U.S. Office of Government Ethics: Documents of Interest

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics is the federal agency responsible for directing policies that govern the executive branch of the federal government that relate to conflicts of interest. Tasks of the Office include:

• Establishing standards of conduct for the executive branch
• Issuing rules and regulations that explain and interpret criminal conflict of interest laws
• Establishing financial disclosure rules for executive branch employees
• Developing training and education for executive branch officials and employees
• Setting requirements for ethics programs of federal agencies and reviewing these programs

The Director of the Office is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The director served a term of five years. All other Office employees are federal civil servants. 

The Office of Government Ethics was created by the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, and in 1989 was separated from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

The link to their website is here: ​https://www.oge.gov/

The updated gift rules is one of the many documents available from the Office of Government Ethics relating to standards of conduct and the appearance of propriety in the executive branch. It is shown in its entirety below.