Reading Room Document

Application of 18 U.S.C. § 208 to Service by Federal Officials on the District of Columbia Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation Board of Directors

A federal official serving on the Board of Directors of the District of Columbia Downtown Business Improvement Distnct Corporation in his or her official capacity is not a director of an outside organization within the meaning of 18 U.S C § 208, and therefore the official's service is not barred by § 208. 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/19631/download.

August 7, 1998