---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 297.305"
title: "5"
number: "297.305"
heading: "Denial of requests to amend records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/297.305"
---

# §297.305. Denial of requests to amend records.

- (a) If the Office or agency system manager decides not to amend the record in the manner sought, the requester should be notified in writing of the reasons for the denial.
- (b) The decision letter should also include the requester's right to appeal the denial and the procedures for appealing the denial to the appropriate official.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; Pub. L. 115-59, 113 Stat. 1152 (42 U.S.C. 405 note).

### Source

Source: 53 FR 1998, Jan. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted.