§2104 Prohibition on former official’s acceptance of compensation from contractor

Summary

Former federal officials must not accept pay from a contractor as an employee, officer, director, or consultant for one year after they worked on that contractor’s big contract. The rule covers people who had key roles in choosing or managing the contract or who personally made big decisions about it — for example, leading the selection or evaluation, acting as program or contracting manager, or deciding to award a contract, set contract rates, approve payments, or settle claims — when the contract or action was over $10,000,000. They may work for a different division or affiliate of the contractor if that part does not make the same or similar products or services. Agencies must give officials a way to ask their ethics officer for advice. A former official who knowingly breaks the rule, and any contractor who knowingly pays them, can face penalties and other actions under section 2105.