Office of Government Ethics

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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

1201 New York Avenue NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005-3917

Phone, 202-482-9300. TDD, 202-482-9293. Fax, 202-482-9237. Internet, www.usoge.gov.

Director Robert I. Cusick

Deputy Director for the Office of Administration Daniel D. Dunning

and Information Management

Deputy Director for the Office of Agency Joseph E. Gangloff

Programs

Deputy Director for the Office of International Jane S. Ley

Assistance and Governance Initiatives

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General Counsel Don W. Fox

Deputy General Counsel Walter M. Shaub, Jr.

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The Office of Government Ethics exercises leadership in the executive branch to prevent conflicts of interest on the part of Government employees and to resolve those conflicts of interest that do occur. In partnership with executive branch agencies and departments, the Office fosters high ethical standards for employees and strengthens the public's confidence that the Government's business is conducted with impartiality and integrity. The Office is the principal agency for administering the Ethics in Government Act for the executive branch.

The Office of Government Ethics is a separate executive agency established under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 401).

The Director of the Office is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate for a 5-year term.

Activities

The chief responsibilities of the Office are as follows:

--developing appropriate ethics policies for the executive branch through the promulgation of regulations on Standards of Ethical Conduct, public and confidential financial disclosure of executive branch officials, ethics training programs, and the identification and resolution of conflicts of interest;

--maintaining a financial disclosure program designed to resolve Presidential nominees' potential conflicts of interest;

--assessing the effectiveness of agency public and confidential financial disclosure systems;

--maintaining an extensive program to provide advice on Standards of Ethical Conduct and the criminal conflict of interest laws;

--conducting onsite reviews of agency ethics programs;

--monitoring compliance with the executive branch financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended;

--providing education and training to new and experienced ethics officials and executive branch employees;

--ordering corrective action on...