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About the Office of the General Counselor

.The Office of the General Attorney gives operational management pertaining to lawful companies and also issues related to all aspects of NASA activities for Facility Main and License Counsel and also, for Agency-wide problems, the Manager. These companies and also problems feature setting up and circulating legal policy and interpreting new laws and cases. The Workplace of the General Attorney is actually also behind establishing the values as well as patent system criteria, establishing metrics, and creating top quality standards.As an operational office Associate Administrator, the General Counsel serves in an advising ability to the Manager, as well as works with Enterprise Affiliate Administrators as well as Center Directors to guarantee that Company activities are conducted according to all legal and also governing requirements.The Workplace of the General Counselor likewise works as Washington, DC, lawsuits legal adviser, supplies judicial proceeding expertise to the Firm, as well as functions as the Organization representative before the united state Patent and also Hallmark Office. The Workplace likewise delivers skilled insight, mistake and overflow help to Centers, and also delivers lawful services to all the workplaces at Head office.The Workplace of the General Counsel at Base of operations is actually organized right into a main office, one lawful course as well as four lawful method groups:.Procurement Integrity System-- The Purchase Integrity Program (AIP) possesses key task for legal issues pertaining to procurement fraudulence and also other associated irregularities, solutions control, and suspension as well as debarment. The Plan is accountable for stopping, detecting, and also putting off procurement fraudulence by means of learning and training of the NASA labor force along with for sustaining the inspection as well as prosecution of fraudulence and also corruption pertaining to the purchase procedure..Commercial &amp Copyright-- This Method Group has key accountability for copyright concerns in domestic and also international deals, specialized information concerns, license as well as copyright licensing, as well as the circulation of computer program, as well as non-procurement (Space Action) contracts with business and worldwide entities..Deals &amp Purchase-- This Practice Team possesses main task for deals, grants, as well as cooperative agreements..General Law-- This Method Group has key duty for areas including ethics, employees, economic, environmental, as well as safety and protection legislation, and also legislation as well as various other places certainly not especially designated to one of the other divisions..International and also Area Rule-- This Strategy Team possesses key duty over lawful concerns relating to export management, Freedom of Details Action beauties, as well as overall concerns of worldwide law.General Legal Adviser: Eye Lan.Deputy General Attorney: Christine Pham (Acting).Administrative Personnel: Carolyn L. Johnson, Paralegal Expert Lead Jeanette Covington, Managerial SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Operations Crew: Bryan Diederich, (Acting) Supervisor of Legal OperationsTanya Jefferson, Administration and also Program AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Monitoring and Course Professional.OGC Leadership Listing Connect With Info for the Company Headquaters Leadership as well as Facility Chief Counsels.OGC Waiver: The content within this internet site do not make up legal guidance. For details read our waiver.