United States Office of Government Ethics
Document Type
Website
Abstract
Under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 the United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE) was created and became an independent agency in 1989 to prevent and resolve conflict of interest. OGE oversees and provides overall leadership to the executive branch ethics program and works with a community of ethics practitioners made up of nearly 5,000 ethics officials in more than 130 agencies to implement that program. OGE has also produced substantive analyses and provided testimony on executive branch ethics laws at the request of Congress. In addition, OGE regularly provides information to the Government Accountability Office as it prepares ethics-related reports. One of OGE’s missions is to foster high ethical standards for executive branch employees and to strengthen the public’s confidence that the Government’s business is conducted with impartiality and integrity involves regular communication with the Congress.
Publication Date
2018
Recommended Citation
United States Office of Government Ethics, "United States Office of Government Ethics" (2018). AALL Legal Website of the Month. 64.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/aall_websites/64