Export-Import Bank March 22, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Ex-Im Bank is adopting a regulation that establishes policy and prescribes procedures with respect to the testimony of Ex-Im Bank personnel, both current and former, and the production of agency records, in legal proceedings. The regulation is designed to balance concerns such as preserving the time of Ex-Im Bank personnel for the conduct of official business against concerns such as whether the disclosure of information requested is necessary to prevent fraud or injustice. A proposed rule on this subject was published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2005 (70 FR 61395). Ex-Im Bank did not receive any comments on the proposed rule. Ex-Im Bank is accordingly adopting the proposed provisions as a final rule without further change.