[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 16, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 16CFR5.1] [Page 115] TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION PART 5_STANDARDS OF CONDUCT--Table of Contents Subpart A_Employee Conduct Standards and Financial Conflicts of Interest Sec. 5.1 Cross-reference to executive branch-wide regulations. Subpart A_Employee Conduct Standards and Financial Conflicts of Interest Sec. 5.1 Cross-reference to executive branch-wide regulations. 5.2 Exemption of insubstantial financial conflicts. Subpart B_Financial Disclosure Requirements 5.10 Cross-reference to executive branch-wide regulations. Subparts C-D [Reserved] Subpart E_Disciplinary Actions Concerning Postemployment Conflict of Interest 5.51 Scope and applicability. 5.52 Nonpublic proceedings. 5.53 Initiation of investigation. 5.54 Referral to the Office of Government Ethics and to the Department of Justice. 5.55 Conduct of investigation. 5.56 Disposition. 5.57 Order to show cause. 5.58 Answer and request for a hearing. 5.59 Presiding official. 5.60 Scheduling of hearing. 5.61 Prehearing procedures; motions; interlocutory appeals; summary decision; discovery; compulsory process. 5.62 Hearing rights of respondent. 5.63 Evidence; transcript; in camera orders; proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. 5.64 Initial decision. 5.65 Review of initial decision. 5.66 Commission decision and reconsideration. 5.67 Sanctions. 5.68 Judicial review. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 15 U.S.C. 46(g); E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306; 5 CFR part 2635, unless otherwise noted. Source: 32 FR 13272, Sept. 20, 1967, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 41 FR 54483, Dec. 14, 1976. Commissioners and employees, including special government employees, of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are subject to and should refer to the ``Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch'' at 5 CFR part 2635 (``executive branch-wide Standards of Conduct'') and to the FTC regulations at 5 CFR 5701 that supplement the executive branch-wide Standards of Conduct. [58 FR 15764, Mar. 24, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42594, Aug. 5, 1999]