Filing requirements for demands or requests for documents or testimony.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

You must comply with the following requirements whenever you issue demands or requests to an OPM employee for official records and information or testimony. (a) Your request must be in writing and must be submitted to the General Counsel. If you serve a subpoena on OPM or an OPM employee before submitting a written request and receiving a final determination, OPM will oppose the subpoena on grounds that your request was not submitted in accordance with this subpart. (b) You written request must contain the following information: (1) The caption of the legal proceeding, docket number, and name and address of the court or other authority involved. (2) A copy of the complaint or equivalent document setting forth the assertions in the case and any other pleading or document necessary to show relevance; (3) A list of categories of records sought, a detailed description of how the information sought is relevant to the issues in the legal proceeding, and a specific description of the substance of the testimony or records sought; (4) A statement as to how the need for the information outweighs the need to maintain any confidentiality of the information and outweighs the burden on OPM to produce the records or provide testimony; (5) A statement indicating that the information sought is not available from another source, from other persons or entities, or from the testimony of someone other than an OPM employee, such as a retained expert; (6) If testimony is requested, the intended use

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 295.203