I.    Introduction    
  
II.   Conflicts of Interest

III.  Impartiality

IV.  Gifts from Contractors

V.   Seeking Employment

VI.  After You Leave

VII. Joining the Government

VIII. Where to Get Help

 

 

Continuing Financial Interest

You may have continuing financial interests in your former private sector employer.  These interests could include stock, stock options, different types of pensions and deferred compensation arrangements, or other miscellaneous benefits. 

Depending on the circumstances, these interests could pose a conflict of interest with your work on a contract with your former employer, or other particular matter that affects the contractor. 

Therefore, you must examine any continuing interest in a former employer to determine whether you can work on Government contract matters affecting your former employer.  In some cases, it may be necessary for you to divest the conflicting interest.