Demand for testimony or production of documents: Department policy and considerations.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 15

(a) (1) Conserving the time of Department employees for conducting official business; (2) Minimizing the possibility of involving the Department in controversial issues that are not related to the Department's mission or matters that do not further the Department's mission; (3) Preventing the possibility that the public will misconstrue variances between personal opinions of Department employees and official Department policy; (4) Avoiding spending the time and money of the United States for private purposes; (5) Preserving the integrity of the administrative or judicial process; (6) Protecting classified, confidential, or controlled unclassified information, and the deliberative process of the Department; (7) Preventing the appearance of improperly favoring one litigant over another; (8) Avoiding the denial of a party's constitutional or statutory rights; (9) Whether such disclosure is appropriate under the rules of procedure governing the case or matter in which the demand arose; (10) Whether disclosure is appropriate under the relevant substantive law concerning privilege; and (11) Any other issue that is relevant to the decision. (b) (1) Disclosure is restricted by statute or regulation, or would violate a rule of procedure, Executive order, policy, or an applicable Government directive; (2) Disclosure would reveal classified or controlled unclassified information, unless appropriately declassified or decontrolled by the originating agency; (3) Disclosure would reveal a c

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 15:§ 15.16