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        <RIN>3209-AA09</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200904</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>3209</CODE>
            <NAME>Office of Government Ethics</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>OGE</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Interpretation, Exemptions, and Waiver Guidance Concerning Acts Affecting a Personal Financial Interest</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[This regulation interprets section 208(a) of title 18, U.S.C., which prohibits officers and employees of the executive branch from officially participating personally and substantially in a particular matter in which there is a personal financial interest or a financial interest of a related person or organization (absent a waiver or exemption under 18 U.S.C. 208(b)). It also lists and describes interests considered too remote or too inconsequential to affect the integrity of the services of executive branch officers or employees, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(2). Such interests are exempt from the restrictions of 18 U.S.C. 208(a), generally requiring disqualification. The regulation also provides guidance to executive branch agencies as to the kinds of interests that are not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services the Government may expect from an employee and which, therefore, may be waived from the general rule of disqualification under 18 U.S.C. 208(a), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(1). In addition, guidance is provided concerning the issuance of waivers to special Government employee advisory committee members, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(3). A separate interim final rule, published in 1995 exempting certain financial interests arising from Federal Government executive branch employment as well as from Social Security or veterans' benefits from the general prohibition in section 208(a), was incorporated in the overall final rule. Additional exemptions are considered for development from time to time as appropriate.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>5 CFR 2640</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 USC app Ethics in Government Act of 1978</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>EO 12674</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>EO 12731</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18 USC 208</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Govt. Interests and Social Security and Veterans&apos; Benefits Exemptions Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/28/1995</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>60 FR 44706</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Overall NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/11/1995</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>60 FR 47208</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Overall Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/18/1996</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>61 FR 66830</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Rule Census Exemption Amendment</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/29/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 16511</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule Census Exemption Amendment</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/04/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 47830</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Proposed Rule Additional Exemption Amendments</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/06/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 53942</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final  Rule Additional Exemption Amendments</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/19/2002</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>67 FR 12443</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Additional Exemption Amendment Re: Mutual Funds &amp; Unit Investment Trusts</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/14/2005</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>70 FR 69041</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Proposed Rule Amended &amp; Additional Exemptions</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/00/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Richard</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Thomas</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>M.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Associate General Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3209</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Government Ethics</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OGE</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 482-9300</PHONE>
                <TDD_PHONE>800 877-8339</TDD_PHONE>
                <FAX>202 482-9237</FAX>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Suite 500, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20005-3917</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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