[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR2637.207]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER XVI--OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
 
PART 2637_REGULATIONS CONCERNING POST EMPLOYMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST--Table 
 
                    Subpart B_Substantive Provisions
 
Sec. 2637.207  Exemption for persons with special qualification in a technical 

discipline.

    (a) Applicability. A former Government employee may be exempted from 
the restrictions on post employment practices if the head of the agency 
concerned with the particular matter, in consultation with the Director, 
executes a certification published in the Federal Register that such 
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 
that the national interest would be served by such former Government 
employee's participation.
    (b) When appropriate. This exemption should generally be utilized 
only where the former Government employee's involvement is needed on so 
continuous and comprehensive a basis that compliance with the procedures 
adopted for the communication of technical information (see Sec. 
2637.206), or other actions

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to isolate the former Government employee from other aspects of the 
matter, would be burdensome and impractical.
    (c) Certification authority. Certification should take place at no 
lower level than the head of the agency, the deputy thereof, or in the 
absence of both, the acting agency head. Consultation with the Director 
shall precede any certification. The exemption takes place upon the 
execution of the certification, provided that it is transmitted to the 
Federal Register for publication.
    (d) Agency registry. An agency may establish a registry for current 
employees, wherein the nature of their qualifications in one or more 
technical fields is certified after review by a supervisor, as a basis 
for establishing such qualifications in connection with, and to 
expedite, a later request for certification, should the necessity for 
such request arise.