§ 1201.735-306 - Association with non-ACTION grantee or contractor while an ACTION employee.

(a) An employee shall not engage in outside employment which tends to impair the employee's mental or physical capacity to perform his or her official responsibility in an acceptable manner.

(b) Teaching, lecturing, and writing. (1) Use of information. An employee shall not, either for or without compensation, engage in teaching, lecturing, or writing that is dependent on information obtained as a result of his or her Government employment, except when that information has been or on request will be made available to the general public or when the agency head gives advance written authorization for the use of nonpublic information on the basis that the proposed use is in the public interest.

(2) Compensation. No employee may accept compensation or anything of value for any lecture, discussion, writing, or appearance the subject matter of which is devoted substantially to the ACTION programs or which draws substantially on official data or ideas which have not become part of the body of public information.

(3) Clearance of publications. No employee may submit for publication any writing, other than recruiting information, the contents of which are devoted to the ACTION programs or to any other matter which might be of official concern to the U.S. Government without in advance clearing the writing with the Office of Communications or regional communications specialists, as appropriate. Before clearing any such writing, the Office of Communications will consult with the appropriate ACTION office.

(c) State and local government employment. Regular employees may not hold office or engage in outside employment under a State or local government except with prior approval of the General Counsel, ACTION.

(d) All employees not required by § 1201.735-401 to report their outside employment and financial interests shall inform their supervisors of all outside employment they hold or accept.