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About the Office of the General Counsel

.The Office of the General Legal adviser provides useful management pertaining to legal companies and also issues related to all elements of NASA tasks for Facility Principal and also License Counsel and, for Agency-wide problems, the Administrator. These solutions and also issues include developing as well as circulating lawful policy and also interpreting new laws as well as cases. The Workplace of the General Attorney is actually likewise responsible for cultivating the ethics and also license plan requirements, developing metrics, as well as building premium requirements.As a functional workplace Affiliate Manager, the General Counselor provides in an advisory capacity to the Supervisor, and also teams up with Company Associate Administrators and also Facility Supervisors to ensure that Agency activities are actually conducted according to all legal and governing demands.The Office of the General Counselor additionally serves as Washington, DC, litigation attorney, delivers litigation know-how to the Company, and also functions as the Agency agent just before the united state Patent and also Hallmark Office. The Workplace likewise delivers expert tips, oversight as well as spillover help to Centers, as well as provides legal solutions to all the offices at Main office.The Workplace of the General Counselor at Base of operations is actually organized right into a main workplace, one legal system and 4 legal process groups:.Procurement Integrity Program-- The Acquisition Stability Program (AIP) possesses key accountability for lawful problems regarding procurement fraud and also other associated irregularities, solutions balance, and also suspension and debarment. The Program is accountable for stopping, recognizing, as well as hindering procurement fraud with learning and instruction of the NASA labor force in addition to for assisting the inspection and also prosecution of fraudulence and also corruption related to the purchase process..Commercial &amp Intellectual Property-- This Practice Team possesses primary accountability for patent issues in residential as well as international arrangements, technological information problems, patent and also copyright licensing, and the distribution of computer system software, as well as non-procurement (Area Act) agreements with office as well as global companies..Contracts &amp Purchase-- This Practice Team has main task for deals, gives, and collaborative arrangements..General Regulation-- This Technique Team possesses major obligation for locations such as values, employees, economic, environmental, and also safety and security as well as safety and security legislation, along with regulation and other regions not particularly assigned to among the various other branches..International as well as Room Law-- This Strategy Group has main duty over lawful issues regarding export command, Liberty of Info Act charms, as well as overall concerns of international regulation.General Counsel: Eye Lan.Representant General Attorney: Christine Pham (Performing).Management Personnel: Carolyn L. Johnson, Legal Assistant Specialist Lead Jeanette Covington, Administrative SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Operations Team: Bryan Diederich, (Acting) Supervisor of Lawful OperationsTanya Jefferson, Management as well as System AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Management and System Analyst.OGC Leadership Directory Connect With Information for the Central Office Leadership and also Center Main Counsels.OGC Disclaimer: The content within this web site carry out certainly not constitute legal recommendations. For information review our disclaimer.