US-Agency-Engineers-Post-Public-Service-Recusal-Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#US-Agency-Engineers-Post-Public-Service-Recusal-Obligation
Properties
Instance of
Post-Public-ServiceRecusalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-Public-ServiceRecusalObligation
Case context
The engineers transitioned directly from their public agency role — in which they had prepared the basic plans — to private contract execution on the same project, with no recusal period whatsoever.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
U.S. Agency Engineers Group
Obligation statement
The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated, upon transitioning from their public agency role, to recuse themselves from any involvement in the preparation, submission, or negotiation of proposals for the hydroelectric project design contract — a project for which they had held direct public responsibility — for a period sufficient to eliminate the appearance and reality of improper advantage.
Temporal scope
Immediately upon departure from U.S. Agency employment, for a sufficient cooling-off period
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Government-Designed Project Private Execution Transition, US Agency Engineers Revolving Do or Transition
derivedFromPrinciple
Post-Public-Service Conflict Avoidance Violated by U.S. Agency Engineers
Source Evidence
Source text
At or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded, this group of engineers resigned their positions with the U.S. Agency and shortly thereafter entered into contract with the foreign government
Text references
At or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded, this group of engineers resigned their positions with the U.S. Agency and shortly thereafter entered into contract with the foreign government
The basic plans for the project were prepared by an agency of the Federal Government of the United States
TTL
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case102:US-Agency-Engineers-Post-Public-Service-Recusal-Obligation a proeth:Post-Public-ServiceRecusalObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "US-Agency-Engineers-Post-Public-Service-Recusal-Obligation" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case102:Government-Designed_Project_Private_Execution_Transition,
case102:US_Agency_Engineers_Revolving_Door_Transition ;
proeth:casecontext "The engineers transitioned directly from their public agency role — in which they had prepared the basic plans — to private contract execution on the same project, with no recusal period whatsoever." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case102:Post-Public-Service_Conflict_Avoidance_Violated_by_U.S._Agency_Engineers ;
proeth:discoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "U.S. Agency Engineers Group" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Post-Public-Service Recusal Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated, upon transitioning from their public agency role, to recuse themselves from any involvement in the preparation, submission, or negotiation of proposals for the hydroelectric project design contract — a project for which they had held direct public responsibility — for a period sufficient to eliminate the appearance and reality of improper advantage." ;
proeth:sourcetext "At or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded, this group of engineers resigned their positions with the U.S. Agency and shortly thereafter entered into contract with the foreign government" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Immediately upon departure from U.S. Agency employment, for a sufficient cooling-off period" ;
proeth:textreferences "At or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded, this group of engineers resigned their positions with the U.S. Agency and shortly thereafter entered into contract with the foreign government",
"The basic plans for the project were prepared by an agency of the Federal Government of the United States" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 102 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T16:27:05.300728"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 102 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
102
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00
First case
102
Generated
2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00
Attributed to
Case 102 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T16:27:05.300728
Generated by
ProEthica Case 102 Extraction