Ethics in Government Act of 1978

• 45 CFR 73.735-901 - Reporting requirement of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 45: Public Welfare

• 45 CFR 73.735-902 - Reporting requirements for certain employees not covered by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 45: Public Welfare

• Ethics in Government Act of 1978

Passed in 1978 in the shadow of the WATERGATE scandal, the Ethics i...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Dou–Fre

• Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as Amended. in Re Franklyn C. Nofziger, Mark A. Bragg., 956 F.2d 287 (D.C. Cir. 1992)

Richard Ben-Veniste and Peter D. Isakoff, for petitioner, were on the Application for Attorneys' Fees and supporting documents. Stuart M. Gerson, Ass...

• Federal Circuits

• Notice of Rescission of Certain Regulations

The NTSB's regulations on Employee Responsibilities and Conduct, located at 49 CFR part 805 (part 805), have been superseded by regulations of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) issued pursuant to the provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended, and codified at 5 CFR parts 2634 and 2635. Accordingly, the NTSB is rescinding part 805 in its entirety.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 71909, November 21, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• National Transportation Safety Board

• Counsels, councils and lunch: preventing abuse of the power to appoint independent counsels.

The Judicial Conduct Act should govern judges serving in the Special Division of the D.C. Circuit who make independent counsel appointments. That approach would be simpler than amending the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to cover cases in which the appointment power is abused. Complaints against Judge David B. Sentelle were dismissed by Judge Harry T. Edwards in In re Charge of Judicial Misconduct or Disability, as a result of an overly formalistic interpretation of the Judicial Conduct Act.

• University of Pennsylvania Law Review
• Vol. 144 Nbr. 6, June 1996

• The independent counsel statute: bad law, bad policy.

Eleventh Survey of White Collar Crime Overuse of the independent counsel to investigate and prosecute cases with political implications has resulted in anomalous consequences inconsistent with the policy goals of the first independent counsel statute, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. The independent counsel has been used in smaller cases where the risk to public perceptions of government impartiality has been low. In high profile cases, the environment has become highly politicized, undermining perceptions of special prosecutor neutrality. The independent counsels have also focused on criminal liability instead of fitness for office.

• American Criminal Law Review
• Vol. 33 Nbr. 3, March 1996

• 28 CFR 85.3 - Adjustments to penalties.

...(1) 5 U.S.C. App. 4 102(f)(6)(C)(i), Ethics in Government Act of 1978, knowing and willful dis...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 28: Judicial Administration

• Independent counsel investigations.

Fourteenth Survey of White Collar Crime The Ethics in Government Act, or independent counsel statute, was enacted in 1978 in response to the Watergate scandal to foster greater accountability within the Executive Branch. The statute, which was amended in 1983 and 1987, provides a mechanism for the Department of Justice to appoint independent counsels to investigate alleged illegalities. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the statute in 1988. Proposals to reform or repeal the statute are now circulating.

• American Criminal Law Review
• Vol. 36 Nbr. 3, June 1999

• 5 CFR 2640.304 - Public availability of agency waivers.

...CHAPTER XVI: OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS. SUBCHAPTER B: GOVERNMENT ETHICS. PART 2640... 105 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended. Those procedures are described in 5 C...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 5: Administrative Personnel