[United States Government Manual]
[May 30, 1997]
[Pages 633-635]
[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 Counsel           F. Gary Davis
    Deputy Director for Government                Jane S. Ley
          Relations and Special 

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    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

[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.

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

Electronic Access  Information regarding Office of Government Ethics 
services and programs is available in electronic format. Phone via 
modem, 202-208-8030. Internet, http://www.access.gpo.gov/usoge/.

Publications  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 and has available ethics 
publications, instructional videotapes, and a CD-ROM. Upon request, the 
Office also provides copies of executive branch public financial 
disclosure reports (SF 278's) in accordance with the Ethics Act and the 
Office's regulations.

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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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