Official Responsibility 2 Year Ban
SIMPLIFIED RULE: For
2 years after leaving Government service, you may not represent someone else to the
Government regarding
particular matters that you
did not work on yourself, but were
pending under your responsibility during your last year of Government
service.
RULE: For a period of 2 years after termination of Government service, former
Government officers and employees may not knowingly make a communication or appearance on behalf of
any other person, with the intent to influence, before any officer or employee of any Federal
agency or court, in connection with a particular matter which the employee reasonably should have
known was actually pending under his or her
official responsibility within 1 year before the employee left Government service, which
involved a specific party at that time, and in which the U.S. is a party or has a direct and
substantial interest. (18 U.S.C. 207(a) (2))
Note: This rule does not apply to former military enlisted personnel.
Date Last Reviewed: June 29, 2009
