[United States Government Manual]
[September 15, 2009]
[Pages 478-479]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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.

[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 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 
interest laws, and other related statutes and recommending appropriate 
changes; and
    --providing technical assistance in support of U.S. international 
anticorruption and good governance initiatives.

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Sources of Information

Electronic Access  Information regarding OGE's services and programs is 
available in electronic format on the Internet at www.usoge.gov.

Publications  The Office of Government Ethics periodically 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, OGE has ethics 
publications and instructional resources available. Upon request, OGE 
also provides copies of executive branch public financial disclosure 
reports (SF 278s) in accordance with the Ethics Act and OGE's 
regulations.

For further information, contact the Office of Government Ethics, Suite 
500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917. Phone, 202-
482-9300. TTY, 800-877-8339. Fax, 202-482-9237. Email, 
[email protected]. Internet, www.usoge.gov.

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EDITORIAL NOTE: The Office of Personnel Management did not meet the 
publication deadline for submitting updated information of its 
activities, functions, and sources of information as required by the 
automatic disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (5 
U.S.C. 552(a)(1)(A)).

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