[ncdnhc-discuss] Conflict of interest

[Dave Crocker]

Harold,

Thank you for confirming that you were not restricted from participating in 
discussions nor prevented from voting.

d/

At 12:39 PM 3/15/2002 -0500, Harold J. Feld wrote:
>Dave Crocker wrote:
>
>>James,
>
>>Before a government employee is "allowed" to vote, must they first get 
>>official permission of the government that they work for?
>
>>And to the extent that you consider this comparison invalid, please 
>>explain how.
>
>Actually, when I was a Federal employee, I had to abide by significant 
>restrictions on my participation in the democratic processes and the legal 
>profession.  I could not make statements to the press on matters 
>pertaining to my agency's work, I could not represent parties in federal 
>court on matters related to my agency's work.  I could not endorse 
>political candidate.  Public speaking engagements on anthing related to 
>the matters regulated needed to be approved in advance by the agency, my 
>law review articles had to go through review, and accepting honoraria was 
>prohibitted (this last was also later struck down).
>
>Harold Feld
>
>
>
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