ABSTRACT
This chapter concentrates on the ethical discussions that focus on the federal legislator. The Office of Government Ethics (OGE), a small agency within the executive branch, was established by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. The Office of Agency Programs has three divisions that monitor and provide services to federal agency ethics programs. These are the Program Services Division, Program Review Division, and the Education Division. The Education Division develops and provides ethics training courses and materials for executive branch departments and agencies. The Ethics News and Information E-mail List Service is OGE's primary medium for communicating with the ethics community. The Program Services Division also tracks each presidential appointee's compliance with any ethics agreements the appointee made during the Senate confirmation process. The Program Review Division conducts onsite ethics program reviews of headquarters and regional offices to determine whether an agency has an effective ethics program tailored to its mission.
