[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: 39CFR230.24]

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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.  230.24  How is a demand for employee documents or testimony 

made to the Office of Inspector General?

    (a) All demands for the production of nonpublic documents or 
testimony of Office of Inspector General employees concerning matters 
relating to their official duties and subject to the conditions set 
forth in Sec.  230.10(b) shall be

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made in writing and conform to the requirements outlined in paragraph 
(b) of this section.
    (b) Before or simultaneously with service of a demand, the 
requesting party shall serve on the General Counsel to the Inspector 
General at the Office of Inspector General, 1735 North Lynn Street, 
Arlington, VA 22209-2020, a summons or subpoena issued in accordance 
with the appropriate rules of civil procedure along with an affidavit or 
sworn declaration containing the following information:
    (1) The title of the case and the forum where it will be heard;
    (2) The party's interest in the case;
    (3) The reasons for the demand;
    (4) A showing that the requested information is available, by law, 
to a party outside the Postal Service;
    (5) If testimony is sought, a detailed summary of the anticipated 
testimony;
    (6) If testimony is sought, a showing that Office of Inspector 
General records could not be provided and used in place of the requested 
testimony;
    (7) The intended use of the documents or testimony; and
    (8) An affirmative statement that the documents or testimony is 
necessary for defending or prosecuting the case at issue.

[68 FR 57372, Oct. 3, 2003, as amended at 71 FR 11161, Mar. 6, 2006]