Watergate Reorganization and Reform Act of 1975: Hearings Before the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 495: To Establish Certain Federal Agencies, Effect Certain Reorganizations of the Federal Government, and to Implement Certain Reforms in the Operation of the Federal Government Recommended by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, and for Other Purposes ; S. 2036: To Promote Accountability in the Executive Branch of the Government, to Require the Disclosure of the Financial Status of Public Officials, to Establish an Office of Legal Counsel to the Congress, and for Other Purposes, Part 1

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Page 227 - If men were angels, no Government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on Government would be necessary. In framing a Government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this : you must first enable the Government to control the governed ; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Page 417 - Make no private promises of any kind binding upon the duties of office, since a Government employee has no private word which can be binding on public duty.
Page 417 - Government employee, participates personally and substantially as a Government officer or employee, through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise, in a judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, or other particular matter in which, to his knowledge, he.
Page 417 - USC 508). (n) The prohibitions against (1) embezzlement of Government money or property (18 USC 641); (2) failing to account for public money (18 USC 643) ; and (3) embezzlement of the money or property of another person In the possession of an employee by reason of his employment (18 USC 654).
Page 427 - All claims and demands whatever by the Government of the United States or against it, and all accounts whatever in which the Government of the United States is concerned, either as debtor or creditor, shall be settled and adjusted in the General Accounting Office.
Page 417 - Nothing herein or in section 203 prevents an officer or employee, including a special Government employee, from acting, with or without compensation, as agent or attorney for his parents, spouse, child, or any person for whom, or for any estate for which, he is serving as guardian, executor, administrator, trustee, or other personal fiduciary except in those matters in which he has participated personally and substantially as a Government employee, through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation,...
Page 440 - That the Director of Central Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure...
Page 417 - Never discriminate unfairly by the dispensing of special favors: or privileges to anyone, whether for remuneration or not; and never accept, for himself or his family, favors or benefits under circumstances which might be construed by reasonable persons as influencing the performance of his governmental duties.
Page 456 - ... (2) giving preferential treatment to any organization or person; (3) impeding government efficiency or economy; (4) losing complete independence or impartiality of action; (5) making a government decision outside official channels; or (6) affecting adversely the confidence of the public in the integrity of the Government.
Page 417 - Government employee" includes an officer or employee who is retained, designated, appointed, or employed to perform, with or without compensation, for not to exceed 130 days during any period of 365 consecutive days, temporary duties either on a full-time or intermittent basis (see 18 USC 202).

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