---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.12"
title: "20"
number: "10.12"
heading: "How may a FECA claimant or beneficiary obtain copies of protected records?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.12"
---

# §10.12. How may a FECA claimant or beneficiary obtain copies of protected records?

- (a) A claimant seeking copies of his or her official FECA file should address a request to the District Director of the OWCP office having custody of the file. A claimant seeking copies of FECA-related documents in the custody of the employer should follow the procedures established by that agency.
- (b)
  - (1) While an employing agency may establish procedures that an injured employee or beneficiary should follow in requesting access to documents it maintains, any decision issued in response to such a request must comply with the rules and regulations of the Department of Labor which govern all other aspects of safeguarding these records.
  - (2) No employing agency has the authority to issue determinations with respect to requests for the correction or amendment of records contained in or covered by DOL/GOVT-1. That authority is within the exclusive control of OWCP. Thus, any request for correction or amendment received by an employing agency must be referred to OWCP for review and decision.
  - (3) Any administrative appeal taken from a denial issued by the employing agency or OWCP shall be filed with the Solicitor of Labor in accordance with 29 CFR [71.7](/cfr/29/71.7.md) and [71.9](/cfr/29/71.9.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 37903, June 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.