{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-2.284","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 2.284","heading":"What information must I put in my Touhy Request?","body":"Your Touhy Request must:\n(a) Identify the employee or record;\n(b) Describe the relevance of the desired testimony or records to your proceeding and provide a copy of the pleadings underlying your request;\n(c) Identify the parties to your proceeding and any known relationships they have to the Department's mission or programs;\n(d) Show that the desired testimony or records are not reasonably available from any other source;\n(e) Show that no record could be provided and used in lieu of employee testimony;\n(f) Provide the substance of the testimony expected of the employee; and\n(g) Explain why you believe your Touhy Request complies with § 2.88.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior","PART 2—FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT; RECORDS AND TESTIMONY","Subpart L—Legal Process: Testimony by Employees and Production of Records"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"ff585a9bf08db1cb8f217eed84d99f2dd8e96e12390c39cf2f1d01b2c8e5802d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-2.283","next":"us/43-cfr-2.285"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}