Factors DNFSB will consider.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

The General Counsel, in his or her sole discretion, may grant an employee permission to testify on matters relating to official information, or produce official records and information, in response to a demand or request. Among the relevant factors that the General (a) The purposes of this part are met; (b) Allowing such testimony or production of records would be necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice; (c) DNFSB has an interest in the decision that may be rendered in the legal proceeding; (d) Allowing such testimony or production of records would assist or hinder DNFSB in performing its statutory duties or use DNFSB resources where responding to the request will interfere with the ability of DNFSB employees to do their work; (e) Allowing such testimony or production of records would be in the best interest of DNFSB or the United States; (f) The records or testimony can be obtained from other sources; (g) The demand or request is unduly burdensome or otherwise inappropriate under the applicable rules of discovery or the rules of procedure governing the case or matter in which the demand or request arose; (h) Disclosure would violate a statute, executive order or regulation; (i) Disclosure would reveal confidential, sensitive, or privileged information, trade secrets or similar, confidential commercial or financial information, or otherwise protected information, or would otherwise be inappropriate for release; (j) Disclosure would impede or interfere with an ongoing la

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 1707.202