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02269 - [A1532523]
S.695, Defense Prcduction Act Awendments of 1977. May 20, 1977.
4 pp.
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs; by Paul G. Dembling, General Counsel.
Issue Area: Personnel Management and Compensation: Employee
Conflicts of Interest (301).
Contact: Office of the General Counsel.
Budget Function: General Government% Central Personnel
Management (805).
Organization Concerned: Civil Service Commission.
Congressional Relevance: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing
and Urban Affairs.
Authority: Defense Production Act Amendments of 1977; S. 695
(95th Cong.). Public Officials Integrity Act of 1977; S. 555
(95th Cong.).
Proposed legislation would set forth (1) a code of
conduct for contracting officers, (2) reporting requirements for
forqr Fed.ral contracting officers, and (3) rerorting
requirements for current Federal employees of ccrtaiu grado- who
were formerly employe4 by or consultants to Government
contractors. The bill would establish a Conflict of Interest
Review Board for enforcement. GAO agreed with tbe objective of
assuring proper conduct of Government business, but thought the
enforcement approach was too piecemeal. As an alternative, it
suggested an office of ethics to be established in the executive
branch with administrative, advisory, and enforceient
responsibilities. The bill, S.555, under Senate consideration,
woull provide for establishment of an Office of Government
Ethics within the Civil Service commission which would be
suitable for including requirements of S.695. a proposed
amendment to S.695, which would broaden coverage of regulations
for dealing with organizational conflicts of interest, reflects
recommendations formerly made by GAO. Consideration was
suggested about anetar provision in the amendment which would
exclude prime contracts from inclusion of a threshold amount.
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