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98x18: Support Letters for Sentencing Hearing and 18 U.S.C. § 205

November 16, 1998

Discusses application of 18 U.S.C. § 205 and 5 C.F.R. § 2635.702(b) to employees who wish to submit letters providing character reference in support of person subject to Federal criminal sentencing; also discusses need for OGE-approved supplemental standards of conduct regulation if agency wants to maintain additional ethics restriction.

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