[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2.82]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 2--RECORDS AND TESTIMONY; FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart E--Legal Process: Testimony by Employees and Production of 
                                 Records
 
Sec. 2.82  How can I obtain employee testimony or Department records?

    (a) To obtain employee testimony, you must submit:
    (1) A written request (hereafter a ``Touhy Request;'' see Sec. 2.84 
and United States ex rel. Touhy v. Ragen, 340 U.S. 462 (1951)); and
    (2) A statement that you will submit a check for costs to the 
Department of the Interior, in accordance with Sec. 2.85, if your Touhy 
Request is granted.
    (b) To obtain official Department records, you must submit:
    (1) A Touhy Request; and
    (2) A Statement that you agree to pay the costs of duplication in 
accordance with 43 CFR Part 2, appendix A, if your Touhy Request is 
granted.
    (c) You must send your Touhy Request to:
    (1) The employee's office address;
    (2) The official in charge of the employee's bureau, division, 
office or agency; and
    (3) The appropriate unit of the Solicitor's Office.
    (d) To obtain employee testimony or records of the Office of 
Inspector General, you must send your Touhy Request to the General 
Counsel for the Office of Inspector General.
    (e) 43 CFR Part 2, Appendix B contains a list of the addresses of 
the Department's bureaus and offices and the units of the Solicitor's 
Office. The General Counsel for the Inspector General is located at the 
address for the Office of the Inspector General. If you do not know the 
employee's address, you may obtain it from the employee's bureau or 
office.