11.   Federal statutes that prohibit government officials from accepting gifts do not require the showing of any quid pro quo.

12.   Federal law also prohibits public officials from taking any gift or gratuity in exchange for an official action.

13.   Federal Reserve officials are prohibited from giving interviews a week before and after each panel meeting and were not available for comment Friday.

14.   For example, U.S. Cabinet officials are prohibited from traveling to the island on official business.

15.   Government regulations prohibit federal officials from taking gifts given because of their positions or by people who do business with their agencies.

16.   He reversed a longstanding rule prohibiting school officials from speaking directly to journalists.

17.   He noted that federal law prohibits officials at nuclear weapons facilities from retaliating against whistle-blowers who report wrongdoing.

18.   Immigration officials are prohibited from discussing cases, but it was hardly surprising that Doran finally won.

19.   In addition, federal law limits or prohibits former officials from having substantive dealings with the government agency that had employed them.

20.   In his days as an assemblyman, Pataki even supported a move to prohibit statewide officials from appearing in publicly financed ads.