---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 0.735-1"
title: "38"
number: "0.735-1"
heading: "Agency ethics officials."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/0.735-1"
---

# §0.735-1. Agency ethics officials.

- (a) **Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO).** The Secretary will designate attorneys from the Office of General Counsel to serve as the Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) and Alternate Designated Agency Ethics Official (ADAEO).
- (b) **Deputy ethics officials.**
  - (1) **The District Chief Counsels and attorneys on the Ethics Specialty Team are Deputy Ethics Officials.** They have been delegated the authority to act for the DAEO pursuant to [5 CFR 2638.104(e)](/cfr/5/2638.104.md?p=e).
  - (2) Other officials may also act as Deputy Ethics officials pursuant to delegations of one or more of the DAEO's duties from the DAEO.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 61813, Nov. 23, 1993. Redesignated at 61 FR 11309, Mar. 20, 1996; 89 FR 15451, Mar. 4, 2024]

### Source

Source: Redesignated at 77 FR 41275, July 13, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 38 U.S.C. 501; see sections 201, 301, and 502(a) of E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215 as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 5828, Apr. 15, 1966, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 61813, Nov. 23, 1993. Redesignated at 61 FR 11309, Mar. 20, 1996; 89 FR 15451, Mar. 4, 2024]