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SAIC

Conflict of Interest Violations

Date: 08/30/2000 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Ethics

Enforcement Agency: Justice

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $30,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mark A. Boster paid $30,000 in a civil settlement to resolve allegations that he violated conflict of interest laws for federal employees (18 U.S.C. §207(c)). In April 1999, Boster called the Justice Department in regard to a matter involving his current employer, SAIC. Boster left the Justice Department in January 1999. Boster's phone call was an apparent violation a law prohibiting certain senior officials from contacting the government on behalf of an employer within one year of leaving the government.