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85x2: Agency Standards of Conduct Addressing Outside Employment and Misuse of Information

January 7, 1985

OGE advised that agency versions of 5 C.F.R. §§ 735.203 and 735.206 applied to two agents contracting with a magazine, giving the magazine exclusive production rights to the story of their investigation into racketeering. OGE stated that the agency could consider adverse action if the agents violated the standards of conduct.

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