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[quote=Anonymous]I'm reading from your question that your colleague is a federal government employee working as a contract specialist (ie not a federal contractor working as a contract specialist).  In your case, a federal employee was purchasing a gift of food for a contractor.  The normal "gift" rules that apply to federal government employees provides that an employee cannot receive more than $20/occasion or cumulative $50/year from a contractor.  A gift can never be in exchange for an action or preferred treatment (quid pro quo) and shouldn't be accepted if it would create an appearance of favoritism.  However, in your case the government employee isn't receiving from the contractor, rather the government employee is gifting to the contractor.  No federal government ethics rules prevent this practice.  The contractor would be responsible for following the corporate ethics rules or business practices of their employer which many restrict acceptance of gifts from clients or customers.[/quote]

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