DJ made substantial contributions to the conception and design of this study and was substantially involved in the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data.
The union, Mr. Lhota charged in the letter, "was substantially involved" in his appointment.
European countries only became substantially involved in the wake of the US-led invasion of Iraq.
They cannot try to influence the government on a "particular matter" in which they were personally and substantially involved.
Dr. Ferris, reached by telephone Tuesday, said he had played an active role in the research and he was substantially involved in helping shape the final draft.
Ethics rules bar Mr. Pitt from ever participating in any matter in which he had been substantially involved when he was in private practice.
"As an appointed special prosecutor, Don will be an integral member of our team, who will review this case with me and be substantially involved in our decision".
The Department of Justice in Washington is likely to be substantially involved in any decision to indict because the case is so sensitive and high profile".
The statute prohibits a former employee from representing a party in any matter in which the person was "personally and substantially involved" while working for the government.
The accusations, from a Justice Department employee, suggest that the Republican United States attorney whose office prosecuted Mr. Siegelman remained substantially involved in the case, long after she insisted that she had removed herself from it because of her partisan connections.
