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Orange Guide – Chapter 4: Federal Employee Interactions and Lobbying
Before seeking to engage a speaker who works in any capacity for a federal government agency or
institution, Sales Colleagues must first verify that the speaker has received prior approval from their
agency or institution.
Engaging Part-Time Government Employees as Speakers
Q. May I engage an HCP that works part-time at a federal government institution
to be a speaker?
A. Yes, provided the conditions listed above are met. HCPs who work part-time
for a federal government agency are still required to follow the policies of that
agency as if they are full-time employees. Of course, all of Pfizer policies
related to engaging HCPs as speakers and properly conducting speaker
programs must be followed.
Supporting Independent Medical Education
Federal government agencies and institutions often ask Pfizer to support their independent medical
education programs. Pfizer may be permitted to support these activities through unrestricted
educational grants. Grant requestors must submit all requests for funding through
www.pfizermededgrants.com. Requests will be reviewed according to Pfizer’s standards for supporting
independent medical education. For more information on Pfizer’s educational grant process, see the
Support of External Organizations Chapter.
Lobbying
Federal and state lobbying laws regulate interactions with government officials and public employees
that are intended to influence legislation, regulations or government policies. Pfizer is required by
federal law and many state laws to publicly disclose its lobbying expenditures on a regular basis.
Federal Lobbying
In 2007, Congress amended the Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) in an effort to make lobbying
activity and expenditure disclosure more transparent. Although the requirements of what must be
disclosed remain largely the same, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA)
increased the number of times reports must be filed from twice a year to four times a year.
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