(a) This part sets forth policies and procedures to be followed when an employee of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) receives a demand to provide testimony or produce official records and information in connection with a legal proceeding in which the United States is not a party.(b) The provisions of this part are intended to promote economy and efficiency in NEH's programs and operations; minimize the possibility of involving NEH in controversial issues not related to its functions; maintain the impartiality of NEH among private litigants; and protect sensitive, confidential information and the agency's internal deliberative process.(c) This part does not waive the sovereign immunity of the United States.(d) This part does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States.(e) This regulation is not intended to conflict with 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(13) .