Justice Management Division
Serving Justice - Securing Results

An employee may not use his public office for his own private gain or for that of persons or organizations with which he is associated personally. An employee's position or title should not be used to coerce another person into providing a benefit to the employee or others; to endorse any product, service or enterprise; or to give the appearance of governmental sanction to personal activities. An employee may use his official title and stationery only in response to a request for a reference or recommendation for someone he has dealt with in Federal employment or someone he is recommending for Federal employment.

An employee may not engage in a financial transaction using nonpublic information nor allow the use of such information to further his private interests or those of another. Nonpublic information is information an employee gains on the job which has not been made available to the general public and is not authorized to be made available upon request.

An employee shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. In addition, an employee may not use the official time of a subordinate for anything other than official government business.

5 C.F.R. § 2635.701 - 705 (see Subpart G - Misuse of Position).