a minimum:

   1. (i) A statement of the purpose for requesting the record; and

   2. (ii) Certification that the record will only be used for statistical purposes.

      In addition to stripping personally identifying information from records released for statistical purposes, the system manager will ensure that the identity of the individual cannot reasonably be deduced or determined by combining various statistical records, or by reference to public records or other available sources of information;

6. (6) To the National Archives of the United States, pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2103, as a record which has sufficient historical or other value to warrant its continued preservation by the United States Government, or for the evaluation by the Administrator of General Services or his designee to determine whether the record has such value;
7. (7) To another agency or to an instrumentality of any governmental jurisdiction within or under the control of the United States for a civil or criminal law enforcement activity if the activity is authorized by law, and if the head of the agency or instrumentality, or his delegated official, has made a written request to the appropriate system manager specifying the particular portion of the record desired and the law enforcement activity for which the record is being sought;
8. (8) To a person pursuant to a showing of compelling circumstances affecting the health or safety of an individual (not necessarily the individual to whom the record pertains), if, upon disclosure, notification of such is sent to the last known address of the individual to whom the record pertains;
9. (9) To either House of Congress, or to any committee or subcommittee thereof, on a matter within its jurisdiction;
10. (10) To the Comptroller General, or any of his authorized representatives, in the course of the performance of the duties of the General Accounting Office; or
11. (11) Pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.