Does the proposed outside activity conflict with the employee’s official duties?
An outside activity conflicts with an employee’s official duties if the outside activity is prohibited by statute or agency supplemental regulation or if it would require the employee’s disqualification from matters so central or critical to the performance of the employee’s official duties that his/her ability to perform the official duties of the position would be materially impaired. • Does the proposed outside activity use the employee’s government position for private gain? Employees are prohibited by law from using or permitting others to use their public office for their own private gain; for the endorsement of any product, service, or enterprise; or for the private gain of others. Private gain may arise through the inducement or coercion of benefits if the employee uses or permits others to use his/her government position, title, or authority in a manner intended to coerce or induce another to provide a private benefit. It may arise through the appearance of governmental sancti
