The United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is an independent agency within the executive branch of the U.S. Federal Government which is responsible for directing executive branch policies relating to the prevention of conflicts of interest on the part of Federal executive branch officers and employees. Under the Ethics in Government Act,this agency was originally part of the Office of Personnel Management from 1978 until it separated in 1989.
Donny Ray Willett is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was previously appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas on August 24,2005,when former Justice Priscilla Owen created a vacancy on that court by joining the Fifth Circuit.
The Office of Special Counsel was an office of the United States Department of Justice established by provisions in the Ethics in Government Act that expired in 1999. The provisions were replaced by Department of Justice regulation 28 CFR Part 600,which created the successor office of special counsel. The current regulations were drafted by former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal.
James Edwin McPherson is an American government official and retired United States Navy rear admiral. He served as the General Counsel of the Army from January 2,2018,to March 24,2020. He served as the United States Under Secretary of the Army from March 25,2020,to January 20,2021,and in acting capacity from July 23,2019,to March 24,2020. He served as Acting United States Secretary of the Navy from April 7,2020,to May 29,2020,following the resignation of Thomas Modly.
John Joseph Sullivan is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022,and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Sullivan served as Acting United States Secretary of State from April 1,2018,to April 26,2018,following President Donald Trump's dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13,2018,until Tillerson's official successor,Mike Pompeo,was sworn in. Tillerson did not officially leave office until March 31,2018. Sullivan,however,was delegated all responsibilities of the Secretary of State beginning March 13.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States,Donald Trump.
Walter Michael Shaub Jr. is an American attorney specializing in government ethics who,from January 9,2013 to July 19,2017,was the director of the United States Office of Government Ethics. As of July 19,2017,he joined the Washington D.C.-based election law organization the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) as Senior Director,Ethics.
Noel John Francisco is an American lawyer who served as Solicitor General of the United States from 2017 to 2020. He was the first Asian American confirmed by the United States Senate to hold the position. Francisco is now a partner at the law firm Jones Day.
Carlos Genaro Muñiz is the chief justice on the Florida Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 22,2019. Previously,he was General Counsel of the United States Department of Education.
David J. Apol is General Counsel at the United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE). He served as an acting director of the OGE between the resignation of Walter Shaub on July 19,2017 and the appointment of Emory Rounds on July 13,2018.
Mark Lee Greenblatt is an American attorney and government official currently serving as the Inspector General of the United States Department of the Interior. As the Department's 7th confirmed Inspector General,Mr. Greenblatt oversees a nationwide workforce of more than 270 investigators,auditors,evaluators,attorneys,and support staff whose mission is to detect and deter waste,fraud,abuse,and misconduct in DOI programs,and to promote economy and efficiency in Departmental operations. Mr. Greenblatt is the senior official responsible for providing oversight of more than 70,000 Department employees,assessing the Department's diverse programs with more than $10 billion in grants and contracts,and conducting complex administrative and criminal investigations.
James Thomas Abbott is an American attorney and government official who was a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) from 2017 to 2022. Before his service with the FLRA,Abbott served as Deputy General Counsel for the United States Congress Office of Compliance from 2004 to 2007. Earlier in his career,he was the Senior Associate District Counsel for Personnel and Ethics at the Defense Contract Management Agency;Chief Counsel at Corpus Christi Army Depot,United States Army Materiel Command;and Senior Labor Counsel at the HQ Depot Systems Command,U.S. Army Materiel Command. On May 31,2023,the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Abbott seeking civil penalties for Abbott's willful refusal to file mandatory ethics disclosures.
Jill Aiko Otake is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Kathryn Lynn Wheelbarger is an American attorney and government official,who served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 2018 to 2020.
Paul Brian Matey is an American attorney who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Prior to Matey's judicial service,he was a partner in the White Collar Criminal Defense and Litigation practice groups at the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler LLP. He was previously Senior Vice President,General Counsel,and Secretary at University Hospital in Newark,New Jersey.
Jonathan Allen Kobes is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Eric David Miller is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Steven Daniel Grimberg is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Daniel Z. Epstein is an American lawyer who served as Special Assistant to the President. He is a former nominee to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. On January 13,2021,he was appointed to a three-year term on the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States.
Rachael Splaine Rollins is an American lawyer and politician who was the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 2022 to 2023. Rollins was formerly Suffolk County District Attorney (D.A.) in Massachusetts,which includes the municipalities of Boston,Chelsea,Revere,and Winthrop.
