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About the Office of the General Counsel

.The Workplace of the General Legal adviser supplies practical leadership regarding legal solutions and also concerns associated with all facets of NASA activities for Facility Main and License Counsel as well as, for Agency-wide concerns, the Manager. These services and issues include establishing and distributing legal policy and deciphering brand-new statutes and cases. The Office of the General Counsel is actually also behind establishing the ethics and license plan criteria, developing metrics, as well as establishing high quality requirements.As a functional office Associate Administrator, the General Counsel serves in an advisory ability to the Supervisor, as well as teams up with Business Partner Administrators as well as Facility Supervisors to guarantee that Company tasks are conducted in accordance with all judicial and governing needs.The Office of the General Counselor additionally works as Washington, DC, judicial proceeding counselor, gives lawsuits competence to the Organization, as well as functions as the Organization representative just before the united state Patent and Trademark Office. The Office also delivers experienced tips, lapse as well as spillover support to Centers, and also provides lawful services to all the offices at Central office.The Workplace of the General Legal Adviser at Company headquaters is coordinated right into a frontal workplace, one lawful plan as well as four legal practice groups:.Purchase Stability System-- The Acquisition Honesty Plan (AIP) possesses major duty for lawful issues concerning procurement fraud as well as other associated irregularities, treatments coordination, as well as revocation and debarment. The Course is accountable for protecting against, finding, and putting off procurement fraudulence through education and learning and training of the NASA labor force and also for sustaining the inspection and also prosecutor of scams and also shadiness related to the purchase process..Commercial &amp Trademark-- This Method Group has primary responsibility for trademark concerns in domestic as well as international deals, specialized data issues, patent as well as copyright licensing, and also the distribution of computer program, and also non-procurement (Area Act) arrangements with office and worldwide bodies..Arrangements &amp Purchase-- This Technique Group possesses major accountability for agreements, grants, and also collective agreements..General Regulation-- This Strategy Group has major duty for locations like ethics, employees, economic, environmental, and also safety and security as well as safety law, along with laws and also various other regions not particularly delegated to among the various other divisions..International as well as Room Law-- This Practice Group possesses major obligation over lawful issues concerning export control, Liberty of Details Act beauties, and also basic concerns of global law.General Counsel: Iris Lan.Replacement General Legal Adviser: Christine Pham (Acting).Managerial Team: Carolyn L. Johnson, Paralegal Professional Lead Jeanette Covington, Administrative SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Operations Group: Bryan Diederich, (Acting) Supervisor of Lawful OperationsTanya Jefferson, Management and System AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Management as well as Plan Professional.OGC Management Listing Get In Touch With Information for the Company Headquaters Leadership and Center Chief Counsels.OGC Disclaimer: The information within this web site do certainly not constitute legal insight. For information review our waiver.