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

General Counsel Don W. Fox

Deputy Director for the Office of International Jane S. Ley

Assistance and Governance Initiatives

Deputy Director for the Office of Agency Joseph E. Gangloff

Programs

Deputy Director for Administration (vacancy)

Deputy General Counsel Walter M. Shaub, Jr.

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The Office of Government Ethics directs executive branch policies related to preventing conflicts of interest on the part of Government employees and resolving those conflicts of interest that do occur.

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

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

Activities

The chief responsibilities of OGE 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;

--reviewing for identification and resolution of actual or potential conflicts of interest, the financial disclosure reports of potential nominees to, the incumbents of, and those leaving executive branch positions requiring Presidential appointment with Senate confirmation;

--making the financial disclosure reports from individuals required to file with OGE available for public inspection;

--providing education and training to 6,000 ethics officials through instructor instructor-led and Web-based training programs;

--assessing the effectiveness of public and confidential financial disclosure systems maintained by over 130 executive branch agencies;

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

--conducting onsite reviews of agency ethics programs;

--ordering corrective action on the part of agencies and employees, including orders to establish or modify an agency's ethics program;

--evaluating the effectiveness of the Ethics Act, the conflict of...