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About the Office of the General Attorney

.The Workplace of the General Attorney delivers operational management concerning lawful services and also problems associated with all parts of NASA tasks for Facility Main and also License Counselor and, for Agency-wide problems, the Manager. These services and also issues consist of developing and disseminating lawful policy and translating new statutes as well as instances. The Workplace of the General Counsel is additionally in charge of cultivating the values as well as patent course needs, setting up metrics, and cultivating premium criteria.As a practical workplace Affiliate Administrator, the General Attorney offers in an advisory capacity to the Supervisor, as well as partners with Business Associate Administrators and also Center Supervisors to ensure that Organization tasks are carried out in accordance with all lawful as well as governing requirements.The Workplace of the General Counselor likewise serves as Washington, DC, judicial proceeding counselor, delivers lawsuits experience to the Agency, as well as acts as the Organization representative just before the U.S. License and also Trademark Office. The Workplace also supplies professional recommendations, oversight as well as overflow help to Centers, and delivers lawful services to all the offices at Central office.The Workplace of the General Counsel at Base of operations is actually managed into a main workplace, one legal program and also 4 lawful method teams:.Acquisition Stability System-- The Purchase Honesty Program (AIP) has major duty for legal issues regarding procurement fraud as well as other associated abnormalities, treatments sychronisation, as well as revocation and also debarment. The System is accountable for stopping, detecting, and discouraging procurement fraud with education as well as instruction of the NASA staff along with for assisting the inspection as well as prosecution of fraudulence as well as corruption pertaining to the acquisition process..Commercial &amp Patent-- This Practice Team possesses main task for patent concerns in domestic and also global arrangements, technical information problems, license as well as copyright licensing, as well as the circulation of personal computer software application, as well as non-procurement (Space Action) deals with commercial and international facilities..Agreements &amp Purchase-- This Method Team possesses key accountability for agreements, gives, as well as collaborative contracts..General Law-- This Technique Group has key task for locations including principles, workers, budgetary, ecological, as well as security and also security regulation, and also regulations as well as various other areas not primarily delegated to some of the various other branches..International and also Space Regulation-- This Practice Team possesses major responsibility over lawful problems concerning export control, Liberty of Information Act beauties, as well as basic concerns of international legislation.General Attorney: Iris Lan.Replacement General Counselor: Christine Pham (Acting).Management Team: Carolyn L. Johnson, Paralegal Specialist Lead Jeanette Covington, Managerial SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Workflow Crew: Bryan Diederich, (Acting) Supervisor of Legal OperationsTanya Jefferson, Administration as well as Plan AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Administration and System Analyst.OGC Management Directory Connect With Details for the Head Office Management and Center Chief Counsels.OGC Waiver: The materials within this website do not comprise legal guidance. For details read our please note.