The IRS’s Office of Associate Chief Counsel, General Legal Services, is seeking to fill an attorney position with the Headquarters Office in the Ethics & General Government Branch:

The Office of Associate Chief Counsel, General Legal Services employs approximately 75 attorneys, and has both field and National Office components. GLS represents the IRS and the Office of Chief Counsel in litigation on various non-tax, administrative law issues involving personnel, discrimination, labor-management relations, Office of Professional Responsibility and government contracts, as well as handling litigation with the Department of Justice. The Associate Chief Counsel is the Deputy Ethics Official under the Ethics in Governments Act. GLS attorneys also perform legal research and provide advice related to conflict of interest statutes, ethical standards, and departmental rules of conduct. GLS also has a robust practice in the area of advisory opinions on legal matters ranging from procurement, information technology management, appropriations and grant law to intellectual property law.

Major Duties:The incumbent of this position serves as an attorney with the Headquarters Office of the Associate Chief Counsel, General Legal Services in the Ethics & General Government Branch. The incumbent provides legal support to the Office of the Commissioner of the IRS and the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, and components reporting to those offices, and performs assignments which may include, but are not limited to:

• Providing ethics advisory opinions and advice on issues arising under the conflict-of-interest provisions of 18 U.S.C Part I, Chapter 11; the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch; the Department of Treasury supplemental standards and employee conduct rules; and other standards of conduct or behavior, including Treasury Circular 230 (31 C.F.R. Part 10) and the rules governing the conduct of the legal profession. Providing other legal services related to the administration of the Ethics in Government Act, including ethics training and briefings, and reviewing financial disclosure reports of Service and Chief Counsel employees who are required to file such reports.
• Providing advisory opinions to agency officials on non-tax laws, regulations, and decisions governing the management of federal agencies with respect to matters such as appropriations and fiscal law, delegations of authority, records and property management, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and intellectual property.

Salary:  $62,886 – $114,882.

Application Deadline:  November 12, 2005.

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