---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 2004.1"
title: "24"
number: "2004.1"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/2004.1"
---

# §2004.1. Scope and purpose.

- (a) This part sets forth the policy for service of a subpoena issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and policies and procedures that you must follow when you submit a demand or request to an employee of the OIG to produce official records and information, or provide testimony relating to official information, in connection with a legal proceeding. You must comply with these requirements when you request the release or disclosure of official records and information.
- (b) **The OIG intends these provisions to—**
  - (1) Promote economy and efficiency in its programs and operations;
  - (2) Minimize the possibility of involving OIG in controversial issues not related to OIG's functions;
  - (3) Maintain OIG's impartiality among private litigants where OIG is not a named party; and
  - (4) **Protect sensitive, confidential information and the deliberative processes of OIG.**
- (c) **In providing for these requirements, OIG does not waive the sovereign immunity of the United States.**
- (d) **This part provides guidance for the internal operations of OIG.** This part does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, that a party may rely upon in any legal proceeding against the United States.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. app.) and 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 3366, Jan. 23, 2003, unless otherwise noted.