---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2608.101"
title: "5"
number: "2608.101"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2608.101"
---

# §2608.101. Scope and purpose.

- (a) This part sets forth policies and procedures you must follow when you submit a demand or request to an employee of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) 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 Office of Government Ethics intends these provisions to—**
  - (1) Promote economy and efficiency in its programs and operations;
  - (2) Minimize the possibility of involving OGE in controversial issues not related to our functions;
  - (3) Maintain OGE's impartiality among private litigants where OGE is not a named party; and
  - (4) **Protect sensitive, confidential information and the deliberative processes of OGE.**
- (c) **In providing for these requirements, OGE does not waive the sovereign immunity of the United States.**
- (d) **This part provides guidance for the internal operations of OGE.** It 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: 5 U.S.C. App. (Sec. 401, Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 44 U.S.C. 3101-3107, 3301-3303a, 3308-3314.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 35710, May 21, 2002, unless otherwise noted.