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January 5, 1999 DO-99-001

MEMORANDUM

TO: Designated Agency Ethics Officials

FROM: Stephen D. Potts Director

SUBJECT: Employee Acceptance of Commercial Discounts and Benefits

As some of you may recall, Kay Richman, an Associate General Counsel in the Office of Government Ethics, participated in a panel on employee acceptance of commercial discounts and benefits at the Annual Government Ethics Conference held in September 1996. The following year, at the 1997 Ethics Conference, Kay returned with a presentation on discounts that addressed a number of the issues raised in 1996 and summarized developments to date in this area of the law. She has since reduced her presentation to writing, so we thought we would share it with you for use in advising employees regarding acceptance of discounts and benefits.

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