Examination of the Privacy Act of 1974 and Its Effect on...

HRM 630 - Week Four Assignment - â€Å"Examination of the Privacy Act of 1974 and its Effect on Federal Employment† Brian Brillo National University - HRM 630: Legal, Ethical and Safety Issues in Human Resource Management July 29, 2010 Abstract This paper is an examination of the Privacy Act of 1974, which includes research of the history, relevancy, strengths, weaknesses, and current trends of the process, and examples of current challenges with the Privacy Act within Federal employment. This paper is influenced by the theories and readings for Week Four of the Legal, Ethical and Safety Issues in Human Resource Management (HRM 630) Course. The comparisons set forth within this paper will include theories found in†¦show more content†¦While the Federal Government enacted the Privacy Act in order to create these twelve conditions for the Agency to follow, it also enacted consequences for violations of the Act. In an article entitled Can an Agency be Punished for Improperly Contacting a Physician?, Cyberfeds Legal Editor Rebecca E. Lawrence, Esq. expresses that â€Å"it is a violation of the claimants privacy rights to contact his physician without first attempting to obtain the desired information from the claimant. Only if the claimant fails to cooperate with the agency can the agency go directly to the physician†. (Lawrence, 2010). As such, the rule of engagement for an Agency seeking medical documentation is the first go through the employee themselves to provide the requested medical documentation, and should such failure to cooperate be evident, then the Agency can request the documentation directl y. Ms. Lawrence also discusses the consequences for a Privacy Act violation as she states that monetary awards: â€Å"will either be for the actual money the claimant lost because of the agencys violation or $1,000 per violation, whichever is greater†. (Lawrence, 2010). 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