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The former proceeding involved a threshold issue and a follow-up issue. The agency ruled based on the threshold issue, and the remand involved the follow-up issue. OGE determined the individual "personally and substantially" participated in the first proceeding and that both proceedings must be considered parts of the same particular matter.
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