Text of Statute
5 U.S.C. app. 4 §§ 401-408 provides for the establishment of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and describes the responsibilities of the Director of OGE. The Director has the following responsibilities:
- to develop, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Office of Personnel Management, regulations pertaining to conflicts of interest and ethics in the executive branch
- to develop regulations establishing procedures for the filing, review, and public availability of financial disclosure reports filed by employees of the executive branch
- to conduct reviews of financial disclosure reports filed by employees of the executive branch to determine whether the reports reveal possible violations of the conflict of interest laws and regulations
- to consult with agency ethics officials regarding resolution of conflicts of interest in individual cases