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matter will be referred to the General Counsel who may refer it to the Advisory Committee on Ethical Standards. He shall report all cases formally referred to him to the Secretary.

§ 0.735-80 Confidentiality of employees' statements.

Statements of employment and financial interests, and supplementary statements shall be held in confidence. To insure this confidentiality, bureaus and offices shall designate which employees are authorized to review and retain the statements. Employees so designated are responsible for maintaining the statements in confidence and shall not allow access to, or allow information to be disclosed from, a statement except to carry out the purpose of this part. Information from a statement may not be disclosed except as the Civil Service Commission or the Secretary of the Treasury may determine for good cause shown. § 0.735-81 Effect of employees' statements on other requirements.

The statements of employment and financial interests and supplementary statements required of employees under the regulations in this part are in addition to, and not in substitution for, or in derogation of, any similar requirement imposed by law, order, or regulation. The submission of a statement or supplementary statement by an employee does not permit him or any other person to participate in the matter in which his or the other person's participation is prohibited by law, order, or regulation. RESPONSIBILITIES

§ 0.735-90 Assignment of responsibili

ties.

The assignment of responsibilities to carry out the provisions of this part is described below in §§ 0.735-91-0.735-97. § 0.735-91 Department.

The Department's responsibilities are to (a) issue policy and basic standards of conduct applicable to all Treasury employees, (b) periodically review the basic standards issued and to review initially and periodically those additional standards issued by the bureaus, (c) set requirements to insure that supervisors and employees are aware of the standards of conduct, of their responsibilities in maintaining and adhering to those standards and of the fact that disciplinary action will be taken in cases of fail

ure to maintain or adhere to them, and (d) establish procedures for furnishing advice to management and to employees on the application of standards of conduct. These procedures involve the establishment of an Advisory Committee on Ethical Standards and the referral to the Advisory Committee of problems relating to bureau heads and officials who report directly to the Secretary. Problems relating to all other employees on which advice or guidance is necessary or desirable may also be referred to the Committee through personnel or legal channels.

§ 0.735-92 The Department's selor.

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The General Counsel has been designated by the Secretary as the Counselor for the Department on matters covered by the regulations in this part. He is responsible for coordination of the counseling service within the Department and for interpretations on questions of conflicts of interest and other matters under this part. He shall report matters formally referred to him to the Secretary.

§ 0.735-93 Deputy Counselors.

The Chief Counsel or legal advisor for each bureau is the Deputy Counselor for that bureau. As such, his responsibility is to give authoritative advice and guidance on conflicts of interest and other matters covered by this part.

§ 0.735-94 Role of personnel officers.

Personnel officers at all organizational levels are responsible for providing general guidance and assistance to supervisors and employees in implementing and adhering to the provisions of the regulations in this part. Where questions arise or where advice is sought by either supervisors or employees which involve either advice or interpretation which is legal in nature, personnel officers will be responsible for seeing that the advice or interpretation is sought or obtained from the Deputy Counselor or the Counselor, as appropriate. § 0.735-95 Bureaus.

The responsibilities of the bureaus are to (a) provide employees with basic standards of conduct and any additional standards and explanations necessary to effectively carry out the policy of the President and of the Department, (b) see that employees and supervisors are

aware of their responsibilities in maintaining and adhering to established standards of conduct, (c) inform employees as to how and from whom they may get additional clarification of standards of conduct and related laws, rules, and regulations, (d) advise employees of the location or availability of regulations governing conduct in and on Treasury buildings and grounds (§ 0.735-50a), (e) insure that appropriate disciplinary action is taken against employees who violate standards of conduct and related laws, rules and regulations and against supervisors who fail to carry out their responsibilities in taking or recommending disciplinary action when appropriate against employees under them who have committed such offenses, and (f) review and evaluate the effectiveness of standards issued and their application.

NOTE: Bureaus shall provide employees with copies of the regulations in this part. New employees shall be given copies of the regulations in this part at the time of their employment. All employees will be reminded of the standards of conduct at least annually. This may be done by posting the standards on the bulletin board, by reminders in house organs or by other forms of written communication, including payroll inserts.

§ 0.735-96 Supervisor.

It is the responsibility of each supervisor to (a) know the standards of conduct applicable to him and the employees under his supervision, (b) advise the employees under his supervision or help them obtain advice on the application of the standards of conduct, (c) adhere to them, (d) see that the employees under his supervision know and adhere to them also, and (e) take or recommend disciplinary action when appropriate in cases where the employees under his supervision violate the standards or the principles upon which they are based.

§ 0.735-97 Employees.

Each employee in the Department is required to (a) know the standards of conduct and their application in his case, (b) seek information from his supervisor in case of doubt or misunderstanding on the application of the standards of conduct, (c) adhere to the standards of conduct, and (d) be aware of the consequences of violation of the laws, rules and regulations regarding conduct.

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This subpart implements the provisions of Executive Order 11222 dated May 8, 1965, relating to special Government employees in the Treasury Department.

§ 0.735-201 Scope.

