Guideline L: Outside Activities
The Concern. Involvement in certain types of outside employment or activities is of security concern if it poses a conflict of interest with an individual’s security responsibilities and could create an increased risk of unauthorized disclosure of classified information.
Conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying include:
(a) any employment or service, whether compensated or volunteer, with:(1) the government of a foreign country;(2) any foreign national, organization, or other entity;
(3) a representative of any foreign interest;
(4) any foreign, domestic, or international organization or person engaged in analysis, discussion, or publication of material on intelligence, defense, foreign affairs, or protected technology;
(b) failure to report or fully disclose an outside activity when this is required.
Conditions that could mitigate security concerns include:
(a) evaluation of the outside employment or activity by the appropriate security or counterintelligence office indicates that it does not pose a conflict with an individual's security responsibilities or with the national security interests of the United States;(b) the individual terminates the employment or discontinued the activity upon being notified that it was in conflict with his or her security responsibilities.