Office of Government Ethics
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone, 202-208-8000
Director Stephen D. Potts
Deputy Director and General Counsel F. Gary Davis
Deputy Director for Government Jane S. Ley
Relations and Special
Special Assistant to the Director Stuart C. Gilman
Deputy General Counsel Marilyn Glynn
Associate Director for Administration Robert E. Lammon
Associate Director for Agency Programs Jack Covaleski
Associate Director for Education Barbara A. Mullen-Roth
Chief, Office of Information Resources James V. Parle
Management
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The Office of Government Ethics provides overall direction of executive branch policies in preventing conflicts of interest on the part of officers and employees of all executive agencies. 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 agencies, 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 executive agencies;
--ordering corrective action on the part of agencies and employees that the Director of the Office deems necessary, including...
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