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Federal Agency Standards of Employee Conduct Need Improvement

FPCD-80-8 Published: Oct 18, 1979. Publicly Released: Oct 18, 1979.
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Basic standards of conduct for government officials were prescribed in a recent Executive Order. Standards of employee conduct developed by federal agencies often differ in the ways they are interpreted and applied. Differences in agency application of standards result from statutes applicable to individual agencies and different agency responsibilities.

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