28 CFR § 600.5 - Staff.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s600.5"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 600.5 - Staff."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "600.5"
section_name: "Staff."
chapter_name: "OFFICES OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "600"
part_name: "GENERAL POWERS OF SPECIAL COUNSEL"
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. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 515-519."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 37042, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "600"
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# 600.5 Staff.

A Special Counsel may request the assignment of appropriate Department employees to assist the Special Counsel. The Department shall gather and provide the Special Counsel with the names and resumes of appropriate personnel available for detail. The Special Counsel may also request the detail of specific employees, and the office for which the designated employee works shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate the request. The Special Counsel shall assign the duties and supervise the work of such employees while they are assigned to the Special Counsel. If necessary, the Special Counsel may request that additional personnel be hired or assigned from outside the Department. All personnel in the Department shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible with the Special Counsel.