Beauregard Is a High Level Employee of the Department of State

question 39

Multiple Choice

Beauregard is a high level employee of the Department of State. Recently, he has been using official travel for trips to a number of locations around the world, where, coincidentally, there are beautiful beaches, including Rio de Janeiro, Tahiti, St. Tropez, Maui and Ibiza. A number of requests have been made for his travel records. Absent an applicable routine use, the Privacy Act will lead to a denial of the request from

• A) a journalist who is writing a story about misuse of travel by federal employees.
• B) the Comptroller General of the United States for a GAO study of federal employee travel.
• C) a subcommittee of Congress with jurisdiction over budget of the Department of State.
• D) the Inspector General of the Department of State who is investigating Beauregard's activities.

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