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After 4 years of night school and nearly half a year waiting for the results of the bar examination, you have been admitted to practice law in your state. You decide that you have to keep your current government job while, hopefully, establishing your law practice. To do a first class job for the client, you need first class equipment i.e., good computers and printers, fax machines, etc. You stay late at the office each day to complete work on your pleadings, and you create a database on your computer to keep track of your contacts and cases. Is this an acceptable temporary solution? - CORRECT

ANSWER: No. Employees are not permitted to run, control, or conduct an outside

personal business using his/her government equipment, on Government time, or at his/her Government worksite.

Based your current official position, you were invited by a non-profit organization to an event that will be attended by 1,000. Of the 1,000 attendees, approximately 20 percent will be from the Department of Defense; 30 percent will be from the Legislative Branch; 40 percent will be representatives from academia; and 10 percent will be members of industry. The event will allow you to exchange ideas and views among the invited guests. The event is also scheduled to occur in the evening so you will attend the event on your own time. The value of this gift of free attendance is approximately $75 per person. Are you allowed to accept the gift of free attendance? - CORRECT ANSWER: Yes, this event is a widely attended gathering, and before I attended the event, I coordinated with my ethics counselor and received written authorization to accept this gift.

May a retired E-6 accept a salary from a company owned and controlled by the

Government of France? - CORRECT ANSWER: Yes, provided the retired military

member obtains the approval from his/her Service Secretary and the Secretary of state before accepting the salary.

While employed by the Federal government, you were involved in approving a contract for audio/visual equipment. When you left the Federal government, you started working for that contractor and on the same contract. At the completion of work, the Government had paid approximately $6 million for $841,000 worth of equipment. Is your employment with the contractor acceptable? - CORRECT ANSWER: No, this is a violation of a post- government employment restriction that is also a criminal statute (18 U.S.C. Section 207) because you participated personally and substantially in this contract while you were a government employee.

You are asked to sell tickets to subordinates in the workplace for a fundraising event sponsored by a nonprofit organization that helps military spouses. May you sell the

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