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PUBLIC LAW 95-521--OCT. 26, 1978 ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978, 92 STAT. 1824, 95th Congress The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) was created by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
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