[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: 45CFR615.3]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

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

 

Sec. 615.3  Definitions.



    (a) Demand--A subpoena, order, or other demand of a court or other 

competent authority for the production of records or for the appearance 

and testimony of an NSF employee, issued in a legal proceeding between 

private litigants.

    (b) Foundation or NSF means the National Science Foundation.

    (c) General Counsel means the General Counsel of the Foundation, or 

any person to whom the General Counsel has delegated authority under 

this part.

    (d) Legal proceeding means any proceeding before a court of law, 

administrative board or commission, hearing officer, or other body 

conducting a legal or administrative proceeding.

    (e) Official records and information means all documents and 

material which are records of the Foundation under the Freedom of 

Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552; all other records contained in NSF's 

files; and all other information or material acquired by an NSF employee 

in the performance of his or her official duties or because of his or 

her official status.

    (f) NSF employee or employee means any present or former officer or 

employee of NSF; any other individual hired through contractual 

agreement by or on behalf of NSF, or who has performed or is performing 

services under such an agreement for NSF; and any individual who served 

or is serving on any advisory committee or in any advisory capacity, 

whether formal or informal.

    (g) Request means any informal request, by whatever method, for the 

production of official records and information or for testimony which 

has not been ordered by a court or other competent authority.

    (h) Testimony means any written or oral statement by a witness, 

including depositions, answers to interrogatories, affidavits, 

declarations, and statements at a hearing or trial.