5 CFR § 2635.803 - Prior approval for outside employment and activities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s2635.803"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 2635.803 - Prior approval for outside employment and activities."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2635.803"
section_name: "Prior approval for outside employment and activities."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ETHICS"
part_number: "2635"
part_name: "STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 7301, 7351, 7353; 5 U.S.C. ch. 131; 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."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 35042, Aug. 7, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2635"
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# 2635.803 Prior approval for outside employment and activities.

When required by agency supplemental regulation, employees must obtain prior approval before engaging in outside employment or activities. When it is determined to be necessary or desirable for the purpose of administering its ethics program, an agency may, by supplemental regulation, require employees or any category of employees to obtain prior approval before engaging in specific types of outside activities, including outside employment. Whether or not prior approval is required by agency supplemental regulations, employees have a continuing responsibility to ensure that their outside activities do not conflict with their official duties.