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About the Office of the General Counselor

.The Workplace of the General Legal adviser delivers practical management pertaining to legal services and also concerns associated with all parts of NASA tasks for Facility Principal and License Counselor and, for Agency-wide problems, the Administrator. These companies and problems feature creating and circulating lawful plan and deciphering brand new statutes and also situations. The Workplace of the General Attorney is additionally in charge of cultivating the ethics and patent system requirements, establishing metrics, and also building quality requirements.As an operational office Associate Manager, the General Counsel offers in a consultatory ability to the Manager, and collaborates with Company Partner Administrators and Facility Directors to guarantee that Organization activities are conducted based on all lawful as well as regulative needs.The Workplace of the General Counselor likewise works as Washington, DC, judicial proceeding attorney, supplies judicial proceeding know-how to the Agency, and also acts as the Organization representative just before the united state Patent and Hallmark Office. The Office additionally offers skilled suggestions, error as well as spillover help to Centers, and also supplies lawful companies to all the offices at Main office.The Office of the General Counselor at Central office is managed in to a main office, one legal program and also 4 lawful process groups:.Purchase Integrity Program-- The Procurement Integrity System (AIP) has key accountability for lawful problems relating to procurement scams and also other similar irregularities, treatments sychronisation, as well as suspension as well as debarment. The System is in charge of preventing, recognizing, and preventing procurement fraud through learning as well as instruction of the NASA workforce and also for assisting the investigation and also prosecutor of scams as well as corruption related to the acquisition method..Commercial &amp Intellectual Property-- This Technique Group possesses major task for patent concerns in domestic and also global contracts, specialized information concerns, license as well as copyright licensing, and also the distribution of pc program, along with non-procurement (Space Action) agreements along with office and global facilities..Arrangements &amp Purchase-- This Practice Team possesses primary task for agreements, grants, and collective contracts..General Law-- This Strategy Team has major responsibility for places such as principles, staffs, economic, environmental, and also safety and safety legislation, and also regulations and various other areas certainly not primarily assigned to some of the other departments..International and also Room Legislation-- This Strategy Team has main accountability over lawful concerns concerning export command, Flexibility of Information Action allures, and also standard concerns of worldwide regulation.General Counselor: Eye Lan.Representant General Attorney: Christine Pham (Acting).Administrative Workers: Carolyn L. Johnson, Legal Assistant Expert Lead Jeanette Covington, Managerial SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Procedures Staff: Bryan Diederich, (Performing) Director of Lawful OperationsTanya Jefferson, Management as well as Program AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Administration as well as Plan Expert.OGC Leadership Directory Call Details for the Central Office Management and also Facility Chief Counsels.OGC Waiver: The content within this web site carry out certainly not constitute legal guidance. For particulars read our waiver.