5 Administrative Personnel 3 1999-01-01 1999-01-01 false Statement of the history and purpose of the Office of Government Ethics. 2600.101 Section 2600.101 OFFICE OFGOVERNMENT ETHICS ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
§ 2600.101 Statement of the history and purpose of the Office of Government Ethics.

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is an executive branch agency which is responsible for overseeing and providing guidance on Government ethics for the executive branch, including the ethics programs of executive departments and agencies. OGE was created by the Ethics in Government Act (“the Act”) of 1978, Public Law No. 95-521, as amended. OGE was originally part of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Public Law No. 100-598 of November 3, 1988, provided for OGE's separate agency status, effective October 1, 1989. The Act created OGE to provide overall direction for executive branch policies designed to prevent conflicts of interest and to help insure high ethical standards on the part of agency officers and employees. Pursuant to the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Public Law No. 101-194), as revised by the technical amendments of May 4, 1990 (Public Law No. 101-280), OGE is the “supervising ethics office” for the executive branch for various purposes, including public and confidential financial disclosure reporting by executive agency officials. OGE also has various Government ethics guidance responsibilities under Executive Order 12674 of April 12, 1989, “Principles of Ethical Conduct for Government Officers and Employees” (3 CFR 1989 Compilation, pp. 215-218).