SGE
English
Noun
SGE (plural SGEs)
- (US, government) Initialism of special government employee.
- 2017 May 1, Norman Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, “Trump’s friend Carl Icahn can’t have it both ways”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 16 July 2019:
- An SGE is anyone who is “retained, designated, appointed, or employed to perform, with or without compensation,” temporary duties for a limited number of days per year “on a full-time or intermittent basis.”
- 2025 April 23, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk’s government role gets even murkier”, in CNN[2], archived from the original on 23 July 2025:
- Plus, the Department of Justice has argued in the past that SGEs are subject to the emoluments clause, which means they cannot take payments from foreign governments.