Emory Rounds

Emory Rounds
Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics
Assuming office
July 13, 2018
President Donald Trump
Succeeding David J. Apol (Acting)
Personal details
Born Emory Arthur Rounds III
Education University of Massachusetts, Amherst (BA)
University of Akron (JD)

Emory Arthur Rounds III is an American attorney and government ethics official who is President Donald Trump's Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics.[1][2]

Career

Rounds served as an ethics attorney at the United States Department of Commerce and in the Judge Advocate General's Office in the U.S. Navy.[3] Rounds served as an ethics counsel for six years in the White House Counsel's Office during the administration of George W. Bush, and subsequently served as an associate counsel at the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.[4]

On February 8, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Rounds to the office of Director of the Office of Government Ethics for a term of five years.[5]. On August 7, 2018, Rounds made the following statement as newly appointed Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics: "I am honored to lead the Office of Government Ethics. I am also deeply humbled by the weight of this agency’s mission. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics will continue to ensure that the citizens of our nation can help ensure their leaders are complying with ethics laws and rules. The agency will continue to make ethics documents available and communicate with the public to make sure that the people’s business is conducted with all appropriate transparency." [6]

References

  1. ↑ Business Insider. "Trump stunned ethics experts with his surprising, 'excellent choice' to lead the government office that's been a huge thorn in his side". Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ United States Congress. "PN1625 — Emory A. Rounds III — Office of Government Ethics". Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ Politico. "Trump picks new federal ethics chief". Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ The Hill. "Trump nominates new ethics office director". Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ The White House. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ Emory A. Rounds, III, Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. "A message from Emory A. Rounds, III, Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics". Retrieved August 7, 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by
David J. Apol
Acting		 Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics Incumbent
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