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91x27: Applicability of the Honoraria Ban to Compensation for Writing a Book

August 2, 1991

OGE provides guidance on the effect of the honoraria ban on the acceptance of compensation for writing non-fiction books as well as the permissibility of diverting honoraria to a charitable entity in lieu of personal acceptance.

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