[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR7.2]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 7_STANDARDS OF CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  7.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) Commission means the Federal Election Commission, 999 E Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20463.
    (b) Commissioner means a voting member of the Federal Election 
Commission, in accordance with 2 U.S.C. 437c.
    (c) Conflict of interest means a situation in which an employee's 
private interest is inconsistent with the efficient and impartial 
conduct of his or her official duties and responsibilities.
    (d) Designated Agency Ethics Officer or Ethics Officer means the 
employee designated by the Commission to administer the provisions of 
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-521), as amended, and 
includes a designee of the Ethics Officer.
    (e) Employee means an employee of the Federal Election Commission, 
but does not include a special Commission employee.
    (f) Former employee means one who was, and is no longer, an employee 
of the Commission.
    (g) Official responsibility means the direct administrative or 
operating authority, whether intermediate or final,

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to approve, disapprove, or otherwise direct Commission action. Official 
responsibility may be exercised alone or with others and either 
personally or through subordinates.
    (h) Outside employment or other outside activity means any work, 
service or other activity performed by an employee, but not a 
Commissioner, other than in the performance of the employee's official 
duties. It includes such activities as writing and editing, publishing, 
teaching, lecturing, consulting, self-employment, and other services or 
work performed, with or without compensation.
    (i) Person means an individual, corporation, company, association, 
firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, political committee, or 
other group, organization, or institution.
    (j) Special Commission employee means an individual who is retained, 
designated, appointed or employed by the Federal Election Commission to 
perform, with or without compensation, temporary duties either on a 
full-time or intermittent basis, for not to exceed 130 days during any 
period of 365 consecutive days, as defined at 18 U.S.C. 202.