DOJ 2400.2
Approval Date: | September 2, 1997 |
Approved by: | JANET RENO Attorney General |
Distribution: | BUR/H-1; OBD/H-1; SPL-23 |
Initiated by: | Justice Management Division Office of General Counsel |
(1) No employee of the Department may solicit gifts or encourage the solicitation of gifts to the Department unless the solicitation has been approved in advance by the Attorney General or by the Deputy Attorney General.
(2) The authority of the Deputy Attorney General to approve the solicitation of gifts may not be redelegated.
(3) Nominating, or seeking the nomination of, a program administered by the Department for any award shall not constitute solicitation.
(1) The Assistant Attorney General for Administration has the authority on behalf of the Department to accept gifts in accordance with the criteria set forth below. The authority of the Assistant Attorney General for Administration to accept gifts is exclusive and applies to gifts made to the Department as a whole as well as gifts made to any of the Department's components.
(2) In determining whether to accept a gift, the Assistant Attorney General for Administration and anyone to whom he redelegates acceptance authority shall consider the following criteria:
(a) Whether the gift is appropriate for use (including liquidation) by the Department;
(b) Whether any condition the donor places on the Department's acceptance or use of the gift is acceptable to the Department;
(c) Whether any Department employee solicited the gift or encouraged its solicitation and, if so, whether the solicitation had the prior approval of the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General; and
(d) Whether acceptance of the gift is appropriate and advisable from the perspective of conflict of interest and government ethics guidelines, including whether acceptance of the gift would create the appearance of impropriety.
/s/JANET RENO
Attorney General