[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1304.4606]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
 
PART 1304_POST EMPLOYMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1304.4606  Exemptions.

    (a) General. (1) Communications made solely to furnish scientific or 
technological information are exempt from these prohibitions.
    (2) A former Government employee may be exempted from the 
restrictions on post-employment practices if the

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Deputy Director of OMB, in consultation with the Director of the Office 
of Government Ethics, executes a certification that is published in the 
Federal Register. The certification shall state that the former 
Government employee has outstanding qualifications in a scientific, 
technological or other technical discipline; is acting with respect to a 
particular matter which requires such qualifications; and the national 
interest would be served by his participation.
    (b) Specific. The one-year bar shall not apply to a former Senior 
Employee's representation on new matters if the former Senior Employee 
is:
    (1) An elected State or local government official, who is acting on 
behalf of such government; or
    (2) Regularly employed by or acting on behalf of an agency or 
instrumentality of a State or local government; an accredited, degree-
granting institution of higher education; or a non-profit hospital or 
medical research organization.