[ncdnhc-discuss] Conflict of interest

[James Love]

The US Hatch Act limits what public employees can do in terms of politics.
It is designed to retain public confidence in the civil service.  Jamie

http://www.osc.gov/hatchact.htm

Political Activity (Hatch Act)


The following is a discussion of restrictions on political activity by
federal government employees, and by employees of certain state and local
government agencies, under the Hatch Act. You will find information on:

Federal Hatch Act
  a.. Agencies/Employees Who Are Prohibited From Engaging in Partisan
Activity
  b.. Recent Regulations
  c.. Federal Hatch Act Do's
  d.. Federal Hatch Act Don'ts
  e.. Advisories for Federal Employees
  f.. Frequently Asked Questions for Employees Who May Engage in Partisan
Political Activity
State and Local Hatch Act
  a.. State and Local Hatch Act Do's
  b.. State and Local Hatch Act Don'ts
  c.. Advisories for State and Local Employees
OSC Role
  a.. Advisory Opinions
  b.. How to File a Complaint Alleging a Violation of the Hatch Act
  c.. Enforcement
Penalties for Violations


----- 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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