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Government ethics concerns in the United States were first addressed by Congress in 1853. [1] [2] The act, entitled "An Act to prevent Frauds upon the Treasury of the United States," made it a misdemeanor for "any officer of the United States" or "any Senator or Representative in Congress" to assist in or prosecute "any claim against the United States."
Executive Order 13770, entitled "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees," was an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump on January 28, 2017, that directs executive branch employees on a ban from becoming a lobbyist for five years.
US Government Documents is a digital collection of documents at the Internet Archive. This collection contains digital versions of over 50,000 United States Government documents. The contributors of this collection are Kahle/Austin Foundation , MSN and Omidyar Network .
US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, following a trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, for the NFL Super Bowl on February 10, 2025.
President Donald Trump has fired the federal government's top ethics official as well as the leader of the agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers — the latest moves by the Republican to ...
The order aims to ensure that those in the Executive Branch will not accept bribes from lobbyists, engage in activities with a former employer, communicate with outsiders about the work they do, accept money from a former employer, and that they make hirings based on a person's qualifications, with the goal of restoring and maintaining public ...
Logo of the United States Office of Government Ethics. Source: Extracted from PDF version of the March 1998 Biennial Report to Congress (direct PDF URL ), and colorized according to available bitmap versions. Author: U.S. Government: Permission (Reusing this file) Public domain from a copyright standpoint, but other restrictions apply.
A code of practice is adopted by a profession (or by a governmental or non-governmental organization) to regulate that profession. A code of practice may be styled as a code of professional responsibility, which will discuss difficult issues and difficult decisions that will often need to be made, and then provide a clear account of what behavior is considered "ethical" or "correct" or "right ...