Are retail employees allowed to solicit prizes for MCCS events?
Per the Joint Ethics Regulation, no employee may solicit donations for the government. ^ Question: Has anyone ever hosted a car rental sale from a rental car company? Here is the proposal: They want to host the sale in our Exchange parking lot. They need some parking spaces and help with advertising etc. They are willing to pay us $50 for each car sold as a commission for our help. Can we? Answer: No. Exchanges don’t have the authority to sell automobiles in the U.S. There is authority for overseas sales but it only applies to new or factory certified cars. Lemon lots and overseas bank and credit union repossession sales are specifically excluded. ^ Question: May civilian personnel declared emergency essential be authorized limited PX privileges (health and welfare items, etc.) if they are required to stay on base during hurricanes, snow storms, etc? The privileges would only extend so long as the PX is open for business. (They are not asking that the stores be kept open and pose a thr