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There are laws to safeguard against former fed. employees, incl. former trade officials, from using their access to influence gov¿t. officials. These post-employment activities are restricted by a fed. conflict of interest law, known as the "Revolving Door" law. Two other laws -- the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) -- require individuals conducting certain activities to publicly disclose them. This report provides a summary of the Revolving Door law, FARA, and LDA. The report interviewed ethics officials at 3 agencies whose missions focus on trade -- the U.S. Trade Rep., the Internat. Trade Admin., and the Internat. Trade Comm. -- and collected data on the number of senior officials who separated from these agencies from 2004-09.
Congress has enacted post-gov¿t. employment restrictions and foreign agent registration requirements with the objectives of protecting the U.S. gov¿t. against the improper use of gov¿t. information by former federal employees and ensuring that the Amer. people know the identity of persons trying to influence U.S. gov¿t. policy in the U.S. on behalf of foreign entities. This report discusses: (1) the extent to which selected agencies have information on the post-gov¿t. employment activities of former senior federal employees who represent foreign principals; and (2) the challenges the agencies face in enforcing these requirements. Includes recommendation. Charts and tables.
"Congress has enacted laws to safeguard against former federal employees, including former trade officials, from using their access to influence government officials. These former officials' post-employment activities are restricted by a federal conflict of interest law, known as the "Revolving Door" law. Two other laws-the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA)-are disclosure statutes that do not prohibit any activities per se, but require individuals conducting certain representation activities to publicly disclose them. FARA and LDA are not specific to former federal officials; they apply to all individuals.GAO was asked to provide a summary of the Revolving Door law, FARA, and LDA. GAO reviewed these laws, as well as guidance from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). GAO interviewed ethics officials at three agencies whose missions focus on trade-the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the International Trade Administration (ITA), and the International Trade Commission (USITC)-and collected data on the number of senior officials who separated from these agencies from 2004 through 2009. In addition, GAO interviewed Department of Justice (Justice) officials concerning enforcement..."