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03x5: Appointment to Advisory Committee as “Representative” versus SGE

August 4, 2003

A special Government employee (SGE) serving on an advisory committee is subject to many of the Federal ethics laws and regulations, but a “representative” member of a committee is not.  Some provisions apply differently to SGEs than to “regular” employees or do not apply at all.

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