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Applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 208 to the Federal Communications Commission's Representative on the Board of Directors of the Telecommunications Development Fund
Because the Telecommunications Development Fund is a non-profit entity that is owned, funded, and controlled by the federal government, it is not an "organization" within the meaning of 18 U S.C. § 208. Therefore, the restrictions in § 208 do not apply to the service of the Federal Communications Commission's General Counsel on the Board of Directors of the Fund. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19806/download.
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