OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 735
RIN 3206–AJ74
Employee Responsibilities and Conduct
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule.
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“§ 735.203 What are the restrictions on conduct prejudicial to the Government?”
“An employee shall not engage in criminal, infamous, dishonest, immoral, or notoriously disgraceful conduct, or other conduct prejudicial to the Government.”
This covers a lot of ground. Of course, it depends on having someone in an administrative position who has some concept of what all those difficult adjectives mean.
These might be good book marks to have around. (Some of you already have these I think!)
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
These are specific to Treasury.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2002-title5-vol3/pdf/CFR-2002-title5-vol3-part3101.pdf
https://judiciary.house.gov/press-release/house-judiciary-committee-approves-legislation-to-improve-efficiency-of-ninth-circuit/
The CIRCUIT Act would implement the 1998 White Commission’s recommendation to create three regional divisions within the Ninth Circuit in order to improve judicial efficiency.
The divisions would include a Northern Division, comprised of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, a Middle Division comprised of the existing Northern and Eastern Districts of California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Northern Marianas, a Southern Division comprised of Arizona and the existing Central and Southern Districts of California, and a Circuit Division which would hear certain cases including where two or more Divisions have reached final decisions of law that conflict.
Chairman Goodlatte: “For the past several decades, the size of the Ninth Circuit has continued to grow far in excess of other circuits. Twenty percent of the U.S. population now resides in this circuit with nine states and two territories, making it twice the size of any other circuit. The geographic breadth and workload of the Ninth Circuit makes it challenging for parties and their counsel to have timely court dates in their region.
“The CIRCUIT Act does not include an outright split of the Ninth Circuit but instead creates regional divisions in an effort to ensure our federal judiciary is functioning in the fairest and most efficient manner for the citizens it serves. I thank Subcommittee Chairman Issa for introducing this legislation and am pleased the Committee has passed it today.”
Subcommittee Chairman Issa: “Currently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is the largest of the 13 federal appellate courts and, on average, hears about a quarter of the nation’s cases brought before the appellate courts in a given year. For years, many have called for this court to be divided, but there remains widespread disagreement on how those divisions should be made. The CIRCUIT Act is a step toward making this needed change. By dividing the Ninth Circuit into regional divisions that effectively function as individual appellate courts, we open the door to determining whether a circuit split would be feasible while, at the same time, preserve the current Ninth Circuit as a single appellate court.”