[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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.