The Counsel or Inspector General, in their discretion, may grant an employee permission to testify on matters relating to official information, or produce official records and information, in response to a demand or request. Among the relevant factors that the Inspector General or the Counsel may consider in making this decision are whether:

The purposes of this part are met;

OIG has an interest in the decision that may be rendered in the legal proceeding;

Allowing such testimony or production of records would assist or hinder OIG in performing its statutory duties or use OIG resources where responding to the request will interfere with the ability of OIG employees to do their work;

The records or testimony can be obtained from other sources;

The demand or request is unduly burdensome or otherwise inappropriate under the applicable rules of discovery or the rules of procedure governing the case or matter in which the demand or request arose;

Disclosure would violate or be inconsistent with a statute, Executive Order, or regulation;

Disclosure would reveal confidential or privileged information, trade secrets, or similar, confidential commercial, or financial information;

Disclosure would impede or interfere with an ongoing law enforcement investigation or proceedings, or compromise constitutional rights;

Disclosure would result in OIG appearing to favor one litigant over another;

Disclosure relates to documents that were produced by another agency;

The demand or request is in conformance with all other applicable rules;

The demand or request is sufficiently specific to be answered; and

For any other good cause.