Participation in political organizations; prohibitions.
5 C.F.R. § 734.409
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01An employee covered under this subpart may not:
(a) Serve as an officer of a political party, a member of a national, State, or local committee of a political party, an officer or member of a committee of a partisan political group, or be a candidate for any of these positions;
(b) Organize or reorganize a political party organization or partisan political group;
(c) Serve as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a political party convention; and
(d) Address a convention, caucus, rally, or similar gathering of a political party or partisan political group in support of or in opposition to a candidate for partisan political office or political party office, if such address is done in concert with such a candidate, political party, or partisan political group.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-5.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026