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About the Office of the General Counselor

.The Workplace of the General Legal adviser provides useful management pertaining to legal companies as well as problems related to all parts of NASA activities for Center Main as well as Patent Legal Adviser and, for Agency-wide issues, the Administrator. These services and issues consist of establishing as well as circulating lawful policy and also deciphering brand new laws as well as scenarios. The Workplace of the General Counsel is actually likewise in charge of cultivating the ethics and patent plan needs, creating metrics, as well as establishing top quality criteria.As an operational workplace Associate Administrator, the General Counsel offers in an advising capability to the Administrator, as well as works with Organization Partner Administrators and Facility Supervisors to ensure that Firm activities are actually carried out according to all lawful and governing demands.The Workplace of the General Attorney also functions as Washington, DC, litigation counsel, offers litigation experience to the Organization, and also acts as the Company representative before the U.S. License and also Trademark Workplace. The Workplace also delivers experienced insight, error as well as overflow help to Centers, and delivers lawful services to all the offices at Base.The Office of the General Counsel at Main office is coordinated into a frontal workplace, one lawful course and also four legal method teams:.Acquisition Stability System-- The Procurement Stability Program (AIP) has primary task for legal problems relating to procurement fraudulence as well as various other similar abnormalities, treatments coordination, as well as suspension and debarment. The Course is accountable for avoiding, finding, and also deterring procurement fraud with education and also instruction of the NASA staff along with for assisting the inspection and also prosecutor of fraud and also nepotism pertaining to the purchase process..Commercial &amp Copyright-- This Strategy Group possesses primary accountability for intellectual property concerns in residential as well as worldwide deals, specialized data concerns, patent and also copyright licensing, as well as the circulation of pc software, along with non-procurement (Room Action) contracts along with business as well as worldwide companies..Contracts &amp Purchase-- This Technique Group possesses main obligation for contracts, gives, and collaborative deals..General Regulation-- This Strategy Team possesses key obligation for places including principles, staffs, financial, ecological, as well as security as well as security law, as well as legislation as well as other regions not primarily delegated to among the other divisions..International as well as Area Regulation-- This Method Team has major task over lawful issues pertaining to export management, Liberty of Info Action beauties, and also overall matters of global regulation.General Counselor: Eye Lan.Replacement General Counselor: Christine Pham (Acting).Management Team: Carolyn L. Johnson, Paralegal Expert Lead Jeanette Covington, Management SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Functions Staff: Bryan Diederich, (Acting) Director of Lawful OperationsTanya Jefferson, Control as well as Plan AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Administration as well as Course Analyst.OGC Leadership Directory Connect With Details for the Main Office Management and also Facility Main Counsels.OGC Disclaimer: The materials within this website do not constitute legal guidance. For information review our disclaimer.