Revolving door: The IG cited recent attention to how former federal employees may exert influence on agency-specific matters in their private sector capacity. Image: Anki Hoglund/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe inspector general’s office at the FTC has said it has no special current concerns regarding compliance with employee ethical requirements at the agency, which has especially strict policies regarding post-federal employment.
A report noted that in addition to government-wide post-employment restrictions that may apply, former FTC employees must comply with restrictions including requiring them to seek clearance from the FTC in certain situation. These include participating in FTC matters that were pending, or resulted from matters that were pending, during their time at the FTC; or where nonpublic documents or information pertaining to the matter came to or would likely have come to the former employee’s attention within the three years before departing.
The IG said that since its most recent comprehensive review of the ethics program, in 2016, it “has neither received an unusually high number of complaints about ethical violations nor identified control deficiencies compelling a review of FTC ethics program processes.”
“At this time, the FTC OIG does not view the agency’s ethics program generally— and, more specifically, the post-employment restrictions component of the program—as a high-risk area necessitating review,” it said.
The IG said it issued that assessment because “both the media and Congress have given recent attention to how former federal employees—including those at the Federal Trade Commission–may exert influence on agency-specific matters in their private sector capacity.”
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