Section 706.303 - Gifts, entertainment, and favors(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section a special Government employee, while so employed or in connection with his employment, shall not receive or solicit from a person having business with the Council anything of value as a gift, gratuity, loan, entertainment, or favor for himself or another person, particularly one with whom he has family, business, or financial ties.(b) The exceptions from the restrictions as set forth in § 706.202(b) for employees apply in the same manner to special Government employees.