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With the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), 5 CFR 2635.105 authorizes Executive Branch agencies to publish agency-specific supplemental regulations necessary and appropriate to implement their respective ethics programs. Pursuant to this authority, DoD, with OGE's concurrence and joint issuance, now proposes to amend the DoD Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Department of Defense by revising and updating the DoD Supplemental Regulation originally written in 1993, to supplement the OGE Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. Proposed amendments include changes in the following areas: (1) designation of separate agency components for the purposes of gifts and teaching, speaking, and writing; (2) additional exceptions for gifts from outside sources; additional limitations on gifts between DoD employees; and (3) authority to waive any of the provisions of the DoD Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Department of Defense.