[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR10.735-204]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 10_EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Ethical and Other Conduct and Responsibilities of Employees
 
Sec. 10.735-204  Outside employment and other activity.

    (a) An employee shall not engage in outside employment or other 
outside activity not compatible with the full and proper discharge of 
the duties and responsibilities of Government employment. Incompatible 
activities include but are not limited to:
    (1) Acceptance of a fee, compensation, gift, payment of expense, or 
any other thing of monetary value in circumstances in which acceptance 
may result in, or create the appearance of, conflicts of interest; or
    (2) Outside employment which tends to impair the employee's mental 
or physical capacity to perform Government duties and responsibilities 
in an acceptable manner.
    (b) An employee shall not receive any salary or anything of monetary 
value from a private source as compensation for the employee's services 
to the Government (18 U.S.C. 209).
    (c) Employees are encouraged to engage in teaching, lecturing, and 
writing that is not prohibited by law, the Executive order, this part, 
or the agency regulations. However, an employee

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shall not, either for or without compensation, engage in teaching, 
lecturing, or writing including teaching, lecturing, or writing for the 
purpose of the special preparation of a person or class of persons for 
an examination of the Civil Service Commission or Board of Examiners for 
the Foreign Service, that is dependent on information obtained as a 
result of Government employment, except when that information has been 
made available to the general public or will be made available on 
request or when the agency head gives written authorization for use of 
nonpublic information on the basis that the use is in the public 
interest. In addition, an employee who is a Presidential appointee 
covered by section 401(a) of the Executive order shall not receive 
compensation or anything of monetary value for any consultation, 
lecture, discussion, writing, or appearance the subject matter of which 
is devoted substantially to the responsibilities, programs, or 
operations of the employee's agency, or which draws substantially on 
official data or ideas which have not become part of the body of public 
information. Employees are referred to the detailed rules of their 
agency with respect to clearance and acceptance of compensation (3 FAM 
628; for AID see Handbook 18).
    (d) [Reserved]
    (e) An employee shall not render any services, whether or not 
compensated, to any foreign government, state, province, or 
semigovernmental agency, or municipality of any foreign government, or 
to any international organization of states. However, this shall not 
prevent the rendering of such services by employees acting on behalf of 
the United States. Nor shall this provision prevent the rendering of 
services to an international organization of states when otherwise 
consistent with law and when authorized by the appropriate officer. The 
appropriate officer for State is the Director General and Director of 
Personnel; for AID the Assistant Administrator for Program and 
Management Services; and for ICA the Director of Personnel Services.
    (f) [Reserved]
    (g) This section does not preclude an employee from:
    (1) Participation in the activities of national or State political 
parties not proscribed by law.
    (2) Participation in the affairs of or acceptance of an award for a 
meritorious public contribution or achievement given by a charitable, 
religious, professional, social, fraternal, nonprofit educational and 
recreational, public service, or civic organization.