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About the Office of the General Counsel

.The Workplace of the General Attorney supplies practical leadership regarding legal services and also issues related to all parts of NASA tasks for Center Main and License Counselor and, for Agency-wide issues, the Manager. These services and also concerns include developing and also disseminating legal policy as well as deciphering brand new statutes as well as instances. The Office of the General Counsel is also in charge of establishing the ethics and patent plan demands, establishing metrics, as well as establishing top quality standards.As a useful workplace Associate Administrator, the General Attorney serves in an advising capability to the Administrator, and also teams up with Enterprise Partner Administrators and Facility Directors to guarantee that Organization tasks are carried out based on all lawful and regulative requirements.The Workplace of the General Attorney likewise serves as Washington, DC, lawsuits legal adviser, supplies litigation proficiency to the Firm, and also works as the Agency agent before the U.S. License and Trademark Workplace. The Workplace additionally gives experienced insight, mistake and overflow assistance to Centers, as well as provides lawful solutions to all the workplaces at Main office.The Office of the General Legal Adviser at Base of operations is coordinated right into a front workplace, one legal program and four lawful practice teams:.Procurement Integrity System-- The Acquisition Integrity System (AIP) has main obligation for lawful issues regarding procurement scams as well as other relevant irregularities, solutions balance, as well as suspension and also debarment. The System is accountable for avoiding, discovering, and also discouraging procurement scams through learning and instruction of the NASA workforce along with for assisting the inspection and district attorney of scams as well as nepotism related to the purchase process..Commercial &amp Intellectual Property-- This Method Team has primary task for intellectual property problems in domestic and worldwide agreements, specialized records concerns, patent and also copyright licensing, and also the circulation of computer system program, and also non-procurement (Room Act) contracts along with office as well as international facilities..Contracts &amp Purchase-- This Strategy Team possesses key task for deals, gives, and participating contracts..General Legislation-- This Technique Team has major responsibility for locations including principles, staffs, economic, ecological, and protection and safety and security rule, in addition to regulation as well as other regions certainly not primarily assigned to among the other branches..International as well as Room Regulation-- This Method Team has main accountability over lawful concerns concerning export command, Liberty of Relevant information Act appeals, as well as overall issues of global legislation.General Counsel: Iris Lan.Deputy General Attorney: Christine Pham (Performing).Managerial Staff: Carolyn L. Johnson, Legal Assistant Expert Lead Jeanette Covington, Managerial SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Functions Group: Bryan Diederich, (Acting) Director of Legal OperationsTanya Jefferson, Control and System AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Monitoring and Plan Expert.OGC Management Directory Site Connect With Details for the Company Headquaters Management and Center Main Counsels.OGC Waiver: The materials within this website carry out not constitute lawful tips. For details review our waiver.