Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is adopting as final, without changes, an interim rule for SIGAR employees that will supplement the executive branch-wide Standards of Ethical Conduct (Standards) issued by OGE. The final supplemental regulation includes a requirement that SIGAR employees obtain prior approval for certain types of outside activities. The interim final rule was published in the Federal Register on April 6, 2012

Agency Contact: Technical information: Christina Beach, Ethics Compliance Officer, 703- 545-5994, email: christina.k.beach.civ@mail.mil. Legal information: Patricia Papas, Associate General Counsel, 703-545- 5992, email: patricia.p.papas.civ@mail.mil.