[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR615.1]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 615_TESTIMONY AND PRODUCTION OF RECORDS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 615.1  Purpose.









Sec.

615.1 Purpose.

615.2 Applicability.

615.3 Definitions.

615.4 Legal proceedings before NSF or in which the United States is a 

          party.

615.5 Legal proceedings between private litigants: Testimony and 

          production of documents.

615.6 Legal proceedings between private litigants: Procedure when demand 

          is made.

615.7 Legal proceedings between private litigants: Office of Inspector 

          General employees.



    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1870(a).



    Source: 59 FR 44056, Aug. 26, 1994, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) This part sets forth policies and procedures to be followed 

when, in connection with a legal proceeding, an NSF employee is issued a 

demand to provide testimony or produce official records and information.



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    (b) The provisions of this part are intended to promote economy and 

efficiency in NSF's programs and operations; minimize the possibility of 

involving NSF in controversial issues not related to its functions; 

maintain the impartiality of NSF among private litigants; and protect 

sensitive, confidential information and the deliberative process.

    (c) This part is not intended to and does not waive the sovereign 

immunity of the United States.

    (d) This part is intended only to provide guidance for the internal 

operations of NSF, and is not intended to, and does not, and may not be 

relied upon to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 

enforceable at law by a party against the United States.