Title 7-Agriculture (This book contains Parts 0 to 45) SUBTITLE A_OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.... SUBTITLE B-REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- CHAPTER I-Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, In- Part 0 26 CROSS REFERENCES: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, see 7 CFR Chapter III, 9 CFR Chapter I, III. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Department of Agriculture, see 17 CFR Chapter Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture, see 7 CFR Chapter XIV. Farm Credit Administration, see 12 CFR Chapter VI. Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture, see 7 CFR Chapter XVIII. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, see 7 CFR Chapter IV. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, see 50 CFR Chapter I. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, see 21 CFR Chapter I. Food Safety and Inspection Service, Meat and Poultry Inspection, Department of Agriculture, see 9 CFR Chapter III. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, see 36 CFR Chapter II. Rural Electrification Administration, Department of Agriculture, see 7 CFR Chapter XVII. Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, see 7 CFR Chapter VI. United States International Trade Commission, see 19 CFR Chapter II. NOTE: Other regulations issued by the Department of Agriculture appear in Chapters II to XXXI of Title 7, Chapter I of Title 17, Chapter 4 of Title 41. Subtitle A-Office of the Employee responsibilities and conduct..... Administrative regulations........ Law enforcement authorities ............... Delegations of authority by the Secretary of Agri- Claims against Indemnity Fund under programs administered by agricultural stabilization and ...... Education programs or activities receiving or benefitting from federal financial assistance ....... Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs and activities receiving or benefiting Sales of agricultural commodities made available under Title 1 of the Agricultural Trade Develop- ment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended...... Equal employment opportunity in the State Coop- 0.735-31 Employees required to submit statements under the Executive order. 0.735-32 Exceptions. 0.735-33 Identification of employees required to submit statements. 0.735-34 Time and place for submission of employees' statements. 0.735-35 Supplementary statements. 0.735-36 Types of interests to be reported. 0.735-37 Information prohibited. 0.735-38 Interests of employee's relatives. 0.735-39 Information not known by employee. 0.735-40 Effect of employee's statement. 0.735-41 Specific provisions for special Government employees. 0.735-42 Review of statements and determination of conflicting interests. 0.735-43 Protection of employees' statements. 0.735-44 Financial disclosure under the Ethics in Government Act. The maintenance of unusually high standards of honesty, integrity, impartiality, and conduct by Government employees and special Government employees is essential to assure the proper performance of the Government business and the maintenance of confidence by citizens in their Government. The confidence of citizens in their Government is influenced not only by the manner in which employees serve the public but in the way they conduct themselves in the eyes of the public. The avoidance of misconduct and conflicts-of-interests on the part of Government employees through informed judgment is indispensable to the maintenance of these standards. To accord with these concepts, this part sets forth the regulations for employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, prescribing standards of conduct and responsibilities and governing the reporting of employment and financial interests. |