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OGE clarifies gift-giving rules as inauguration approaches
With President Barack Obama's second inauguration - along with the flurry of balls, receptions and other related ceremonies - just weeks away, the Office of Government Ethics has issued new guidance to agency ethics officials.
Tags: best practices , management , ethics , inauguration , Don Fox , gift giving
Congress delays STOCK Act reporting as groups file suit
Congress has delayed by a month parts of an insider-trading law that would have required federal employees to post financial-disclosure forms online Aug. 31. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) introduced the measure Thursday, where it was quickly adopted by both chambers of Congress. The vote came shortly before the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court in Greenbelt, Md., on behalf of 28,0000 employees to block implementation of the STOCK Act.
Ethics nominee asks Congress to change insider trading law
Walter Shaub Jr. said the STOCK Act could cause unintended consequences for federal employees' privacy and safety. Shaub said he favors revisions aimed at striking a balance between the need to protect personal information and the law's requirement to disclose stock trades.
Tags: STOCK Act , Walter Shaub , Sean Moulton , Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee , OMB Watch , transparency , accountability , Ruben Gomez , Congress
Obama picks GMU prof to replace Jaczko at NRC
President Barack Obama said he plans to nominate Allison Macfarlane to lead the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, just days after the embattled head of the agency announced he would step down.
Tags: Gregory Jaczko , Allison Macfarlane , NRC , nuclear waste , Walter Shaub ,
New Ethics.gov portal stores WH visitor logs, FEC filings
The White House announced the launch of Ethics.gov, an online portal housing ethics-related data, including White House visitor logs, election filings and lobbying disclosures. The creation of a single, centralized database for lobbying and ethics information was a 2008 campaign promise by then-candidate Obama and follows a string of data-storing sites, such as Data.gov and USASpending.gov.
Tags: Ethics.gov , Data.gov , USASpending.gov , E-Gov , Gov 2.0 , technology
Office of Government Ethics seeks stricter gift rules
Julie Eirinberg, the associate general counsel at Office of Government Ethics, told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss new proposed rules for accepting gifts.
Tags: julie eirinberg , management , Lobbyists , Federal Drive
Preview: OGE retooling network
Listen to a preview of Ask the CIO.
Tags: technology , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller , Ty Cooper
OGE Chief Information Officer Ty Cooper holding off on social networking
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals , Ty Cooper , social networking , ethics
The Office of Government Ethics
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals , Office of Government Ethics , CIO , Ty Cooper
