[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: 39CFR230.18] [Page 38] 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. 230.18 If authorization to testify or produce documents is not obtained by the employee, what is the employee directed to do? Absent written authorization from the authorizing official, the employee must respectfully decline to produce the requested documents, testify, or otherwise disclose the requested information. If the authorization is denied or not received by the return date, the employee, together with counsel, where appropriate, shall appear at the stated time and place, produce a copy of this section, and respectfully decline to testify or produce any document on the basis of the regulations in this section.