Purpose
To explain Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) to government employees and how ob体育's Ethics and Integrity Office conducts a conflict-of-interest assessment on all IPA agreements. The assessment ensures there are no real or apparent conflicts before the IPA candidate begins their ob体育 assignment.
What is the IPA?
The Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) mobility authority is a program that facilitates the sharing and transfer of expertise, knowledge, and technology between state and local governments, higher education institutions, and other eligible organizations through the temporary assignment of personnel to assist with intergovernmental cooperation.
Any non-federal personnel on assignment to a federal agency via an IPA agreement is subject to a number of provisions of law governing the ethical and other conduct of federal employees. Additionally, non-federal personnel are also subject to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 CFR part 735), which regulates employee responsibilities and conduct, as well as agency standards of conduct regulations.
Non-Federal IPA Assignees Requirements
To ensure ob体育 remains compliant with conflict-of-interest provisions, the following requirements must be met by all non-federal IPA assignees on new agreements before they are cleared for onboarding at ob体育.
IPA assignees must:
- Provide a copy of their most recent CV or resume to their ob体育 point-of-contact.
- Review the Standards of Conduct guidelines, send the completed acknowledgement document to their ob体育 point-of-contact.
- Complete the summarizing their financial holdings and outside interests. Email it to the Ethics and Integrity Office at [email protected].
View the Standards of Conduct guidelines for detailed information.
For questions or guidance pertaining to the ethics review, contact the ob体育 Ethics and Integrity Office at [email protected].