This subpart relates basically to special Government employees who are consultants and advisers, including experts. Submission of financial statements by special Government employees other than advisers, consultants, and experts is waived except where statements would otherwise be required under § 0.735–70. Employees who are employed for more than 130 days are treated as regular employees and are subject to the provisions of Subpart A of this part. § 0.735-202

Policy.

It is the Department's policy in issuing the instructions in this part to adhere rigidly to the policy set forth by the President that every citizen is entitled to have complete confidence in the integrity of his Government and that each individual officer, employee or adviser of the Government must help to earn and must honor that trust by his own integrity and conduct in all official actions.

GENERAL RULES OF CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES § 0.735-203 Applicability of Subpart A of this part.

Special Government employees shall familiarize themselves with the rules of conduct contained in Subpart A of this

part so they can be guided by the principles contained in those rules insofar as their employment with the Treasury is concerned. In addition, the rules of conduct in §§ 0.735-204-0.735-209 specifically apply to them.

§ 0.735-204 Use of Government employment.

A special Government employee shall not use his Government employment for a purpose that is, or gives the appearance of being, motivated by the desire for private gain for himself or another person, particularly one with whom he has family, business, or financial ties. § 0.735-205 Use of inside information.

A special Government employee shall not use inside information obtained as a result of his Government employment for private gain for himself or another person either by direct action on his part or by counsel, recommendation, or suggestion to another person, particularly one with whom he has family, business, or financial ties. "Inside information" as used in this section means information obtained under Government authority which has not become part of the body of public information.

§ 0.735-206 Teaching, lecturing, and writing.

Special Government employees may teach, lecture, or write providing such action is not prohibited by law, Executive Order 11222, or the regulations in this part. However, a special Government employee shall not, either with or without compensation, engage in teaching, lecturing, or writing that is dependent upon information obtained as a result of his employment with the Department, except when that information has been made available to the general public or will be made available on request, or when the official to whom he reports receives written authorization from the Secretary or the Advisory Committee for the Secretary for the use of non-public information on the basis that the use is in the public interest.

§ 0.735-207 Coercion.

A special Government employee shall not use his Government employment to coerce, or give the appearance of coercing, a person to provide financial benefit to himself or another person, particularly

one with whom he has family, business or financial ties.

§ 0.735-208 Gifts, entertainment, and favors.

A special Government employee, while so employed or in connection with his employment, shall not receive or solicit from a person having business with the Treasury Department anything of value as a gift, gratuity, loan, entertainment, or favor for himself or another person, particularly one with whom he has family, business or financial ties. Exceptions to this are the same exceptions contained in Subpart A of this part for regular employees of the Department.

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The statutory provisions relating to Treasury employees referred to in 88 0.735-30a, 0.735-31, 0.735-32, 0.735-34, 0.735-42, 0.735-44, 0.735-46, 0.735-51, 0.735-53, 0.735-54, and 0.735-55 apply to special Government employees when serving in their official capacities with the Department. Where there are specific statutes applicable to employees in certain Treasury bureaus, the bureau concerned should inform its special Government employees of the applicability of those statutes to them.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATUTES $0.735-210 Applicability of 18 U.S.C. 203 and 205.

(a) The prohibitions in 18 U.S.C. 203 and 205 applicable to special Government employees are less stringent than those which affect regular employees; i.e., those who are appointed for more than 130 days a year. These two sections in general operate to preclude a regular Government employee, except in the discharge of his official duties, from representing another person before a department, agency or court, whether with or without compensation, in a matter in which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest. However, the two sections impose only the following major restrictions upon a special Government employee:

(1) He may not, except in the discharge of his official duties, represent anyone else before a court or Government agency in a matter involving a specific party or parties in which the United States is a party or has a direct

and substantial interest and in which he has at any time participated personally and substantially in the course of his Government employment.

(2) He may not, except in the discharge of his official duties, represent anyone else in a matter involving a specific party or parties in which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest and which is pending before the agency he serves. However, this restraint is not applicable if he has served the agency no more than 60 days during the past 365. He is bound by the restraint, if applicable, regardless of whether the matter is one in which he has ever participated personally and substantially.

(b) These restrictions prohibit both paid and unpaid representation and apply to a special Government employee on the days when he does not serve the Government as well as on the days when he does.

(c) The rules to be followed in the Treasury Department to determine the duration of employment of special Government employees and other temporary employees in order to ascertain the application of these statutes are set forth in Personnel Bulletin No. 70-42.

(d) An employee who undertakes service with the Treasury Department and another department or agency shall inform each of his arrangements with the other.

(e) There may be situations where a consultant or adviser has a responsible position with his regular employer which requires him to participate personally in contract negotiations with the Treasury. In this situation, the consultant or adviser should participate in the negotiations for his employer only with the knowledge of a responsible Treasury official; i.e., the full-time official to whom the consultant or adviser reports. Prior to permitting such participation, the responsible Treasury official shall obtain the approval in writing of the Advisory Committee.

