---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1251.4"
title: "36"
number: "1251.4"
heading: "May employees provide records or give testimony in response to a demand without authorization?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1251.4"
---

# §1251.4. May employees provide records or give testimony in response to a demand without authorization?


No, except as otherwise permitted by [§ 1251.14](/cfr/36/1251.14.md) of this part, no employee may produce records and information or provide any testimony relating to agency information in response to a demand, or other legal request, without the prior, written approval of the General Counsel.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2104; 44 U.S.C. 2108; 44 U.S.C. 2109; 44 U.S.C. 2111 note; 44 U.S.C. 2112; 44 U.S.C. 2116; 44 U.S.C. ch. 22; 44 U.S.C. 3103.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 79393, Dec. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted.