[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR734.302]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 734--POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Prohibited Activities
 
Sec. 734.302  Use of official authority; prohibition.

    (a) An employee may not use his or her official authority or 
influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of 
an election.
    (b) Activities prohibited by paragraph (a) of this section include, 
but are not limited to:
    (1) Using his or her official title while participating in political 
activity;
    (2) Using his or her authority to coerce any person to participate 
in political activity; and
    (3) Soliciting, accepting, or receiving uncompensated individual 
volunteer services from a subordinate for any political purpose.
    Example 1: An employee who signs a letter seeking uncompensated 
volunteer services from individuals may not identify himself or herself 
by using his or her official title. However, the employee may use a 
general form of address, such as ``The Honorable.''
    Example 2: A noncareer member of the Senior Executive Service, or 
another employee covered by this subpart, may not ask his or her 
subordinate employees to provide uncompensated individual volunteer 
services for a political party, partisan political group, or candidate 
for partisan political office. Moreover, he or she may not accept or 
receive such services from a subordinate employee who offers to donate 
them.
    Example 3: An employee may not require any person to contribute to a 
partisan political campaign in order to win a Federal contract:

[61 FR 35100, July 5, 1996]