{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-1304.4606","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 1304.4606","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"(a) General. (1) Communications made solely to furnish scientific or technological information are exempt from these prohibitions.\n(2) A former Government employee may be exempted from the restrictions on post-employment practices if the Deputy Director of OMB, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, executes a certification that is published in the Federal Register. The certification shall state that the former Government employee has outstanding qualifications in a scientific, technological or other technical discipline; is acting with respect to a particular matter which requires such qualifications; and the national interest would be served by his participation.\n(b) Specific. The one-year bar shall not apply to a former Senior Employee's representation on new matters if the former Senior Employee is:\n(1) An elected State or local government official, who is acting on behalf of such government; or\n(2) Regularly employed by or acting on behalf of an agency or instrumentality of a State or local government; an accredited, degree-granting institution of higher education; or a non-profit hospital or medical research organization.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER III—OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","SUBCHAPTER A—ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES","PART 1304—POST EMPLOYMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"7c8281683df438fbd36a2d369a073dc05da1c8aef3f400b68fd00bd15a1dca7c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-1304.4605","next":"us/5-cfr-1304.4607"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}