Source: https://oge.gov/Web/oge.nsf/Legal%20Advisories?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=%3Cbr/%3E%3Cstrong%3E2001%3C/strong%3E%3Cbr/%3E%3Chr/%3E
Timestamp: 2020-01-28 13:19:13
Document Index: 217077359

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 2635', '§ 2635', '§ 2635', '§ 2635', '§ 2635', '§ 2635', '§ 207', '§ 207', '§ 207', '§ 203']

01x12: Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Opinion Concerning Status of Trustees of a Private Trust Under 18 U.S.C. § 208
The immediate practical consequence of this OLC opinion is that, in many situations, employees will not be deemed to have a disqualifying financial interest in matters affecting the holdings of a trust in which the employee’s spouse or minor child serves as a trustee.
DO-01-029: Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Opinion Concerning Status of Trustees of a Private Trust under 18 U.S.C. § 208
01x11: Status of Members of Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries
OGE analyzes whether certain members of the board of directors of Federal Prison Industries (FPI) are subject to Federal conflict of interest requirements.
01x10: Book Related to Official Duties
Because a proposed book by an administrative judge dealt in significant part with an ongoing or announced policy, program or operation of his agency, he was barred by 5 C.F.R. § 2635.807 from receiving compensation for the book.
OGE discusses some of the ethics issues raised in connection with an employee's proposed involvement in the establishment and management of a nonprofit organization.
01x8: Impartiality and Romantic Relationships
OGE addresses issue of whether certain conduct by an attorney in an agency "created a situation in which her impartiality could be questioned" and whether she should have disqualified herself from certain particular matters or sought an authorization to participate, pursuant to 5 C.F.R. § 2635.502.
01x7: Compensation Bar for Writing that Relates to Official Duties
An administrative judge is barred by 5 C.F.R. § 2635.807 from receiving compensation for writing a pair of proposed books on the subject of compensatory damages in private sector cases and in Federal sector cases.
The bar on use of title and position set forth in 5 C.F.R. § 2635.807(b), like the related bar in 5 C.F.R. § 2635.702, do not apply to activities undertaken as part of an employee's official duties.
01x5: Remedy of Divestiture versus Recusal for Nominees to a Specific Agency
OGE responds to a request from a Senate committee to review the requirements of 5 C.F.R. § 2635.502 in order to “ensure that the rule is written and applied in a manner that effectively evaluates a nominee’s conflict of interest and impartiality on matters relating to 'covered relationships.’”
OGE submits a report on improvements to the financial disclosure process for Presidential nominees to the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform.
01x4: Use of the Title "Judge" in Personal Correspondence
OGE addresses whether it is proper for a United States administrative law judge (ALJ) to use the title "Judge" and/or "Judge and Mrs." in personal correspondence.
DO-01-013: Nominee Ethics Agreements
This memorandum addresses several issues pertaining to ethics agreements of Presidential appointees whose positions require Senate confirmation. [NOTE: The model document attached to this DAEOgram has been superseded by the model document in OGE's 2014 guide on ethics agreements]
DO-01-009: Ethical Requirements Applicable to Potential PAS Appointees Employed as "Advisors" or "Counselors"
Potential PAS appointees hired as advisors or counselors prior to announcement, nomination and confirmation to a PAS position are employees of the United States and are generally subject to all Federal ethics laws and regulations. They will qualify as special Government employees.
DO-01-011: Office of Legal Counsel Opinions (Exception to Honoraria Ban and Communications under 18 U.S.C. § 207(c))
The Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion about payments to charitable organizations in lieu of honoraria (an exception to honoraria ban) and an opinion about communications under 18 U.S.C. § 207(c). [Note: The honoraria ban was held unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. National Treasury Employees Union, 513 U.S. 454 (1995).]
01x3: Office of Legal Counsel Opinions (Exception to Honoraria Ban and Communications under 18 U.S.C. § 207(c))
01x2: Ethical Requirements Applicable to Potential PAS Appointees Employed as "Advisors" or "Counselors"
01x1: Employee's Proposed Outside Employment Prosecuting Patent Applications for Private Clients
18 U.S.C. §§ 203 and 205 prohibit an employee from acting as a compensated agent for private clients in prosecuting patent applications before the Patent and Trademark Office of the Department of Commerce.
DO-01-004: Presidential Memorandum on Ethical Conduct (George W. Bush Administration)
President George W. Bush issues a memorandum to agency heads asking them to ensure that all personnel within their departments and agencies are familiar with, and will faithfully observe, applicable ethics laws and regulations.
DO-01-002: Presidential Transition Report (2000)
Pursuant to the Presidential Transition Act of 2000, OGE requests recommendations for improvements to the financial disclosure process for Presidential nominees to Senate confirmed positions.
DO-01-001: Revocation of Executive Order 12834
President Clinton revokes Executive Order 12834, which had imposed special post-employment restrictions on senior appointees of his Administration by requiring senior officials and trade negotiators to sign a pledge as a condition of holding a covered position.