[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR20.202]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 20--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Department Ethics Program
 
Sec. 20.202  Ethics program responsibilities.

    (a) The Designated Agency Ethics Official (or the alternate agency 
ethics official in his or her absence) shall coordinate and manage the 
department's ethics program in accordance with 5 CFR 2638.203.
    (b) Each Ethics Counselor shall, for his or her bureau:
    (1) Order disciplinary or remedial action in accordance with the 
provisions of subpart F of this part. This authority may not be 
redelegated.
    (2) Designate: (i) The Bureau Personnel Officer (or other qualified 
headquarters employee) as Deputy Ethics Counselor to carry out 
operational duties of the Ethics Counselor within

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their bureaus under the general direction of the Ethics Counselor; and
    (ii) Headquarters bureau, regional, or area personnel officers (or 
other qualified employees) as Associate Ethics Counselors or Assistant 
Ethics Counselors to perform ethics counseling and the collection and 
review of financial disclosure reports.
    (3) Ensure that vacancy announcements for positions which require a 
public or confidential financial disclosure report alert applicants to 
the filing requirement.
    (4) Establish and maintain internal procedures and guidelines to 
adequately and systematically inform employees of the content, meaning, 
and importance of ethical conduct and other conduct regulations.
    (c) All supervisors may make decisions as to whether conduct by 
employees under their supervision would result in the appearance that 
the employee would violate or is violating the ethical standards set 
forth in 5 CFR 2635; all supervisors are expected, therefore, to be 
familiar with those standards. In addition, any supervisor who grants 
prior approval of an employee's outside employment under 5 CFR 
3501.105(b) is expected, at a minimum, to provide information to the 
employee about the prohibitions in 18 U.S.C. 203, 205 and 208 at the 
time such approval is granted.