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FPCD-80-34 1 (1979-12-07)

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RELEASED     RESTRICTED -  Not to be released outside the General
             Accounting Office except on the bars a! specific approval
     UNITED STkVE  't8E 9N A.L-
             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 .                      b


FLWERAL. PERSONNEL AND
COMPUNSATION DIVISION


B-196996


December 7, 1979


The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff
Chairman, Committee on Governmental
  Affairs
United States Senate


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Dear Mr. Chairman:

     Subject: LEfforts by the Office of Government Ethics
                to Implement Cert in Sections of the Ethics
                in Government Act (/-34)

     The Ethics in Government Act, Public Law 95-521, was
enacted into law on October 26, 1978. An important achieve-
ment of that statute was the establishment of the Office of
Government Ethics within the Office of Personnel Management.   3 7:
The act charged the Office of Government Ethics with various
responsibilities concerning conflicts of interest in the
executive branch of Government.

     The enclosed information responds to your request of
October 24, 1979. You asked us to evaluate the present
staff situation and organization of the Office of Government
Ethics, including its relationship with the Office of Per-
sonnel Management. In addition, you asked us to comment on
each of the following concerns:

     --Whether the statutory deadlines have been met.

     --The status of the regulations implementing the act
       as amended by Public Law 96-28.

     --The procedures and designations pursuant to sec-
        tion 207(d)(l)(C).

     --The procedures and decisions pursuant to sec-
        tion 207(e).

     --The actions pursuant to section 207(j).        L    I


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