[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: 24CFR2004.21]

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                 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 C_Requests for Testimony and Production of Documents
 
Sec.  2004.21  Factors OIG will consider.

    The Counsel or Inspector General, in their discretion, may grant an 
employee permission to testify on matters relating to official 
information, or produce official records and information, in response to 
a demand or request. Among the relevant factors that the Inspector 
General or the Counsel may consider in making this decision are whether:
    (a) The purposes of this part are met;
    (b) OIG has an interest in the decision that may be rendered in the 
legal proceeding;
    (c) Allowing such testimony or production of records would assist or 
hinder OIG in performing its statutory duties or use OIG resources where 
responding to the request will interfere with the ability of OIG 
employees to do their work;
    (d) The records or testimony can be obtained from other sources;
    (e) The demand or request is unduly burdensome or otherwise 
inappropriate under the applicable rules of discovery or the rules of 
procedure governing the case or matter in which the demand or request 
arose;
    (f) Disclosure would violate or be inconsistent with a statute, 
Executive Order, or regulation;
    (g) Disclosure would reveal confidential or privileged information, 
trade secrets, or similar, confidential commercial, or financial 
information;
    (h) Disclosure would impede or interfere with an ongoing law 
enforcement investigation or proceedings, or compromise constitutional 
rights;
    (i) Disclosure would result in OIG appearing to favor one litigant 
over another;
    (j) Disclosure relates to documents that were produced by another 
agency;
    (k) The demand or request is in conformance with all other 
applicable rules;
    (l) The demand or request is sufficiently specific to be answered; 
and
    (m) For any other good cause.