---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8506"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "8506"
heading: "Dissemination of information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/8506"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities"
  - "Chapter 85 — Unemployment Compensation"
  - "Subchapter I — Employees Generally"
---

# §8506. Dissemination of information

- (a) Each [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) and each wholly or partially owned instrumentality of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) shall make available to [State](/usc/5/8501.md?p=6) [agencies](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) which have agreements under this subchapter, or to the [Secretary](/usc/5/9901.md?p=2) of Labor, as the case may be, such information concerning the [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1) and [Federal wages](/usc/5/8501.md?p=2) of a [Federal employee](/usc/5/8501.md?p=3) as the [Secretary](/usc/5/9901.md?p=2) considers practicable and necessary for the determination of the entitlement of the [Federal employee](/usc/5/8501.md?p=3) to [compensation](/usc/5/8501.md?p=4) under this subchapter. The information shall include the findings of the employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) concerning—
  - (1) whether or not the [Federal employee](/usc/5/8501.md?p=3) has performed [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1);
  - (2) the periods of [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1);
  - (3) the amount of [Federal wages](/usc/5/8501.md?p=2); and
  - (4) the reasons for termination of [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1).

  The employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) shall make the findings in the form and manner prescribed by regulations of the [Secretary](/usc/5/9901.md?p=2). The regulations shall include provision for correction by the employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) of errors and omissions. This subsection does not apply with respect to [Federal service](/usc/5/8501.md?p=1) and [Federal wages](/usc/5/8501.md?p=2) covered by subchapter II of this chapter.

- (b) The [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) administering the unemployment [compensation](/usc/5/8501.md?p=4) law of a [State](/usc/5/8501.md?p=6) shall furnish the [Secretary](/usc/5/9901.md?p=2) such information as he considers necessary or appropriate in carrying out this subchapter. The information is deemed the report required by the [Secretary](/usc/5/9901.md?p=2) for the purpose of [section 503(a)(6) of title 42](/usc/42/503.md?p=a-6).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 589; Pub. L. 94–566, title III, § 313(a), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2680.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 42 U.S.C. 1367. | Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1212, § 4(a) “Sec. 1507”, 68 Stat. 1134. |
|  |  | Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–848, § 4, 72 Stat. 1089. |
|  |  | Sept. 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86–778, § 531(f), 74 Stat. 984. |

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–566 struck out provision that findings made in accordance with the Secretary’s regulations were final and conclusive for the purpose of sections 8502(d) and 8503(c) of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Pub. L. 94–566, title III, § 313(b), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2680, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to findings made after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 20, 1976].”