{"id":11435,"date":"2024-07-11T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T04:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/about-the-office-of-the-general-counsel\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T00:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T04:00:26","slug":"about-the-office-of-the-general-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/about-the-office-of-the-general-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Office of the General Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"

About the Office of the General Counsel<\/h2>\n

<\/p>\n

The Office of the General Counsel<\/a> provides functional leadership regarding legal services and issues related to all aspects of NASA activities for Center Chief and Patent Counsel and, for Agency-wide issues, the Administrator. These services and issues include establishing and disseminating legal policy and interpreting new statutes and cases. The Office of the General Counsel is also responsible for developing the ethics and patent program requirements, establishing metrics, and developing quality standards.<\/p>\n

As a functional office Associate Administrator, the General Counsel serves in an advisory capacity to the Administrator, and works with Enterprise Associate Administrators and Center Directors to ensure that Agency activities are conducted in accordance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n

The Office of the General Counsel also serves as Washington, DC, litigation counsel, provides litigation expertise to the Agency, and acts as the Agency representative before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Office also provides expert advice, oversight and overflow support to Centers, and provides legal services to all the offices at Headquarters.<\/p>\n

The Office of the General Counsel at Headquarters is organized into a front office, one legal program and four legal practice groups:<\/p>\n