; and (2) may include restrictions on officers and employees of the Federal Government involved in the administration or execution of the authorities under a Coronavirus pandemic-related program, project, or activity seeking, negotiating, discussing, or accepting employment or compensation from any private sector entity with respect to which the officer or employee personally or substantially participated in (through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation) the provision of funds, grants, loans, loan guarantees, or other investments under the Coronavirus pandemic-related program, project, or activity. (k) Communications with government employees The ethics and conflicts of interest regulations shall prohibit, during the course of any process for selecting a covered contractor (including any process using non-competitive procedures), an entity participating in the process or a representative of the entity from— (1) directly or indirectly making any offer or promise of future employment or business opportunity to, or engaging directly or indirectly in any discussion of future employment or business opportunity with, any officer or employee of the Federal Government with personal or direct responsibility for that procurement; (2) offering, giving, or promising to offer or give, directly or indirectly, any money, gratuity, or other thing of value to any officer or employee of the Federal Government, except as otherwise permitted by law