[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 32, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 32CFR97.5]



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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE

 

              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

 

PART 97_RELEASE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION IN LITIGATION AND TESTIMONY BY 

DoD PERSONNEL AS WITNESSES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  97.5  Responsibilities.



    (a) The General Counsel, Department of Defense, shall provide 

general policy and procedural guidance by the issuance of supplemental 

instructions or specific orders concerning the release of official DoD 

information in litigation and the testimony of DoD personnel as 

witnesses during litigation.

    (b) The Heads of DoD Components shall issue appropriate regulations 

to implement this Directive and to identify official information that is 

involved in litigation.