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About the Office of the General Counsel

.The Office of the General Counselor supplies useful leadership concerning legal companies as well as concerns connected to all components of NASA tasks for Center Chief as well as License Attorney and also, for Agency-wide issues, the Supervisor. These solutions as well as problems consist of creating and distributing legal policy as well as analyzing new laws as well as instances. The Workplace of the General Attorney is actually additionally behind creating the ethics and also license system criteria, establishing metrics, and also cultivating high quality criteria.As a functional workplace Associate Manager, the General Counselor provides in an advisory ability to the Supervisor, as well as collaborates with Enterprise Associate Administrators and also Center Supervisors to make sure that Agency activities are carried out according to all judicial and also regulatory needs.The Workplace of the General Attorney additionally works as Washington, DC, lawsuits attorney, supplies lawsuits proficiency to the Organization, and works as the Company agent before the united state License and Hallmark Workplace. The Office likewise offers experienced suggestions, mistake and spillover help to Centers, and delivers lawful services to all the offices at Headquarters.The Office of the General Counselor at Company headquaters is actually managed right into a front office, one lawful program as well as four legal process teams:.Purchase Stability Plan-- The Procurement Integrity Plan (AIP) possesses key accountability for lawful concerns regarding procurement scams and also various other related irregularities, remedies sychronisation, as well as suspension as well as debarment. The Program is in charge of preventing, recognizing, as well as discouraging procurement scams via learning as well as instruction of the NASA staff in addition to for supporting the inspection and prosecutor of fraudulence and nepotism pertaining to the procurement procedure..Commercial &amp Patent-- This Technique Group possesses key accountability for patent concerns in domestic and also global agreements, specialized information issues, patent and copyright licensing, and also the distribution of personal computer software application, as well as non-procurement (Space Act) arrangements with office and international facilities..Agreements &amp Procurement-- This Practice Team possesses major accountability for agreements, gives, as well as participating contracts..General Legislation-- This Technique Group possesses key obligation for locations like principles, employees, monetary, ecological, and security and security rule, in addition to regulation as well as other regions not specifically delegated to some of the other branches..International and also Room Rule-- This Method Group possesses key obligation over lawful concerns regarding export control, Flexibility of Information Act charms, and also overall issues of international regulation.General Legal Adviser: Iris Lan.Deputy General Legal Adviser: Christine Pham (Performing).Management Staff: Carolyn L. Johnson, Paralegal Professional Lead Jeanette Covington, Management SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Procedures Crew: Bryan Diederich, (Acting) Supervisor of Lawful OperationsTanya Jefferson, Administration and also Course AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Control as well as System Analyst.OGC Management Listing Contact Relevant Information for the Company Headquaters Management and also Center Principal Counsels.OGC Waiver: The content within this internet site carry out not comprise legal guidance. For particulars read our waiver.