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43 CFR §2.288

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In deciding whether to grant your Touhy Request, the appropriate Department official will consider:
  1. (a)Your ability to obtain the testimony or records from another source;
  2. (b)The appropriateness of the employee testimony and record production under the relevant regulations of procedure and substantive law, including the FOIA or the Privacy Act; and
  3. (c)Our ability to:
    1. (1)Conduct our official business unimpeded;
    2. (2)Maintain impartiality in conducting our business;
    3. (3)Minimize the possibility that we will become involved in issues that are not related to our mission or programs;
    4. (4)Avoid spending public employee's time for private purposes;
    5. (5)Avoid the negative cumulative effect of granting similar requests;
    6. (6)Ensure that privileged or protected matters remain confidential; and
    7. (7)Avoid undue burden on us.