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[Reimbursement of FDA Employees for Private Attorney Fees Incurred in Federal Criminal Investigation]

B-251141: May 3, 1993

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested an advance decision on whether FDA appropriations could be used to reimburse employees for private attorney fees incurred incident to a federal criminal investigation. FDA contended that the employees should be reimbursed for the attorney fees, since: (1) the investigations concerned the performance of FDA functions; and (2) no charges resulted from...

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Matter of: Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration - Reimbursement of Employees for Private Attorney Fees Incurred in Federal Criminal Investigation File: B-251141 Date: May 3, 1993

B-251141: May 3, 1993

Concerned that the employees may have engaged in insider trading. A number of the employees are employed in FDA's Office of Public Affairs and were responsible for answering public inquiries about routine FDA business. The requests for representation were not referred to Justice. All investigations of the employees have concluded and no finding of criminal misconduct has been made. Are generally p...

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