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[Comments on Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary's Efforts To Seek Private Employment]

B-229215 Published: Feb 22, 1988. Publicly Released: Mar 17, 1988.
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GAO commented on the propriety of certain actions a Department of Commerce deputy assistant secretary took in seeking private employment. It was determined that: (1) existing regulations did not prohibit the employee from seeking employment outside the government; and (2) although the employee acted in accordance with the legal advice he received from Commerce, his participation in a matter affecting foreign-owned-vehicle manufacturers violated Commerce's standards of conduct.

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