Ethics Commission

(a)Regulations. The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate regulations to implement this Chapter with regard to employees. The Procurement Policy Office shall promulgate regulations to implement this Chapter with regard to non-employees, contractors and subcontractors and the Procurement Policy Office shall do so in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Administrative Adjudication Law of Guam.

(b)Advisory Opinions. On written request of employees, the Civil Service Commission may render written advisory opinions regarding the appropriateness of the course of conduct to be followed in proposed transactions. The Policy Office may render such opinions to contractors regarding the appropriateness of the course of conduct to be followed by the contractors in proposed transactions. Such requests and advisory opinions must be duly published in the manner in which regulations of Guam are published. Compliance with requirements of a duly promulgated advisory opinion of the Civil Service Commission or Policy Office shall be deemed to constitute compliance with the ethical standards of this Chapter.

(c)Waiver. On written request of an employee, the Civil Service Commission may grant an employee, or the Policy Office may grant a contractor, a written waiver from the application of § 5628 of this Chapter and grant permission to proceed with the transaction to such extent and upon such terms and conditions as may be specified. Such waiver and permission may be granted when the interests of Guam so require or when the ethical conflict is insubstantial or remote.