3.3: Foreign Policy
Support U.S. foreign policy anti-corruption and good governance initiatives. Other Information:
The ethics program designed and administered by OGE is one of the most well-established and long lived of its type in the
world. Consequently, OGE has a wealth of practical technical experience that can be used to assist those within the Government
who wish to promote USG anti-corruption and good governance initiatives abroad. OGE has the requisite expertise to represent
the U.S. as an expert in international multi-disciplinary mutual evaluation mechanisms and good governance programs in which
the U.S. has agreed to participate. Strategies for Objective 3.3 Respond to requests from U.S. foreign policy agencies. OGE
regularly participates with interagency groups responsible for developing and reviewing USG international anti-corruption
and good governance initiatives. OGE often represents the USG in international fora where these initiatives are being implemented
or where corruption prevention is at issue. OGE also regularly provides international technical assistance briefings to foreign
officials from the public and private sector traveling under the auspices of the State Department International Visitors or
other similar programs. On occasion, OGE provides more direct assistance through State Department approved bilateral agreements
or in response to U.S. foreign policy agency requests, to countries interested in developing prevention measures to incorporate
into their anticorruption good governance efforts. Serve as an expert in on-going international mutual evaluation mechanisms. At
the nomination of the USG, OGE currently serves as an expert evaluator for, and USG representative to, the Group of States
Against Corruption (GRECO) and the follow-up mechanism of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. Additionally,
OGE serves as an expert for the public governance programs of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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