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DO-10-004: FAQs on Post-Employment under the Ethics Pledge

February 22, 2010

Paragraphs 4 (post-employment cooling-off period) and 5 (post-employment lobbying ban) of the Ethics Pledge, Executive Order 13490, impose significant new post-employment restrictions on non-career appointees.

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