[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1261.317]

[Page 345-346]
 
                     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,

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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 
an 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]