Office of Government Ethics
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone, 202-208-8000. Internet, www.usoge.gov.
Director Stephen D. Potts
Special Assistant to the Director Stuart C. Gilman
Deputy Director F. Gary Davis
Deputy Director for Government Relations and Jane S. Ley
Special Projects
General Counsel Marilyn L. Glynn
Deputy General Counsel Stuart D. Rick
Senior Associate Director for Agency Programs Jack Covaleski
Associate Director for Education Barbara A. Mullen-Roth
Associate Director for Administration Sean M. Donohue, Acting
Chief Information Officer James V. Parle
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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, and is required to submit to Congress a biennial report concerning the implementation of the Director's functions and responsibilities.
Activities
The chief responsibilities of the Office are:
--developing, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Office of Personnel Management, rules and regulations to be promulgated by the President or the Director of the Office of Government Ethics pertaining to standards of ethical conduct of executive branch officials, public and confidential financial disclosure of executive branch officials, executive agency ethics training programs, and the identification and resolution of conflicts of interest;
--monitoring and investigating compliance with the executive branch financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978, as amended;
--providing ethics program assistance and information to executive branch agencies through a desk officer system;
--conducting periodic reviews of the ethics programs of...
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