This manual has been prepared to provide guidance to Authorized Approval Employees as they evaluate requests for approval of high-risk payments and transactions with government officials this is to ensure legal compliance. Under the Procedure, two levels of approval are required before something of value covered by the Procedure can be provided to a government official: (1) A request must first go through its normal approval chain as defined by the site, country, or functional unit (2) If approved in the normal approval chain, the employee overseeing the request must then seek further approval from an Authorized Approval Employee.