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 hq-ethicsteam@nasa.gov or by phone at (202) 358-0550 or contact a Center Ethics Official by e-mail or by the phone number listed.
Ethics Training:
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Ethics Resources
- Appropriated Funds: When can you use NASA’s appropriated funds.
- Ethics Frequently Asked Questions: Brief answers to frequently asked questions concerning gifts, conflicts of interest, use of government property, and other common ethics areas.
- Executive Order 13989
- Financial Disclosure Frequently Asked Questions: Questions about how to fill out your financial disclosure report, or why you have to submit one.
- Hatch Act: Political Activities and the Federal Employee
- Sources: Where do the ethics laws and rules come from?
- Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch 2017
- NASA Limited Ethics Pledge Waivers: NASA’s limited ethics pledge waivers under Executive Order 13989.
- Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations
Ethics Directives and Forms:
- NPD 1900.9F, Ethics Program Management
- NPR 1900.3C, Ethics Program Management
- OGE Form 450 Confidential Financial Disclosure (PDF)
NASA Advisory Committees:
- For Special Government Employees (SGEs) –
- Filing Your Annual Financial Disclosure (OGE 450) Form
- Tutorial for Filing a Confidential Financial Disclosure Statement (OGE 450)
SGE – Tips for Completing the OGE 450 Form (PDF) - SGE – How to File Your OGE 450 Form Electronically
- SGE – How to File a Paper OGE 450 Form
- OGE 450 Form – Confidential Financial Disclosure (PDF)
- SGE How to Take Ethics Training
- For Executive Directors/Secretaries of NASA Advisory Committees – SGE How to Take Ethics Training
Filing a Public Financial Disclosure Statement (OGE Form 278e):
- Tips for Filling Out the OGE 278e Public Financial Disclosure Report
- OGE Form 278e (March 2014) with Instructions
If You Are Leaving NASA:
- Stock Act Recusal Template for Public Financial Disclosure Filers who are Negotiating Employment
- Stock Act Recusal Form
- Notice to Public Financial Disclosure (OGE 278) Filers Who are Leaving NASA (PDF)
- Post-Employment: What restrictions do you face if you leave the Federal service?
- Outside Activities: Thinking about moonlighting? Here’s what NASA requires before you do so.