§ 1152.735-204 - Financial interests.

(a) An employee shall not have a direct or indirect financial interest that conflicts substantially, or appears to conflict substantially, with his/her Government duties and responsibilities.

(b) An employee shall not engage in, directly or indirectly, a financial transaction as a result of, or primarily relying on, information obtained through his/her Government employment.

(c) This section does not preclude an employee from having a financial interest or engaging in financial transactions to the same extent as a private citizen not employed by the Government so long as it is not prohibited by law, Executive Order, Office of Personnel Management or Office of Government Ethics regulations, or this part.

(d) The following financial or economic interests described below are hereby exempted from the prohibition of 18 U.S.C. 208(a) as being too remote or too inconsequential to affect the integrity of an employee's services in a matter: The stock, bond or policy holdings of an employee in a mutual fund, investment company, bank or insurance company which owns an interest in an entity involved in the matter, provided that in the case of a mutual fund, investment company or bank the fair value of such stock or bond holding does not exceed 1 percent of the value of the reported assets of the mutual fund, investment company, or bank.