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82x4: Prohibition of Outside Employment Based on the Appearance of Impropriety and Past Public Criticism

March 10, 1982

An agency can, under its regulatory equivalent to 5 C.F.R. § 735.203, prohibit certain outside employment based on the appearance of impropriety that previously subjected the agency to unfavorable criticism and impaired the public’s confidence in the agency.  Unless the agency’s judgment was arbitrary or capricious, OGE would not overturn it.

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