I am an employee of the United States federal government. Are there any copyright restrictions that apply to my material?

• A work of the United States Government is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties.

• In most cases the United States federal government has determined that it has a nonexclusive right to publish or republish material developed from work performed by federal employees.

• The Academy of Management will accept papers from government employees. Such authors must sign a modified copyright transfer agreement stating that the author(s) abide by the same provisions required of other AOM authors. The modified copyright transfer agreement would state, "This is to certify that the Work was written by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of his/her official duties, and therefore it is not subject to United States copyright." This statement must be also co-signed by an authorized Government agency representative