In Re Oral Testimony of a Witness Subpoenaed Pursuant to a Civil Investigative Demand No. 98-19

ORDER

BRADBERRY, United States Magistrate Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the petition of the United States for an order to enforce a civil investigative demand (hereinafter “CID”) issued pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3733 of the False Claims Act (FCA) to a former employee of Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (hereinafter “NNS”) and to compel his testimony in response to the CID outside of the presence of counsel for NNS. The caption of the petition has been changed by the Court to redact the name of the individual employee who is the subject of the demand.

The purpose of the…