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impact to the perceived quality, audience draw or other aspect of theevent. (See E2.1.14 of DoDD 5410.18)(b) Practitioner's note: Review the entire event program and proposedlist of speakers. Often only one speaker is sought from a particularDoD organization, so participation appears to be incidental. Whencombined with speakers from other DoD Components, however, DoDsupport may add up to become a significant portion of the program.Also beware that sponsors often claim that certain DoD speakers havebeen confirmed when they are not. They do this to persuade otherDoD officials to speak and also to portray that the event has alreadybeen vetted and approved officially.(2) Official Personnel Support Other Than Speaking.(i) Liaison and Other Similar Support: Note that the support that maybe provided to events produced by non-Federal entities is morelimited than the support that may be provided to co-managedevents (see VIII.B. above). Where warranted, DoD personnel maybe appointed as liaisons to the conference (see IV.A. above).DoD personnel are prohibited from participating in the over-allmanagement of the event, but may provide limited support, such asmaking recommendations as to agenda topics or speakers.(ii) Some services, such as civil works and transportation, may beaccomplished as part of military training: see InnovativeReadiness Training, above.(iii)Use of DoD personnel for menial purposes such as ushers, guards,escorts, messengers, parking lot attendants is prohibited by DoDD5410.18, section 4.2.16. No "human bunting" allowed.(iv) Bands, Choral Groups, Color Guards: See paragraph 4.8 of DoDD5410.18 and Enclosure 8 to DoDI 5410.19.c. Speaking in a Personal Capacity. Subject to certain restrictions andlimitations, discussed below, DoD personnel may speak in their personalcapacity at NFE events.(1) Compensation: Generally, personnel may accept compensation for aspeech in their personal capacities unless it relates to their official duties.(5 C.F.R. 2635.807). See Chapter on Outside Activities for detaileddiscussion of speaking, teaching, and writing restrictions.(a) Speeches relate to an employee’s official duties if:(i) The speech is delivered as part of the employee’s official duties,32Relations with Non-Federal Entities10th Ethics Counselor's Course
(ii) The opportunity to speak was extended primarily because of theemployee’s official position,(iii)The invitation to speak was extended by a person whose interestsmay be affected substantially by the employee’s performance ofofficial duties,(iv) The information draws substantially from nonpublic information,or(v) The subject deals in significant part with the employee’s officialduties (or those assigned in the last one-year period) or any ongoingpolicy, program, or operation of the agency.(b) Except for Senate-confirmed Appointees and non-career SESpersonnel, subjects that are related to the employee’s official dutiesdo not include subjects within the employee’s discipline or expertisebased on education and experience. (For example, a policy analystdealing with Iraq, who has a Ph.D. in International Relations, mayaccept compensation for speaking to the Foreign Affairs Council onthe Future of the Middle East.)(c) This prohibition does not include compensation for teaching a courserequiring multiple presentations that is part of the establishedcurriculum of certain educational institutions, or is sponsored andfunded by the Federal, State, or local government, even if related tothe employee’s official duties because the employee was askedprimarily because of his or her official position, or the subject dealssignificantly with any matter to which the employee has beenassigned within the previous year, with any ongoing or announcedpolicy, program, or operation of DoD, or with the general subjectmatter primarily affected by DoD.(d) For Senate-Confirmed Appointees: These employees may not receiveany outside earned income during their appointment. (E.O. 12674,section 102, as modified by E.O. 12731.)(e) For Non-Career SES Appointees:(i) These employees may not earn more than $26,955 in outsideearned income (in CY 2011). Such income includescompensation, salary, honoraria, payment of travel expenses, andprofessional fees.(ii) If the speaking involves teaching (instruction or impartingknowledge or skill), these employees must receive advanceauthorization from their Designated Agency Ethics Official.33Relations with Non-Federal Entities10th Ethics Counselor's Course
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