Establishment.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) (b) (c) (1) The employee beneficiary; (2) A spouse, parent, or child of the employee beneficiary; (3) Any other employee of the Federal executive, legislative, or judicial branches; (4) An agent of a foreign government as defined in 5 U.S.C. 7342(a)(2); (5) A foreign national; (6) A lobbyist as defined by 2 U.S.C. 1602(10) who is currently registered pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 1603(a); or (7) A person who has interests that may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the employee beneficiary's official duties. (d) (2) A legal expense fund for the benefit of an anonymous whistleblower may be established without disclosing the identity of the anonymous whistleblower to anyone other than the trustee so long as the legal expense fund is created for the purpose of funding expenses in connection with the whistleblowing activity or the facts that underlie that activity. (e) (1) Filing the legal expense fund document in accordance with paragraph (f) of this section; and (2) Receiving approval for the legal expense fund in accordance with paragraph (g)(1) or (g)(3) of this section. (f) (2) An employee beneficiary who is an anonymous whistleblower may choose to file a legal expense fund trust document anonymously through the employee beneficiary's trustee or representative with the Office of Government Ethics only. The Office of Government Ethics will not receive reports containing classified material; if needed, an OGE employee with a security clearance will re

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 2635.1004