[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR200.735-103]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                 CHAPTER II--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 200--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 200.735-103  Counseling service.

    (a) The Chairman shall appoint a Designated Agency Ethics Official 
(DAEO) who serves as liaison to the Office of Government Ethics and who 
is responsible for carrying out the Commission's ethics program. The 
program shall be designed to implement titles II, IV, and V of the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978, Executive Order No. 11222, the 
regulations in this part, and

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other statutes and regulations applicable to agency ethics matters. The 
DAEO will be a senior Commission employee with experience demonstrating 
the ability to review financial disclosure reports and counsel employees 
with regard to resolving conflicts of interest, review the financial 
disclosures of Presidential nominees to the Commission prior to 
confirmation hearings, counsel employees with regard to ethics 
standards, assist supervisors in implementing the Commission's ethics 
program, and periodically evaluate the ethics program.
    (b) The Chairman shall select an Alternate Agency Ethics Official 
who will serve as Deputy DAEO to whom any of the DAEO's statutory and 
regulatory duties may be delegated.
    (c) The DAEO shall coordinate and manage the agency's ethics 
program. The DAEO duties shall consist of:
    (1) Liaison with the Office of Government Ethics;
    (2) Review of financial disclosure reports, including reports filed 
by Presidential nominees to the Commission;
    (3) Initiation and maintenance of ethics education and training 
programs;
    (4) Monitoring administrative actions and sanctions; and
    (5) Implementation of the specific program elements listed in Office 
of Government Ethics regulations, 5 CFR 738.203(b).

[46 FR 17542, Mar. 19, 1981, as amended at 56 FR 36726, Aug. 1, 1991]