Reading Room Document

Applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 207 to the General Accounting Office

This document is a memorandum opinion addressing the applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 207 to the General Accounting Office (GAO). The conclusion reached in the document is that GAO is subject to the requirements of the interim regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and that 18 U.S.C. § 207 applies to GAO. The document presents a review of whether the ethics regulations issued by OPM pursuant to Title IV of the Ethics in Government Act are applicable to GAO, and whether 18 U.S.C. § 207 applies to GAO. It also discusses the interpretation of the term "independent agency of the United States" and the historical context of the conflict of interest laws in relation to GAO.

October 31, 1979