1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated February 2, 2022Office of Government Ethics: A PrimerThe Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 401-408), created the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to provide “overall direction of executive branch policies related to preventing co
2、nflicts of interests on the part of officers and employees of any executive branch agency” (5 U.S.C. Appendix 402(a). Originally created within the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), today OGE is an independent agency in the executive branch that provides guidance, training, and administrative su
3、pport to agency and department ethics offices on the wide range of ethics, financial disclosure, and conflict of interest provisions of federal law and executive orders. Organization OGE is run by its Director, who is appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to a five-y
4、ear term. President Donald J. Trump appointed the current OGE Director, Emory A. Rounds, III, on February 13, 2018, and he was sworn in on July 13, 2018. His term will expire in 2023. In addition to the Director, OGE is organized into four divisions that are designed to carry out the agencys statuto
