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Expert Witness Agreements Between the Department of Justice and Employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs
As a general matter, employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs may enter into expert witness agreements with the Department of Justice for testimony that is unrelated to their official duties, so long as the requirements of 18 U.S.C § 205 are observed. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/24346/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit