[ncdnhc-discuss] Conflict of interest

[Dave Crocker]

At 01:51 PM 3/15/2002 -0500, Harold J. Feld wrote:
>Actually, as I stated, I _was_ restricted in discussions.

that was not what you said.  you said had restrictions about representing 
your government agency and about making statements to the press.  you said 
nothing about restrictions from discussions.

And, of course, that is because there are no such restriction on US 
government employees.

d/

>Dave Crocker wrote:
>
>>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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