.The Workplace of the General Counsel provides useful management concerning legal solutions as well as problems connected to all parts of NASA activities for Facility Chief and Patent Counselor as well as, for Agency-wide problems, the Administrator. These solutions and also concerns consist of developing and disseminating legal policy and interpreting brand-new laws and also situations. The Workplace of the General Attorney is actually likewise responsible for establishing the ethics and also license course requirements, setting up metrics, and also establishing quality standards.As a functional office Associate Administrator, the General Counsel provides in an advising capacity to the Supervisor, and also works with Enterprise Associate Administrators and Facility Supervisors to guarantee that Firm activities are actually administered based on all statutory as well as governing needs.The Workplace of the General Counselor also functions as Washington, DC, judicial proceeding legal adviser, gives judicial proceeding experience to the Agency, and functions as the Organization agent before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace. The Workplace also provides expert advice, oversight and also overflow help to Centers, and gives legal companies to all the offices at Base of operations.The Workplace of the General Counselor at Headquarters is actually organized into a front office, one lawful program as well as four legal practice groups:.Acquisition Honesty Course-- The Purchase Stability Course (AIP) possesses main accountability for lawful problems regarding procurement fraudulence as well as other relevant irregularities, treatments control, and suspension and debarment. The Course is accountable for stopping, discovering, as well as discouraging procurement fraudulence with education and learning and instruction of the NASA workforce along with for sustaining the examination and district attorney of fraud and also corruption pertaining to the procurement procedure..Commercial & Trademark-- This Practice Team possesses primary accountability for trademark problems in domestic and also worldwide contracts, technological records concerns, patent and copyright licensing, as well as the distribution of pc program, and also non-procurement (Space Act) contracts along with office and also international bodies..Arrangements & Procurement-- This Method Team possesses primary task for arrangements, grants, and collective arrangements..General Law-- This Strategy Team possesses major accountability for areas such as ethics, workers, fiscal, ecological, as well as security as well as security law, and also regulation and also various other regions certainly not particularly appointed to among the various other departments..International as well as Room Regulation-- This Practice Team possesses main responsibility over legal issues pertaining to export management, Freedom of Details Action appeals, as well as general concerns of global law.General Attorney: Iris Lan.Deputy General Counsel: Christine Pham (Performing).Administrative Staff: Carolyn L. Johnson, Legal Assistant Specialist Lead Jeanette Covington, Managerial SpecialistTel: 202-358-2450.OGC Legal Functions Crew: Bryan Diederich, (Acting) Supervisor of Legal OperationsTanya Jefferson, Administration and also System AnalystJustyna Ragiel-Smith, Administration and also Course Expert.OGC Management Listing Connect With Information for the Company Headquaters Management as well as Center Chief Counsels.OGC Please note: The information within this website carry out not constitute lawful advice. For information read our waiver.