[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR230.17]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 230_OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Rules Governing Compliance With Subpoenas, Summonses, and 
 
Sec.  230.17  If an attempt is made to compel production of reports

and records during the employee's testimony, what is an Office of 
Inspector General employee 
          directed to do?

    If an attempt is made to compel production of reports and records 
during the employee's testimony, the employee is directed to decline to 
produce the item or information and to state that the material cannot be 
disclosed or produced without the approval of the authorizing official. 
All such requests, and any other requests for documents in judicial or 
administrative proceedings in which the United States is not a party, 
shall be deemed to be a request for records under the Freedom of 
Information Act and shall be handled pursuant to 39 CFR 230.5.