[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 633-634]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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                    F. Gary Davis
      Counsel
  Deputy Director for Government                 Jane S. Ley
      Affairs and Special Projects
  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

[For the Office of Government Ethics statement of organization, see the 
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 5, Part 2600]

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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.

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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 orders to 
establish or modify an agency's ethics program;
    --providing guidance on and promoting understanding of ethical 
standards in executive agencies through an extensive program of 
Government ethics advice, education, and training;
    --evaluating the effectiveness of the Ethics Act, the conflict of 
interest laws, and other related statutes; and
    --recommending appropriate new legislation or amendments.

Sources of Information

The Office of Government Ethics annually updates its publication, The 
Informal Advisory Letters and Memoranda and Formal Opinions of the 
United States Office of Government Ethics, available from the Government 
Printing Office. In addition, the Office publishes a periodic newsletter 
on Government ethics, offers a free ethics electronic bulletin board 
service (phone via modem, 202-523-1186), and has available ethics 
publications, instructional videotapes, and a CD-ROM. The Office also, 
upon request, provides copies of executive branch public financial 
disclosure reports (SF 278's) in accordance with the Ethics Act and the 
Office's regulations.

For further information, contact the Office of Government Ethics, Suite 
500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917. Phone, 202-
208-8000. TDD, 202-208-8025. Fax, 202-208-8037.

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