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81x24: Special Government Employees and 18 U.S.C. §§ 202, 203, and 205

July 23, 1981

A member of a federal board was determined to be a special government employee under 18 U.S.C. § 202 and was subject to the conflict of interest laws when representing his private business to the government.  However, the restrictions of 18 U.S.C. §§ 203 and 205 had a limited application to the special government employee.

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