Section 2412.8 - Accountings of disclosures and requests for accountings(a) The FLRA's Solicitor or IG, as appropriate, will maintain a record ("accounting") of every instance in which records about an individual are made available, pursuant to this part, to any person other than:(1) Officers or employees of the Authority, the General Counsel, the IG, or the Panel in the performance of their duties; or(2) Any person pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552 .(b) The accounting which shall be retained for at least five (5) years or the life of the record, whichever is longer, shall contain the following information: (1) A brief description of records disclosed;(2) The date, nature and, where known, the purpose of the disclosure; and(3) The name and address of the person or agency to whom the disclosure is made.(c) Except when accountings of disclosures are not required to be kept (as stated in paragraph (a) of this section) or are withheld accounting of disclosures that were made pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7) , you may make a request for an accounting of any disclosure that has been made by the Solicitor or IG, to another person, organization, or agency of any record about you. This accounting contains the date, nature, and purpose of each disclosure, as well as the name and address of the person, organization, or agency to which the disclosure was made. Your request for an accounting should identify each particular record in question and should be made by writing to the FLRA's Solicitor or IG, as appropriate, following the procedures in § 2412.5 .(d) The FLRA's Solicitor or IG, as appropriate, will respond to your request for access to an accounting following the procedures in § 2412.7 . You may appeal the Solicitor or IG's decision on your request under the procedures in § 2412.12 .