(f) Section 205 of Title 18, U.S. Code, contains certain exemptive provisions. The first of these deals with a similar situation which may arise after a Government grant or contract has been negotiated. This provision in certain cases permits both the Government and the private employer of a special Government employee to benefit from his performance of work under a grant or contract for which he would otherwise be

disqualified because he had participated in the matter for the Government or it is pending in an agency he has served more than 60 days in the past year. More particularly, the provision gives the head of a department or agency the power, notwithstanding any prohibition in

either section 203 or 205 of Title 18, U.S. Code, to allow a special Government employee to represent before such department or agency either his regular employer or another person or organization in the performance of work under a grant or contract. The action required to effect the exemption is a certification by the Secretary to be submitted for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER. Such certifications will be forwarded to the Secretary through the General Counsel, and the exemption will not take effect until the certification is published.

(g) The other exemptive provision requiring action permits a special Government employee to represent, with or without compensation, a parent, spouse, child, or person or estate he serves as a fiduciary, but only if he has the approval of the official responsible for appointments to his position and the matter involved is neither one in which he has participated personally or substantially nor one under his official responsibility. The term "official responsibility" is defined in 18 U.S.C. 202 to mean, in substance, the direct administrative or operating authority to control Government action. In the Treasury Department, the "official responsible for appointments" for these purposes will be the bureau head for purposes of those appointed as consultants and advisers in bureaus, or the person to whom the appointee reports for purposes of those appointed as consultants or advisers in the Office of the Secretary. § 0.735-211

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Applicability of 18 U.S.C.

(a) Section 207 of Title 18, U.S. Code applies to individuals who have left Government service, including former special Government employees. It prevents a former employee or special Government employee from representing another person in connection with certain matters in which he participated personally and substantially on behalf of the Government. The matters are those involving a specific party or parties in which the United States is also a party or has a direct and substantial interest. In addition, section 207 of Title 18, U.S.

Code, prevents a former employee or special Government employee, for a period of 1 year after his employment has ceased, from appearing personally for another person in such matters before a court, department, or agency if the matters were within the area of his official responsibility at any time during the last year of his Government service. It should be noted that a consultant or adviser usually does not have "official responsibility."

(b) For the purposes of section 207 of Title 18, U.S. Code, the employment of a special Government employee ceases on the day his appointment expires or is otherwise terminated, as distinguished from the day on which he last performs service. Accordingly, the appointment of an adviser or consultant should be terminated promptly as soon as it is determined that his services are no longer required.

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(a) Section 208 of Title 18, U.S. Code, bears on the activities of Government personnel, including special Government employees, in the course of their official duties. In general, it prevents an employee or special Government employee from participating as such in a particular matter in which, to his knowledge, he, his spouse, minor child, partner, or a profit or nonprofit enterprise with which he is connected has a financial interest. However, the section permits such an employee's agency to grant him an ad hoc exemption if the interest is not so substantial as to affect the integrity of his services. Insignificant interests may also be waived by a general rule or regulation.

(b) The matters in which special Government employees are disqualified by section 208 of Title 18, U.S. Code, are not limited to those involving a specific party or parties in which the United States is a party or has an interest, as in the case of sections 203, 205, and 207 of Title 18, U.S. Code. Section 208, therefore, undoubtedly extends to matters in addition to contracts, grants, judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings, and other matters of an adversary nature. Accordingly, a special Government employee should in general be disqualified from participating as such in a matter of any type the outcome of which will have a direct and predictable effect upon the financial interests covered by

the section. However, the power of exemption may be exercised in this situation if the special Government employee renders advice of a general nature from which no preference or advantage over others might be gained by any particular person or organization. The power of exemption may, of course, be exercised also where the financial interests involved are minimal in value.

(c) Exemptions under section 208 of Title 18, U.S. Code may be made by general rule or regulation by the Secretary. Ad hoc exemptions may be made by the Secretary, the Under Secretary and the Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs, or upon obtaining the approval of the Advisory Committee on Ethical Standards, by other officials in the Office of the Secretary and by bureau heads to whom advisers and consultants report.

CONSULTANTS AND ADVISERS

§ 0.735-220 Advice on rules of conduct and conflict of interest statutes.

If a special Government employee who is a consultant or adviser has doubt as to the ethics of any conduct falling within the standards of conduct and conflict of interest statutes, he should confer with the Chief Counsel of the bureau in which he is serving or the General Counsel of the Department if he is serving in the Office of the Secretary. The Chief Counsel of any bureau may refer doubtful questions to the General Counsel. Questions of ethical judgment may be referred to the Advisory Committee on Ethical Standards by the General Counsel.

§ 0.735-221 Industry, labor, agricultural, and other representatives.

There are situations where a consultant or adviser or member of an advisory committee may be providing advice as a representative of an outside group and not as an employee or special Government employee of the Department. Such questions normally arise with respect to members of advisory committees within the departments. Some advisory committees are clearly composed of representatives of industries. The Attorney General has ruled that the Advisory Group to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is composed of persons serving in a representative capacity. Bureaus or offices using advisory committees may seek the advice of the Chief Counsel, or through him, the General Counsel, to determine whether members of any given

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