OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

Office of Government Ethics.An independent agency in the executive branch responsible for issuing rules and regulations about ethical conduct and financial disclosure, providing training in ethics, monitoring the ethics of practices in departments and agencies, and giving guidance on matters of ethics. • The agency was established under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and became a separate agency in 1988. — Abbr. OGE.

[Blacks Law 8th]