Rules of the Road

The following compendium of laws, regulations and guidelines govern the Executive Branch-wide ethics program. The Department is promulgating its own supplemental ethics regulations to augment these, and they too are accessible from this page for ready reference. Because of the variety of ethics environments within USDA, several rulemakings will be required to address all of our program-specific ethics regulations.

• Overviews
• General Ethics Laws and Regulations
• Political Activity
• Travel & Non-Federal Assistance
• Fundraising & the CFC
• Procurement Integrity (opens new window to the Government Printing Office)
• Foreign Gifts (opens new window to the Government Printing Office)
• Other Gift Conflict Statutes
• Special Government Employees (SGEs)
• Ethics Issuances
• Ethics Advisories (for Ethics Advisors only)
• Financial Disclosure
• Non-Federal Organizations
• Outside Employment
• Lobbying
• Post Employment and Seeking Employment
• USDA Supplemental Ethics Regulations (opens new window)
• Holiday Guidance for Federal Personnel