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About the Office of the General Counsel

.The Workplace of the General Counselor gives functional management pertaining to legal services and also issues connected to all parts of NASA tasks for Facility Main and also Patent Legal Adviser as well as, for Agency-wide issues, the Manager. These solutions and issues consist of creating and distributing legal policy and also analyzing brand new statutes and situations. The Office of the General Counselor is additionally responsible for building the principles and also license system needs, establishing metrics, as well as establishing top quality criteria.As a useful workplace Partner Administrator, the General Legal adviser serves in a consultatory capability to the Manager, and also collaborates with Enterprise Partner Administrators and also Facility Directors to ensure that Agency activities are carried out in accordance with all lawful and regulative requirements.The Office of the General Attorney additionally works as Washington, DC, lawsuits counselor, gives judicial proceeding experience to the Firm, as well as functions as the Firm rep before the united state Patent and Trademark Office. The Office additionally supplies professional assistance, oversight as well as spillover help to Centers, and gives lawful solutions to all the offices at Base of operations.The Workplace of the General Attorney at Central office is actually arranged into a front workplace, one lawful course and four legal process teams:.Procurement Stability Plan-- The Procurement Stability Course (AIP) possesses main accountability for legal concerns concerning procurement scams as well as various other associated abnormalities, remedies balance, and revocation as well as debarment. The Plan is accountable for stopping, recognizing, and also preventing procurement fraudulence through learning and instruction of the NASA workforce and also for supporting the examination and district attorney of fraud and also nepotism related to the purchase process..Commercial &amp Trademark-- This Practice Team possesses key responsibility for patent issues in residential as well as international agreements, technical data problems, patent and also copyright licensing, and the distribution of computer software program, in addition to non-procurement (Space Act) contracts along with industrial and worldwide facilities..Deals &amp Purchase-- This Practice Team possesses main duty for agreements, gives, and also collective contracts..General Rule-- This Practice Team possesses primary responsibility for regions like values, personnel, economic, environmental, as well as protection as well as safety law, and also regulations as well as various other locations certainly not specifically delegated to one of the other branches..International as well as Space Law-- This Method Group possesses main accountability over legal problems regarding export control, Freedom of Details Act appeals, and also standard matters of worldwide legislation.General Counselor: Eye Lan.Representant General Counsel: Christine Pham (Acting).Management Staff: Carolyn L. Johnson, Paralegal Specialist Lead Jeanette Covington, Management SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Procedures Staff: Bryan Diederich, (Performing) Supervisor of Legal OperationsTanya Jefferson, Monitoring and System AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Administration and Course Professional.OGC Leadership Directory Site Contact Relevant Information for the Base Of Operations Leadership and Center Main Counsels.OGC Waiver: The materials within this website perform not constitute lawful advise. For particulars review our please note.