[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1216.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
               CHAPTER II--MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
 
PART 1216_TESTIMONY BY MSPB EMPLOYEES RELATING TO OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND PRODUCTION OF OFFICIAL RECORDS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  1216.101  Scope and purpose.


    (a) This part establishes policy, assigns responsibilities and 
prescribes procedures with respect to:
    (1) The production or disclosure of official information or records 
by MSPB employees, advisors, and consultants; and
    (2) The testimony of current and former MSPB employees, advisors, 
and consultants relating to official information, official duties, or 
the MSPB's record, in connection with federal or

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state litigation in which the MSPB is not a party.
    (b) The MSPB intends this part to:
    (1) Conserve the time of MSPB employees for conducting official 
business;
    (2) Minimize the involvement of MSPB employees in issues unrelated 
to MSPB's mission;
    (3) Maintain the impartiality of MSPB employees in disputes between 
private litigants; and
    (4) Protect sensitive, confidential information and the deliberative 
processes of the MSPB.
    (c) In providing for these requirements, the MSPB does not waive the 
sovereign immunity of the United States.
    (d) This part provides guidance for the internal operations of MSPB. 
It does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, that 
a party may rely upon in any legal proceeding against the United States.