17.67—Claims files.

Each claims collection officer is responsible for obtaining current credit data about each person against whom a claim is pending in his office. The file shall be kept reasonably up to date by the Department Claims Officer for claims referred to the Assistant Secretary for Administration for collection. Such credit data may take the form of: (a) A commercial credit report, (b) an agency investigative report showing the debtor's assets and liabilities and his income and expenses, (c) the individual debtor's own financial statement executed under penalty of perjury reflecting his assets and liabilities and his income and expenses, or (d) an audited balance sheet of a corporate debtor. The file should also contain a checklist or brief summary of actions taken to collect or comprise a claim.