Common Contracts

INTRODUCTION

May 26th, 2021

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  May 26th, 2021

Nominees for Presidentially appointed Senate-confirmed positions (PAS nominees) enter into ethics agreements with senior agency ethics officials. This agreement is the joint product of the PAS nominee, the agency, and the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The agreement outlines the steps that a PAS nominee will take to avoid conflicts of interest. It will contain standard language, found in this guide, used for all nominees. Ethics agreements are critical to the nominee’s ethical success, and accuracy and efficacy must be paramount since an agreement may not be changed without approval from both the agency and OGE.