Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: May 13, 2024
§ 2.284 - What information must I put in my Touhy Request?

Your Touhy Request must:

(a) Identify the employee or record;

(b) Describe the relevance of the desired testimony or records to your proceeding and provide a copy of the pleadings underlying your request;

(c) Identify the parties to your proceeding and any known relationships they have to the Department's mission or programs;

(d) Show that the desired testimony or records are not reasonably available from any other source;

(e) Show that no record could be provided and used in lieu of employee testimony;

(f) Provide the substance of the testimony expected of the employee; and

(g) Explain why you believe your Touhy Request complies with § 2.88.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301,552,552a,553,31.S.C. 3717, 43 U.S.C. 1460,1461,the,Pub. L. 115-59, September 15, 2017
source: 40 FR 7305, Feb. 19, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 2.284