10.13—How your Privacy Act request for amendment will be handled.

(a) The Agency Records Officer (or that official's designee) will decide whether your request for amendment of a record should be granted. That official (or the designee) will acknowledge receipt of your request within ten working days and will either notify you of the decision or tell you when you can expect to have the decision. If a decision cannot be made within 30 working days of the receipt of your request, the Agency Records Officer (or the designee) will advise you in writing of the circumstances causing the delay.
(b) If your request for amendment is granted, in whole or in part:
(1) The Agency Records Officer (or that official's designee) will notify you of this decision;
(2) The system manager will promptly correct the record; and
(3) Where an accounting of disclosures has been maintained, the system manager will advise all previous recipients of the record that the correction has been made.
(c) If your request for amendment is denied, in whole or in part, the Agency Records Officer (or that official's designee) will notify you of this decision and will:
(1) Tell you why the request is being denied;
(2) Tell you that you have the right to request further review by appealing the decision; and
(3) Tell you how to make an appeal.