On June 17, 2004, the USDA Office of Ethics released Ethics Issuance
04-2, Adjunct Professors. The purpose of this Issuance is that some
Department programs require employees to be stationed at or near
universities and to perform official duties at those university
locations. Frequently, employees will engage in activities on behalf
of the Department that affect or involve those universities. On
many occasions, universities will designate Department employees
with "adjunct professor" or similar titles. This issuance
will apply existing rules of Government-wide and Department applicability
to the situations in which universities have so designated employees
with "adjunct professors" or similar titles. This issuance
does not create any new rules.
