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The NASA General Counsel, Michael C. Wholley, is the Designated Agency Ethics Official. He is the primary officer designated by the NASA Administrator to administer NASA's ethics program. Adam F. Greenstone is NASA's Alternate Designated Agency Ethics Official.  The NASA Headquarters Ethics Team is within the General Law Practice Group. The Ethics Team is responsible for day to day management of NASA's ethics program, including support to Center ethics counselors and resolution of all NASA Headquarters' ethics issues.  In addition, all Center Chief Counsel are responsible for ethics program implementation at their respective Centers.


You may contact a member of the HQ Ethics Team by e-mail to ethicsteam@hq.nasa.gov or by phone at (202) 358-2465. You may contact a Center Ethics Official by e-mail or by the phone number listed.

Ethics Resources

Resources available on this site include: 
  • Ethics Frequently Asked Questions: Brief answers to frequently asked questions concerning gifts, conflicts of interest, use of government property, and other common ethics areas.

  • Financial Disclosure Frequently Asked Questions: Questions about how to fill out your financial disclosure report, or why you have to submit one. 

  • Ethics Training: Schedule for upcoming classes.

  • Widely Attended Gatherings: NASA employees may accept offers of free attendance at certain events if the agency has determined that the event meets certain requirements. This site tells you how to request the determination and contains a listing of approved events.

  • Appropriated FundsWhen can you use appropriated funds to purchase food for events and the rules for conference fees. A questionnaire is provided to assist in identifying one of the limited exceptions to the prohibition on paying for food with NASA's appropriated funds.

  • Outside Activities: Thinking about moonlighting? Here's what NASA requires before you do so.

  • Post-Employment: What restrictions do you face if you leave the Federal service?

  • Sources: Where do the ethics laws and rules come from?

  • Hatch Act: What can you do during an election year?
Ethics Directives and Forms:

›  NPD 1900.9D Ethics Program Management

›  NPR 1900.9A Ethics Program Management Procedures Requirement

›  OGE 450 Confidential Financial Disclosure Report

›  SF 278 Public Financial Disclosure Report

›  Instructions for Filing SF 278

›  Tips for Filling out SF 278
 
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