[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR2608.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER XVI--OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
 
PART 2608_TESTIMONY BY OGE EMPLOYEES RELATING TO OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND 
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  2608.101  Scope and purpose.


    (a) This part sets forth policies and procedures you must follow 
when you submit a demand or request to an employee of the Office of 
Government Ethics (OGE) to produce official records and information, or 
provide testimony relating to official information, in connection with a 
legal proceeding. You must comply with these requirements when you 
request the release or disclosure of official records and information.

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    (b) The Office of Government Ethics intends these provisions to:
    (1) Promote economy and efficiency in its programs and operations;
    (2) Minimize the possibility of involving OGE in controversial 
issues not related to our functions;
    (3) Maintain OGE's impartiality among private litigants where OGE is 
not a named party; and
    (4) Protect sensitive, confidential information and the deliberative 
processes of OGE.
    (c) In providing for these requirements, OGE does not waive the 
sovereign immunity of the United States.
    (d) This part provides guidance for the internal operations of OGE. 
It does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, that 
a party may rely upon in any legal proceeding against the United States.