---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 45.4"
title: "28"
number: "45.4"
heading: "Personal use of Government property."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/45.4"
---

# §45.4. Personal use of Government property.

- (a) Employees may use Government property only for official business or as authorized by the Government. See 5 CFR [2635.101(b)(9)](/cfr/5/2635.101.md?p=b-9), [2635.704(a)](/cfr/5/2635.704.md?p=a). The following uses of Government office and library equipment and facilities are hereby authorized:
  - (1) Personal uses that involve only negligible expense (such as electricity, ink, small amounts of paper, and ordinary wear and tear); and
  - (2) Limited personal telephone/fax calls to locations within the office's commuting area, or that are charged to non-Government accounts.
- (b) The foregoing authorization does not override any statutes, rules, or regulations governing the use of specific types of Government property (e.g. internal Departmental policies governing the use of electronic mail; and [41 CFR](/cfr/41.md) (FPMR) 101-35.201, governing the authorized use of long-distance telephone services), and may be revoked or limited at any time by any supervisor or component for any business reason.
- (c) In using Government property, employees should be mindful of their responsibility to protect and conserve such property and to use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. See 5 CFR [2635.101(b)(9)](/cfr/5/2635.101.md?p=b-9), [2635.704(a)](/cfr/5/2635.704.md?p=a), [2635.705(a)](/cfr/5/2635.705.md?p=a).

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 23943, May 2, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 7301, App. 3, 6; 18 U.S.C. 207; 28 U.S.C. 503, 528; DOJ Order 1735.1.

### Amendments

[62 FR 23943, May 2, 1997]