PART O-STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

Sec.

0.1 Cross-reference to employees ethical conduct standards and financial disclosure regulations.

0.2 Outside employment and other activities.

0.3 Financial interests.

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

SOURCE: 61 FR 15350, Apr. 5, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 61 FR 15350, Apr. 5, 1996, part 0 was revised, effective May 6, 1996. For the convenience of the user, the superseded material is set forth after the revised part 0.

80.1 Cross-reference to employees ethical conduct standards and financial disclosure regulations.

Employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Department) are subject to the executive branch-wide standards of ethical conduct at 5 CFR part 2635 and the executive branch-wide financial disclosure regulation at 5 CFR part 2634.

80.2 Outside employment and other activities.

(a) Reference in this section to outside employment and outside activities is not intended to cover employee investments. That subject is covered in $0.735-204.

(b) An employee shall not engage in outside employment or other outside activity not compatible with the full and proper discharge of the employee's official duties and responsibilities. Incompatible activities include, but are not limited to:

(1) Outside activities which tend to impair the employee's ability or capacity to perform official duties and responsibilities.

(2) Outside activities that may be construed by the public to be the official acts of the Department;

(3) Outside activities that establish relationships or property interests that may result in a conflict between private interests and official duties;

(4) Active participation in, or conduct of, a business dealing with, or related to, real estate or manufactured housing including, but not limited to, real estate brokerage, management and

sales, architecture, engineering, mortgage lending, property insurance, appraisal services, construction, construction financing, land planning, and real estate development;

(5) Serving as an officer or director of any organization which engages in lobbying activities concerning Department programs;

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(6) Serving as an officer or director of Department-approved mortgagee, lending institution or organization which services mortgages or other securities for the Department;

(7) Accepting employment, with or without compensation, with any person or business entity doing business with the Department;

(c) An employee shall not receive any salary or any thing of monetary value from a private source as compensation for his or her services to the Government (18 U.S.C. 209).

(d) An employee must obtain the prior approval of the appropriate Deputy Counselor:

(1) Before using his or her title or reference to his or her government employment or experience in connection with a commercial enterprise, or

(2) Before accepting employment, with or without compensation

or

(i) With a State or local government,

(ii) In the same professional field as that of the employee's official position.

(e) Employees are encouraged to engage in teaching, lecturing, and writing that is not prohibited by law, Executive order, Office of Personnel Management regulations, or this part, except that

(1) An employee may not receive compensation for any lecture, writing, or consultation, the subject matter of which is substantially related to the responsibilities, programs, or operations of the Department;

(2) An employee may not, either with or without compensation, engage in teaching, lecturing or writing that is dependent on information obtained as a result of his or her Government employment, except when that information has been made available to the general public, or will be made available on request, or when the appropriate Assistant Secretary or his or her designee gives written authorization