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Justice Manual § 1-6.330
Consultation With the Originating Component
Upon receipt of the notice of the demand, the attorney for the government must notify the official in charge of the originating component and consult with that component on the question of complying with the demand. See 28 C.F.R. § 16.24(a). Consultation in this context requires obtaining the views of the originating component, especially in the presence or absence of the factors set forth in 28 C.F.R. § 16.26.
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[Updated April 2016]
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