[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR2004.1]

[Page 99]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER XII--OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
                            URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 2004_SUBPOENAS AND PRODUCTION IN RESPONSE TO SUBPOENAS OR DEMANDS
 
                     Subpart A_General Requirements
 
Sec.  2004.1  Scope and purpose.


    (a) This part sets forth the policy for service of a subpoena issued 
by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and policies and procedures 
that you must follow when you submit a demand or request to an employee 
of the OIG to produce official records and information, or provide 
testimony relating to official information, in connection with a legal 
proceeding. You must comply with these requirements when you request the 
release or disclosure of official records and information.
    (b) The OIG intends these provisions to:
    (1) Promote economy and efficiency in its programs and operations;
    (2) Minimize the possibility of involving OIG in controversial 
issues not related to OIG's functions;
    (3) Maintain OIG's impartiality among private litigants where OIG is 
not a named party; and
    (4) Protect sensitive, confidential information and the deliberative 
processes of OIG.
    (c) In providing for these requirements, OIG does not waive the 
sovereign immunity of the United States.
    (d) This part provides guidance for the internal operations of OIG. 
This part does not create any right or benefit, substantive or 
procedural, that a party may rely upon in any legal proceeding against 
the United States.