U.S. Office Of Government Ethics
The United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is an independent agency within the Executive branch of the United States government, executive branch of the U.S. Federal Government which is responsible for directing executive branch policies relating to the prevention of conflicts of interest on the part of Federal executive branch officers and employees. Under the Ethics in Government Act, this agency was originally part of the Office of Personnel Management from 1978 until it separated in 1989. Primary duties The main duties of OGE include the following: *Establishing the standards of conduct for the executive branch; *Issuing rules and regulations interpreting the criminal conflict of interest restrictions; *Establishing the framework for the public and confidential financial disclosure systems for executive branch employees; *Developing training and education programs for use by executive branch ethics officials and employees; *Ensuring that individual agency ethics p ...
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