[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR0.39d]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 0--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart G-2--Office of Professional Responsibility
 
Sec. 0.39d  Relationship to other departmental units.

    (a) Primary responsibility for assuring the maintenance of the 
highest standards of professional responsibility by Department employees 
shall continue to rest with the heads of the offices, divisions, bureaus 
and boards of the Department.
    (b) Primary responsibility for investigating an allegation of 
unprofessional conduct that is lodged against an employee of the 
Department normally shall continue to rest with the head of the office, 
division, bureau, or board to which the employee is assigned, or with 
the head of its internal inspection unit, or, if the conduct appears to 
constitute a violation of law, with the head of the agency having 
jurisdiction over the subject matter involved.
    (c) The heads of the offices, divisions, bureaus, and boards shall 
provide information and assistance requested by the Counsel in 
connection with reviews or investigations conducted by the Counsel or by 
any other person assigned to conduct reviews or investigations and shall 
keep the Counsel informed of major investigations that they are 
conducting.
    (d) Employees of the Department may be assigned to the Office of 
Professional Responsibility on a case-by-case basis to conduct such 
inquiries as may be warranted. However, no investigative personnel shall 
be assigned except under the specific direction of the Attorney General 
or the Deputy Attorney General and, in normal course, with the agreement 
of the head of the unit to which the investigative personnel are 
regularly assigned. Personnel assigned to the Office shall work under 
the direction of the Counsel.