[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR0.735-1]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 0_STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT AND RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES--Table 
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  0.735-1  Agency ethics officials.


    (a) Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO). The Assistant General 
Counsel (023) is the designated agency ethics official (DAEO) for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. The Deputy Assistant General Counsel 
(023C) is the alternate DAEO, who is designated to act in the DAEO's 
absence. The DAEO has primary responsibility for the administration, 
coordination, and management of the VA ethics program, pursuant to 5 CFR 
2638.201-204.
    (b) Deputy ethics officials. (1) The Regional Counsel are deputy 
ethics officials. They have been delegated the authority to act for the 
DAEO within their jurisdiction, under the DAEO's supervision, pursuant 
to 5 CFR 2638.204.
    (2) The alternate DAEO, the DAEO's staff, and staff in the Offices 
of Regional Counsel, may also act as deputy ethics officials pursuant to 
delegations of one or more of the DAEO's duties from the DAEO or the 
Regional Counsel.

[58 FR 61813, Nov. 23, 1993. Redesignated at 61 FR 11309, Mar. 20, 1996]