32 CFR § 97.4 - Policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s97.4"
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title: "32 CFR § 97.4 - Policy."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "97.4"
section_name: "Policy."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN"
part_number: "97"
part_name: "RELEASE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION IN LITIGATION AND PRESENTATION OF WITNESS TESTIMONY BY DOD PERSONNEL (TOUHY REGULATION)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 113."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 57827, Sept. 22, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
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# 97.4 Policy.

The DoD generally should make official information reasonably available for use in Federal, State, and foreign courts and other adjudicative bodies if the information is not classified, privileged, or otherwise protected from public disclosure.