43 C.F.R. § 2.254 – Exemptions.

(a) Criminal law enforcement records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) the following systems of records are exempted from all of the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the regulations in this subpart except paragraphs (b), (c)(1) and (2), (e)(4)(A) through (F), (e)(6), (7), (9), (10), (11), and (12), and (i) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the portions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
1. (1) INTERIOR/FWS-20, Investigative Case File System.
2. (2) INTERIOR/BIA-18, Law Enforcement Services System.
3. (3) INTERIOR/NPS-19, Law Enforcement Statistical Reporting System.
4. (4) INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative Records.
5. (5) INTERIOR/DOI-10, Incident Management, Analysis and Reporting System.
6. (6) INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.
(b) Classified records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), the following systems of records have been exempted from paragraphs (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
1. (1) INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.
2. (2) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
(c) Law enforcement records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), the following systems of records are exempted from paragraphs (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
1. (1) INTERIOR/OIG-2, Investigative Records.
2. (2) INTERIOR/FWS-21, Permits System.
3. (3) INTERIOR/BLM-18, Criminal Case Investigation System.
4. (4) INTERIOR/BLM-19, Civil Trespass Case Investigations.
5. (5) INTERIOR/BLM-20, Employee Conduct Investigations.
6. (6) -(7) [Reserved]
7. (8) INTERIOR/NPS-17, Employee Financial Irregularities.
8. (9) INTERIOR/Reclamation-37, Trespass Cases.
9. (10) INTERIOR/SOL-1, Litigation, Appeal and Case Files System, to the extent that it consists of investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes.
10. (11) INTERIOR/FWS-19, Endangered Species Licenses System.
11. (12) INTERIOR/FWS-20, Investigative Case File System.
12. (13) INTERIOR/BIA-24, Timber Cutting and Trespass Claims Files.
13. (14) INTERIOR/DOI-11, Debarment and Suspension Program.
14. (15) INTERIOR/DOI-10, Incident Management, Analysis and Reporting System.
15. (16) INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.
16. (17) INTERIOR/DOI-24, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
17. (18) INTERIOR/BSEE-01, Investigations Case Management System (CMS).
18. (19) INTERIOR/DOI-46, Physical Security Access Files.
19. (20) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
(d) Records maintained in connection with providing protective services exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(3). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(3), the following systems of records have been exempted from paragraphs (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I) and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
1. (1) INTERIOR/DOI-46, Physical Security Access Files.
2. (2) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
(e) Investigatory records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), the following systems of records have been exempted from paragraphs (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
1. (1) [Reserved]
2. (2) INTERIOR/GS-9, National Research Council Grants Program.
3. (3) INTERIOR/OS-68, Committee Management Files.
4. (4) INTERIOR/DOI-11, Debarment and Suspension Program.
5. (5) INTERIOR/DOI-46, Physical Security Access Files.
6. (6) INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.
7. (7) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
(f) Records maintained on testing and examination material exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(6). Pursuant to U.S.C. 552a(k)(6), the following systems of records have been exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f) and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs.
1. (1) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
2. (2) [Reserved]

[86 FR 49928, Sept. 7, 2021, as amended at 87 FR 8428, Feb. 15, 2022; 88 FR 10480, Feb. 21, 2023]