Ethics and Privacy

Provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 require privacy act statements on internal and external training forms which request personal information.

IRM 11.3, Disclosure of Official Information, the Freedom of Information Act (5 USC 552) and the Privacy Act (5 USC 552a) contain the instructions, guidelines and procedures necessary to fulfill our obligations under the disclosure laws and may be used as a reference.

IRS employees are committed to the principles of ethics and privacy in all decisions, actions, and relationships, both inside and outside the organization.

Document 9300, Fourteen General Principles of Ethical Conduct for Federal Employees, Catalog #10567C should be included in on-line courses or distributed in class (if not found in the training book) and presented to the students as the core ethical principles and principles of public service which IRS follows.