  Within the closed-time-path formalism of nonequilibrium QCD, we derive a
Slavnov-Taylor (ST) identity for the gluon polarization tensor. The ST identity
takes the same form both in Coulomb and covariant gauges. Application to
quasi-uniform quark-gluon plasma (QGP) near equilibrium or nonequilibrium
quasistationary QGP is made.
