(a) General inquiries to request assistance in identifying which system of records may contain a record about an individual may be made in person or by mail to the Director, Personnel.

(b) An inquiry that requests GAO to determine if it has, in a given system of personnel records, a record about the inquirer, should be addressed to the official identified in the Federal Register notice for that system. Inquirers should specify the name of the system of personnel records, if known, as published in the Federal Register. Such inquiries should contain the identifying data prescribed in § 83.12 before a search can be made of that particular system of records.