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About the Office of the General Counselor

.The Office of the General Attorney offers functional management relating to lawful companies as well as issues associated with all elements of NASA activities for Center Main as well as Patent Counsel and also, for Agency-wide concerns, the Manager. These companies and concerns feature establishing and also sharing legal policy and also translating brand-new laws as well as instances. The Office of the General Legal adviser is actually additionally behind building the values as well as patent system requirements, developing metrics, and building high quality criteria.As a practical office Associate Manager, the General Counsel serves in an advising capability to the Manager, and also deals with Company Colleague Administrators and also Center Directors to make sure that Agency activities are conducted based on all judicial as well as regulative demands.The Office of the General Counsel likewise serves as Washington, DC, litigation counsel, gives litigation experience to the Agency, as well as functions as the Agency agent before the USA Patent and also Trademark Workplace. The Office additionally delivers skilled recommendations, error as well as spillover support to Centers, and provides legal solutions to all the workplaces at Base of operations.The Workplace of the General Legal Adviser at Company headquaters is managed in to a main workplace, one legal course and also 4 legal method groups:.Purchase Honesty Plan-- The Purchase Honesty Program (AIP) possesses key duty for legal problems relating to procurement fraudulence and various other similar abnormalities, treatments control, as well as revocation and also debarment. The Program is responsible for stopping, finding, and also preventing procurement fraud with learning and also training of the NASA labor force along with for assisting the examination and also district attorney of fraud as well as nepotism related to the procurement process..Commercial &amp Intellectual Property-- This Technique Group has primary duty for intellectual property problems in residential and international arrangements, technological information issues, license and copyright licensing, and the circulation of computer software application, as well as non-procurement (Room Act) arrangements with office as well as international companies..Deals &amp Procurement-- This Strategy Team has main duty for contracts, gives, as well as participating deals..General Rule-- This Practice Group has key responsibility for areas such as ethics, workers, budgetary, ecological, as well as safety and security as well as protection law, along with regulations and other areas not especially appointed to among the various other departments..International and Room Law-- This Practice Group has primary obligation over legal issues concerning export command, Freedom of Relevant information Act appeals, and overall concerns of worldwide regulation.General Legal Adviser: Eye Lan.Representant General Counselor: Christine Pham (Acting).Management Personnel: Carolyn L. Johnson, Legal Assistant Specialist Lead Jeanette Covington, Administrative SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Functions Crew: Bryan Diederich, (Performing) Supervisor of Lawful OperationsTanya Jefferson, Control as well as Plan AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Management and Plan Expert.OGC Management Directory Call Relevant Information for the Head Office Management and also Center Principal Counsels.OGC Please note: The information within this site do certainly not constitute legal advice. For information read our disclaimer.