[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR5.81]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 5_PRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart F_Subpoenas or Other Legal Demands for Testimony or the 
        Production or Disclosure of Records or Other Information
 
Sec. 5.81  Statement of policy.

    (a) It is the policy of FEMA to make its records available to 
private litigants to the same extent and in the same manner as such 
records are made available to members of the general

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public, except where protected from disclosure by litigation procedural 
authority (e.g., Federal Rules of Civil Procedure) or other applicable 
law.
    (b) It is FEMA's policy and responsibility to preserve its human 
resources for performance of the official functions of the Agency and to 
maintain strict impartiality with respect to private litigants. 
Participation by FEMA employees in private litigation in their official 
capacities is generally contrary to this policy.