[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 24, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 24CFR26.21] [Page 286] TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PART 26_HEARING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents Subpart A_Hearings Before Hearing Officers Sec. 26.21 Prehearing conference. (a) Prehearing conference. The hearing officer may, on the hearing officer's own motion or at the request of any party, direct counsel for all parties to confer with the hearing officer before the hearing for the purpose of considering: (1) Simplification and clarification of the issues; (2) Stipulations and admissions of fact and of the contents and authenticity of documents; (3) The disclosure of the names of witnesses; (4) Matters of which official notice will be taken; (5) Other matters as may aid in the orderly disposition of the proceeding, including disclosure of the documents or other physical exhibits which will be introduced in evidence in the course of the proceeding. (b) Recordation of prehearing conference. The prehearing conference shall, at the request of any party, be recorded or transcribed. (c) Order on prehearing conference. The hearing officer shall enter in the record an order which states the rulings upon matters considered during the conference, together with appropriate directions to the parties. The order shall control the subsequent course of the proceeding, subject to modifications upon good cause shown. Hearings