Introduction
January 2017
This Ethics Handbook for On and Off-Duty Conduct summarizes the principal ethics laws and regulations governing the conduct of Department of Justice employees. The purpose of this handbook is to increase your awareness of the ethics rules and their applications, including when you are not in a duty status or are on leave. We have included citations after each rule and we suggest that you consult the full text of the law or regulation when you have specific questions.
The ethics rules condensed here include the conflict of interest statutes found at 18 USC §§ 202 to 209, Executive Order 12674 on Principles of Ethical Conduct as amended by EO 12731, the Uniform Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch at 5 CFR Part 2635, Department of Justice regulations at 5 CFR Part 3801 that supplement the uniform standards, and additional Department regulations at 28 CFR Part 45, and Executive branch-wide standards of conduct at 5 USC § 735.
The Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) for the Department is the Assistant Attorney General for Administration. The Departmental Ethics Office is responsible for the overall direction for the ethics program in the Department. Each Bureau, Office, Board and Division has a Deputy DAEO who should be your first contact for advice. Your component may have additional guidance that addresses specific circumstances, in particular with off-duty conduct and employees serving in foreign countries. Employees are responsible for knowing and adhering to any component specific guidance.
The ethics statutes and regulations may be found on the website of the Departmental Ethics Office. If you do not have access to the internet, contact your Deputy DAEO to obtain a paper copy of the regulations. If you do not know who your ethics official is, call the Departmental Ethics Office on (202) 514- 8196 or consult the website for a list of ethics officials within the Department.
Some of these rules require analysis when applying them to specific situations. You should use this handbook as a means of keeping yourself apprised of the general prohibitions, but you should always seek advice from an ethics official if you are contemplating an action that you think might be covered by the rules, especially where it may be necessary to obtain a waiver or approval in advance.
Generally, an employee who provides all the facts to an ethics official and follows the advice given will not later be disciplined for violating the standards of conduct if subsequent inquiry reveals a possible violation consistent with the facts provided. Heads of components in consultation with the appropriate Deputy DAEO grant most formal determinations on ethics questions, including waivers and approvals.
We hope you will find this handbook useful
The Departmental Ethics Office
14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct
The following general principles apply to every employee and may form the basis for the standards contained in this part. Where a situation is not covered by the standards set forth in this part, employees shall apply the principles set forth in this section in determining whether their conduct is proper.
Public service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws and ethical principles above private gain.
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5 C.F.R 2635.101 (b)
Conduct Prejudicial to the Government
An employee shall not engage in criminal, infamous, dishonest, immoral or disgraceful conduct, or other conduct prejudicial to the government.In connection with overseas service, the State Department has defined notoriously disgraceful conduct as conduct which, were it to become widely known, would embarrass, discredit, or subject to opprobrium the perpetrator and the United St
5 CFR735.203, 3 FAM 4139.14
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hatch act violations are fireable offenses The Hatch Act All federal employees may vote, express opinions and make political contributions. Under the Hatch Act, active participation in partisan political activities by federal employees is restricted, and employees serving in certain positions are more restricted than others. All federal employees are barred from using their official authority or influence to interfere with an election, from engaging in political activity while on duty, in a government office, wearing an official uniform or using a government vehicle, and from soliciting or discouraging the political activity of anyone who does business with the Department. The rules are specific and may be complex. Any employee seeking to actively engage in partisan political activity should consult the guidance available on the Department’s website, and the guidance issued by his or her component. 5 USC §§ 7321-21 5 CFR 733 & 734
Introduction
January 2017
This Ethics Handbook for On and Off-Duty Conduct summarizes the principal ethics laws and regulations governing the conduct of Department of Justice employees. The purpose of this handbook is to increase your awareness of the ethics rules and their applications, including when you are not in a duty status or are on leave. We have included citations after each rule and we suggest that you consult the full text of the law or regulation when you have specific questions.
The ethics rules condensed here include the conflict of interest statutes found at 18 USC §§ 202 to 209, Executive Order 12674 on Principles of Ethical Conduct as amended by EO 12731, the Uniform Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch at 5 CFR Part 2635, Department of Justice regulations at 5 CFR Part 3801 that supplement the uniform standards, and additional Department regulations at 28 CFR Part 45, and Executive branch-wide standards of conduct at 5 USC § 735.
The Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) for the Department is the Assistant Attorney General for Administration. The Departmental Ethics Office is responsible for the overall direction for the ethics program in the Department. Each Bureau, Office, Board and Division has a Deputy DAEO who should be your first contact for advice. Your component may have additional guidance that addresses specific circumstances, in particular with off-duty conduct and employees serving in foreign countries. Employees are responsible for knowing and adhering to any component specific guidance.
The ethics statutes and regulations may be found on the website of the Departmental Ethics Office. If you do not have access to the internet, contact your Deputy DAEO to obtain a paper copy of the regulations. If you do not know who your ethics official is, call the Departmental Ethics Office on (202) 514- 8196 or consult the website for a list of ethics officials within the Department.
Some of these rules require analysis when applying them to specific situations. You should use this handbook as a means of keeping yourself apprised of the general prohibitions, but you should always seek advice from an ethics official if you are contemplating an action that you think might be covered by the rules, especially where it may be necessary to obtain a waiver or approval in advance.
Generally, an employee who provides all the facts to an ethics official and follows the advice given will not later be disciplined for violating the standards of conduct if subsequent inquiry reveals a possible violation consistent with the facts provided. Heads of components in consultation with the appropriate Deputy DAEO grant most formal determinations on ethics questions, including waivers and approvals.
We hope you will find this handbook useful
The Departmental Ethics Office
14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct
The following general principles apply to every employee and may form the basis for the standards contained in this part. Where a situation is not covered by the standards set forth in this part, employees shall apply the principles set forth in this section in determining whether their conduct is proper.
Public service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws and ethical principles above private gain.
....
5 C.F.R 2635.101 (b)
Conduct Prejudicial to the Government
An employee shall not engage in criminal, infamous, dishonest, immoral or disgraceful conduct, or other conduct prejudicial to the government.In connection with overseas service, the State Department has defined notoriously disgraceful conduct as conduct which, were it to become widely known, would embarrass, discredit, or subject to opprobrium the perpetrator and the United St
5 CFR735.203, 3 FAM 4139.14
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hatch act violations are fireable offenses The Hatch Act All federal employees may vote, express opinions and make political contributions. Under the Hatch Act, active participation in partisan political activities by federal employees is restricted, and employees serving in certain positions are more restricted than others. All federal employees are barred from using their official authority or influence to interfere with an election, from engaging in political activity while on duty, in a government office, wearing an official uniform or using a government vehicle, and from soliciting or discouraging the political activity of anyone who does business with the Department. The rules are specific and may be complex. Any employee seeking to actively engage in partisan political activity should consult the guidance available on the Department’s website, and the guidance issued by his or her component. 5 USC §§ 7321-21 5 CFR 733 & 734
Sessions will walk her dog and wash her car...
Never mind the review...just fire her and let her sue.
If a crime can be determined and it was against a public official, the punishments goes way up. Not sure what it is in DC. As a minimum she should be fired using the president’s recent reforms as justification. Agree I doubt Sleepy has the balls to do it.
Joe Citizen would already have been suspended from his job.
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What’s to review. She proudly admits what she did. Yank her security pass and show her the door.
Once again proving that large state structures are always corrupted. Always.
So, a dozen members of an extremely left organization show up at a restaurant while the Secretary is having dinner? I’m curious how they knew she would be there? Who told them?
I made the mistake of recommending the hiring an embittered liberal activist to work in my group once. I had only considered ability and i could have easily hired someone else since it was a technical tossup. Anyway once in she soon enough developed a personal distaste for me as well as annoying tics while i remained puzzled but openminded. Finally she complained that i paid her too little even though her salary was not at all determined by me in any way. I had become her righteous punching bag. Moral is to review potential new hires for politcal correctness quotient and if present, avoid hiring thwm at all costs since they result in a toxic worke environment.
WHY aren’t the hecklers identified and photographed and ostracized as the left always does to those acting against them?