COMDTINST 5760.12
b.
Participation in an Official Capacity.
(1)
All flag officers and SES employees are hereby designated as official Coast Guard
liaisons to the Foundation. No other Coast Guard personnel are designated as
liaisons to the Foundation. The Vice-Commandant is the senior Foundation liaison
and shall make or approve policy regarding the Coast Guard's and the Academy's
relations with the Foundation. As liaisons, when it is in the best interest of the
Coast Guard, flag officers and SES employees can, as described below, participate
in the Foundation meetings and activities. Such participation is official, shall be in
uniform, unless it would be inappropriate for the event, and is at government
expense. Liaisons should contact their servicing legal office for ethics advice prior
to participating in any Foundation meeting or activity especially if the activity is a
Foundation fundraising event. Liaisons are permitted to use Coast Guard time,
assets and funds to prepare for or participate in the Foundation meetings and
activities. The Foundation liaisons represent only the Coast Guard's interests -
never the Foundation's interests. Liaisons are prohibited from participating in the
management of the Foundation, sitting as an honorary or official Foundation Board
member, or exercising a vote during the Foundation meetings or activities.
Liaisons are prohibited from soliciting gifts from the Foundation for the Coast
Guard, Academy, or themselves. If the Foundation offers to pay some or all of the
expenses associated with a liaison participating in a Foundation meeting or
activity, or if the Foundation offers any gift to a liaison, the liaison shall contact
his or her servicing legal office for advice.
(2)
It may be in the Coast Guard's interest that other Coast Guard personnel attend
Foundation meetings and activities in an official capacity. Such personnel must
first contact their servicing legal office for guidance.
c.
Participation in a Private Capacity. Within certain restrictions, Coast Guard personnel can
participate in Foundation meetings and activities in their private, personal capacities. In
so doing, they are acting as private citizens. They do not represent the Coast Guard and
cannot wear the uniform. Coast Guard time, assets, or funds cannot be used to prepare for
or participate in the Foundation meetings or activities in a private, personal capacity.
Prior to participating in a Foundation meeting or activity in a private, personal capacity,
Coast Guard personnel should contact their servicing legal office for ethics advice. Even
when acting in a private, personal capacity, Coast Guard personnel cannot solicit gifts
from the Foundation for the Coast Guard, Academy, or themselves. If the Foundation
offers to pay some or all of the expenses associated with participation in the Foundation
meeting or activity in a private, personal capacity, or offers any gift, Coast Guard
personnel must contact their servicing legal office for advice.
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