No officer or employee of the Merged Government or any independent agency to which this code of ethics applies shall knowingly:
1. Engage in any business or transaction or have a financial or other personal interest, direct or indirect, which is incompatible with the proper discharge of his official duties or would tend to impair his independence of judgment or action in the performance of his official duties;
2. Engage in or accept private employment or render services for private interest when such employment or service is incompatible with the proper discharge of his official duties or would tend to impair his independence of judgement or action in the performance of his official duties;
3. Disclose confidential information concerning the property, government, or affairs of the governmental body by which he is employed without proper legal authorization, or use such information to advance the financial or other private interest of himself or others;
4. Accept any valuable gift, whether in the form of service, loan, thing, or promise, from any person, firm or corporation which to his knowledge is interested directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever in business dealings with the governmental body by which he is employed; provided, however, that any such officer or employee who is a candidate for public office may accept campaign contributions and services in connection with any such campaign;
5. Represent private interests in any action or proceeding before the governmental body by which he is employed; or
6. Vote or otherwise participate in the negotiation or the making of any contract with any business or entity in which he has a financial interest.