[ncdnhc-discuss] Conflict of interest

[James Love]

Dave, how about the US Hatch Act?  jamie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Crocker" <dhc2 at dcrocker.net>
To: "Harold J. Feld" <hfeld at mediaaccess.org>
Cc: "NCDNHC List" <discuss at icann-ncc.org>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Conflict of interest


> 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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