.The Workplace of the General Counsel supplies operational management regarding legal services and also concerns connected to all parts of NASA tasks for Center Principal as well as License Attorney and, for Agency-wide issues, the Administrator. These services as well as issues consist of developing and distributing lawful plan as well as interpreting brand new statutes as well as cases. The Workplace of the General Attorney is actually also behind cultivating the ethics as well as patent program needs, developing metrics, as well as establishing quality criteria.As a practical office Affiliate Administrator, the General Attorney serves in an advisory capability to the Supervisor, as well as teams up with Venture Associate Administrators as well as Facility Directors to guarantee that Agency tasks are actually carried out based on all statutory and governing needs.The Workplace of the General Counselor also works as Washington, DC, lawsuits attorney, supplies lawsuits know-how to the Company, as well as works as the Firm representative just before the U.S. Patent and also Hallmark Office. The Office likewise provides professional insight, oversight as well as overflow support to Centers, as well as gives legal services to all the offices at Main office.The Office of the General Counselor at Company headquaters is actually organized in to a front office, one legal course and four legal process teams:.Purchase Honesty Course-- The Acquisition Integrity System (AIP) possesses key task for legal concerns regarding procurement fraud and also other related irregularities, solutions control, as well as suspension and also debarment. The System is responsible for preventing, identifying, and also hindering procurement scams by means of education and learning and also training of the NASA staff along with for sustaining the examination and also prosecutor of scams and nepotism pertaining to the purchase process..Commercial & Copyright-- This Technique Group has primary task for copyright problems in residential as well as international agreements, specialized records problems, patent as well as copyright licensing, and also the circulation of computer system software program, along with non-procurement (Space Action) arrangements with industrial and also global facilities..Arrangements & Purchase-- This Strategy Team has key obligation for contracts, grants, and also collaborative agreements..General Rule-- This Method Group has key duty for areas including principles, staffs, fiscal, ecological, and security as well as security legislation, along with legislation and other regions not especially delegated to among the other departments..International and also Space Law-- This Method Group has main duty over lawful issues concerning export command, Flexibility of Relevant information Act beauties, and standard issues of worldwide rule.General Counsel: Iris Lan.Deputy General Attorney: Christine Pham (Acting).Management Workers: Carolyn L. Johnson, Legal Assistant Expert Lead Jeanette Covington, Managerial SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Procedures Team: Bryan Diederich, (Acting) Supervisor of Legal OperationsTanya Jefferson, Administration as well as System AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Monitoring and also System Analyst.OGC Management Directory Call Details for the Headquarters Leadership and also Center Chief Counsels.OGC Waiver: The materials within this site perform certainly not comprise lawful suggestions. For details read our disclaimer.