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Guide to Drafting Nominee Ethics Agreements (October, 2020)

May 26, 2021

(link to Word version)


Ethics agreements reflect a nominee’s commitments to resolve their conflicts of interest and comply with the ethics laws and regulations. Agency ethics officials, in collaboration with OGE staff, draft each ethics agreement using standardized language, tailored as appropriate, from this Guide. (Revised 5/26/21, per Executive Order 13989)