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83x20: Applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 208

December 30, 1983

OGE advised an agency that an employee of the agency would be prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 208 from taking action on a contract when his wife was employed by the contractor as a consultant on the contract. A waiver would not overcome the appearance of impropriety in this situation.

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