5 CFR § 295.209 - Procedure when a decision is not made prior to the time a response is required.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s295.209"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 295.209 - Procedure when a decision is not made prior to the time a response is required."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "295.209"
section_name: "Procedure when a decision is not made prior to the time a response is required."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "295"
part_name: "TESTIMONY BY OPM EMPLOYEES RELATING TO OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND PRODUCTION OF OFFICIAL RECORDS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. App. (Sec. 1103, Civil Service Reform Act of 1978; 31 U.S.C. 9701)."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 58020, Oct. 6, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "295"
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# 295.209 Procedure when a decision is not made prior to the time a response is required.
If a response to a demand or request is required before the General Counsel can make the determination referred to in Sec.295.206, the General Counsel, when necessary, will provide the court or other competent authority with a copy of this part, inform the court or other competent authority that the demand or request is being reviewed, and seek a stay of the demand or request pending a final determination.