[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1261.317]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1261--PROCESSING OF MONETARY CLAIMS (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart 1261.3--Claims Against NASA or Its Employees for Damage to or 
   Loss of Property or Personal Injury or Death--Accruing On or After 
                            January 18, 1967
 
Sec. 1261.317  Attorney-client privilege.

    (a) Attorneys employed by the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration participate in the process utilized for the purpose of 
determining whether the agency should request the Department of Justice 
to provide representation to a present or former agency employee sued, 
subpoenaed, or charged in his/her individual capacity, and attorneys 
employed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provide 
assistance in obtaining representation of such an agency employee. In 
these roles, agency attorneys undertake a full and traditional attorney-
client relationship with the employee with respect to application of the 
attorney-client privilege. If representation is authorized, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration attorneys who assist in the 
representation of a present or former employee also undertake a full and 
traditional attorney-client relationship with that employee with respect 
to the attorney-client privilege.
    (b) Any adverse information communicated by the client-employee to 
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agency attorney during the course of such attorney-client relationship 
shall not be disclosed to anyone, either inside or outside the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, other than attorneys resonsible 
for representation of the employee, unless such disclosure is authorized 
by the employee. Such adverse information shall continue to be fully 
protected whether or not representation is provided and even though 
representation may be denied or discontinued.

[53 FR 27483, July 21, 1988]