Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 24, 2024

Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade last revised: Oct 25, 2024
§ 0.735-35 - Responsibilities of employees.

It is the responsibility of each employee:

(a) To assure, at the outset of his employment, that each of his interests and activities is consistent with the requirements established by or pursuant to this part;

(b) To submit a statement of employment and financial interests at such times and in such form as may be specified in or pursuant to this part;

(c) To certify, upon entering on duty in the Department, that he has read this part and applicable regulations supplementary thereto;

(d) To obtain prior written authorization of any interest or activity about the propriety of which any doubt exists in the employee's mind, as provided in § 0.735-39;

(e) To confine each of his interests and activities at all times within the requirements established by or pursuant to this part, including any authorizations granted pursuant to this part; and

(f) To obtain a further written authorization whenever circumstances change, or the nature or extent of the interest or activity changes, in such a manner as to involve the possibility of a violation or appearance of a violation of a limitation or requirement prescribed in or pursuant to this part.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301,7301,7353; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 26 U.S.C. 7214(b); 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
source: 32 FR 15222, Nov. 2, 1967, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 15 CFR 0.735-35