Responsibilities.

(a) The General Counsel of the Department of Defense shall: (1) Ensure that appropriate updates, modifications, additions and deletions are made to 32 CFR part 84. (2) Have approval authority for DoD Component documents supplementing or implementing 32 CFR part 84. (b) The Heads of the DoD Components shall ensure that: (1) 32 CFR part 84 is followed within their DoD Components. (2) No DoD Component documents supplementing or implementing 32 CFR part 84 are issued without the approval of the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. (3) The DoD Component DAEO or designee distributes copies of 32 CFR part 84 throughout the DoD Component and makes such copies available for review by DoD employees in the offices of each local Ethics Counselor. (4) The DoD Component DAEO or designee distributes updates, modifications, additions, and deletions for insertion in copies of 32 CFR part 84 throughout the DoD Component. (5) The DoD Component DAEO resolves inconsistencies among the regulations of applicable Executive Agencies, as appropriate, for DoD employees of the DoD Component. (6) The DoD Component representative to the Ethics Oversight Committee assists in the development and upkeep of 32 CFR part 84, as needed, through the operation of that committee as a working group.