5 C.F.R. 5 CFR--PART 735
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Amendment from August 11, 2006
5 CFR--PART 735
Amendment(s) published August 11, 2006, in 71 FR 46073
Effective Date(s): September 11, 2006
Accordingly, OPM is revising part 735 as follows:
PART 735—EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT
Authority:5 U.S.C. 7301; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.
§ 735.101 Definitions.
In this part:
Agency means an Executive agency (other than the Government Accountability Office) as defined by 5 U.S.C. 105, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate Commission.
Employee means any officer or employee of an agency, including a special Government employee, but does not include a member of the uniformed services.
Government means the United States Government.
Special Government employee means an officer or employee specified in 18 U.S.C. 202(a) except one who is employed in the legislative branch or by the District of Columbia.
Uniformed services has the meaning given that term by 5 U.S.C. 2101(3).
§ 735.102 What are the grounds for disciplinary action?
An employee's violation of any of the regulations in subpart B of this part may be cause for for disciplinary action by the employee's agency, which may be in addition to any penalty prescribed by law.
§ 735.103 What other regulations pertain to employee conduct?
In addition to the standards of conduct in subpart B of this part, an employee shall comply with the standards of ethical conduct in 5 CFR part 2635, as well as any supplemental regulation issued by the employee's agency under 5 CFR 2635.105. An employee's violation of those regulations may cause the employee's agency to take disciplinary action, or corrective action as that term is used in 5 CFR part 2635. Such disciplinary action or corrective action may be in addition to any penalty prescribed by law.
§ 735.201 What are the restrictions on gambling?
(a) While on Government-owned or leased property or on duty for the Government, an employee shall not conduct or participate in any gambling activity, including operating a gambling device, conducting a lottery or pool, participating in a game for money or property, or selling or purchasing a numbers slip or ticket.
(b) This section does not preclude activities:
(1) Necessitated by an employee's official duties; or
(2) Occurring under section 7 of Executive Order 12353 and similar agency-approved activities.
§ 735.202 What are the restrictions on conduct that safeguard the examination process?
(a) An employee shall not, with or without compensation, teach, lecture, or write for the purpose of the preparation of a person or class of persons for an examination of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) or other agency to which examining authority has been delegated, or Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service that depends on information obtained as a result of the employee's Government employment.
(b) This section does not preclude the preparation described in paragraph (a) of this section if:
(1) The information upon which the preparation is based has been made available to the general public or will be made available on request; or
(2) Such preparation is authorized in writing by the Director of OPM, or his or her designee, or by the head of an agency to which examining authority had been delegated, or his or her designee, or by the Director General of the Foreign Service, or his or her designee, as applicable.
§ 735.203 What are the restrictions on conduct prejudicial to the Government?
An employee shall not engage in criminal, infamous, dishonest, immoral, or notoriously disgraceful conduct, or other conduct prejudicial to the Government.
