[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR403.120]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 403_TESTIMONY BY EMPLOYEES AND THE PRODUCTION OF RECORDS AND 
INFORMATION IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 403.120  How do you request testimony?

    (a) You must submit a written application for testimony of an SSA 
employee. Your application must-
    (1) Describe in detail the nature and relevance of the testimony 
sought in the legal proceeding;
    (2) Include a detailed explanation as to why you need the testimony, 
why you cannot obtain the information you need from an alternative 
source, and why providing it to you would be in SSA's interest; and
    (3) Provide the date and time that you need the testimony and the 
place where SSA would present it.
    (b) You must submit a complete application to SSA at least 30 days 
in advance of the date that you need the testimony. If your application 
is submitted fewer than 30 days before that date, you must provide, in 
addition to the requirements set out above, a detailed explanation as to 
why--
    (1) You did not apply in a timely fashion; and
    (2) It is in SSA's interest to review the untimely application.
    (c) You must send your application for testimony to: Social Security 
Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Office of General Law, 
P.O. Box 17779, Baltimore, MD 21235-7779, Attn: Touhy Officer. (If you 
are requesting testimony of an employee of the Office of the Inspector 
General, send your application to the address in Sec. 403.125.)
    (d) The Commissioner has the sole discretion to waive any 
requirement in this section.
    (e) If your application does not include each of the items required 
by paragraph (a) of this section, we may return it to you for additional 
information. Unless the Commissioner waives one or more requirements, we 
will not process an incomplete or untimely application.

[66 FR 2809, Jan. 12, 2001; 66 FR 14316, Mar. 12, 2001]