Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Department of Justice (2013R-4F)

The Department of Justice (DOJ), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics, is amending its Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Department of Justice (Supplemental Standards) to incorporate, without substantive change, existing rules for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) employees that had initially been adopted by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) when ATF was within Treasury. These rules, which have continued to be applicable to ATF employees after the agency moved to DOJ, are being incorporated without substantive change into DOJ’s Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees. Additionally, this final rule designates ATF as a separate agency for purposes of applying provisions of the Standards of Ethical Conduct regarding gifts, teaching, speaking, and writing.