A unique type of conflict of interest may arise when members of an organization assist in the development of new federal programs or federal contract specifications, and that organization later ...

June 26, 2025 - It has been hard to miss the headlines in recent months involving a number of high-profile, high-net worth individuals taking senior positions in the federal government. There have ...

In medicine and healthcare, financial conflicts of interest are typically seen as eroding the credibility of one’s message. The logic is as follows: If someone has a financial interest in the answer ...

An illustration in a U.S. Government Accountability Office report on conflicts of interest in retirement advice explained revenue sharing. Conflicts of interest in retirement advice are common, ...

At work, we face conflicts of interest all the time. Choosing the wrong path can sometimes lead to drastic consequences, such as lawsuits, fines, job loss — or, in the worst case, jail time. As an ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to purge conflicts of interest from the government agencies he's now in charge of, alleging close ties between employees and the pharmaceutical ...

Royalties or other payments from licenses or other technology transfer agreements related to University intellectual property rights, when such payments are in excess of $100,000 and received within ...

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On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, we dig into the many DOGE staffers keeping two jobs at once, plus what happened when US federal workers received an email from Elon Musk over the weekend.