By Tom Shoop
Outside the bureaucracy, looking in.
Wednesday, December 12, 6:41 p.m. ET:
You may be aware that while there are strict limits on gifts that federal employees can accept from outside sources, there is a widely used exemption for free admission to "widely attended gatherings." But what exactly is a "widely attended gathering"? The Office of Government Ethics has issued some guidance
<http://www.usoge.gov/pages/daeograms/dgr_files/2007/do07047.txt> on that question.
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