House Office of Congressional Ethics : History, Authority, and Procedures.

Describes history and rationale behind creation of the House Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent entity tasked with investigating allegations of misconduct by Members, officers, and employees of Congress. Discusses OCE structure, powers, expected operations, and its relationship wit...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Governmental investigations > United States. Independent regulatory commissions. Political ethics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes history and rationale behind creation of the House Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent entity tasked with investigating allegations of misconduct by Members, officers, and employees of Congress. Discusses OCE structure, powers, expected operations, and its relationship with the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Reviews options for Congress.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.