CFR > Title 12 - Banks and Banking > CHAPTER IV—EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES > PART 404—INFORMATION DISCLOSURE > SUBPART C—Demands for Testimony of Current and Former Ex-Im Bank Personnel and for Production of Ex-Im Bank Records (§404.24 to §404.36) > 404.24—General provisions.

404.24—General provisions.

(a) Purpose. This subpart establishes policy, assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures with respect to:
(1) The production or disclosure of official information or records of Ex-Im Bank in all legal proceedings to which Ex-Im Bank is not a party;
(2) Demands for testimony of Ex-Im Bank personnel related to information acquired as a result of performance of their official duties, or by virtue of their official status, in all legal proceedings where Ex-Im Bank is not a party; and
(3) The offer of expert or opinion testimony by Ex-Im Bank personnel regarding matters related to the performance of their official duties.
(b) Policy. Ex-Im Bank seeks to further the following goals in enacting this subpart:
(1) Conservation of agency resources for official business;
(2) Minimization of agency involvement in controversial issues unrelated to its mission;
(3) Maintenance of the agency's impartiality amongst private litigants;
(4) Protection of confidential and/or sensitive information; and
(5) Maintenance of the integrity of the agency's deliberative processes.