Personal Lifetime Ban
SIMPLIFIED RULE: After you leave Government service, you may not represent someone
else to the Government regarding
particular matters that you worked on while in Government service.
RULE: Former service members may not knowingly make a communication or
appearance on behalf of any other person, with the intent to influence, before any officer or
employee of any Federal agency or court in connection with a
particular matter in which the officer or employee
personally and substantially participated, which involved a
specific party at the time of the participation and representation, and in which the U.S.
is a party or has a direct and substantial interest. (18 U.S.C. 207(a) (1))
Note: This rule does not apply to former military enlisted personnel.
