OGE Amends Executive Branch Ethics Program
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.07.16
On November 2, 2016, the Office of Government Ethics issued a final rule amending the regulations setting forth the elements and procedures of the executive branch ethics program by defining and describing the executive branch ethics program, delineating the responsibilities of various government stakeholders, and enumerating key executive branch ethics procedures. Among the various amendments, which are detailed in our blog post, the final rule centralizes the procedures of the executive branch ethics program and modifies the procedures for the correction of agency noncompliance by outlining several remedial actions that may be taken.
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